洋行
joeng4 hong2yáng háng
English
- (old) foreign firm
- (noun) a trading company
- hong, trading company that exclusively deals with trade between two countries
粵語 — Cantonese
- 華人同洋人之間嘅貿易公司，壟斷兩國之間幾乎所有嘅貿易（量詞：間）
Examples
佢阿爺以前響洋行做買辦，好鬼把炮㗎。
His grandfather was a comprador at a hong, and had accumulated immense wealth and power.
Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk