水桶
Chinese
water; river | pail; bucket; bin pail; bucket; bin; barrel | ||
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simp. and trad. (水桶) | 水 | 桶 |
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水桶
Pronunciation
Noun
水桶
- (literally) bucket (container used to hold and carry liquids)
- 搵定水桶半打,裝多啲水,乜都假 [Cantonese, trad.]
- From: Samuel Hui, 制水歌
- wan2 ding6 seoi2 tung2 bun3 daa1, zong1 do1 di1 seoi2, mat1 dou1 gaa2 [Jyutping]
- Find six buckets and fill them with more water; nothing else matters
揾定水桶半打,装多啲水,乜都假 [Cantonese, simp.]
- (figuratively) big waist
Synonyms
- (bucket): (Min Nan) 桶仔, (Xiang) 擔水桶/担水桶
Related terms
- 吊桶 (diàotǒng)
See also
- 鉛桶/铅桶, 亞鉛桶/亚铅桶