Aspect Markers

Aspect Markers There are some aspect markers in Cantonese. Perfective (咗 /zo2/) Terminative (完 /jyun4/) Exhaustive (晒 /saai3/) Add...

Wednesday, 4 July 2018

金絲貓 /gam1 si1 maau1/

金絲貓 /gam1 si1 maau1/


NOUN
  1. A fighting spider (a spider of the Salticidae family, Thiania suboppressa).
    一種屬於跳蛛科嘅蜘蛛,學術名稱叫細齒方胸蛛。
    Example sentences
    「我擒日上山捉到隻好大嘅金絲貓,今日放咗學同你隻打過。」
    「金絲貓同喺屋企見到嘅壁虎都好類似,一般人往往會以為係同一種蜘蛛。」
    Collocations
    隻、捉、打、大、細
    See also
    蜘蛛、壁虎
  2. dated [derogatory] A woman with fair or pale yellow hair.
    舊時對金髮女郎嘅貶稱。
    Example sentences
    「我見到你老公同隻金絲貓入咗間酒店,你快啲嚟呀。」
    「以前啲人會用貓嚟比喻女人,例如金絲貓、高竇貓咁,而家可能係啲貓唔同咗,可愛咗,有個親民啲名,叫喵星人。」
    Collocations
    See also
    女人、貓、高竇貓、喵星人