粵

破po3產caan2

simp破产
po3 caan2pò chǎn

English

  1. to go bankrupt
  2. to become impoverished
  3. bankruptcy
  4. to go bankrupt
  5. (humorous) broke; penniless
  6. (of credibility, reputation) to be ruined; to be destroyed completely; to sink to the bottom

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 按照法律程序,宣佈冇能力還債
  2. 用嚟搞笑咁話自己或者人哋窮到燶
  3. 比喻信用、名氣等等嘅嘢全部冇晒

Examples

  • 他破产了。

    He went bankrupt.

    Tatoeba · jiangche CC BY

  • 他破產了。

    He is bankrupt.

    Tatoeba · DaoSeng CC BY

  • 公司破产了。

    The company went bankrupt.

    Tatoeba · sadhen CC BY

  • 我們快破產了。

    We're almost broke.

    Tatoeba · xjjAstrus CC BY

  • 他被宣告破产。

    He was declared bankrupt.

    Tatoeba · GlossaMatik CC BY

  • 間公司愈欠愈多債,尋晚終於宣佈破產。

    With huge debts piling up, the company finally declared bankruptcy last night. ----

  • 單嘢俾人揭發咗之後,佢一夜之間名譽破產。

    The revelation of the scandal caused horrible damage to his reputation.

  • 佢講過咁多次大話,已經誠信破產,冇人會再信佢。

    After so many lies, his credibility has sunk to zero, and nobody will believe him anymore.

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

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