黃泉
simp黄泉wong4 cyun4Huáng quán
English
- the Yellow Springs
- underworld; netherworld; the "Yellow Springs"
- the underworld of Chinese mythology
- the equivalent of Hades or Hell
粵語 — Cantonese
- 即係死後嘅世界;「泉」指井水,黃泉就係泥黃色嘅井水,只會係掘到好深嘅地方,因為地下水嘅沉積物出現先見到,代指人死後嘅地下世界
Examples
落咗黃泉
passed away; passed into the underworld
命赴黃泉
to visit the Yellow Springs
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk