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› 蛇
蛇
se4
Cantonese
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[[a snake]]
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1
[[a snake]]
2
sèh 蛇 — to shirk one's duty, to be lazy on the job (gwdl 24, 8).
3
sèh dau 蛇窩 — [snake nest] a hiding-place, a place to hang out, a secret place (ad 2.10.2000, A11).
4
sèh dóu séi 蛇都死 — to be hard to deal with, difficult to manage.
5
sèh heui bin 蛇去邊 — a question about someone's habits, "where do you go to hang out?"
6
sèh gwē 蛇gwe — weird, strange, peculiar (ylyjh 553, 106).
7
sèh syú yat wō 蛇鼠一窩 — a bad group of people, bad people who hang out together.
8
sèh tauh 蛇頭 — [snake head] someone involved in moving illegal immigrants from mainland China to Hong Kong or other destinations (ad 2.10.2000, A11).
Other Readings
蛇
seu4
# adapted from cc-cedict | used in transliteration for 'sir', in addressing a po
Words containing 蛇
蛇頭
se4
tau4
緬甸蟒蛇
min5
din6
mong5
se4
Burmese pythons
大蛇痾屎
daai6
se4
o1
si2
a big | important business deal [colloquial]
檐蛇
jim4
se4*2
gekko; lizard [Var.] 鹽蛇 | Mand.: 壁虎
打蛇餅
daa2
se4
beng2
a long queue (slang)
踩著芋莢都當蛇
caai2
zoek6
wu6
hap3
dou1
dong3
se4
false suspicion
蛇皮袋
se4
pei4
doi2
polypropylene woven bag, typically referring to the red-white-blue nylon canvas
蛇見硫磺
se4
gin3
lau4
wong4
clashing with each other
蛇船
se4
syun4
[n] ship used for importing illegals from China
放蛇
fong3
se4
a sting operation (used by undercover police to approach the target)
睇見大蛇屙尿
tai2
gin3
daai6
se4
o1
niu6
to be surprised like a country hick when one sees something unusual (lit., "catc
畫蛇添足
waak6
se4
tim1
zuk1
superfluous; ruining by over doing
蛇去邊
se4
heoi3
bin1
where are you going to hang out [colloquial]
阿蛇
aa3
se4
name for calling policemen (slang)
捉蛇入屎忽
zuk1
se4
jap6
si2
fat1
to bring unnecessary trouble upon oneself [colloquial]
打草驚蛇
daa2
cou2
ging3
se5
[[to beat the grass and scare the snake]] to alert one's enemy to one's activiti
打蛇餅
daa2
se4
beng2
[[to do the snake cake]] to form a long queue.
打蛇隨棒上
daa2
se4
ceoi4
gwan3
soeng5
[[to hit a snake and it crawls up the stick]] to exploit a situation to one's ad
打蛇數
daa2
syu1
sou3
[[to prepare for the worst]] to prepare for the worst.
大爛蛇
daai6
laan5
se4
[[big lazy snake]] a lazy person.
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