跳掣
tiu3 zai3tiào chèinferred
English
- to trip a circuit breaker
- to have a mental fatigue, to sidetrack unintentionally due to a failure in multi-tasking
粵語 — Cantonese
- 電路因為漏電或者負載過多,保護裝置自動切斷電路
- 個腦同時間要諗好多樣事情,搞到答非所問,九唔搭八
Examples
我做嘢做到個人跳晒掣。
After working so much, I'm mentally exhausted.
個電箱又跳咗掣喇!快啲揾人嚟檢查下啦。
The distribution board has tripped again! Find someone to take a look at it. ----
Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk