粵

委wai2屈wat1

wai2 wat1wěi qu

English

  1. wronged; aggrieved
  2. suffer from injustice
  3. to inconvenience; to put (sb) at a disadvantage; to do sb wrong
  4. sense of being wronged
  5. aggrieved; feeling wronged, hard done by, unfairly blamed, or misunderstood
  6. to wrong, shortchange, put upon, or inconvenience someone; to make someone accept a role or arrangement beneath what they deserve
  7. unfair treatment; an indignity, grievance, or hardship suffered
  8. to compromise oneself; to suppress one’s own wishes or put oneself out to accommodate others

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 因為受不公平對待、畀人冤枉、誤會,或者未獲應有重視,而感到難受、不忿或唔甘心嘅心情
  2. 令某人承受唔應得、唔相稱或者唔方便嘅安排、待遇或犧牲;可以有「虧待」、「低估」或「要人屈就」嘅意思,常帶同情、體諒或歉意。
  3. 指所受嘅不公平待遇、冤枉、侮慢或被迫遷就而承受嘅苦;亦可以指由此積落嘅不平和苦悶
  4. 壓低、犧牲或抑制自己嘅意願、利益或尊嚴,以遷就他人或環境

Examples

  • 我喺工作上受咗好多委屈。

    I have endured a lot of unfair treatment at work.

  • 為咗遷就屋企人,佢成日委屈自己。

    He often sacrifices his own wishes to accommodate his family.

  • 我讀完博士都只係做文員,呢個安排真係委屈咗我。

    I have a PhD and I am still being made to work as a clerk, this arrangement really shortchanges me. ----

  • 我幫教授寫咗十篇論文,都唔畀我畢業,真係好委屈。

    I wrote ten papers for my professor and they still will not let me graduate. I feel so wronged.

  • 你讀完博士,仲要畀人安排做文員,真係委屈咗你喇。

    You have a PhD and are still being made to work as a clerk, you deserve better than this.

  • 個個都以為我講大話,但我根本冇講大話,我真係覺得好委屈。

    Everyone thinks I lied, but I did not. I feel so wronged.

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

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