粵

差caai1事si6

caai1 si6chà shìchāi shi

English

  1. poor
  2. errand
  3. not up to standard
  4. assignment
  5. job
  6. commission
  7. see also 差使[chai1 shi5]
  8. duty; assignment
  9. job; work

量詞 — Classifiers

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 任務;俾人差遣去做嘅嘢(量詞:件)
  2. 工作;職業(量詞:份)

Examples

  • 这不是件困难的差事。

    This isn't a difficult job.

    Tatoeba · basilhan CC BY

  • 说服他中止旅行真是件苦差事。

    I had a hard time trying to persuade him to cancel the trip.

    Tatoeba · ydcok CC BY

  • 佢俾咗件差事我做。

    He assigned a job to me. ----

  • 我逼佢讀書,都係想佢第時有份好差事啫。

    I force him to study, just because I want him to have a good job in the future.

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

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