河蟹 [－－]

Jyutping ho4 haai5
Pinyin hé xiè

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. river crab
  2. Internet censorship (pun on "harmonious" 和諧|和谐[he2 xie2], which is blocked by the great firewall of China)
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞、外來語
    源自​「​和諧​」​嘅​普通​話​諧音​，​指審查​、​屏蔽
    to censor; to screen; to block; to "harmonise"; literally "river crab", the pun on "harmonious" in Mandarin
    • 啲教科書疑似畀人河蟹咗。
      啲教科书疑似畀人河蟹咗。
      di1 gaau3 fo1 syu1 ji4 ci5 bei6 jan4 ho4 haai5 zo2.
      The textbooks are suspected to be censored.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    river crab (Classifier: 隻／只 m)
    (syn.) 毛蟹
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    「说到一百零八，这不就是代表烦恼的数字吗。」「那么你有甚么烦恼呀？」「告诉你并不是不可以，但是内容会给河蟹掉的。」
    「說到一百零八，這不就是代表煩惱的數字嗎。」「那麼你有甚麼煩惱呀？」「告訴你並不是不可以，但是內容會給河蟹掉的。」
    「 shuō dào yì bǎi líng bā ， zhè bu jiù shì dài biǎo fán nǎo de shù zì ma 。」「 nà me nǐ yǒu shèn me fán nǎo ya ？」「 gào sù nǐ bìng bù shì bù kě yǐ ， dàn shì nèi róng huì gěi hé xiè diào de 。」
    • "Talking about 108, that's the number of worldly passions." "What worldly passions have you got then?" "I could say, but it'll get censored out."
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    啲教科书疑似畀人河蟹咗。
    啲教科書疑似畀人河蟹咗。
    di1 gaau3 fo1 syu1 ji4 ci5 bei6 jan4 ho4 haai5 zo2.
    • The textbooks are suspected to be censored.