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唔做嘢

m4 zou6 je5

m2 zuo4 ye3

[1] not doing anything; not doing sth. [2] goofing off; slacking; not doing work (when one should be) [] Std. Chin.: 不幹活; 不做事

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

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 660

唔做嘢

唔 m4 ng4 wu2 n2 ng2 - not
做 zou6 zuo4 - do, make
嘢 je5 ye3 - [粵] thing; articles

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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?

This word was added by tym on 3rd Sep 2005 and last edited on 16th Aug 2006

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