(pos:名詞)
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yue:老一輩嘅人用嚟講後輩、細過自己嘅世代、#後輩
eng:young generation (from the perspective of an older person)
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yue:#打壞 後生 (daa2 waai2 hau6 saang1)
eng:feeble young people
<eg>
yue:而家啲後生好反叛㗎。 (ji4 gaa1 di1 hau6 saang1 hou2 faan2 bun6 gaa3.)
eng:Young people nowadays are very rebellious.
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yue:今年請呢幾個後生都幾勤力,幾肯學。 (gam1 nin2 ceng2 ni1 gei2 go3 hau6 saang1 dou1 gei2 kan4 lik6, gei2 hang2 hok6.)
eng:These young dudes we hired this year are quite hard-working and willing to learn.
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yue:初階職位,譬如雜工、服務員、助理、學徒
eng:junior post e.g. an odd-job person, an attendant, an assistant or an apprentice
(pos:形容詞)
<explanation>
yue:歲數細,仲喺青少年嘅階段
eng:young
<eg>
yue:#後生仔 (hau6 saang1 zai2)
eng:young man
<eg>
yue:#後生女 (hau6 saang1 neoi2)
eng:young lady; young woman
<eg>
yue:佢睇落好後生,一啲都唔似四十歲。 (keoi5 tai2 lok6 hou2 hau6 saang1, jat1 di1 dou1 m4 ci5 sei3 sap6 seoi3.)
eng:He looks very young and doesn't look like 40 years old at all.