粵

當dong1差caai1

simp当差
dong1 caai1dāng chāi

English

  1. to be a police officer
  2. to work as a policeman

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 做同警察有關嘅職業

Examples

  • 好仔唔當差

    a decent person will not be a policeman

  • 我個仔當差㗎。

    My son is a policeman.

  • 佢當咗十年差。

    He has been a policeman for ten years.

  • 佢第時想當差。

    He wants to be a policeman in the future.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

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

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