粵

托tok3兒ji4

simp托儿
tok3 ji4tuō értuō r5

English

  1. childcare
  2. (coll.) shill; tout; phony customer who pretends to buys things so as to lure real customers
  3. to arrange young children and babies to be taken care of while their parents are at work; to arrange child care service

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. (通常指服務機構)受家長或監護人託管去照顧、教養幼兒

Examples

  • 托兒所

    nursery

  • 喺香港嘅現實環境之㆘,要解決獨留子女喺屋企嘅問題,政府必須提供足夠及完善嘅托兒服務,特別係暫託服務。

    Under the present situation in Hong Kong, in order to solve the problem of leaving children unattended at home, the Government has to provide adequate and quality nursery service, especially the occasional child care service.

Sources: cc-cedict, words.hk

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