鵪鶉
simp鹌鹑am1 ceon1ān chún
English
- quail
- (slang) coward
- coward, timid and afraid of confrontations; literally: quail
- quail; a kind of bird which is timid by nature and does not like to socialize
粵語 — Cantonese
- 膽小怕事、細膽、容易受驚
- 一種生性膽怯嘅鳥類,唔鍾意結群互動(量詞:隻)
Examples
佢正一鵪鶉嚟嘅,講嘢都唔望住人嘅。
He is such a quail; he doesn't even make eye contact with people when he speaks.
Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk