wui6匯汇
Jyutpingwui6
Yalewuih
Definition
To remit; to transfer funds from one place to another through a bank or intermediary.
neutralmoney
How it's used
While 匯 is the formal term for financial remittance, it is almost exclusively used in banking or professional contexts. In casual daily speech, people prefer using 寄錢 or 轉錢 to describe the act of sending money to someone else. Using 匯 implies a more formal transaction process, such as a wire transfer or international bank transfer.
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Common mistake
Do not confuse 匯 with 繪, which relates to drawing or painting. Learners sometimes mix them up because they share the same sound in some romanization systems, but they are completely unrelated in meaning.
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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.
