Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- shì
English
- bite
- to devour
- gnaw
- to bite
- snap at
- to take a huge bite
- to bite, to eat with the mouth wide open
- to suddenly attack with punch or kick bluntly
粵語
- 擘大口咬落去
- 擘大口咬、食
- 忽然用拳或腳大力攻擊
Words containing 噬
- 吞噬tan1 sai6
to swallow
- 反噬faan2 sai6
to backfire on; to rebound on
- 吞噬作用tan1 sai6 zok3 jung6
(biology) phagocytosis
- 吞噬細胞tan1 sai6 sai3 baau1
phagocyte (cell that ingests and destroys foreign matter)
- 虎噬fu2 sai6
- 噬咬sai6 ngaau5
to bite
- 噬菌體sai6 kwan2 tai2
bacteriophage; phage
- 啃噬hang2 sai6
- 笑口噬噬siu3 hau2 sai4 sai4
grinning to feign cheerfulness
- 笑口噬噬siu3 hau2 sai4 sai4
grinning to feign cheerfulness
- 巨噬細胞geoi6 sai6 sai3 baau1
macrophage
- 大吞噬細胞daai6 tan1 sai6 sai3 baau1
macrophage
- 小吞噬細胞siu2 tan1 sai6 sai3 baau1
microphage (a type of white blood cell)
- 噬起棚牙sai6 hei2 paang4 ngaa4
- 噬臍莫及sai6 ci4 mok6 kap6
(lit.) one cannot bite one's own navel (idiom)