交差 [－－]

Jyutping gaau1 caai1
Pinyin jiāo chāi

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to report back after completion of one's mission
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    向​一​啲​比​較​有權​威​嘅​人​匯​報​工作​或者​其他​一早​交帶​落​嘅​嘢​嘅​進​度
    to report to the leadership after accomplishing a task
    • 你父母叫我揾你返去 你唔跟我返屋企，我點向你父母交差啊？
      你父母叫我揾你返去 你唔跟我返屋企，我点向你父母交差啊？
      yue:你父母叫我揾你返去 你唔跟我返屋企，我點向你父母交差啊？
      Your parents asked me to bring you back. How can I face your parents if you refuse to come with me?
  2. 動詞
    冇​心機​、​求其​咁​做​嘢
    to work without enthusiasm
    • 份工我都唔鐘意嘅，咪唯有日日交差囉。
      份工我都唔钟意嘅，咪唯有日日交差啰。
      I hate this job. What I am doing is simply accomplishing boring tasks with no passion.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to report to leadership after accomplishing a task; to report what one has done in the line of duty
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    交差饷
    交差餉
    gaau1 caai1 hoeng2
    • to pay rates
  2. Cantonese
    求其交差
    求其交差
    kau4 kei4 gaau1 caai1
    • to finish a task without due dilligence
  3. Cantonese
    你父母叫我揾你返去 你唔跟我返屋企，我点向你父母交差啊？
    你父母叫我揾你返去 你唔跟我返屋企，我點向你父母交差啊？
    yue:你父母叫我揾你返去 你唔跟我返屋企，我點向你父母交差啊？
    • Your parents asked me to bring you back. How can I face your parents if you refuse to come with me?
  4. Cantonese
    份工我都唔钟意嘅，咪唯有日日交差啰。
    份工我都唔鐘意嘅，咪唯有日日交差囉。
    • I hate this job. What I am doing is simply accomplishing boring tasks with no passion.
  5. Cantonese
    在台上面𠮶啲所谓竞选咪只不过系做场大龙凤，同中央和国际社会交差啫。
    在台上面嗰啲所謂競選咪只不過係做場大龍鳳，同中央和國際社會交差啫。
    • Those so-called elections are dramas created just to show the world we have done something.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    马打便招了你老弟去问问作作记录好交差。
    馬打便招了你老弟去問問作作記錄好交差。
    mǎ dǎ biàn zhāo le nǐ lǎo dì qù wèn wèn zuò zuò jì lù hǎo jiāo chāi ．
    • So the police beckoned your younger brother for interrogation so that he could get a record to report on.