粵

掃sou3街gaai1

simp扫街
sou3 gaai1sǎo jiē

English

  1. to sweep the streets
  2. to canvas (for votes, sales etc)
  3. to sweep the streets
  4. to eat all the street food of one particular street

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 打掃街道
  2. 沿住條街食街頭小食

Examples

  • 佢去咗台灣夜市,掃咗兩晚街之後,肥咗五磅。

    After indulging in street food at Taiwan's night markets for two nights, he gained five pounds.

  • 細個阿媽成日話讀書唔成聽掃街,但係其實掃街有咩問題?

    In my childhood Mum often said I would be a street cleaner if I did not study well. But actually, what's wrong with that? ----

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

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