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量loeng4地dei6官gun1

loeng4 dei6 gun1liàng dì guān

English

  1. an unemployed person; a jobless person; a hobo; a vagrant
  2. Surveyor, Lands Department; former Crown Lands and Survey Office, British Hong Kong
  3. an unemployed person, a jobless person. "Measure" is the homophonic of "pace" in Cantonese. A person paces on street in the office hours, implies that he has no job.

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 丈量土地嘅官員;香港指地政總署丈量員,前稱工務司署地政測量處官員
  2. 指失業、冇嘢做而周街踱(度)嘅人

Examples

  • 佢已經做咗量地官成個月。

    He has been out of work for a month.

  • 衞信道係以香港第一名量地官命名。

    Wilson Road was named after the first Surveyor General, Wilberforce Wilson. ----

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

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