tai4 sing1提昇提升
Jyutpingtai4 sing1
Yaletàih sīng
Definition
To promote, elevate, upgrade, or boost.
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How it's used
Often used in formal or professional contexts, this term frequently appears in corporate settings or self-improvement discussions. While it carries a sense of upward movement, it is rarely used for physical lifting of objects, which would typically be expressed as 拎起 or 抬起.
Examples
The company wants to boost everyone's work efficiency.
How do you boost your own competitiveness?
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Common mistake
Avoid using this for physical weight or literal height, as it is strictly reserved for abstract concepts like quality, efficiency, or status.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
