English

1. toad
2. toad ("chán" represents the sound of its croaking)
3. (mythology) the three-legged toad said to exist in the moon
4. (metonym) the moon

Words containing 蟾

• 蟾蜍sim4 ceoi4

  toad

• 蟾宮sim4 gung1

  moon (ancient)

• 爪蟾zaau2 sim4

  Xenopus (type of frog)

• 蟾宮折桂sim4 gung1 zit3 gwai3

  lit. plucking a branch of osmanthus from the Toad Palace (i.e. the moon)