Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- wèng
- Wèng
English
- earthen jar
- surname Weng
- pottery container for water, wine etc
- jar for ashes
- ceramics to be filled with water or wine
粵語
- 用嚟裝水或酒嘅陶器（量詞：個）
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 甕
- 甕缸ung3 gong1
an urn
- 甕菜ung3 coi3
variant of 蕹菜[weng4 cai4]
- 甕棺ung3 gun1
funerary urn
- 骨灰甕gwat1 fui1 ung3
a cinerary urn for ashes
- 甕城ung3 sing4
enceinte of a city gate
- 甕安ung3 on1
see 甕安縣|瓮安县[Weng4 an1 Xian4]
- 甕棺葬ung3 gun1 zong3
urn burial
- 甕安縣ung3 on1 jyun6
Weng'an, a county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 黔南布依族苗族自治州[Qian2 nan2 Bu4 yi1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Guizhou
- 大甕缸daai6 ung3 gong1
- 請君入甕cing2 gwan1 jap6 ung3
lit. please Sir, get into the boiling pot (idiom)
- 甕缸窯ung3 gong1 jiu4
- 甕聲甕氣ung3 seng1 ung3 hei3
to speak in a low muffled voice (idiom)
- 甕聲甕氣ung3 seng1 ung3 hei3
to speak in a low muffled voice (idiom)
- 甕中捉鱉ung3 zung1 zuk3 bit3
(lit.) to catch a turtle in a jar (idiom)
- 甕中之鱉ung3 zung1 zi1 bit3
lit. like a turtle in a jar
- 蓬戶甕牖pung4 wu6 ung3 jau5
thatched house, broken urn windows (idiom); poor person's house
- 好酒沉甕底hou2 zau2 cam4 ung3 dai2
lit. the best wine is at the bottom of the jug (idiom)