wui4 tou3回吐
Jyutpingwui4 tou3
Yalewùih tou
Definition
To fall back down in price after a period of rising.
colloquialmoney
How it's used
Primarily used in financial contexts to describe a market correction or a price drop following a period of gains. It carries a sense of inevitability, implying that the previous rise was perhaps too rapid or unsustainable. Traders often use it to explain why a stock has suddenly dipped despite a bullish trend.
Examples
The stock market has risen so much, it is time for a correction.
Related words
Common phrases
profit taking
Common mistake
Avoid using this to describe physical vomiting, which is 嘔吐. Learners sometimes confuse the two because of the shared character 吐, but they belong to entirely different semantic domains.
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Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
