粵

借ze3詞ci4

simp借词
ze3 ci4jiè cí

English

  1. loanword
  2. loanword
  3. pretext
  4. to make excuses

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 從外語借入嘅詞彙(量詞:個)
  2. 為咗推卸或者逃避責任,所以揾藉口、作理由

Examples

  • 呢篇論文探討香港粵語借詞嘅聲調規律。

    This essay studies the tonal patterns in Hong Kong Cantonese loanwords.

  • 呢篇文講到廣東話由英文借詞嗰陣,啲字詞嘅音會點變,即係「呢個英文嘅音,嚟到粵語嘅時候會變成粵語嘅邊個音」。

    Tatoeba · Matthewyau1367 CC BY

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

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