粵

分fan1流lau4

fan1 lau4fēn liú

English

  1. to diverge; to divert; to divide into separate streams (river flow, traffic etc)
  2. to diverge; to triage; to distribute
  3. Fan Lau, Lantau Island, Hong Kong
  4. to stream (students into different programs); to reassign (redundant staff)

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 根據一堆人或嘢嘅特質編配佢哋去唔同地方
  2. 香港地名;位於大嶼山西南一角(官方一般採用前面寫法)

Examples

  • 醫管局已經採取分流措施,處理急症室嘅病人。

    The Hospital Authority has implemented triage measures in dealing with patients in the emergency room.

  • 公主對分流嘅渴望係無限嘅。 所以,我哋成日都諗住為呢啲消閒活動加入新嘅調味料,令到佢哋更加精彩啲。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 他的英語和法語都說得十分流利。

    He can speak both English and French very well.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

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

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