粵

泡pou5沫mut6

pou5 mut6pào mò

English

  1. foam
  2. (soap) bubble
  3. (economic) bubble
  4. foam; froth
  5. bubble, the situation where the asset price will collapse soon

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 大量細粒嘅泡,即係液體包住氣體形成嘅球體
  2. 一樣嘢嘅賬面價值高過實際價值高得好離譜

Examples

  • 泡沫塑料

    plastic foam

  • 科網泡沫

    dot-com bubble

  • 樓市泡沫

    property bubble

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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