Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- shī
English
- louse
- louse
- bug
- parasite
- louse; flea
粵語
- 一種寄生係人、動物或植物身上嘅昆蟲，靠吸血或植物汁液維生；頭細、口突、肚大、冇翼；可以傳染疾病（量詞：隻）
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Words containing 虱
- 狗虱gau2 sat1
(noun) dog louse
- 塘虱tong4 sat1
catfish (family Clariidae)
- 虱乸sat1 naa2
lice; fleas (spoken)
- 龍虱lung4 sat1
diving beetle; true water beetle
- 沙虱saa1 sat1
(noun) sand louse
- 木虱muk6 sat1
bed bug
- 跳虱tiu3 sat1
a flea
- 壁虱bik1 sat1
tick
- 扁虱bin2 sat1
tick (zoology)
- 捉字虱zuk1 zi6 sat1
spelling or grammar policing (spoken)
- 狗虱覺gau2 sat1 gaau3
light sleep
- 虱乸春sat1 naa2 ceon1
the egg of a louse; nit
- 跳虱市場tiu3 sat1 si5 coeng4
flea market; market selling cheap goods
- 虱目魚sat1 muk6 jyu4
milkfish (Chanos chanos)
- 阿崩咬狗虱aa3 bang1 ngaau5 gau2 sat1
- 糯米治木虱no6 mai5 zi6 muk6 sat1
- 好眉好貌生沙虱hou2 mei4 hou2 maau6 saang1 saa1 sat1
(of a person) despicable albeit good-looking; all that glitters is not gold; literally: a person who has pretty face and eyebrows is infested with sand fleas
- 老虎頭上釘虱乸lou5 fu2 tau4 soeng6 deng1 sat1 naa2
to provoke a powerful person or organisation; literally: to put lice on the tiger's head
- 好眉好貎生沙虱hou2 mei4 hou2 maau6 saang1 saa1 sat1
to be good looking on the exterior but is infact a bad person in character [colloquial]
- 老虎頭上叮虱乸lou5 fu2 tau4 soeng6 deng1 sat1 naa2