粵

請cing2纓jing1

simp请缨
cing2 jing1qǐng yīng

English

  1. to volunteer for military service
  2. to offer oneself for an assignment
  3. to ask for assignment of a job or task to themselves

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 主動請求擔當某職責或任務

Examples

  • 班主任揾人搞班會活動,佢即刻自動請纓幫手。

    The class teacher is looking for volunteers to organize the class activities, he immediately nominated himself to help.

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

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