粵

公gung1仔zai2

gung1 zai2gōng zǎi

English

  1. doll
  2. (noun) toy
  3. doll; toy in the shape of a baby or animal
  4. cuddly toy
  5. drawing or picture of a person or animal, and which generally implies a drawing style that is casual, unrealistic, or comic-like
  6. figuratively, anything that displays images or is printed with pictures

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 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)
  2. 人類或者動物嘅畫像,多數指隨意啲、唔像真、卡通啲嘅畫法
  3. 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

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