粵

心sam1機gei1

simp心机
sam1 gei1xīn jī

English

  1. thinking
  2. (noun) profoundness
  3. effort; passion; mood (to put effort into)
  4. scheme

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 對一樣嘢嘅熱誠、專注同付出

Examples

  • 你畀少少心機都得啩。

    You could at least try.

    Tatoeba · thesilhouette CC BY

  • 你要俾多啲心機學習喇。

    You have to study harder.

    Tatoeba · fercheung CC BY

  • 就嚟放工,冇心機做嘢喇。

    It's almost time to get off work, (so) I'm not really in the mood to do anything.

  • 唔知點解我硬係無心機做嘢。

    For some reason or other I cannot bring myself to work.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 你再唔俾啲心機讀書就會唔合格。

    If you don't put effort into your studies, you will fail your tests.

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

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