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Retail Sales Success

TEXT

零售業績打破紀錄。
ling4 sau6 jip6 zik1 daa2 po3 gei3 luk6.

網上銷售按年增長百分之三十。
mong5 soeng6 siu1 sau6 on3 nin4 zang1 zoeng2 baak3 fan6 zi1 saam1 sap6.

時裝店同食肆都人氣爆棚。
si4 zong1 dim3 tung4 sik6 si3 dou1 jan4 hei3 baau3 paang4.

TRANSLATION

Retail sales broke records.

Online sales grew 30% year-on-year.

Clothing stores and restaurants are packed with crowds.

BREAKDOWN

零售業績打破紀錄。
零售 (ling4 sau6): retail;業績 (jip6 zik1): sales performance;打破 (daa2 po3): break;紀錄 (gei3 luk6): record

網上銷售按年增長百分之三十。
網上 (mong5 soeng6): online;銷售 (siu1 sau6): sales;按年 (on3 nin4): year-on-year;增長 (zang1 zoeng2): growth;百分之三十 (baak3 fan6 zi1 saam1 sap6): 30%

時裝店同食肆都人氣爆滿。
時裝店 (si4 zong1 dim3): clothing store; (tung4): and;食肆 (sik6 si3): restaurant/eatery; (dou1): all;人氣 (jan4 hei3): popularity/crowds;爆棚 (baau3 paang4): packed/full to bursting

NOTES

■ “百分之三十” literally means “a hundred’s thirty”, which is 30% – “百分之五十” means 50%

■ Here’s how to say 10, 20, 30 and beyond in Cantonese