last day

English

Adverb

last day (not comparable)

1. (Scotland, obsolete) yesterday

Coordinate terms

• last night

Chinese

Etymology

From English last day.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laːs⁵⁵ tei⁵⁵/

Noun

last day

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) final, last day at one's work or school

Verb

last day

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to have one's final, last day at work or school

   • 但又好似有啲咩異於平日，巴士準備開出，我飛似般跑上車，就係畀錢一刻，我先醒起，我噚日已經last day咗。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     但又好似有啲咩异于平日，巴士准备开出，我飞似般跑上车，就系畀钱一刻，我先醒起，我㖊日已经last day咗。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2022, 麵仔（麵咪媽）, 我不是燈神 Just Minson, page 96

     daan⁶ jau⁶ hou² ci⁵ jau⁵ di¹ me¹ ji⁶ jyu¹ ping⁴ jat⁶, baa¹ si^6-2 zeon² bei⁶ hoi¹ ceot¹, ngo⁵ fei¹ ci⁵ bun¹ paau² soeng² ce¹, zau⁶ hai⁶ bei² cin^4-2 jat¹ hak¹, ngo⁵ sin¹ sing² hei², ngo⁵ cam⁴ jat⁶ ji⁵ ging¹ last dei¹ zo². [Jyutping]

     But then it feels like there was something different from the ordinary norm: as the bus began to depart, I quickly hopped on the bus, and only at the very moment of paying the fares, I had realised that it was my last day at work yesterday.