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English

1. live on the street (spoken)
2. to sleep on the street
3. to be homeless; to sleep rough; to live in a place not intended for habitation

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 喺條街、户外度瞓覺
2. 喺並非用作居所嘅地方居住，當做屋企

Examples

• 佢試過有一次飲醉酒瞓街，好彩冇財物損失。

  He once got too drunk and fell asleep on the street. Luckily he did not suffer loss of belongings.

• 大批人群通宵瞓街排隊，希望搶先買到心頭好。

  Huge crowds slept and queued up overnight on the streets, hoping to snap up their favourite products first. ----

• 你又知人哋瞓街係因為唔俾心機讀書、好食懶飛？無家者露宿都有好多無奈嘅原因㗎。

  How do you know people are sleeping on the streets because they didn’t try hard in school or are just lazy? There are many unfortunate reasons behind homelessness.