Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- diāo
English
- marten, sable, mink
- sable or marten (genus Martes)
- marten
粵語
- 一種鼬科嘅動物，尾毛較散，大爪，顏色有黃到深啡，毛可以製成皮草
Words containing 貂
- 黑貂hak1 diu1
sable (Martes zibellina)
- 紫貂zi2 diu1
sable (Martes zibellina)
- 貂鼠diu1 syu2
zibellina
- 貂熊diu1 hung4
wolverine (Gulo gulo)
- 水貂seoi2 diu1
mink (Mustela lutreola, M. vison)
- 貂皮diu1 pei4
mink fur
- 雪貂syut3 diu1
ferret
- 三貂角saam1 diu1 gok3
Cape San Diego or Santiao, easternmost point of Taiwan Island
- 貂禪diu1 sim4
- 貂蟬diu1 sim4
Diaochan (-192), one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3], in fiction a famous beauty at the break-up of Han dynasty, given as concubine to usurping warlord Dong Zhuo 董卓[Dong3 Zhuo2] to ensure his overthrow by fighting hero Lü Bu 呂布|吕布[Lu:3 Bu4]
- 黃貂魚wong4 diu1 jyu4
stingray
- 狗尾續貂gau2 mei5 zuk6 diu1
lit. to use a dog's tail as a substitute for sable fur (idiom)