白baak6飯faan6魚jyu4

English

1. Chinese noodlefish
2. noodlefish, small edible white-coloured freshwater fish, often served fried with eggs.
3. plain white canvas shoes (spoken)
4. the nickname for white canvas shoes. It gained its name from its colour and resemblance to the noodlefish. It is usually made with thin fabrics, which does not provide good protection to the feet and it's said to be causing injuries. It is quite uncommon nowadays.

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 白色好細條嘅食用淡水魚；好多時攞嚟炒蛋或者煎蛋（量詞：隻）
2. 白色帆布鞋嘅俗稱；因為形狀同顏色似魚，於是就有呢個咁嘅名；質料薄，保護唔到隻腳，着佢好易整親，所以家下好少人會着（量詞：隻）

Examples

• 白飯魚炒蛋

  fried eggs with noodlefish ----

• 依家冇人着白飯魚㗎喇！同女仔出街著白飯魚會俾人笑。

  No one wears white canvas shoes nowadays! You'd be laughed at if you wore white canvas shoes to a date with a girl.