磨時間
mo4 si4 gaan3mó shí jiāninferred
English
- to kill time; to be idle
粵語 — Cantonese
- 消磨時間;因為等緊一樣嘢,所以期間咩都唔做
Examples
我哋打啤牌消磨時間。
We killed time by playing cards.
Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY
我在街上散步,消磨時間。
I strolled along the streets to kill time.
Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY
有些人為了消磨時間而讀書。
Some read books to kill time.
Tatoeba · DaoSeng CC BY
做咩好啊,我要磨時間磨到三點呀…
What should we do now? I need to kill some time until it's three O’clock.
Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk