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教gaau3書syu1

simp教书
gaau3 syu1jiao1shu1jiāo shū

English

  1. to work as a teacher; to teach (in a school)
  2. (adjective
  3. noun) Teaching
  4. to teach; to instruct

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 從事教學工作

Examples

  • 我喺波士頓教書。

    I taught in Boston.

    Tatoeba · thesilhouette CC BY

  • 阿 Bob 老豆喺女校教書。

    Bob's father teaches at a girls' school.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 有啲老師會一路教書一路批薯仔皮。

    Some teachers peel potatoes while teaching.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 棋可以喺社會上有好大嘅前途。 我喺呢度諗緊喺學校教書,順便諗埋用互聯網普及呢個遊戲,同埋預防阿爾茨海默病。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 我教书。

    I teach.

    Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

  • 老师教书。

    The teacher is teaching.

    Tatoeba · Emmy CC BY

  • 佢教書教咗四十年喇。

    He has taught for forty years already.

  • 我朋友喺中學教書,每晚成八點先收工。

    My friend teaches in a secondary school. He finishes work as late as eight every night.

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

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