公仔
gung1 zai2gōng zǎi
English
- doll
- (noun) toy
- doll; toy in the shape of a baby or animal
- cuddly toy
- drawing or picture of a person or animal, and which generally implies a drawing style that is casual, unrealistic, or comic-like
- figuratively, anything that displays images or is printed with pictures
粵語 — Cantonese
- 仿照人類或者其他動物嘅樣貌嘅玩具,遠古時用嚟祭祀,而家就多數係裝飾品或者玩具(量詞:個/隻)
- 人類或者動物嘅畫像,多數指隨意啲、唔像真、卡通啲嘅畫法
- 引申指顯示或印有畫像嘅嘢
Examples
毛公仔
stuffed toy ----
畫公仔
to draw a cartoon person or animal
公仔紙
small playing cards printed with comic characters
公仔書
comic book ----
公仔箱(電視機)
television set; literally: doll box
嗰個公仔好恐怖。
That doll is scary.
Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY
有啲公仔貴得滯。
Some of the dolls are too expensive to buy.
Tatoeba · thesilhouette CC BY
公仔佬(紋身男子)
tattooed guy
Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk