wan2 gin6穩健稳健
Jyutpingwan2 gin6
Yalewán gihn
Definition
Stable, steady, and sound; maintaining positive and robust development.
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How it's used
Describes a person or a system that is reliable, cautious, and unlikely to take unnecessary risks. While it can apply to financial systems, it is frequently used to praise someone's professional demeanor or decision-making process as being mature and dependable.
Examples
He is very steady in his work, it is most reassuring to leave it for him to handle.
Your investment style is so conservative, why did you suddenly switch to trading penny stocks?
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Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 穩定, which focuses purely on the state of being unchanging or constant. 穩健 implies a positive, active quality of being sound and well-managed, rather than just the absence of fluctuation.
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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.
