粵

水seoi2生sang1

seoi2 sang1shuǐ shēng

English

  1. aquatic (plant, animal)
  2. aquatic

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 喺水入面生長/生存嘅嘢、多數係講啲植物

Examples

  • 凭着节俭,她设法以自己微薄的薪水生活。

    By frugality she managed to get along on her small salary.

    Tatoeba · trieuho CC BY

  • 旧约书中禁止食用贝类等有壳的水生动物。

    The Old Testament forbids eating shellfish.

    Tatoeba · pig8322 CC BY

  • 講起水生植物,多數人會諗起荷花。

    Most people will think of lotus when talking about aquatic plants.

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

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