粵

照ziu3住zyu6

ziu3 zyu6zhào zhù

English

  1. take care of (spoken)
  2. to protect; to support; to back-up; literally "to shine on"

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 支持、保護其他人

Examples

  • 如果你照住我嘅說話去做,我哋而家就唔會搞成噉啦。

    We wouldn't be in this mess if you'd just done what I told you.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 有大佬照住,我都定啲。

    With you here, I feel a lot more confident.

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

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