Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- shàn
English
- eel
- Chinese yellow eel
- Asian swamp eel
粵語
- 黃鱔；啲人會將鰻魚誤稱為鱔（量詞：條）
Variants
Words containing 鱔
- 黃鱔wong4 sin5
Asian swamp eel (Monopterus albus) (CL:條|条[tiao2])
- 白鱔baak6 sin5
(fish) Japanese eel
- 門鱔mun4 sin5
conger-pike eel
- 鱔稿sin5 gou2
advertorial; advertisement in the form of editorial content; positive review by a paid shill, for boosting the sales or to affect the public opinion
- 風鱔fung1 sin5
an eel
- 鱔魚sin5 jyu4
eel
- 死蛇爛鱔sei2 se4 laan6 sin5
describes a very lazy person who is beyond hope; to describe someone who is reluctant to change their ways despite knowing that they are in the wrong; someone who is not putting in any effort to pull up their socks
- 黃鱔飯wong4 sin5 faan6
- 白鱔上沙灘baak6 sin5 soeng5 saa1 taan1
describing one gets into big trouble and can't get out of it