粵

甕ung3缸gong1

simp瓮缸
ung3 gong1wèng gāng

English

  1. an urn
  2. urn

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 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

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