冇嘢做 [－－－]

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Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. 沒事做 – 没事做
  2. 沒活兒幹 – 没活儿干
  3. 無所事事 – 无所事事
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
  1. Cantonese
    呢度冇嘢做喇喎。
    呢度冇嘢做喇喎。
    nei4 dou6 mou5 je5 zou6 laa3 wo5 。
    • There's nothing more to be done here.
  2. Cantonese
    冇嘢做就揾人陪；冇人陪就揾嘢做。
    冇嘢做就搵人陪；冇人陪就搵嘢做。
    mou5 je5 zou6 zau6 wan2 jan4 pui4 ； mou5 jan4 pui4 zau6 wan2 je5 zou6 。
    • If you are idle, be not solitary, if you are solitary, be not idle.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    放暑假冇嘢做咪日日落机舖煲机啰。
    放暑假冇嘢做咪日日落機舖煲機囉。
    fong3 syu2 gaa3 mou5 je5 zou6 mai6 jat6 jat6 lok6 gei1 pou2 bou1 gei1 lo1.
    • I've got nothing to do during the summer break, so I go to the game centre for a game marathon every day.
  2. Cantonese
    佢坐喺度冇嘢做就会对入嚟嘅人评头品足。
    佢坐喺度冇嘢做就會對入嚟嘅人評頭品足。
    keoi5 co5 hai2 dou6 mou5 je5 zou6 zau6 wui5 deoi3 jap6 lei4 ge3 jan4 ping4 tau4 ban2 zuk1.
    • When he just sits there idly, he will make frivolous remarks about the appearance of those who come in.
  3. Cantonese
    我听日冇嘢做，你可唔可以过嚟陪我呀？
    我聽日冇嘢做，你可唔可以過嚟陪我呀？
    ngo5 ting1 jat6 mou5 je5 zou6, nei5 ho2 m4 ho2 ji5 gwo3 lai4 pui4 ngo5 aa3?
    • I'm free tomorrow. Can you come over and be my company?
  4. Cantonese
    个老处嫁唔出冇嘢做就成日喺度搞风搞雨。
    個老處嫁唔出冇嘢做就成日喺度搞風搞雨。
    go3 lou5 cyu5 gaa3 m4 ceot1 mou5 je5 zou6 zau6 sing4 jat6 hai2 dou6 gaau2 fung1 gaau2 jyu5.
    • She is still a virgin, old and unmarried. That's why she has so much time to be a troublemaker.
  5. Cantonese
    个组长一个人做晒啲嘢，搞到组员冇嘢做。
    個組長一個人做晒啲嘢，搞到組員冇嘢做。
    go3 zou2 zoeng2 jat1 go3 jan1 zou6 saai3 di1 je5, gaau2 dou3 zou2 jyu4 mou5 je5 zou6.
    • The term leader completed all the tasks by himself, leaving nothing for his members to do.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Cantonese
    去啦！横掂你而家都冇嘢做。
    去啦！横掂你而家都冇嘢做。
    heoi3 laa1! waang4 dim6 nei5 ji4 gaa1 dou1 mou5 je5 zou6.
    • Just go! It's not like you have anything to do right now anyway.