追zeoi1數sou3

English

1. debt collection (spoken)
2. to collect debt; to pursue debt; to chase after debtors
3. to chase after a quota or race to fulfill company's budgeted revenue
4. to urge someone to make good some promise

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 去追收返其他人欠嘅債；可以係為自己，亦可以係受人委託
2. 本身業績同公司要求有差距時，努力追趕以達致某個業績數字
3. 催促人履行之前許下嘅承諾

Examples

• 大耳窿追數

  loan shark collecting debt

• 呢排成日見人上佢屋企追數，睇嚟佢問財仔借落唔少。

  Debt collectors frequently visit his home recently. Guess he borrowed a lot from a finance company. ----

• 我之前口快快應承幫佢翻譯幾篇文，佢而家日日追我數呀……

  I rashly promised to translate a few articles for him. He now asks me for it every day...

• 做呢行一到年尾就要追數交quota，唔夠數會俾老細照肺㗎！

  You must meet the company's revenue targets by year-end, or risk getting reprimanded by management. ----