粵

貼tip3錢cin2

tip3 cin2tiē qiáninferred

English

  1. pay out of one's own money
  2. to spend money at a loss

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 本來唔應該由個人支出嘅錢,用自己嘅錢暫時畀著先
  2. 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

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