粵

田tin4雞gai1

simp田鸡
tin4 gai1tián jī

English

  1. frog
  2. the Chinese edible frog (Hoplobatrachus rugulosus)
  3. an edible frog, Hoplobatrachus tigerinus; literally: field chicken

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 虎紋蛙,食得。廣東人喺田度捉嚟食,因而得名。一般南方人亦叫青蛙做田雞

Examples

  • 你跟他比可差远了,四眼田鸡。

    You just got pantsed in the schoolyard, four-eyes.

    Tatoeba · fenfang557 CC BY

  • 照田雞

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

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