長命事

Chinese

long-lived; longevous
matter; thing; item
matter; thing; item; work; affair
 
trad. (長命事) 長命
simp. (长命事) 长命

Pronunciation


  • Hakka
    • (Changting)
      • Changting Pinyin: chông2 miang5 she5
      • Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃʰɔŋ²⁴ miaŋ²¹ ʃe²¹/

Noun

長命事

  1. (Changting Hakka) a job that drags on indefinitely; work that takes so long you need a long life to see it finished

References

  • 周存 [Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “长命事”, in 长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Changting Dialect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司 [World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.], →ISBN, page 82.