鯨king4魚jyu4

English

1. whale
2. whale
3. a term used to describe something unworthy of its name, literally "whale", alluding to the fact that although whales are similar to fishes in some way (and its name in Chinese includes the word "fish"), technically they are not fish

量詞 — Classifiers

• 條tiao2

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 動物名。脊椎動物門哺乳綱目。喺海洋生活，外形似魚但唔屬於魚類。胎生，用肺呼吸，鼻窿喺頭頂度，所以經常要露出水面呼吸。皮肉可食，脂肪可製油，亦供醫藥、工業用。（量詞：條）
2. 雖然鯨魚個名有個魚字，但佢哋實際上並唔係魚，由此引申為形容某啲嘢名不副實或表裏不符

Examples

• 海洋公園以前有鯨魚表演。

  There used to be whale shows in Ocean Park.

• 聽講啲鯨魚以前係喺陸地上面生活㗎。

  Whales are said to have lived on land long ago.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 你见过鲸鱼吗？

  Have you ever seen a whale?

  Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

• 丟鲱鱼抓鯨魚。

  Throw a sprat to catch a whale.

  Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

• 鲸鱼是哺乳动物。

  A whale is a mammal.

  Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

• 我从没见过一条那么大的鲸鱼。

  I never saw so big a whale.

  Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

• 據說鯨魚以前是在陸地上生活的。

  Whales are said to have lived on land long ago.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY