赤cek3字zi6

English

1. (financial) deficit
2. in the red; deficit
3. red letter

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 財政出現虧蝕，虧蝕嘅數字

Examples

• 今年政府嘅赤字接近一百億。

  This year, the government deficit is close to 10 billion.

• 我们去年遇到了赤字。

  We went into the red last year.

  Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

• 這場生意正面臨著赤字。

  The business is in the red.

  Tatoeba · tsayng CC BY

• 我們公司今季的赤字上漲了差不多一成。

  Our surplus has swelled by nearly ten percent in this quarter.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 在这种困难的时候，任何寻常的努力都无法使我们的公司摆脱赤字。

  In hard times like this, no ordinary effort can get our company out of the red.

  Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY