wo4 hei3 sang1 coi4和氣生財和气生财
Jyutpingwo4 hei3 sang1 coi4
Yalewòh hei sāng chòih
Definition
Friendly and amiable relations with people can attract business and generate more wealth.
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How it's used
This idiom is frequently invoked in retail and service settings to encourage staff to maintain a polite demeanor even when dealing with difficult customers. It reflects a cultural value where maintaining harmony is seen as a practical strategy for long term financial success. You will often hear it used as a gentle reminder to deescalate potential conflicts before they affect the bottom line.
Examples
In business, the most important thing is to be amiable and prosper; don't argue with customers.
Those two shops maintain a friendly relationship and prosper together, with business getting better and better.
Related words
Common phrases
being amiable in business brings prosperity
Common mistake
Do not use this to describe a person's personality directly, as it is a proverb about the relationship between harmony and profit rather than a descriptor of someone being nice.
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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.
