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Jyutping to1 si4 gaan3
Pinyin tuō shí jiān

Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    一直​唔​做​一​啲​嘢​、​延誤​時間​;​揼​(​dam1​)
    to delay; to procrastinate
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    他正在拖时间。
    他正在拖時間。
    tā zhèng zài tuō shí jiān 。
    • He's gaining time.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    政府啲工程成日超支又延迟,因为啲工程公司成日用工程难度高嚟拖时间、敲脚骨,但政府又信晒佢哋,俾完一次又一次。
    政府啲工程成日超支又延遲,因為啲工程公司成日用工程難度高嚟拖時間、敲腳骨,但政府又信晒佢哋,俾完一次又一次。
    • The government's construction project are often over budget and delay, because the construction vendors usually use building difficulties as the excuses to slowdown the progress and extort extra payment, but the government just trust them, pay the extra again and again.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Cantonese
    拖时间
    拖時間
    to1 si4 gaan1
    • to stall