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外
傭
[-
佣
]
Jyutping
ngoi6 jung4
Pinyin
wài yōng
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
foreign servants / domestic helpers [colloquial]
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
名詞
外來工作嘅家務傭工(量詞:個)
foreign domestic helper
聘請外傭
聘请外佣
ping3 cing2 ngoi6 jung4
to recruit a foreign domestic helper
Definitions (Wiktionary)
noun, Hong-Kong
foreign domestic worker
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
Cantonese
请左个外佣返嚟,阿妈同佢牛头唔搭马嘴,好难沟通。
請左個外傭返嚟,阿媽同佢牛頭唔搭馬嘴,好難溝通。
ceng2 zo2 go3 ngoi6 jung4 faan1 lei4, aa3 maa1 tung4 keoi5 ngau4 tau4 m4 daap3 maa5 zeoi2, hou2 naan4 kau1 tung1
We hired a foreign domestic helper. But mum has cultural difference with her, and thus can hardly communicate.
Cantonese
外佣
外傭
ngoi6 jung4
foreign domestic helper
Cantonese
聘请外佣
聘請外傭
ping3 cing2 ngoi6 jung4
to recruit a foreign domestic helper