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Jyutpingsoeng1 zik1 gung1
Yalesēung jīk gūng
Definition
An employed couple; a working couple where both spouses are employed.
neutralfamilywork
How it's used
This term specifically highlights the social reality of both partners in a marriage maintaining full time employment. It carries a slightly formal or sociological tone, often appearing in news reports or discussions about family life and childcare challenges in the city. While it describes the couple, it is frequently used to modify the word 家庭 to describe the household structure itself.
Examples
They are a working couple and have little time to spend with their kids on weekdays.
Many working-couple families nowadays need to hire a domestic helper to take care of the home.
Common phrases
dual-income household
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
