貼錢
tip3 cin2tiē qiáninferred
English
- pay out of one's own money
- to spend money at a loss
粵語 — Cantonese
- 本來唔應該由個人支出嘅錢,用自己嘅錢暫時畀著先
- 額外付出金錢而且唔會收得返,白白損失
Examples
貼錢買難受
to spend money or efforts on something and receive inconvenience, discomfort or trouble in return
公司冇利潤,老闆要貼錢出糧俾我哋。
The company wasn't making any profit, so our boss had to pay our salary out of his own pocket. ----
因為埋數嗰陣條數唔啱,所以我要貼錢嚟填返條數啊!
Because when we were balancing the till, the sum was not correct, I had to compensate the missing amount.
Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk