圖tou4騰tang4

English

1. totem (loanword)
2. totemunreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 喺某啲部落社會入面，用啲自然中出現嘅嘢，例如一種動物或者植物，作為一種部族嘅標記。呢啲嘢一般被認為係象徵部族嘅親屬或者祖先，係神聖嘅崇拜對象，同埋有保護等等嘅超自然能力；可以引申做有特殊意義嘅圖案unreviewed?

Examples

• 龍是中國的文化圖騰。

  The dragon is one of the cultural emblems of China.

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• unreviewed?

  嗰度嗰個圖騰好核突啊！

  That totem looks so ugly!