粵

鹹haam4魚jyu2

simp咸鱼
haam4 jyu2xián yú

English

  1. salted fish
  2. salted fish
  3. a bus-driver jargon for passenger
  4. a colloquial term for corpse
  5. a dead person

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 用鹽醃過嘅魚(量詞:條)
  2. 巴士司機間嘅行話,指乘客
  3. 即係死屍;係個俗啲嘅叫法(量詞:條)
  4. 死人

Examples

  • 鹹魚欄

    salted-fish market ----

  • 鹹魚返生

    to bounce back; literally, some salted fish or a dead man revives

  • 人冇夢想同條鹹魚有乜嘢分別。

    Man without dreams is no different from a salted fish / dead person.

  • 我揸巴士最憎死鹹魚喺中途站截車。

    When driving I hate passengers stopping at midway bus stops to board.

  • 做人如果冇夢想,同條鹹魚有咩分別呀?

    Without dreams, what different are we from animals?

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 做人如果没有梦想,那和咸鱼有什么区别?

    Without dreams, what different are we from animals?

    Tatoeba · easononizuka CC BY

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

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