粵

做zou6數sou3

simp做数
zou6 sou3zuò shù

English

  1. rigging numbers in accounting so as to pass the auditing; to do math; to do accounting; to organise the accounts and transactions
  2. to provide accounting and bookkeeping services
  3. to cook the books; to commit accounting fraud
  4. to do exercises on mathematics; to solve mathematical problems

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 會計算帳
  2. 造假帳
  3. 做數學題目

Examples

  • 我幫緊家姐做數。

    I am helping my sister to do her math exercises.

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  • 我個仔都唔鍾意做數,點搞?

    My son doesn't like to do maths. What can I do?

  • 我請你返嚟係同我做數,你明嗎?

    I hired you to help me work on those numbers, got it? ----

  • 我請你返嚟係同我做數,唔係上網睇 facebook!

    I hired you to do accounting for me, not to go on Facebook! ----

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

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