粵

寄gei3生sang1

gei3 sang1jì shēng

English

  1. to live in or on another organism as a parasite
  2. to live by taking advantage of others
  3. parasitism
  4. parasitic
  5. to parasitize

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 寄住喺一啲生物身上

Examples

  • 我試過寄生日卡,但係郵局唔收,所以我會用email寄。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 狹義上嘅病毒係一個唔可以自己存在嘅程式,而係會自行噉再現返,並且透過埋寄生其他程式嚟犯下惡意行為。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 湯姆是個寄生蟲。

    Tom is a parasite.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

  • 寄生在狗身上的跳蚤已被證明跳得比寄生在貓身上的高。

    It was proven that fleas living on dogs jump higher than fleas living on cats.

    Tatoeba · DaoSeng CC BY

  • 烏蠅嘅幼蟲會寄生喺蚯蚓身上。

    The larvae of flies parasitize earthworms.

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

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