粵

寄gei3居geoi1

gei3 geoi1jì jū

English

  1. to live away from home
  2. to live away from home; to reside in a temporary residence

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 借住喺人哋嘅地方

Examples

  • 快看快看!橙子树的树枝上有一只蓝色的寄居蟹!

    Look, look! On the branch of the orange tree, there is a blue hermit crab!

    Tatoeba · crescat CC BY

  • 因為他們的財物過多,不能同居共處:他們寄居的地方也容不下他們,因為他們的牲畜甚多。

    For they were exceeding rich, and could not dwell together: neither was the land in which they sojourned able to bear them, for the multitude of their flocks.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

  • 寄居蟹

    hermit crab

  • 佢留學嗰陣時寄居響佢阿叔屋企。

    He lived in his uncle's house when he was studying abroad.

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

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