wui6 gai3 si1會計師会计师
Jyutpingwui6 gai3 si1
Yalewuih gai sī
Definition
Accountant; a professional responsible for accounting work, usually requiring examination and registration.
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How it's used
Professional titles in Hong Kong often carry a sense of prestige and social status. While the term refers specifically to a qualified professional, people sometimes use it loosely to refer to anyone working in an accounting department, though this is technically inaccurate. It is common to pair this with 牌 to refer to the professional qualification itself.
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After getting his accountant license, his salary increased a lot.
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Common phrases
accounting firm
to take the accountant qualification exam
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 會計, which refers to the field of accounting or the act of keeping books. A person who works in accounting but lacks the professional certification is usually referred to as 會計文員 or simply 會計, not 會計師.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
