量地 [－－]

Jyutping loeng6 dei6
Pinyin liáng dì

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to be unemployed

量地 [－－]

Jyutping loeng4 dei6
Pinyin liàng dì

Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞、俚語
    失業​；​因為​無​工開​而​周街​踱​(​度​)
    unemployed. Literally: measure land. "Measure" is the homophonic of "pace" in Cantonese, when a person paces on street in the office hour, implies that he have no job to do
    • 佢已經量地量咗成個月。
      佢已经量地量咗成个月。
      keoi5 ji5 ging1 loeng4 dei6 loeng4 zo2 seng4 go3 jyut6.
      He has been unemployed for a month.
    • 我量緊地呀，你請唔請人？
      我量紧地呀，你请唔请人？
      ngo5 loeng4 gan2 dei6 aa3, nei5 ceng2 m4 ceng2 jan4?
      I am unemployed, are you hiring?
  2. 近義詞
    踎躉
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    研究表明人们一有住处、食物这些基本的需要，附加的财富就不能大量地提高他们的快乐。
    研究表明人們一有住處、食物這些基本的需要，附加的財富就不能大量地提高他們的快樂。
    yán jiū biǎo míng rén men yī yǒu zhù chù 、 shí wù zhè xiē jī běn de xū yào ， fù jiā de cái fù jiù bù néng dà liàng dì tí gāo tā men de kuài lè 。
    • Studies show that once the basic needs of shelter and food are met, additional wealth adds very little to happiness.
  2. Mandarin
    他习惯大量地阅读。
    他習慣大量地閲讀。
    tā xí guàn dà liàng dì yuè dú 。
    • He used to read a lot.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    卫信道系以香港第一名量地官命名。
    衞信道係以香港第一名量地官命名。
    wai6 seon3 dou6 hai6 ji5 hoeng1 gong2 dai6 jat1 ming4 loeng4 dei6 gun1 ming6 ming4.
    • Wilson Road was named after the first Surveyor General, Wilberforce Wilson.
  2. Cantonese
    佢已经做咗量地官成个月。
    佢已經做咗量地官成個月。
    keoi5 ji5 ging1 zou6 zo2 loeng6 dei6 gun1 seng4 go3 jyut6.
    • He has been unemployed for a month.
  3. Cantonese
    佢已经量地量咗成个月。
    佢已經量地量咗成個月。
    keoi5 ji5 ging1 loeng4 dei6 loeng4 zo2 seng4 go3 jyut6.
    • He has been unemployed for a month.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    因此它们便能够大量地推销它们的商品，把中国变成它们的工业品的市场，同时又使中国的农业生产服从于帝国主义的需要。
    因此它們便能夠大量地推銷它們的商品，把中國變成它們的工業品的市場，同時又使中國的農業生產服從於帝國主義的需要。
    yīn cǐ tā men biàn néng gòu dà liàng de tuī xiāo tā men de shāng pǐn ， bǎ zhōng guó biàn chéng tā men de gōng yè pǐn de shì chǎng ， tóng shí yòu shǐ zhōng guó de nóng yè shēng chǎn fú cóng yú dì guó zhǔ yì de xū yào ．
    • Thus they have been able to dump their goods in China, turn her into a market for their industrial products, and at the same time subordinate her agriculture to their imperialist needs.