粵

官gun1僚liu4主zyu2義ji6

simp官僚主义
gun1 liu4 zyu2 ji6guān liáo zhǔ yì

English

  1. bureaucracy
  2. bureaucracy

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 指一個制度或體系入面有過多嘅規矩同官員,搞到做嘢慢吞吞,冇效率,成日要經過一堆繁瑣程序先做到決定

Examples

  • 阿尔及利亚需要摆脱官僚主义。

    Algeria needs to get rid of its bureaucracy.

    Tatoeba · slo_oth CC BY

  • 呢間公司嘅官僚主義搞到啲同事日日填表,搞幾個月先批到個簡單申請。

    The company's bureaucracy forces staff to fill in forms daily, taking months to approve a simple application.

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

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