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Definition
Motherboard, or the main board of a stock exchange.
- motherboard; main circuit board in a computer or electronic system
- main board; the primary stock market or exchange listing venue
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How it's used
This term functions as a technical noun for computer hardware and a financial term for stock exchanges. In the context of finance, it specifically refers to the primary market for established companies, contrasting with the growth enterprise market. It is standard to use the measure word 塊 when referring to the physical circuit board.
Measure word
faai3塊faiExamples
The computer is broken, maybe the motherboard has a problem.
The company wants to list on the main board to raise capital.
Related words
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 主機, which refers to the main unit or server of a computer system. While they are related in computing, they are not interchangeable.
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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.
