打發 [－发]

Jyutping daa2 faat3
Pinyin dǎ fā

Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 六级词汇表 #181

打發 [－发]

Jyutping daa2 faat3
Pinyin dǎ fa

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to dispatch sb to do sth
  2. to make sb leave
  3. to pass (the time)
  4. (old) to make arrangements
  5. (old) to bestow (alms etc)
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    派遣​，​吩咐​某人​去​負責​某個​崗位
    send; assign; dispatch (like somebody on an errand)
    • 老闆 打發咗佢去做代表。
      老板 打发咗佢去做代表。
      lou5 baan2 daa2 faat3 zo2 keoi5 heoi3 zou6 doi6 biu2.
      The boss assigned him to be the representative.
  2. 動詞
    敷衍​咁​趕​走​一個​人​，​用​啲​方法​令​對​方離場
    send away; get ride of
    • 佢年紀太大，幫唔到手嚹，俾啲退休金 打發佢走喇。
      佢年纪太大，帮唔到手嚹，俾啲退休金 打发佢走喇。
      keoi5 nin4 gei2 daai6, bong1 m4 dou2 sau2 laa3, bei2 di1 teoi3 jau1 gam1 daa2 faat3 keoi5 zau2 laa1.
      He is too old and not so helpful now. Let's give him some pension and lay him off.
  3. 動詞
    消耗​，​消磨​，​通常​形容​時間
    fritter; while away; kill (time)
    • 老人家 要學識點樣打發時間先至唔會覺得悶。
      老人家 要学识点样打发时间先至唔会觉得闷。
      lou5 jan4 gaa1 jiu3 hok6 sik1 dim2 joeng2 daa2 faat3 si4 gaan3 sin1 zi3 m4 wui3 gok3 dak1 mun6.
      To get rid of boredom, old people need to learn how to kill time by themselves.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to whip
    • 打發蛋白
      打发蛋白
      dǎ fā dàn bái
      to whip the egg white
  2. verb
    to arrange
    (syn.) 配备, 组织, 著落, 位置, 安排, 提調, 佈局, 布局, 铺排, 摆布, 提调, 施設, 部署, 施设, 措置, 着落, 分派, 安顿, 排定, 安頓, 區劃, 区划, 組織, 配列, 布置, 配備, 擺佈, 佈置, 安置, 鋪排, 支配
  3. verb
    to dismiss; to send away
  4. verb
    to send (on an errand, mission, etc.); to dispatch; to deploy
  5. verb
    to while away (one's time)
    (syn.) 消遣, 消磨
    • 打發時間
      打发时间
      dǎ fa shí jiān
      to kill time
  6. verb, literary
    to hand out; to hand over (money, items, project, etc.)
    (syn.) 發付, 发付
  7. verb
    to marry off a daughter
    (syn.) 嫁女
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    Mick等待约会的时候靠读杂志打发时间。
    Mick等待約會的時候靠讀雜誌打發時間。
    mick děng dài yuē huì de shí hou kào dú zá zhì dǎ fā shí jiān 。
    • Mick killed time by reading a magazine while waiting for his date.
  2. Mandarin
    世界上有数之不尽的人渴望自己能长生不老，但这些人却连一个下雨的星期天下午也不懂得该怎么打发。
    世界上有數之不盡的人渴望自己能長生不老，但這些人卻連一個下雨的星期天下午也不懂得該怎麼打發。
    shì jiè shàng yǒu shù zhī bù jìn de rén kě wàng zì jǐ néng cháng shēng bù lǎo ， dàn zhè xiē rén què lián yí gè xià yǔ de xīng qī tiān xià wǔ yě bù dǒng de gāi zěn me dǎ fa 。
    • Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    老板 打发咗佢去做代表。
    老闆 打發咗佢去做代表。
    lou5 baan2 daa2 faat3 zo2 keoi5 heoi3 zou6 doi6 biu2.
    • The boss assigned him to be the representative.
  2. Cantonese
    佢年纪太大，帮唔到手嚹，俾啲退休金 打发佢走喇。
    佢年紀太大，幫唔到手嚹，俾啲退休金 打發佢走喇。
    keoi5 nin4 gei2 daai6, bong1 m4 dou2 sau2 laa3, bei2 di1 teoi3 jau1 gam1 daa2 faat3 keoi5 zau2 laa1.
    • He is too old and not so helpful now. Let's give him some pension and lay him off.
  3. Cantonese
    老人家 要学识点样打发时间先至唔会觉得闷。
    老人家 要學識點樣打發時間先至唔會覺得悶。
    lou5 jan4 gaa1 jiu3 hok6 sik1 dim2 joeng2 daa2 faat3 si4 gaan3 sin1 zi3 m4 wui3 gok3 dak1 mun6.
    • To get rid of boredom, old people need to learn how to kill time by themselves.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    打发时间
    打發時間
    dǎ fa shí jiān
    • to kill time
  2. Mandarin
    要收的庄稼多，做工的人少。所以，你们当求庄稼的主打发工人出去收他的庄稼。
    要收的莊稼多，做工的人少。所以，你們當求莊稼的主打發工人出去收他的莊稼。
    yào shōu de zhuāng jia duō ， zuò gōng de rén shǎo ． suǒ yǐ ， nǐ men dāng qiú zhuāng jia de zhǔ dǎ fā gōng rén chū qu shōu tā de zhuāng jia ．
    • The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.
  3. Mandarin
    打发蛋白
    打發蛋白
    dǎ fā dàn bái
    • to whip the egg white