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旺菜
  wong6 coi3   jyutping
a mussel. Mandarin: 淡菜

Cantonese avoid the use of 淡菜 as in Mandarin because means “slump”, which is considered as inauspicious. The very opposite of “slump” is “boom”. So , meaning “boom”, is chosen to replace .

Level: 4
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
旺菜

This word has been viewed 1596 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 25th Dec 2006 02:29 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03
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Characters in this word:

 wong6  -  prosperous
 coi3  -  vegetables; dish
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