食人魚 (sik6 jan4 jyu2) — the red piranha / pirana, Pygocentrus n… in Cantonese

sikˍ₆食janˎ₄人jyuˊ²魚

简食人鱼

Mandarin Pinyin: shi2 ren2 yu2

Meaning of 食人魚

nounthe red piranha / pirana, Pygocentrus nattereri (Serrasalmus nattereri) [Syn.] 水虎魚

fukˉ¹幅waaˊ²畫jauˏ₅有sikˍ₆食janˎ₄人jyuˎ₄魚

There's a piranha in the painting.

tiuˎ₄條sikˍ₆食janˎ₄人jyuˎ₄魚houˊ²好ok˗₃惡saiˊ²死

That piranha looks very fierce.

keoiˏ₅佢waaˍ₆話gin˗₃見gwo˗₃過sikˍ₆食janˎ₄人jyuˎ₄魚

He said he'd seen a piranha.

siuˊ²小samˉ¹心diˉ¹啲sikˍ₆食janˎ₄人jyuˎ₄魚

Be careful of the piranhas.

niˉ¹呢douˍ₆度jauˏ₅有sikˍ₆食janˎ₄人jyuˎ₄魚wo˗₃喎

There are piranhas here!

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