粵

搶coeng2購kau3

simp抢购
coeng2 kau3coeng2 gau3qiǎng gòu

English

  1. to buy frenetically
  2. to rush to buy; to panic buy
  3. to snap up (bargains, dwindling supplies etc)

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 爭住去買

Examples

  • 颱風襲港，市民紛紛去超市搶購食品。

    A typhoon hits Hong Kong. Citizens rush to supermarket to buy food.

  • 文章分析中國人搶購現象係咪日本變得相對貧窮嘅跡象。

    Tatoeba CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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