wang4 joeng4弘揚弘扬
Jyutpingwang4 joeng4
Yalewàhng yèuhng
Definition
To promote, publicize, propagate, or popularize.
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How it's used
This term carries a formal and somewhat lofty tone, often reserved for high-minded concepts like culture, spirit, or religious teachings. It is rarely used for commercial products or everyday activities, where words like 推廣 or 宣傳 would be more appropriate. It implies a sense of spreading something valuable or noble to a wider audience.
Examples
We must work hard to promote traditional culture.
How do you promote this kind of sportsmanship?
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Common mistake
Learners often mistakenly use this for simple marketing or advertising, but it sounds overly dramatic or academic in those contexts. Stick to using it for abstract, positive, or cultural values.
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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.
