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做嘢

zou6 je5

zuo4 ye3

[1] to do things; to do sth.; to do stuff | Std. Chin.: 做東西 [2] to do work; to work; to be at work; to attend to matters; to carry out a task | Std. Chin.: 幹活; 幹事; 做事; 作事; 辦事; 辦公

This word can only be used in Spoken Cantonese or informal Cantonese writing. 粵

Level: 1 Google Frequency: 3,700

做嘢

做 zou6 zuo4 - do, make
嘢 je5 ye3 - [粵] thing; articles

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我喺學校做嘢粵 edit
I work at school

你成日食嘢唔做嘢；搏炒係咪? 粵 edit
You're forever eating and not doing work; are you trying to get fired?

佢做嘢咁慢，做到天光都做唔完啦！粵 edit
He works so slowly, he won't be even finished by [next] morning.

佢做嘢好快手，之不過有時揦西啲粵 edit
He is very fast in what he does, but occasionally he can be sloppy.

This word was added by tym on 3rd Sep 2005 and last edited on 24th Aug 2006

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