因航

Chinese

		cause; reason; because	boat; ship; vessel boat; ship; vessel; craft; to navigate; to sail
trad. (因航)		因	航
simp. #(因航)		因	航

Etymology

Short for a phrase with combined relative clauses and adverb clause of reason:「因管理不善而在全球最佳航空公司排名榜節節下跌的國泰航空／因管理不善而在全球最佳航空公司排名榜节节下跌的国泰航空 (“Cathay Pacific, which has plummeted on the global rankings of the best airlines, due to poor management”)」. The Oriental Daily News of Hong Kong start to use similar phrases as the topic sentence for its almost every report on Cathay Pacific.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan¹ hong⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan¹ hong⁴
    • Yale: yān hòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan¹ hong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen¹ hong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn⁵⁵ hɔːŋ²¹/

Proper noun

因航

1. (Hong Kong, slang, humorous, aviation) Cathay Pacific
   • 2018 October 4, “為「因航」記上一功”, in 《東方日報》‎^[1]:

     國泰早有「因航」之名──因為管理不善而在國際排名榜跌跌不休──看來還要無止境地跌下去。但換一個角度看，國泰此舉何嘗不是為剛剛開通的高鐵打廣告呢？

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   • 2020 May 26, 阮穎嫻, “從海洋公園看香港的黃昏”, in 《明報》‎^[2]:

     海洋公園因沙士衝擊蝕錢，再食國內團加自由行的水，今時今日這些優勢都沒有了，放眼亞洲區，仍然有競爭力嗎？海洋公園跟被稱為「因航」的國泰、不派息只剩下30多元的匯豐、跌淨個幾私有化的利豐，都是香港黃昏的寫照。

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   • 2021 April 15, “拜仁出局權鬥浮面 無兵司令博炒”, in 《星島日報》‎^[3]:

     拜仁慕尼黑淪為「因航」。這支衞冕之師周二歐聯八強次回合作客1:0勝巴黎聖日耳門，但總比數和3:3，因作客入球較少而被淘汰。

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