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se4 ji4 seu4
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[1] snake; serpent [2] [粵] [slang] to goof off [3] [粵] /seu4/ transliteration for 'sir', used when addressed policeman or male school teachers. (1) For goofing off, that context can be found in the compound 蛇王.
Default PoS: Additional PoS: (2) For Jyutping "ji4" and Pinyin "yi2", those pronunciations can only be found in the compound 委蛇. Stroke count: 11
Level: 2
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 13607 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 7th Nov 2013 11:32 |
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蛇頭鼠眼 se4 tau4 syu2 ngaan5 = shifty-eyed; wily-looking 粵 委蛇 wai1 ji4 = carefree, in a self-possessed manner 蛇足 se4 zuk1 = superfluous 蛇精 se4 zing1 = snake spirit 蛇王 se4 wong4 = lazy; a lazy person 粵 鹽蛇 jim4 se4*2 = gekko; lizard 粵 蟒蛇 mong5 se4 = python; boa constrictor 打蛇先打頭 daa2 se4 sin1 daa2 tau4 = When attacking a snake, strike the head first 蛇頭 se4 tau4 = serpenthead; snakehead 三蛇 saam1 se4 = the three snakes;three types of poisonous snakes 粵 眼鏡蛇 ngaan5 geng3*2 se4 = (Asian) cobra 蛇果 se4 gwo2 = red delicious apple; Washington apple 蛇羹 se4 gang1 = snake soup 四腳蛇 sei3 goek3 se4 = a lizard 蚺蛇 jim4 se4*2; jim4 se4 = boa; lizard 水蛇腰 seoi2 se4 jiu1 = waist slightly bent; slender and supple waist; lithe body; feminine pose 打蛇餅 daa2 se4 beng2 = writhing coils;form a long lineup 粵 虎頭蛇尾 fu2 tau4 se4 mei5 = a tiger's head but a snake's tail (anticlimax; cop out) 中蛇 zung3 se4 = to successfully perform a "sting" operation 五蛇羹 ng5 se4 gang1 = five snake soup 粵 人蛇 jan4 se4 = a stowaway; people being illegally smuggled across a border 懶蛇 laan5 se4 = a lazy person 海蛇 hoi2 se4 = a sea snake; a sea serpent 蛇船 se4 syun4 = [n] ship used for importing illegals from China 蛇仔 se4 zai2 = [n] an apprentice in a garage; a small snake 蛇宴 se4 jin3 = [n] location where police posing as customers are found (lit., "snake banquet") 蛇脫 se4 tyut3 = [n] molted skin (lit., "snake undressed") 軟皮蛇 jyun5 pei4 se4 = a slow and cunning person; an apathetic person unwilling to get sth done (lit., "soft skinned snake") 兩頭蛇 loeng5 tau4 se4 = a person who plays both sides, having an axe to grind (lit., "two headed snake") 纏腰蛇丹 cin4 jiu1 se4 daan1 = [TCM] girdling snake cinnabar 牛鬼蛇神 ngau4 gwai2 se4 san4 = monsters and freaks; political heretics 打蛇隨棍上 daa2 se4 ceoi4 gwan3 soeng5 = to use a situation to one's advantage 大蛇屙尿 daai6 se4 o1 niu6 = a big business deal (lit., "big snake urinates") 粵 大蛇屙屎 daai6 se4 o1 si2 = a big business deal (lit., "big snake takes a crap") 粵 地頭蛇 dei6 tau4 se4 = someone who knows an area particularly well; a locally influential gangster 粵 放蛇 fong3 se4 = lazy; (to use) an undercover cop 粵 緬甸蚺蛇 min5 din6 jim4 se4 = Burmese python 緬甸蟒蛇 min5 din6 mong5 se4 = Python molurus bivittatus (Burmese python) 非洲蟒蛇 fei1 zau1 mong5 se4 = Python sebae (African python) 蛇口心腸 se4 hau2 sam1 coeng4 = vicious intentions (common formation) 畫蛇添足 waak6 se4 tim1 zuk1 = superfluous; ruining by over doing 一朝被蛇咬 jat1 ziu1 bei6 se4 ngaau5 = one bitten by the snake fears the snake; a burnt child dreads the fire 打草驚蛇 daa2 cou2 ging1 se4 = wake a sleeping dog 巳蛇 zi6 se4 = Year 6, Year of the Snake (2013) 青竹蛇 ceng1 zuk1 se4 = bamboo snake (a kind of viper) 粵 水蛇春咁長 seoi2 se4 ceon1 gam3 coeng4 = lengthy (lit., "as lenthy as a chain of snake eggs") 粵 蛇腹形鐵絲網 se4 fuk1 jing4 tit3 si1 mong5 = concertina wire (common formation) 屈蛇 wat1 se4 = the illegal crossing of a border (by boat) 粵 檐蛇 jim4 se4*2 = gekko; lizard 粵 蛇gwe se4 gwe1 = be really scared 粵 蛇泡簕 se4 paau1 lak6 = rubus reflexus 阿蛇 aa3 se4 = sir (ah-SIR); a male teacher, policeman, etc. 粵 睇見大蛇屙尿 tai2 gin3 daai6 se4 o1 niu6 = to be surprised like a country hick when one sees something unusual 粵 踩著芋莢都當蛇 caai2 zoek6 wu6 hap3 dou1 dong3 se4 = false suspicion 粵 人心不足蛇呑象 jan4 sam1 bat1 zuk1 se4 tan1 zoeng6 = greed (that is detrimental to oneself) 雷公蛇 leoi4 gung1 se4 = a monitor lizard 粵 蛇匪 se4 fei2 = illegal alien (criminal); illegal immigrant (criminal) 蛇蟲鼠蟻 se4 cung4 syu2 ngai5 = little critters; insects and critters 粵 蛇年 se4 nin4 = the Year of the snake 死蛇爛鱔 sei2 se4 laan6 sin5 = lazy like a dead snake 粵 響尾蛇 hoeng2 mei5 se4 = rattlesnake 蛇竇 se4 dau3 = 1. a snake hole 2. a place where lazy people hide out 粵 杯弓蛇影 bui1 gung1 se4 jing2 = a false suspicion 蛇口 se4 hau2 = Shekou (largest capacity port in Shenzen) 深圳蛇口 sam1 zan3 se4 hau2 = Shekou in Shenzhen 蛇蛇豬 se4 se4 zyu1 = [n] Social Service Group (SSG) as loanword 蛇紋石 se4 man4 sek6 = [geo.] Serpentine (lit., "snake striped rock") 耍蛇者 saa2 se4 ze2 = a snake charmer (in a circus) 秋風起,三蛇肥 cau1 fung1 hei2 saam1 se4 fei4 = when the autumn winds blow, the snakes are fat (so lets eat them now!) 佛口蛇心 fat6 hau2 se4 sam1 = appears to be gentle but has bad intentions 龍蛇混雜 lung4 se4 wan6 zaap6 = motley crowd 眼鏡蛇式 ngaan5 geng3*2 se4 sik1 = [yoga] Bhujangasana, Cobra 三蛇羹 saam1 se4 gang1 = Three Snake Soup (famous Guangdong dish) |
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Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |