粵

停ting4工gung1

ting4 gung1tíng gōng

English

  1. to stop work
  2. to shut down
  3. to stop production
  4. to suspend a construction work
  5. to be laid off

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 停止工程
  2. 僱員冇獲分配工作,亦都冇糧出

Examples

  • 暫時停工通知書

    suspension notice

  • 受肺炎影響,逾七成受訪打工仔停工減薪。

    Thanks to the pandemic, over 70% of the interviewed workers have been laid off.

  • 因地盤發生致命工業意外,勞工處勒令停工。

    The site works were suspended on the order of the Labour Department due to a fatal work accident. ----

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

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