粵

手sau2頭tau4

simp手头
sau2 tau4shǒu tóu

English

  1. on hand
  2. at hand
  3. one's financial situation
  4. something on hand; something at hand
  5. one's financial condition at the moment

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 附近有嘅嘢;而家要做嘅嘢
  2. 財政狀況

Examples

  • 你现在手头儿有钱吗?先借我点儿。

    Do you have cash on you now? Could you lend me some?

    Tatoeba · eastasiastudent CC BY

  • 有时我吸烟只是因为要给我手头点事做。

    Sometimes I smoke just to give my hands something to do.

    Tatoeba · GlossaMatik CC BY

  • 我们没有足够的时间来完成手头的工作。

    We didn't have enough time to finish what we were doing.

    Tatoeba · maina CC BY

  • 他的書銷路不好,所以現在手頭十分拮据。

    He is badly off, because his book doesn't sell well.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 手頭緊

    to be short of money

  • 手頭鬆

    to have money to spend

  • 做埋手頭啲嘢

    to finish up the tasks at hand ----

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

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