過日 [过－]

Jyutping gwo3 jat6
Pinyin guò rì

Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
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Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, Min-Nan
    to live one's life; to eke out an existence; to pass the day; to get along; to pass one's days
    (syn.) 过日子, 活命, 生活, 过活, 過日子, 過活, 度日
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
  1. Cantonese
    加拿大大过日本。
    加拿大大過日本。
    gaa1 naa4 daai6 daai6 gwo3 jat6 bun2 。
    • Canada is larger than Japan.
  2. Cantonese
    中国大过日本好多。
    中國大過日本好多。
    zung1 gwok3 daai6 gwo3 jat6 bun2 hou2 do1 。
    • China is much larger than Japan.
    • China is much bigger than Japan.
  3. Cantonese
    中国大过日本二十倍。
    中國大過日本二十倍。
    zung1 gwok3 daai6 gwo3 jat6 bun2 ji6 sap6 pui5 。
    • China is twenty times bigger than Japan.
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    你吃过日本料理吗？
    你吃過日本料理嗎？
    nǐ chī guò rì běn liào lǐ ma ？
    • Have you ever eaten Japanese food?
  2. Mandarin
    Dan离开了Linda，因为已经没法和她一起过日子了。
    Dan離開了Linda，因為已經沒法和她一起過日子了。
    dan lí kāi le linda， yīn wèi yǐ jīng méi fǎ hé tā yī qǐ guò rì zi le 。
    • Dan left Linda when life became unbearable with her.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    我够想开开心心过日子啦，冇得拣吖嘛。
    我夠想開開心心過日子啦，冇得揀吖嘛。
    ngo5 gau3 soeng2 hoi1 hoi1 sam1 sam1 gwo3 jat6 zi2 laa1, mou5 dak1 gaan2 aa1 maa3.
    • I want to live happily too, but I don't have a choice.
  2. Cantonese
    好好过日子
    好好過日子
    hou2 hou2 gwo3 jat6 zi2
    • to live a good life
  3. Cantonese
    你大佬终日无所事事，流离浪荡噉过日辰，又唔揾嘢做。
    你大佬終日無所事事，流離浪蕩噉過日辰，又唔揾嘢做。
    nei5 daai6 lou2 zung1 jat6 mou4 so2 si6 si6, lau4 lei4 long5 dong6 gam2 gwo3 jat6 san4, jau6 m4 wan2 je5 zou6.
    • Your elder brother does nothing all day, spending his hours wandering around the streets but not finding jobs.
  4. Cantonese
    赚住钱过日辰，一石二鸟。
    賺住錢過日辰，一石二鳥。
    zaan6 zyu6 cin2 gwo3 jat6 san4, jat1 sek6 ji6 niu5.
    • You can spend time earning money so that both can be satisfied.
  5. Cantonese
    呢个江湖骗子最叻弄虚作假，靠呃人钱过日子。
    呢個江湖騙子最叻弄虛作假，靠呃人錢過日子。
    ni1 go3 gong1 wu4 pin3 zi2 zeoi3 lek1 lung6 heoi1 zok3 gaa2, kaau3 aak1 jan4 cin2 gwo3 jat6 zi2.
    • The swindler is good at cheating people, making his living by cheating.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    今天的年轻人也应该为他们的后人艰苦奋斗，不能抱着“今朝有酒今朝醉”的态度过日子。
    今天的年輕人也應該為他們的後人艱苦奮鬥，不能抱着“今朝有酒今朝醉”的態度過日子。
    jīn tiān de nián qīng rén yě yīng gāi wèi tā men de hòu rén jiān kǔ fèn dòu ， bù néng bào zhe “ jīn zhāo yǒu jiǔ jīn zhāo zuì ” de tài dù guò rì zi ．
    • Today's youth must struggle diligently for the sake of those who will come after them. They must not while away their time with an attitude of here today, gone tomorrow.
  2. Mandarin
    我从没去过日本。
    我從沒去過日本。
    wǒ cóng méi qù guò rì běn ．
    • I have never been to Japan before.
  3. Mandarin
    会过日子
    會過日子
    huì guò rì zi
    • to know how to lead a frugal life
  4. Mandarin
    浑浑噩噩过日子
    渾渾噩噩過日子
    hún hú nè è guò rì zi
    • to aimlessly idle one's days away
  5. Mandarin
    但他们往往遭农会严厉拒绝，所以他们总是悬心吊胆地过日子
    但他們往往遭農會嚴厲拒絕，所以他們總是懸心吊膽地過日子
    dàn tā men wǎng wǎng zāo nóng huì yán lì jù jué ， suǒ yǐ tā men zǒng shì xuán xīn diào dǎn de guò rì zi
    • But more often than not they are turned down flat by the peasant associations, and so they are always on tenterhooks