粵

蛇se4王wong4

se4 wong4shé wáng

English

  1. (noun) an expert who is familiar with snakes; (of people) lazybones; loafer; (slang) (verb) to slack off (from doing something); to loaf on the job; to goof off; to play hooky; (adjective) lazy
  2. to slack off; to goof off; to be lazy during work
  3. snake-tamer; expert in catching snakes; literally "snake king"
  4. to sneak out during work; to do non-work-related things at work time without prior permission

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 返工嘅時候偷懶、唔專心
  2. 捉蛇好叻嘅人(另外,有捉蛇叻嘅人開舖將捉到嘅蛇浸酒同煲蛇羹攞嚟賣,間舖會直接叫做「蛇王X」,X就係佢個名)(量詞:個)
  3. 返工嘅時候未經准許去咗做自己嘢

Examples

  • 你又蛇王!想老細炒你呀?

    You're slacking off again! You wanna get fired or something? ----

  • 我今日下晝蛇王先買到張飛咋!

    I only managed to get the ticket by slacking off from work this afternoon!

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

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