Monday, November 25, 2024

Duck 鴨

   aap³   Cantonese 

   ya¹   mandarin pinyin

[1] duck

[2] [粵] gigolo


noun

Stroke count: 16

Level: 2

Radical: (#196)

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

鴨 / 鸭


Cantonese 

□ 鹹鴨蛋  haam⁴ aap³ daan⁶   = salted duck egg (possibly also a slang term for being dead.) 

Characters in this word:

鹹  haam⁴  -  salty; pornographic; dirty

鴨  aap³  -  duck; gigolo

蛋  daan⁶   -  egg

1 compounds containing this word:

賣鹹鴨蛋 - to have died 

賣 maai⁶  - Sell


□ 燒鴨  siu¹ aap³ ; shao¹ ya¹ = roast duck

[variant] 火鴨 fo² aap³ ; huo³ ya¹1 pinyin.

variant of 燒鴨 

Characters in this word:

火 fo² - fire

鴨 aap³ - duck; gigolo

1 compounds containing this word:

火鴨雞 - a turducken ( combined of turkey + duck )  

雞 gai¹ - chicken / turkey 

Characters in this word:

燒 siu¹ - burn; heat; cook; fever

鴨 aap³ - duck; gigolo

1 compounds containing this word:

半隻燒鴨 - half roast duck

半 bun³ - half

隻 zek³ - one whole/only



□ 烤鴨  haau¹ aap³ ; kao³ ya¹ = roast duck

Characters in this word:

烤 haau¹ haau² - bake; roast

鴨 aap³ - duck; gigolo

1 compounds containing this word:

北京烤鴨 - Peking Duck

北 bak¹ - north

京 ging¹ - 京 is the Han character meaning "capital," and the simplified form of the older way of writing the character, 亰. The character is predominantly used in the names of current and former capital cities within the East Asian cultural sphere.

北京 bak¹ ging¹ - Beijing (north capital) 


□ 雞手鴨腳  gai¹ sau² aap³ goek³   = all fingers and thumbs ; clumsy in doing manual work; awkward | [Mandarin] 笨手笨腳

Characters in this word:

雞 gai¹ - chicken

手 sau² - hand

鴨 aap³ - duck; gigolo

腳 goek³ - foot, feet



□ 雞同鴨講  gai¹ tung⁴ aap³ gong²   =   talking at cross purposes; speaking to each other in different languages; communications barrier

(literally: a chicken and a duck talking)

Characters in this word:

雞 gai¹ - chicken

同 tung⁴ - same; together; for

鴨 aap³ - duck; gigolo

講 gong² - say; speak


□ 鴨子  aap³ zi² ; ya¹ zi⁵ = duck 

Characters in this word:

鴨 aap³ - duck; gigolo

子 zi² - son; person; egg; young; subsidiary

3 compounds containing this word:

鴨子兒 - duck's egg ; duckling

兒 ji⁴ - son 

打鴨子上架 daa² aap³ zi² soeng⁵ gaa² - drive a duck onto a perch (make somebody do something entirely beyond him)

打 daa² - hit; whack; wallop

鴨 aap³ - duck; gigolo

子 zi² - son; person; egg; young; subsidiary

上 soeng⁶ - up

架 gaa² - shelf

鴨子聽雷 aap³ zi² ting³ leoi⁴ -  Duckling listens to thunder ; not understand

鴨 aap³ - duck; gigolo 

子 zi² - son; person; egg; young; subsidiary

聽 teng¹ - hears ; listen 👂 

雷 leoi⁴ - thunder ⛈️ 

Showing 1 example containing 鴨子

□ 鴨子在池塘裡游來游去 aap³ zi² zoi⁶ ci⁴ tong⁴ leoi⁵ jau⁴ loi⁴ jau⁴ heoi³  -  The ducklings on the pond are swimming to and fro

鴨子 aap³ zi² ; ya¹ zi⁵ -  duckling

在 zoi⁶ ; zai⁴ zai³ - at; in; on

池塘 ci⁴ tong⁴ : chi² tang² - pond; pool

裡 leoi⁵ lei⁵ ; li³ li⁵ - variant of 裏

游 jau⁴ ;  you² - swim; wander; roam; surname

來 loi⁴ ; lai² - come; arrive; future

去 heoi³ heoi² ; qu⁴ qu³ - go; leave; past; remove


□ 水鴨  seoi² aap³ ; shui³ ya¹ = a wild duck | [普pou²-Popular ]: 野鴨 je⁵ aap³

Characters in this word:

水 seoi² - water; liquid; dough (money)

鴨 aap³ - duck; gigolo

2 compounds containing this word:

鹵水鴨 - marinated duck

鹵 lou⁵ - marinate ; seasoning

野水鴨 - a wild duck

野 je⁵ - wild


□ 北京鴨  bak¹ ging¹ aap³   = Peking duck; roast duck

Characters in this word:

北 bak¹ - north

京 ging¹ - capital city; metropolis; Beijing

鴨 aap³ - duck; gigolo


□ 填鴨  tin⁴ aap³  = roast duck; Peking duck

Characters in this word:

填 tin⁴ - fill up/in/out

鴨 aap³ - duck; gigolo

1 compounds containing this word:

填鴨式教育 tin⁴ aap² sik¹ gaau³ juk⁶ - Ducks-style education ; duck-stuffing teaching method/system

填 tin⁴ - fill in/up/out

鴨 aap³ - duck; gigolo

式 sik¹ - style

教 gaau³ - teach

育 juk⁶ - education


□ 鴨蛋  aap³ daan⁶   = duck egg

Characters in this word:

鴨 aap³ - duck; gigolo

蛋 daan⁶  - egg

2 compounds containing this word:

鹹鴨蛋 - salted duck egg

賣鹹鴨蛋 - to have died



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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

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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
See all 62 compounds (CantoDict reports 63 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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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