燕jin3子zi2

English

1. swallow
2. swallow

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 泛指燕科嘅雀鳥，係一種候鳥，體型細，有又長又尖嘅翼同埋分叉嘅尾，主要靠食昆蟲維生（量詞：隻）

Examples

• 春天到咗，今朝我見到有燕子喺樓下嗰樖榕樹上面起咗個巢。

  Spring has arrived. This morning I saw swallows build a nest on the banyan tree on the ground floor.

• 燕子在迁移。

  The swallows are migrating.

  Tatoeba · GlossaMatik CC BY

• 燕子飞得非常快。

  A swallow flies very swiftly.

  Tatoeba · sysko CC BY

• 这只燕子的翅膀受伤了。

  This swallow's wing is injured.

  Tatoeba · slo_oth CC BY

• 秋天的时候，燕子会往南飞。

  In the autumn, swallows will fly south.

  Tatoeba · trieuho CC BY

• 我們能看到越來越多的燕子。

  We can see more and more swallows.

  Tatoeba · verdastelo9604 CC BY

• 许多燕子不久就要从南方飞来了。

  Many swallows will come soon from the south.

  Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY