Cantonese for work

Cantonese for the office, the client lunch and the drinks afterwards. Phrases and workplace etiquette for building rapport with Hong Kong colleagues, whether you’re based in the city or working with a team there.

A young woman in a running vest looks down as she pins a blank white race bib to her chest. A black-and-white cut-out on red paper, with an old oil can floating to her left and a thin red line flowing from its spout to the bib.

Language

6 min read

Add oil meaning: what 加油 really means in Hong Kong

A young woman in a running vest looks down as she pins a blank white race bib to her chest. A black-and-white cut-out on red paper, with an old oil can floating to her left and a thin red line flowing from its spout to the bib.

Language

6 min read

Add oil meaning: what 加油 really means in Hong Kong

A young woman in a running vest looks down as she pins a blank white race bib to her chest. A black-and-white cut-out on red paper, with an old oil can floating to her left and a thin red line flowing from its spout to the bib.

Language

6 min read

Add oil meaning: what 加油 really means in Hong Kong

Collage of six smiling young Hong Kong colleagues in black and white on a blush torn-paper patch; one in a white shirt shares a laptop covered in a white lucky cat, an I love Cantoflow and a red 早晨 sticker, while a colleague in a suit carries a red folder stamped 卸膊 (passing the buck).

Work

6 min read

Cantonese for work: the phrases Hong Kong colleagues actually use

Collage of six smiling young Hong Kong colleagues in black and white on a blush torn-paper patch; one in a white shirt shares a laptop covered in a white lucky cat, an I love Cantoflow and a red 早晨 sticker, while a colleague in a suit carries a red folder stamped 卸膊 (passing the buck).

Work

6 min read

Cantonese for work: the phrases Hong Kong colleagues actually use

Collage of six smiling young Hong Kong colleagues in black and white on a blush torn-paper patch; one in a white shirt shares a laptop covered in a white lucky cat, an I love Cantoflow and a red 早晨 sticker, while a colleague in a suit carries a red folder stamped 卸膊 (passing the buck).

Work

6 min read

Cantonese for work: the phrases Hong Kong colleagues actually use