jau1 sik1 si4 gaan3休息時間休息时间
Jyutpingjau1 sik1 si4 gaan3
Yaleyāu sīk sìh gaan
Definition
Break time, recess, or rest period.
colloquialworktime
How it's used
Refers specifically to a scheduled interval for resting or stopping work. While it sounds formal in some contexts, it is the standard way to describe a break in school or office settings. It is often shortened to just 休息 in casual conversation when the context of a break is already clear.
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go3個goExamples
Break time is here, let's go eat together.
What are you doing during your break time?
Related words
Common phrases
break time is over
to take a break
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
