粵

插caap3花faa1

caap3 faa1chā huā

English

  1. flower arranging
  2. ikebana
  3. floral arrangement
  4. Between-the-Legs Crossover, a basketball dribbling technique to change directions by bounce-pass the ball between the legs to another hand
  5. (football) step over

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 將一啲花插落去個花樽度,可以作為一種手工藝
  2. 指胯下運球,一種籃球運球技巧,經兩腿之間彈地傳波俾另外一隻手以改變方向
  3. 足球員將自己嘅腳喺波上面兜

Examples

  • 我對茶道同插花都冇乜興趣。

    I'm not interested in the tea ceremony or flower arranging.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 我母親教插花藝術。

    My mother teaches flower arranging.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 佢最近學緊插花。

    She's learning how to arrange flowers these days. ----

  • 朗拿度插幾下花就過晒後衞仲射入埋。

    Ronaldo dribbled through defence and scored.

  • 高比呢下插花認真靚呀,成功呃過守衞再鏟籃入波,好嘢!

    Kobe pulled off a fantastic between-the-legs move, faked the guard, and scored a layup - spectacular! ----

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

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