番faan1梘gaan2

English

1. (noun) soap
2. soap

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 用鹼性物同油製成嘅一塊固體，用嚟沖涼或者清潔（量詞：嚿／塊）

Examples

• 佢摀低身想執起嗰嚿跌咗喺浴室地板嘅番梘。

  He bent down and was about to pick up a bar of soap that dropped on shower floor.

• 有個護士拎咗啲麵包同咖啡俾我，但係啲麵包乾噌噌，啲咖啡仲有陣番梘味。

  A nurse came and gave me bread and coffee, but the bread was dry and the coffee tasted soapy.

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• 佢哋用番梘洗手。

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• 「正確啲噉講。」我話，對我個女嘅故事震驚，好似個男人喺沖涼嗰陣，當啲番梘液入到佢對眼嗰陣就會歇斯底里。

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