蕉 (ziu1) — banana; broadleaf plants in Cantonese
ziuˉ¹蕉Mandarin Pinyin: jiao1
Meaning of 蕉
nounbanana; broadleaf plants
Example Sentences with 蕉
leiˏ₅你mˎ₄唔gok˗₃覺dakˉ¹得hoengˉ¹香ziuˉ¹蕉meiˍ₆味houˊ²好gwaai3?怪?
Don't you think bananas taste weird?
sik6jyun4食hoeng1ziu1完zi1hau6,香jiu˗₃蕉deu6-zo2之faai˗₃後，ziu1pei4要掉咗塊蕉皮
Throw away the peel after you've finished the banana.
我買咗一梳蕉
I bought a hand of bananas.
hoengˉ¹香ziuˉ¹蕉wongˎ₄黃sikˉ¹色gaa3.㗎。
Bananas are yellow.
tiuˎ₄條ziuˉ¹蕉jiu˗₃要jungˍ₆用heoi˗₃去peiˎ₄皮gei1.機。
The banana needs a peeler.
Words Containing 蕉
帶兩梳蕉daai3 loeng5 so1 ziu1
visit sb. empty-handed; neglect to bring a gift when visiting sb., in Taiwan they say 帶兩串蕉
香蕉球hoeng1 ziu1 kau4
banana kick
香蕉船hoeng1 ziu1 syun4
a banana split (lit., "banana boat")
香蕉共和國hoeng1 ziu1 gung6 wo4 gwok3
a banana republic; the brand name Banana Republic
兩梳蕉loeng5 so1 ziu1
to visit one without any gift
晒蕉saai3 ziu1
to show off [colloquial]
有蕉食jau5 ziu1 sik6
to have a customer (for a taxi driver); to get a booking for a customer's hire for taxi [colloquial]
香蕉水hoeng1 ziu1 seoi2
paint thinner; "banana oil" | also 天拿水
香蕉仔hoeng1 ziu1 zai2
overseas born Chinese youngsters - yellow outside, white inside; Chinese appearance, white in essence.
香蕉蘋果hoeng1 ziu1 ping4 gwo2
banana-apple, a variety of apple with pale yellow skin and a mild, banana-like flavour
大蕉daai6 ziu1
a plantain
食蕉sik6 ziu1
to eat banana; can also be used in a vulgar sense, especially when swearing at someone, implying to perform fellatio or to eat shit
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