做嘢 (zou6 je5) — to do work; to work; to be at work; to… in Cantonese

zouˍ₆做jeˏ₅嘢

Mandarin Pinyin: zuo4 ye3

Meaning of 做嘢

nounto do work; to work; to be at work; to attend to matters; to carry out a task | Std. Chin.: 幹活; 幹事; 做事; 作事; 辦事; 辦公

nounto do things; to do sth.; to do stuff | Std. Chin.: 做東西

noun(verb) to do something; to work on; to work

你成日食嘢唔做嘢；搏炒係咪?

You're forever eating and not doing work; are you trying to get fired?

我喺學校做嘢

I work at school

佢做嘢咁慢，做到天光都做唔完啦！

He works so slowly, he won't be even finished by [next] morning.

佢做嘢好快手，之不過有時揦西啲

He is very fast in what he does, but occasionally he can be sloppy.

ngoˏ₅我deoi˗₃對haaiˎ₄鞋beiˊ²畀ngoˏ₅我zou6je5做go2dou6嘢go˗₃嗰bei3syu1度sau1maai4-zo2個秘書收埋咗

My shoes were hidden by the secretary at work.

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