suk6贖赎
Jyutpingsuk6
Yalesuhk
Definition
To redeem, ransom, or buy back hostages or pawned items.
colloquialmoneydaily actions
How it's used
Primarily associated with the context of pawn shops where items are retrieved after repayment. It carries a sense of recovering something that was temporarily lost or surrendered due to financial necessity. The addition of the directional complement 返 is almost mandatory in spoken Cantonese to indicate the successful recovery of the item.
Examples
When are you going to the pawn shop to redeem the gold jewellery?
Related words
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 買返, which simply means to buy something back. 贖 specifically implies that the item was held as collateral or security for a loan or debt.
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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.
