tim4 tau2甜頭甜头
Jyutpingtim4 tau2
Yaletìhm táu
Definition
Benefit, reward, or inducement.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to a small, initial advantage or incentive used to lure someone into a larger commitment or to manipulate their behavior. It carries a slightly cynical or suspicious undertone, implying that the benefit is bait rather than a genuine reward. It is almost always used in the context of being tempted or bought off by someone else.
Examples
He gave me some benefits and asked me to help him with work.
Related words
Common phrases
to get a taste of the benefits
to offer a benefit or incentive
Common mistake
Do not use this to describe a general benefit or a fair reward for hard work. It specifically implies a manipulative or transactional incentive, often with a negative connotation of bribery or seduction.
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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.
