蠅 (jing4) — the fly, one of the most annoying insects in Cantonese
jingˎ₄蠅简 蝇
Mandarin Pinyin: ying2
Meaning of 蠅
nounthe fly, one of the most annoying insects
Example Sentences with 蠅
fikˍ₆扐hoiˉ¹開zek˗₃隻wuˉ¹烏jingˉ¹蠅。
Flick away the fly.
keoiˏ₅佢houˊ²好ciˏ₅似mouˏ₅冇tauˎ₄頭wuˉ¹烏jingˎ₄蠅
He's like a headless chicken.
ngoˏ₅我haiˍ₆係mouˏ₅冇tauˎ₄頭wuˉ¹烏jingˎ₄蠅
I'm clueless.
gau˗₃救ming6!命！ngoˏ₅我haiˍ₆係mouˏ₅冇tauˎ₄頭wuˉ¹烏jingˎ₄蠅
Help! I'm all over the place.
singˎ₄成jatˍ₆日mouˏ₅冇tauˎ₄頭wuˉ¹烏jingˎ₄蠅
Always acting erratically.
Words Containing 蠅
蠅頭小字jing4 tau4 siu2 zi6
very tiny characters; very small characters
捕蠅紙bou6 jing4 zi2
flypaper
烏蠅wu1 jing1
the fly. Mand.: 蒼蠅
牛蠅ngau4 jing4
the gadfly
蠅頭小利jing4 tau4 siu2 lei6
minuscule profit
冇頭烏蠅mou5 tau4 wu1 jing4
a headless fly, someone who acts recklessly without a plan
西班牙蒼蠅sai1 baan1 ngaa4 cong1 jing4
Spanish fly (Lytta vesicatoria) [written and colloquial]
打烏蠅daa2 wu1 jing1
idiom. to only arrest low ranking officials in a scandal but not arrest those higher ranking officals responsible.
烏蠅拍wu1 jing1 paak3
flyswatter
蒼蠅cong1 jing1
the fly. Cant.: 烏蠅
盲頭烏蠅maang4 tau4 wu1 jing1
(act like) a headless chicken
拍晒烏蠅paak3 saai3 wu1 jing1
to not have absolutely no customers in a restaurant / shop / business; to have absolutely no business [colloquial]
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