沙蟬 [－蝉]

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Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. cicada
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞、舊式
    蟬
    cicada
    • 沙蟬叫，荔枝熟。
      沙蝉叫，荔枝熟。
      saa1 sim4 giu3, lai6 zi1 suk6.
      Lychee matures once cicadas begin to sing. (note: In Cantonese culture, there is a custom that one is supposed to eat lychee in summer, the season when lychee ripens.)
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, Cantonese
    cicada
    (syn.) 岩蟬, 吱吱, 遮了兒, 知已子, 蟬子哥, 麥知了, 大蛚, 借落子, 蟬車, 知焱, 𧌄蜅蠐, 拎啊子, 唧唧丫丫, 季鳥兒, 蠽如子, 齧牛, 麻唧了兒, 囊拈, 喳喇蟲, 啞魚, 洋師太, 麻蟬, 𧌄蜅蠐仔, 𧋎螺, 藏蠐, 蟬蠳, 秋涼蟲, 唧了兒, 截溜, 風沙蟲, 呀衣, 知老兒, 沙蟬, 阿蛦, 蟬子, 周流, 唧丫絲, 遮娘子, 牛螂螂, 知了兒, 伏涼兒, 謯𩑊哩, 呀衣子, 蟬蟲, 洋知吆, 洋飛獅, 姐了, 截溜兒, 星米蟲兒, 姐溜, 周了, 截了, 𧌄啡蟬, 時吠爺, 吱嘮嘮, 吱喳蟲, 蜘蟬, 嗟林, 知溜, 喔嚶嚓, 南蟬, 縈縈位, 蟬蟬子, 即了子, 熱死, 蟬, 䗊䗊依, 呀蟻子, 唧搖搖, 啞蟬, 蟬蚱, 遮溜子, 秋涼蟲兒, 紡紗蟲, 嘰呀屎, 稍錢兒, 吱喳, 消息, 馬季, 蟬公, 遮溜, 知吆, 絲飛呀, 惹兒惹兒, 螂寧, 山叫螞子, 蟬仔, 蜩, 𧌄蜅蟬, 唧拉子, 知了子, 知衣, 嗟哩, 蚱𧐖, 丫蟬, 恩啊子, 藥蜅蟬, 馬唧了兒, 青蟬, 蟬兒, 青吱仔, 唧了, 䗧蜋, 阿蛦母, 遮遮子, 喃喃吟, 齋流, 蟬謝, 剪溜, 柴蟬 dated, 嘰了, 𧌄蜅蟬仔, 奄蠐, 蛣蛚, 囊寧, 唧喳蟲, 唧了子, 禾寧, 𧌄栱蟬, 呦兒, 呀衣仔, 蟬蛉子, 唪嗄, 蛈蛚, 羅寧, 知拉子, 伏天兒, 知丫, 馬即了兒, 蟲娘, 秋蟬, 懶蟲子, 悲蟬, 噝噝叫, 吱蟬, 蛦蚜, 知了
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. 蟬 – 蝉
  2. 知了
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    沙蝉叫，荔枝熟。
    沙蟬叫，荔枝熟。
    saa1 sim4 giu3, lai6 zi1 suk6.
    • Lychee matures once cicadas begin to sing. (note: In Cantonese culture, there is a custom that one is supposed to eat lychee in summer, the season when lychee ripens.)