wui6 gaa3匯價汇价
Jyutpingwui6 gaa3
Yalewuih ga
Definition
Currency exchange rate; the rate at which one currency can be exchanged for another.
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How it's used
Financial news and banking contexts frequently feature this term to discuss fluctuations in global markets. While it refers specifically to the rate between two currencies, it is often used interchangeably with 匯率 in professional settings. You will hear it most often when people are planning trips abroad or tracking investment performance.
Examples
It seems the exchange rate dropped today.
Do you know what the US dollar exchange rate is?
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Common mistake
Learners sometimes confuse this with 兌換, which is the verb for the act of exchanging money itself. Remember that 匯價 is the noun representing the rate, not the action of swapping cash.
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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.
