出息
ceot1 sik1chū xichū xī
English
- to yield interest, profit etc
- future prospects
- to achieve in one's life (esp. in career)
- to exhale (Buddhism)
- profit
- to mature
- to grow up
- (usually used after 有 "have" or 冇 "have no") prospect; future; ambition; accomplishment
粵語 — Cantonese
- (通常跟「有」或「冇」)前景;將來;上進;成就
Examples
我没出息。
I have no future.
Tatoeba · shanghainese CC BY
你做呢份工有乜出息吖,轉過份喇。
This job has no prospect. You'd better find another one.
Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk