「瞓街」

Entry #1
Pronunciation: fan3 gaai1
Individual
Character Meaning:
瞓 to sleep; to lie down
街 street; out
Part of Speech: verb
Explanation:
  • to sleep on the street
    (Cant.) 佢keoi5試si3過gwo3有jau5一jat1次ci3飲jam2醉zeoi3酒zau2瞓fan3街gaai1,好hou2彩coi2冇mou5財coi4物mat6損syun2失sat1。
    (Eng.) He once got too drunk and fell asleep on the street. Luckily he did not suffer loss of belongings.
    (Cant.) 大daai6批pai1人jan4群kwan4通tung1宵siu1瞓fan3街gaai1排paai4隊deoi2,希hei1望mong6搶coeng2先sin1買maai5到dou2心sam1頭tau4好hou3。
    (Eng.) Huge crowds slept and queued up overnight on the streets, hoping to snap up their favourite products first.

  • to be homeless; to sleep rough; to live in a place not intended for habitation
    (Cant.) 你nei5又jau6知zi1人jan4哋dei6瞓fan3街gaai1係hai6因jan1為wai6唔m4俾bei2心sam1機gei1讀duk6書syu1、好hou3食sik6懶laan5飛fei1?無mou4家gaa1者ze2露lou6宿suk1都dou1有jau5好hou2多do1無mou4奈noi6嘅ge3原jyun4因jan1㗎gaa3。
    (Eng.) How do you know people are sleeping on the streets because they didn’t try hard in school or are just lazy? There are many unfortunate reasons behind homelessness.

See also: 踎街 冇瓦遮頭 流浪漢 無家可歸 企街 執二攤 打地鋪 擺街 日曬雨淋 泊街 罵街 老襯亭 行行企企 趴街 (部份類近詞彙取自ToastyNews數據分析)
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