wui4 bou3 leot6回報率回报率
Jyutpingwui4 bou3 leot6
Yalewùih bou leuht
Definition
Return on investment (ROI).
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How it's used
Professional settings often use this term to discuss financial performance or the efficiency of a business venture. It functions as a noun phrase that implies a quantitative assessment of profit relative to cost. While common in business, it is also used metaphorically to describe the effort versus reward of personal tasks.
Examples
The ROI of this investment plan is very high.
Have you calculated the ROI for this project yet?
Related words
Common mistake
Learners sometimes confuse this with 賺錢, which is a general verb for making money, whereas 回報率 specifically refers to a calculated percentage or rate of return.
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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.
