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生意
saang1 ji3 |
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business; trade; sales; deal; bargain Level: 2 Google Frequency: 2,660,000 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Characters in this word:生 saang1 sang1 - born; grow; life; alive; unripe意 ji3 - wish; meaning; expect 7 compounds containing this word:生意佬 - merchant生意人 - businessman 做生意 - to do business; to run a business; to be a businessman 斟生意 - talk business 拉生意 - bring in business (lit., "pull in business"); canvass 生意興隆 - (to wish a business owner's) business to be thriving 小生意 - small business |
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Showing all 6 examples containing 生意
你想學做生意?
So you want to be a businessman? [Lit. you want study do business? More direct translation: You want to study how to do business? This is a good example of a serial verb construction. There are three in a row here (想學做) but more are possible.]
呢盤生意係蝕本生意嚟㗎 粵
This venture... is loss-making. [Lit. this [counter] business is loss-making business [explanatory particle]]
你想學做生意呢,第一樣嘢就係要學奸 粵
If you wanna be a businessman, the first thing you gotta learn is how to play dirty. [Lit. you want study do business, number one [counter] thing is-exactly study wickedness] |
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