粵

做zou6東dung1

simp做东
zou6 dung1zuò dōng

English

  1. to act as host
  2. to treat as host
  3. to be the host

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 作為主人家招待客人

Examples

  • 你嚟我屋企,我做東。

    Come to my house, I will be the host.

  • 香港俾人叫做東方之珠。

    Hong Kong is referred to as the Pearl of Asia.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 我想做東,你就要我做西。

    If I want to do anything, you want me to do something else.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

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

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