Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- xiè
English
- crab
- crab
- (stock terminology) undervalued (stocks)
- trapped investor; underwater investment; stock or asset that is trapped after a sharp drop in value
- (of investments, assets, or investors) to be trapped; to be underwater; to be tied down after a sharp drop in asset value
- crab
粵語
- 指投資後價格大跌，唔想蝕賣而甩唔到身嘅人或者資產（量詞：隻）
- 買入嘅股票、物業、貨品等跌價蝕錢，但賣出又會招致重大損失，因而甩唔到身（參見大閘蟹）
- 一種甲殼類動物，有十隻腳，第一對腳為鉗（螯），身體有硬殼，多數橫向爬行，常見於海洋同淡水，亦係常見食材（量詞：隻）
Variants
Words containing 蟹
- 螃蟹pong4 haai5
crab
- 花蟹faa1 haai5
the old HK$10 note (slang)
- 蟹黃haai5 wong4
the ovary and digestive glands of a female crab (eaten as a delicacy)
- 肉蟹juk6 haai5
mud crab
- 河蟹ho4 haai5
river crab
- 蟹民haai5 man4
people who have made a major loss in the stock market or those who are holding on to shares that have fallen a lot in value [colloquial]
- 青蟹ceng1 haai5
a ten dollar Hong Kong banknote (a 10HKD note used to be green in the past); a mud crab
- 蟹柳haai5 lau5
crab stick
- 扮蟹baan6 haai5
to pretend to be ignorant
- 膏蟹gou1 haai5
female mud crab; crab with roe
- 大閘蟹daai6 zaap6 haai5
Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis); Shanghai hairy crab
- 巨蟹座geoi6 haai5 zo6
Cancer (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
- 蟹厴haai5 jim2
shell around the abdomen of crab
- 油炸蟹jau4 zaa3 haai5
(noun) deep fried crabs
- 水蟹seoi2 haai5
(food) crabs
- 蟹子haai5 zi2
tobiko, flying fish roe
- 放蟹fong3 haai5
to intentionally amuse one's partner during a live performance
- 毛蟹mou4 haai5
horsehair crab, from Hokkaido Japan
- 蟹貨haai5 fo3
shares or properties or goods that have dropped significantly in price since purchase, leading to a reluctance of the owner to realize the losses
- 沙蟹saa1 haai5
(English loan) Show Hand, officially named Five-Card Stud, a form of the card game stud poker. Literally: sand crab
- 蟹春haai5 ceon1
eggs of the crab
- 雪蟹syut3 haai5
snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)
- 魚蝦蟹jyu4 haa1 haai5
Fish-Prawn-Crab
- 露蟹lou6 haai5
to expose one's genitals [colloquial]