粵

浸zam3豬zyu1籠lung4

simp浸猪笼
zam3 zyu1 lung4jìn zhū lóng

English

  1. to drown sb in a wicker basket, a form of 沉潭[chen2 tan2]
  2. drowning of adulterers in a pig's cage as a punishment in the old days
  3. a lynching where adulterers are forced into a cage for pigs and thrown into water

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 古時中國嘅一種私刑，主要針對通姦男女，將犯人放入用竹造嘅豬籠，然後丟入河。輕則俾犯人頭部露出水面，浸若干時間；重則浸死

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

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