粵

清cing1光gwong1

cing1 gwong1qīng guāng

English

  1. all gone; a total wipe out
  2. with nothing left; with no one left (used after a verb)

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 乜都冇剩(用喺動詞之後,表示動作後嘅結果)

Examples

  • 輸清光

    to have lost all money

  • 賣清光

    to have everything sold out

  • 食清光

    to have eaten up all food

  • 佢上個星期去咗賭錢,結果成副身家輸清光。

    He went gambling last week, and he ends up losing every single bit of his fortune.

  • 不消三個月,這筆錢就會全給我花清光。

    I will have spent all this money in three months.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

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

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