Aspect Markers

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

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Thursday, 5 July 2018

檐蛇 /jim4 se2/

檐蛇 /jim4 se2/


NOUN
A house gecko.
喺香港家居常見嘅細隻蜥蜴。
Example sentences
「有條檐蛇乾屍夾咗喺本陳年舊書度,快啲揼咗佢啦。」
「雖然檐蛇係益蟲,一兩條係冇問題,但係太多的話,即係代表太多嘢食,可能係間屋有太多其他昆蟲,衞生條件好差。」
「當檐蛇俾其他動物捉到時,就會甩會尾,條尾會繼續喺度彈吓彈吓,引開敵人趁機逃走,以前啲人會嚇啲細路,話條尾會蜎入耳窿度。」
Collocations
條、爬
See also
壁虎、蠄蟧、蛤蚧、四腳蛇
(alternative form) 簷蛇、鹽蛇