量地官 [－－－]

Jyutping loeng6 dei6 gun1
Pinyin liàng dì guān

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, literally
    land surveyor (professional who measures land)
  2. noun, humorous, sometimes
    one who is unemployed

量地官 [－－－]

Jyutping loeng4 dei6 gun1
Pinyin liàng dì guān

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. an unemployed person; a jobless person; a hobo; a vagrant
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    丈量土地​嘅​官​員​；​香港​指地政​總署​丈量​員​，​前稱​工務​司署​地政測量​處​官員
    Surveyor, Lands Department; former Crown Lands and Survey Office, British Hong Kong
    • 衞信道係以香港第一名量地官命名。
      卫信道系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. 名詞
    指失業​、​冇​嘢​做​而​周街​踱​（​度​）​嘅​人
    an unemployed person, a jobless person. "Measure" is the homophonic of "pace" in Cantonese. A person paces on street in the office hours, implies that he has no job.
    • 佢已經做咗量地官成個月。
      佢已经做咗量地官成个月。
      keoi5 ji5 ging1 zou6 zo2 loeng6 dei6 gun1 seng4 go3 jyut6.
      He has been unemployed for a month.
  3. 參看
    糧地官
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.