zi1 wun4支援
Jyutpingzi1 wun4
Yalejī wùhn
Definition
To support, assist, or give aid.
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How it's used
Often used in professional or technical contexts, this term carries a sense of providing necessary resources or backup rather than just emotional comfort. It frequently appears in corporate settings or when discussing infrastructure and logistics. While it can be used as a verb, it is very commonly encountered as a noun phrase in business settings.
Examples
The company will support your plan.
Do you have enough manpower to provide support?
Related words
Common mistake
Learners sometimes confuse this with 幫手, which is much more casual and implies physical assistance with a task. Using 支援 in a very informal situation, such as asking a friend to help move furniture, sounds overly formal or bureaucratic.
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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.
