三六
saam1 luk6sān liù
English
- dog (slang)
- euphemism of dog meat; literally "three six" as three plus six equals nine, and nine, 九 [gau2] is homophonous with dog 狗 [gau2]
粵語 — Cantonese
- 狗肉嘅隱喻;三加六等於九,而「九」同「狗」發音一樣
Examples
哈佛大學是在一六三六年創立的。
Harvard University was founded in 1636.
Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY
即《梅花三弄》,係江南絲竹八大曲之一
'Plum-blossom in Three Movements'
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk