手停口停 [－－－－]

Jyutping sau2 ting4 hau2 ting4
Pinyin shǒu tíng kǒu tíng

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. one unable to support living if stop working
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語句
    冇​工開​，​搞​到​冇​收入
    no job, no income
    • 佢前排工傷，手停口停咗幾個月。
      佢前排工伤，手停口停咗几个月。
      keoi5 cin4 paai2 gung1 soeng1, sau2 ting4 hau2 ting4 zo2 gei2 go3 jyut6.
      Injured at work, he has no job and no income for a few months.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, Cantonese, idiomatic
    living on a starvation wage; barely able to feed oneself; living on the edge
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. 一不幹活就沒飯吃了 – 一不干活就没饭吃了
  2. 不開工就沒有工資 – 不开工就没有工资
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    佢前排工伤，手停口停咗几个月。
    佢前排工傷，手停口停咗幾個月。
    keoi5 cin4 paai2 gung1 soeng1, sau2 ting4 hau2 ting4 zo2 gei2 go3 jyut6.
    • Injured at work, he has no job and no income for a few months.