粵

童tung4工gung1

tung4 gung1tóng gōng

English

  1. child labor
  2. child labour

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 受僱成為勞工而權利受剝削嘅兒童;一般被立法禁止,以保障兒童嘅成長發展,以及佢哋受教育嘅權利(量詞:個)

Examples

  • 雖然已經踏入了新世紀,但是工廠僱用童工的情況還是沒有改善。

    At the turn of the century, children still worked in factories.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

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

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