粵

空hung1頭tau4支zi1票piu3

simp空头支票
hung1 tau4 zi1 piu3kōng tóu zhī piào

English

  1. bounced check; bad check
  2. bounced cheque
  3. bad cheque; rubber cheque; bounced cheque; dishonoured cheque; literally: blank cheque
  4. (idiom) empty promise
  5. empty or wild promise

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 攞唔到錢嘅支票(量詞:張)
  2. 唔會兑現嘅承諾

Examples

  • 開空頭支票隨時犯法㗎。

    It may be against the law to write a bad cheque. ----

  • 你成日開空頭支票,鬼有人信你咩!

    You often give empty promises. No wonder nobody believes you!

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

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