粵

浪long4費fai3

simp浪费
long4 fai3long6 fai3làng fèi

English

  1. to waste
  2. to waste; to squander
  3. to squander

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 冇意義噉用咗啲時間、錢、資源

Examples

  • 浪費時間

    to waste time

  • 浪費食物

    to waste food

  • 減少浪費

    to reduce waste

  • 唔好浪費時間。

    Don't waste time.

    Tatoeba · kaenif CC BY

  • 啲衫你都唔着,好浪費啫。

    You don't wear these clothes. It's a huge waste.

  • 時間就喺咁樣白白浪費嘞。

    This is how time is all wasted.

    Tatoeba · tigro1973 CC BY

  • 學外語根本就係浪費時間。

    Learning a foreign language is a waste of time.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 点解你将时间浪费喺Tom身上?

    Why are you wasting your time with Tom?

    Tatoeba · WilliamKwok CC BY

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

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