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  aap3   jyutping
  ya1   pinyin
[1] duck
[2] [] gigolo

noun
Stroke count: 16
Level: 2
Radical: (#196)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
鴨 / 鸭

This word has been viewed 19030 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Dec 2012 13:57

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detail  haam4 aap3 daan6*2   = salted duck egg
detail  siu1 aap3  shao1 ya1 = roast duck
detail  haau1 aap3  kao3 ya1 = roast duck
detail  gai1 sau2 aap3 goek3   = all fingers and thumbs
detail  gai1 tung4 aap3 gong2   = talking at cross purposes
detail  aap3 zi2  ya1 zi5 = duck
detail  seoi2 aap3*2  shui3 ya1 = a wild duck
detail  bak1 ging1 aap3*2   = Peking duck; roast duck
detail  tin4 aap3*2   = roast duck; Peking duck
detail  aap3 daan6*2   = duck egg
detail  diu3 laap6 aap3   = hanging
detail  aap3 san6*2  ya1 shen4 = duck gizzard
detail  faan1 aap3*2   = imported duck
detail  bak1 ging1 haau1 aap3  bei3 jing1 kao3 ya1 = Peking Duck
detail  aap3 faan6  ya1 fan4 = duck rice
detail  baan2 aap3*2  ban3 ya1 = pressed (dried) salted duck
detail  lou5 seoi2 aap3   = marinated duck
detail  aap3 zi2 ji4  ya1 zi3r = duck's egg
detail  aap3 dim3   = a brothel for women (鴨=gigolo, lit., "duck shop")
detail  aap3 zai2   = a duckling; a junior waiter or waitress
detail  aap3 lei6   = a sharp knife (lit., "duck tongue")
detail  aap3 lei6 zau1   = Ap Lei Chau (Aberdeen Island, the most densely populated island in the world)
detail  aap3 wan1 beng6 duk6   = duck plague virus
detail  aap3 zeoi2 lei4*2   = the duck pear (Pyrus bretschneideri)
detail  aap3 zeoi2 mou6*2   = a baseball cap (lit. a duck-billed cap)
detail  aap3 sit6 mou6*2   = a duck-billed cap (lit., "duck tongue cap")
detail  baa3 wong4 aap3*2   = eight treasures duck (also 八寶霸王鴨)
detail  baat3 bou2 baa3 wong4 aap3*2   = eight treasures duck
detail  bai1 goek3 aap3   = a lame duck (as with a political administration)
detail  fo2 aap3*2 gai1   = a turducken
detail  gwaa3 laap6 aap3*2   = to commit suicide by hanging (lit., "hanging dried duck")
detail  gai1 mou4 aap3 hyut3   = in big trouble, a bad situation
detail  aap3 pok3   = duck dregs (leftovers for making soup)
detail  aap3 hok3   = duck skeleton (ate most of the meat and internal organs, the bones are leftovers for congee)
detail  tin4 aap3 sik1 gaau3 juk6  tian2 ya1 shi4 jiao4 yu4 = duck-stuffing teaching method/system
detail  aap3 buk6  ya1 pu3 = a duck's webbed feet
detail  aap3 zeoi2 sau3   = platypus
detail  je5 seoi2 aap3   = a wild duck
detail  bun3 zek3 siu1 aap3*2   = half roast duck
detail  daa2 aap3 zi2 soeng5 gaa3*2  da3 ya1 zi5 shang4 jia4 = drive a duck onto a perch (make sb do sth entirely beyond him)
detail  gon2 aap3 zai2   = to rush a group of tourists along for a cursory look at everything
detail  je5 aap3*2  ye3 ya1 = a wild duck; a drake
detail  aap3 baa1 din6*1   = Aberdeen; gabardine (a type of fabric)
detail  cau2 siu2 aap3*2   = an ugly duckling; the ugly duckling (common formation)
detail  hin2 aap3   = a clam duck; a scaup duck
detail  laap6 aap3*2   = pressed (dried) salted duck
detail  aap3 zi2 ting1 leoi4  ya1 zi3 ting1 lei2 = not understand
detail  aap3 naa2 tai4   = flatfoot
detail  zou6 aap3/3*2   = (of a male) to work as prostitute
detail  maai6 haam4 aap3 daan6*2  mai4 xian2 ​ya1 ​dan4​ = to have died
detail  aap3 jik6  ya1 yi4 = duck wing
detail  aap3 zoeng2  ya1 zhang3 = duck web
detail  gau2 zai2 aap3  gou3 zi1 ya1 = braised duck
detail  aap3 lei4*2  ya1 li2 = Yali pear
detail  fo2 aap3  huo3 ya1 = variant of 燒鴨
detail  seoi2 gwo3 aap3 bui3   = forgetful
detail  aap3 zau1   = Ap Chau (island in the Crooked Harbour, in NE NT)
detail  aap3 liu4*2 gaai1   = Ap Liu Street (sells second hand electronic goods like cable TV descramblers)
detail  nai4 aap3*2  ni2 ya1 = a hybrid duck breed
detail  aap3 sit6 cou2  ya1 she2 cao3 = heartshape false pickerelweed (Monochoria vaginalis)
detail  aap3 luk6 gong1  ya1 lv4 jiang1 = Yalu River
detail  hong4 zau1 haam4 jyu4*2 baak6 cit3 aap3   = Hangzhou dish of steamed duck pieces served with slices of salted fish
detail  hyut3 aap3  xue4 ya1 (PRC), xie3 ya1 (Taiwan) = blood duck, a Macanese duck dish

Showing 1 example containing 鴨
detail 鴨子池塘
The ducks on the pond are swimming to and fro.
[The meaning of 游來游去 is discussed [url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?7,74996,77053#msg-77053]here.[/url] ]

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