檻 (laam6) — threshold; door-sill in Cantonese
laamˍ₆檻简 槛
Mandarin Pinyin: kan3
Meaning of 檻
nounthreshold; door-sill
Example Sentences with 檻
git˗₃結fanˉ¹婚jiu˗₃要haamˍ₆檻foˊ²火pun4.盆。
You have to jump over the fire basin for a wedding.
ngoˏ₅我mˎ₄唔soengˊ²想haamˍ₆檻foˊ²火pun4.盆。
I don't want to jump over the fire basin.
keoiˏ₅佢deiˍ₆哋haamˍ₆檻foˊ²火pun4.盆。
They are jumping over the fire basin.
siuˊ²小samˉ¹心haamˍ₆檻foˊ²火pun4.盆。
Be careful jumping over the fire basin.
zaapˍ₆習sukˍ₆俗jiu˗₃要haamˍ₆檻foˊ²火pun4.盆。
The custom is to jump over the fire basin.
Words Containing 檻
門檻mun4 laam6
doorsill, threshold, the ways, esp. of doing business
曬馬檻saai3 maa5 laam2
to visit a brothel / prostitute; to go to a hourly love hotel [colloquial]
檻火盆laam6 fo2 pun4
a ceremony where someone step over a basin of burning yellow paper to signify a new start / rid of the old past, such as when coming home after being in prison [colloquial]
晒馬檻saai3 maa5 laam2
to visit a brothel / prostitute; to go to a hourly love hotel [colloquial]
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