零用 [－－]

Jyutping ling4 jung6
Pinyin líng yòng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. incidental expenses
  2. sundries
  3. pocket money
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    同​零用​錢
    pocket money
    • 老婆每個月淨係俾五百蚊零用我。
      老婆每个月净系俾五百蚊零用我。
      lou5 po4 mui5 go3 jyut6 zing6 hai6 bei2 ng5 baak3 man1 ling4 jung6 ngo5.
      My wife gives me only five hundred dollars for pocket money.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to spend money in bits and pieces; to spend for incidental expenses
    (syn.) 零花
  2. noun, colloquial
    pocket money
    (syn.) 零花钱, 零用錢, 零钱, 零用钱, 零花錢, 零花, 零錢
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
  1. Cantonese
    我阿爸每个礼拜都会俾啲零用钱我，我就会攞啲零用钱去买漫画睇同埋买雪糕食。
    我阿爸每個禮拜都會俾啲零用錢我，我就會攞啲零用錢去買漫畫睇同埋買雪糕食。
    ngo5 aa3 baa1 mui5 go3 lai5 baai3 dou1 wui2 bei2 di1 ling4 jung6 cin2 ngo5 ， ngo5 zau6 wui2 lo2 di1 ling4 jung6 cin2 heoi3 maai5 maan6 waa2 tai2 tung4 maai4 maai5 syut3 gou1 sik6 。
    • My dad gives me a weekly allowance that I use to buy comics and ice cream.
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    我爸爸每周给我零用钱，我会用来买漫画书和冰激凌。
    我爸爸每週給我零用錢，我會用來買漫畫書和冰激凌。
    wǒ bà ba měi zhōu gěi wǒ líng yòng qián ， wǒ huì yòng lái mǎi màn huà shū hé bīng jī líng 。
    • My dad gives me a weekly allowance that I use to buy comics and ice cream.
  2. Mandarin
    给孩子的零用钱不应超过必要的数额。
    給孩子的零用錢不應超過必要的數額。
    gěi hái zi de líng yòng qián bù yīng chāo guò bì yào de shù é 。
    • A child should not get more spending money than is necessary.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    你屋企俾几多零用钱你？
    你屋企俾幾多零用錢你？
    nei5 uk1 kei2 bei2 gei2 do1 ling4 jung6 cin2 nei5?
    • How much pocket money do you have?
  2. Cantonese
    我阿妈每个礼拜净系俾五十蚊零用钱我。
    我阿媽每個禮拜淨係俾五十蚊零用錢我。
    ngo5 aa3 maa1 mui5 go3 lai5 baai3 zing6 hai6 bei2 ng5 sap6 man1 ling4 jung6 cin2 ngo5.
    • My mum only gives me $50 as pocket money each week.
  3. Cantonese
    我用咗一半零用钱买衫。
    我用咗一半零用錢買衫。
    ngo5 jung6 zo2 jat1 bun3 ling4 jung6 cin2 maai5 saam1.
    • I spend half of my pocket money buying the clothes.
  4. Cantonese
    佢妹妹成日问佢攞零用钱。
    佢妹妹成日問佢攞零用錢。
    keoi5 mui4 mui2 sing4 jat6 man6 keoi5 lo2 ling4 jung6 cin2.
    • His younger sister often asks him to give her pocket money.
  5. Cantonese
    今个月啲零用绷绷紧咋。
    今個月啲零用繃繃緊咋。
    gam1 go3 jyut6 di1 ling4 jung6 maang1 maang1 gan2 zaa3.
    • The pocket money for this month is barely enough.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    阿芳记得在孩提时期，赤崁楼对面的老饼铺内，玻璃罐中放着一颗颗的椪饼，当时一颗椪饼只要5元，有时候妈妈给了零用钱，阿芳就会去买上一颗。
    阿芳记得在孩提时期，赤崁楼对面的老饼铺内，玻璃罐中放着一颗颗的椪饼，当时一颗椪饼只要5元，有时候妈妈给了零用钱，阿芳就会去买上一颗。
    Ｆｒｏｍ ： ２０１９ ， 蔡季芳 ， 《 阿芳的新三杯麵粉 》 ， pa ge ２２５
    • I (Fang) remember that in my childhood, in the old bakery across Fort Provintia, there were puffed-up cookies put in a glass jar. Back then, one puffed-up cookie only cost 5 dollars. Sometimes, when Mom gave me my allowance, I would go and buy one.