停工
ting4 gung1tíng gōng
English
- to stop work
- to shut down
- to stop production
- to suspend a construction work
- to be laid off
粵語 — Cantonese
- 停止工程
- 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