tau4 fong3投放
Jyutpingtau4 fong3
Yaletàuh fong
Definition
To throw or cast down, or to put in resources and funds.
- to throw or drop down; to cast from above onto an area
- to put in, invest, or allocate money and resources into projects
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How it's used
Primarily used in formal, professional, or bureaucratic contexts, such as government policy, corporate strategy, or news reports. Unlike the casual 抌 or 掟, this word carries a sense of strategic allocation or deliberate deployment. It is rarely used for physically throwing objects in everyday conversation.
Examples
The government decided to invest more resources into education.
They have put a lot of effort into this project.
Related words
Common phrases
to invest resources
to place advertisements
Common mistake
Avoid using this for literal, physical throwing of objects like a ball or a piece of paper, as it sounds overly clinical and unnatural in casual speech. Use 掟 instead for physical throwing.
Grammar color guide
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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.
