粵

磨mo4時si4間gaan3

mo4 si4 gaan3mó shí jiāninferred

English

  1. to kill time; to be idle

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 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

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