粵

病beng6假gaa3

beng6 gaa3bìng jià

English

  1. sick leave
  2. sick leave; the leave of absence granted by company or school because of illness

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 因為病咗所以向公司或學校請嘅假(量詞:日)

Examples

  • 佢請咗三日病假。

    He took three days' sick leave.

  • 我不能這麼隨便地請病假。

    I can't just call in sick.

    Tatoeba · DaoSeng CC BY

  • 吸煙的人請病假的日數比不吸煙的人多兩倍。

    Smokers take twice as many days off sick as non-smokers.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

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

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