ziu1 laam5招攬招揽
Jyutpingziu1 laam5
Yalejīu láahm
Definition
To recruit, solicit, or gather people or business for a specific purpose.
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How it's used
Focuses on the active effort to attract or gather people or business, often implying a strategic or competitive intent. It is more formal than common verbs like 請 or 搵 and is frequently used in business or organizational contexts. You will often hear it in professional settings when discussing growth or expansion strategies.
Examples
The company wants to recruit more talent.
What methods do they use to solicit business?
Related words
Common mistake
Avoid using this for simple hiring, where 請人 is much more natural. It implies a more deliberate, proactive, or even aggressive effort to pull someone or something into your circle.
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Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
