無業 [无业]

Jyutping mou4 jip6
Pinyin wú yè

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. unemployed
  2. jobless
  3. out of work
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to have no property; to be dispossessed
    • 全然無業，即既無土地，又無資金，完全失去生活依據，不得不出外當兵，或出去做工，或打流當乞丐的，都是“赤貧”，佔百分之二十。
      全然无业，即既无土地，又无资金，完全失去生活依据，不得不出外当兵，或出去做工，或打流当乞丐的，都是“赤贫”，占百分之二十。
      quán rán wú yè ， jí jì wú tǔ dì ， yòu wú zī jīn ， wán quán shī qù shēng huó yī jù ， bù dé bù chū wài dāng bīng ， huò chū qù zuò gōng ， huò dǎ liú dāng qǐ gài de ， dōu shì “ chì pín ” ， zhàn bǎi fēn zhī èr shí ．
      The utterly destitute, comprising 20 per cent, are the completely dispossessed, that is, people who have neither land nor money, are without any means of livelihood, and are forced to leave home and become mercenaries or hired labourers or wandering beggars.
  2. verb
    to be out of work; to be unemployed
    • 無業遊民
      无业游民
      wú yè yóu mín
      vagrant
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    政府嘅社会福利好咗，反而令无业游民增加咗。
    政府嘅社會福利好咗，反而令無業遊民增加咗。
    zing3 fu2 ge3 se5 wui2 fuk1 lei6 hou2 zo2, faan2 ji4 ling6 mou4 jip6 jau4 man4 zang1 gaa1 zo2.
    • Government social welfare is better now, but has resulted in an increase of the unemployed.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    全然无业，即既无土地，又无资金，完全失去生活依据，不得不出外当兵，或出去做工，或打流当乞丐的，都是“赤贫”，占百分之二十。
    全然無業，即既無土地，又無資金，完全失去生活依據，不得不出外當兵，或出去做工，或打流當乞丐的，都是“赤貧”，佔百分之二十。
    quán rán wú yè ， jí jì wú tǔ dì ， yòu wú zī jīn ， wán quán shī qù shēng huó yī jù ， bù dé bù chū wài dāng bīng ， huò chū qù zuò gōng ， huò dǎ liú dāng qǐ gài de ， dōu shì “ chì pín ” ， zhàn bǎi fēn zhī èr shí ．
    • The utterly destitute, comprising 20 per cent, are the completely dispossessed, that is, people who have neither land nor money, are without any means of livelihood, and are forced to leave home and become mercenaries or hired labourers or wandering beggars.
  2. Mandarin
    无业游民
    無業遊民
    wú yè yóu mín
    • vagrant