粵

失sat1業jip6

simp失业
sat1 jip6shī yè

English

  1. unemployment
  2. to lose one's job or to be unemployed; to be out of work; sounds not as positive as 待業 doi6 jip6
  3. to lose one's job

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 冇咗份工或者冇人請;冇工開;聽落冇「待業」咁正面

Examples

  • 我都失業。

    I'm also unemployed.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 佢失業已經有三個月喇。

    He's already been out of work for 3 months.

  • 好多國家都遭受緊失業問題。 換言之,有好多年輕人嘅前途唔保證,錯過咗叫做生命嘅火車。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 喺我哋作為一個國家應該向前行,幫助長期失業者搵到新工作嘅時候,我哋永遠都唔應該突然間斷佢哋嘅失業保險而後退一步。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 他失业了。

    He has lost his job.

    Tatoeba · anndiana CC BY

  • 数千人失业。

    Thousands of people lost their jobs.

    Tatoeba · fenfang557 CC BY

  • 畢業就等同於失業。

    Graduating is like losing your job.

    Tatoeba · xjjAstrus CC BY

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

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