粵

曱gaat6甴zaat2

gaat6 zaat2yuē zhá

English

  1. (dialect) cockroach
  2. cockroach
  3. also pr. [yue1you2]

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 一種昆蟲,外骨骼係啡色,有啲識飛,棲身喺各種窿窿罅罅,繁殖力好勁,雜食性,俗稱小強(量詞:隻)

Examples

  • 廁所入面有隻曱甴。

    There's a cockroach in the bathroom.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 我啱啱打死咗隻大曱甴呀。

    I just killed a big cockroach.

  • 男人老狗驚曱甴,你有冇搞錯啊!

    Are you afraid of cockroach? Come on, you are a man!

  • 尋日,我搬入嚟之後第一次見到曱甴。 我以為我會暈低咗。 當然,我都係成功搞掂咗佢。

    Tatoeba CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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