粵

青ceng1蟹haai5

ceng1 haai5qīng xiè

English

  1. a ten dollar Hong Kong banknote (a 10HKD note used to be green in the past); a mud crab
  2. old $10 Hong Kong note, stopped issuing in 1994; as the main color is green, it is called "Green Crab"

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 香港舊十蚊紙幣嘅俗稱,已於1994年停止發行,因為用綠色作為主色,所以被稱為「青蟹」

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

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