Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- má
English
- frog, toad
- toad
Variants
Words containing 蟆
- 蛤蟆haa1 mou1
frog; toad
- 蝦蟆haa1 mou1
variant of 蛤蟆[ha2 ma5]
- 癩蛤蟆laai3 haa1 mou1
toad
- 蛤蟆鏡haa1 mou1 geng3
aviator sunglasses
- 癩蝦蟆laai3 haa1 maa4
Toad (癩蛤蟆 laai3 haa1 mou1)
- 蛤蟆夯gap3 maa4 haang1
power-driven rammer or tamper
- 哈士蟆haa1 si6 maa4
Chinese brown frog (Rana chensinensis) (loanword from Manchu)
- 癩蝦蟆想食天鵝肉laai3 haa1 mou1 soeng2 sik6 tin1 ngo4 juk6
literal meaning: a toad lusting after a swan's flesh, a metaphor to describe those who wants to go after someone that is out of their league [colloquial]
- 癩蛤蟆想食天鵝肉laai3 haa1 mou1 soeng2 sik6 tin1 ngo4 juk6
literal meaning: a toad lusting after a swan's flesh, a metaphor to describe those who wants to go after someone that is out of their league
- 癩蛤蟆想吃天鵝肉laai3 gap3 maa4 soeng2 hek3 tin1 ngo4 juk6
lit. the toad wants to eat swan meat (idiom)