粵

馬maa5蹄tai2

simp马蹄
maa5 tai2maa5 tai4mǎ tí

English

  1. horse's hoof
  2. horseshoe
  3. Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis or E. congesta)
  4. water chestnut
  5. horse hoof

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 一種淡水生嘅草本植物,平時講嘅馬蹄係指該植物嘅塊莖,去皮後白色,口感甜脆
  2. 馬腳接觸地面嗰部分;為咗保護個蹄,人養嘅馬有時會釘馬蹄鐵上去,落釘嘅部份係角質層,大概等於人嘅指甲,唔會傷到隻馬

Examples

  • 馬蹄糕

    water chestnut cake

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

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