Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- yóu
English
- cuttlefish
- (bound form) squid
- squid (especially as the final of a collocation)
粵語
- 魷魚；特別係作為配搭尾嘅讀法
Variants
Words containing 魷
- 魷魚jau4 jyu2
squid
- 炒魷魚caau2 jau4 jyu2
(coll.) to fire sb
- 土魷tou2 jau2
dried squid
- 炒魷caau2 jau2
to be dismissed or fired from work (spoken)
- 炒老板魷魚caau2 lou5 baan2 jau4 jyu2
to quit a job
- 鮮魷sin1 jau4
fresh squid
- 魷釣jau4 diu3
squid fishing (typically using lights at night to attract them)
- 豉椒炒魷si6 ziu1 caau2 jau2
literally: fried squid in black bean sauce; to get the sack; to be fired [colloquial]
- 魷魚絲jau4 jyu4 si1
dried shredded squid
- 炒老細魷魚caau2 lou5 sai3 jau4 jyu2
quit from a job (slang)
- 煨魷魚wui1 jau4 jyu2
- 炒老闆魷魚caau2 lou5 baan2 jau4 jyu2
to quit a job; literally: to stir-fry boss's squid
- 咖喱魷魚gaa3 lei1 jau4 jyu2
- 法克魷faat3 hak1 jau4
(Internet slang) (loanword) fuck you
- 炸魷魚須zaa3 jau4 jyu2 seoi1
- 炒老世魷魚caau2 lou5 sai3 jau4 jyu2
to quit a job; literally: to stir-fry boss's squid
- 椒鹽鮮魷ziu1 jim4 sin1 jau4
squid with salt and pepper