粵

起hei2樓lau2

simp起楼
hei2 lau2qǐ lóu

English

  1. to build a house [colloquial]
  2. to construct a building

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 喺空地由冇到有噉整一棟建築物出嚟

Examples

  • 呢個地盤會起十棟樓。

    Ten buildings will be built at this site.

  • 呢個巴士總站之後會用嚟起樓。

    This bus terminus will be used as the site to build new buildings.

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

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