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站zaam6長zoeng2

simp站长
zaam6 zoeng2zhàn zhǎng

English

  1. person in charge of a train station 車站|车站[che1 zhan4] (stationmaster), website 網站|网站[wang3 zhan4] (webmaster), volunteer center 志工站[zhi4 gong1 zhan4] (center manager), etc
  2. stationmaster; station/terminus regulator/supervisor
  3. figuratively, someone who does things very slowly and hence causes annoyance to others

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 管理車站嘅最高級人員;指揮車站管理嘅人(量詞:個)
  2. 做嘢摩、動作慢,令到人哋等到唔耐煩嘅人(量詞:個)

Examples

  • 站長室

    stationmaster's room; regulator's room

  • 助理站長

    assistant station/terminus regulator ----

  • 你個站長,快啲出牌啦!

    You're playing too slowly, hurry up and play your card!

  • 在日本,有站長是貓的車站。

    There's a train station in Japan where the station master is a cat.

    Tatoeba · cienias CC BY

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

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