粵

生saang1意ji3

saang1 ji3shēng yìshēng yi

English

  1. life force
  2. business
  3. vitality
  4. business; trade

量詞 — Classifiers

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 商業方面嘅交易、買賣(量詞:盤/檔/單)

Examples

  • 聖誕節就快到,生意都好咗啲。

    With the approach of Christmas, business improved somewhat.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 如果唔係有你幫手,我生意一定唔會咁成功。

    If it had not been for your aid, I would not have succeeded in my business.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 我可以拍心口講,佢做生意實成世都唔會成功。

    It may safely be said that he will never succeed in business.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 人生意義就係咁?就係要陪住一個人?

    Tatoeba · loegunn CC BY

  • 喺我小學嗰陣,我真心覺得我啲老師係好叻嘅人,我會被佢哋嘅態度同教訓所感動,但係中學只係一門生意。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 所有童話故事入面嘅生意都係噉樣做。 當國王個仔叫醒咗睡美人之後,佢就即刻同佢結婚,甚至冇向父母尋求埋許可。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 做生意

    to do business

  • 私幫生意

    one's own business apart from the concurrent job

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

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