粵

斟zam1茶caa4遞dai6水seoi2

zam1 caa4 dai6 seoi2zhēn chá dì shuǐinferred

English

  1. serve someone drinks as a servant or in a servant-like fashion; literally 'pour tea and deliver water'

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 好似下人噉幫人斟嘢飲;服侍人

Examples

  • 話就話係活動助理,但其實都係行行企企,斟茶遞水。

    My formal job title is event assistant, but most of the time I'm just running errands and performing menial tasks.

Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk

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