tung1 fo3通貨通货
Jyutpingtung1 fo3
Yaletūng fo
Definition
Circulating goods, or currency in circulation within an economy.
- datedcirculating goods or commodities
- currency or money in circulation
neutralmoney
How it's used
Primarily used in formal, academic, or economic contexts rather than daily casual speech. While it technically refers to circulating goods or money, it is almost exclusively encountered in the compound 通貨膨脹 when discussing rising prices. You will rarely hear people use it to refer to the physical cash in their wallet, for which 錢 or 現金 are the standard terms.
Examples
The value of this currency is very unstable.
How does the government control inflation?
Related words
Common mistake
Do not use this word to refer to everyday pocket money or cash. Using it in a casual conversation about buying groceries will sound unnatural and overly academic, as if you are reading from a textbook.
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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.
