粵

殖zik6民man4地dei6

zik6 man4 dei6zhí mín dì

English

  1. colony
  2. colony

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 宗主國全權控制嘅境外屬地(量詞:個)

Examples

  • 殖民地部

    Colonial Office, a former government department of the United Kingdom

  • 殖民地時期

    colonial period

  • 開拓殖民地

    to colonise

  • 殖民地官職

    official position in the colonial government

  • 反過嚟噉講,本來可以吸引更多歐洲投資,同埋加劇殖民地大國之間對有利可圖嘅資源控制權嘅競爭。

    Tatoeba · Davidgo5867 CC BY

  • 台灣曾經是日本的殖民地。

    Taiwan was once a colony of Japan.

    Tatoeba · mimosawang CC BY

  • 肯尼亞曾經是英國的殖民地。

    Kenya used to be a British colony.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 尼日利亞曾經是英國的殖民地。

    At one time Nigeria was a British colony.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

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

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