粵

待doi6業jip6

simp待业
doi6 jip6dài yè

English

  1. to wait for employment; to be unemployed
  2. to be unemployed; to be job-waiting; less direct than 失業 sat1 jip6 (to lose one's job)

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 揾緊嘢做；冇「失業」咁直接

Examples

  • 待業青年

    unemployed teenager

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

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