Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- wā
English
- frog
- frog
- CL:隻|只[zhi1]
Variants
Words containing 蛙
- 蛙人waa1 jan4
frogman
- 青蛙cing1 waa1
frog (CL:隻|只[zhi1])
- 蛙式waa1 sik1
breaststroke (swimming)
- 樹蛙syu6 waa1
tree frog
- 蛙鞋waa1 haai4
(diving, snorkeling) fins; flippers
- 蛙泳waa1 wing6
breaststroke (swimming)
- 雨蛙jyu5 waa1
rain frog
- 井底之蛙zeng2 dai2 zi1 waa1
(lit.) a frog at the bottom of a well (idiom)
- 臺蛙toi4 waa1
(derog.) Taiwanese; a person from Taiwan (implying naivete or ignorance regarding geopolitical and economic realities) (cf. 井底之蛙[jing3 di3 zhi1 wa1] sb with a narrow view of the world)
- 牛蛙ngau4 waa1
bullfrog
- 蛙突waa1 dat6
- 箭毒蛙zin3 duk6 waa1
poison dart frog
- 大眼蛙daai6 ngaan5 waa1
- 青蛙公主cing1 waa1 gung1 zyu2
- 井蛙之見zeng2 waa1 zi1 gin3
the view of a frog in a well (idiom); fig. a narrow view
- 蛙蛙跳waa1 waa1 tiu3
- 蛙蛙跳waa1 waa1 tiu3
- 饞嘴蛙caam4 zeoi2 waa1
sautéed bullfrog with chili sauce
- 中國林蛙zung1 gwok3 lam4 waa1
Chinese brown frog (Rana chensinensis)
- 溫水煮青蛙wan1 seoi2 zyu2 cing1 waa1
(fig.) introducing change incrementally so that it arouses little resistance; gradual change that goes unnoticed until it's too late
- 黑頂蛙口鴟hak1 ding2 waa1 hau2 ci1
(bird species of China) Hodgson's frogmouth (Batrachostomus hodgsoni)