甕缸
simp瓮缸ung3 gong1wèng gāng
English
- an urn
- urn
粵語 — Cantonese
- 大缸;肚大過底同埋上高容器口、有咁上下深嘅容器(量詞:個)
Examples
用甕缸醃榨菜
to pickle vegetables in urns
畀個甕缸佢做膽,佢都唔夠膽噉做啦。
Even given an urn as his guts, he's still not bold enough to do so. (Note: 膽 daam2 means both "gall bladder" and "guts; courage". Taking an urn, a big container, as 膽 implies 大膽 daai6 daam2 "bold; brave; fearless".)
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk