葡pou4萄tou4

English

1. grape
2. grape
3. to envy; to be jealous of; literally "grape", a variant of the expression "sour grapes" originating from "The Fox and the Grapes" in Aesop's Fables

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 植物名；葡萄科葡萄屬，落葉大藤本；葉掌狀分裂，具長柄，互生，心狀圓形；花色黃綠，呈圓錐形。果實亦叫作為「葡萄」，球形或橢圓形，呈紫或淡綠色，酸甜多汁，係常見水果，可以用嚟釀酒。（量詞：顆）
2. 指人嫉妒一啲人哋有而自己得唔到嘅嘢；由伊索寓言中嘅一句「吃不到的葡萄是酸的」（意思指「食唔到嘅提子係酸嘅」）引申出嚟

Examples

• 葡萄酒嘅味道好受天氣影響。

  The taste of wine is largely dependent upon the weather.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 阿Tom坐咗喺棵樹下面飲葡萄酒。

  Tom was sitting under a tree, drinking wine.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 我買咗最新嗰部電腦喇，係咪好葡萄先？

  I have bought the latest model of the laptop. Aren't you jealous?

• 自己唔夠料，又葡萄人哋有獎攞，咩心態！

  She is not up to scratch, but is jealous of other people winning a prize. What kind of mindset is that.

• 我日日行過啲獨立屋，但係又明白呢世人都未必住到呢啲屋，都真係好葡萄。

  I walk past those houses every day, but I know that I probably would never be able to live in any one of them. I feel really jealous.

• 你點解學葡萄牙話？

  Tatoeba · johnastsang CC BY

• 嶺南地區會結合咗粵文化、葡萄牙同西班牙文化嘅元素，促進埋唔同文化嘅融合。

  Tatoeba · Davidgo5867 CC BY

• 葡萄牙人以佢哋嘅貿易路線同殖民努力而聞名，特別係喺巴西、印度同東南亞嘅部分地區 。

  Tatoeba · Davidgo5867 CC BY