劏 (tong1) — butcher (an animal); slaughter in Cantonese
tongˉ¹劏简 㓥
Mandarin Pinyin: tang1
Meaning of 劏
nounbutcher (an animal); slaughter
Example Sentences with 劏
deonˍ₆鈍douˉ¹刀naanˎ₄難taanˉ¹劏juk6.肉。
A blunt knife struggles to cut meat.
keoiˏ₅佢deiˍ₆哋tongˉ¹劏gwongˉ¹光zyu1.豬。
They are slaughtering a pig.
ngoˏ₅我deiˍ₆哋heoi˗₃去tongˉ¹劏gwongˉ¹光zyu1.豬。
We are going to slaughter a pig.
zyuˉ¹豬jiˏ₅已tongˉ¹劏gwong1.光。
The pig has been slaughtered.
gamˉ¹今jatˍ₆日tongˉ¹劏gwongˉ¹光zyu1.豬。
Slaughtering a pig today.
Words Containing 劏
劏客tong1 haak3
rip off customers [Syn.][國]宰客
劏豬tong1 zyu1
slaughter a pig
劏雞tong1 gai1
slaughter a chicken
劏蛇tong1 se4
literally: to cut open a snake; to give a man a hand job [colloquial]
劏白鶴tong1 baak6 hok6
湯白喝
劏死牛tong1 sei2 ngau4
mugging; armed robbery; robbery at gunpoint
劏車tong1 ce1
vehicle scrapping
生劏saang1 tong1
(verb) to kill; To slaughter
劏光豬tong1 gwong1 zyu1
lost all chess pieces in a chess game (slang)
劏開tong1 hoi1
to cut open (and reveal innards)
劏房tong1 fong2
subdivided flat/unit/apartment
劏豬凳tong1 zyu1 dang3
an expression to describe a woman who is believed to bring bad luck and misfortune to her husband / partner [colloquial]
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