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Jyutping zoeng6 ngaa4
Pinyin xiàng yá

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. ivory
  2. elephant tusk
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    大象​嘅​獠牙​;​喺​象鼻​嘅​兩​邊​向前​伸出​嚟​長​牙​,​同​普通​嘅​牙​齒​唔​同​,​象牙​係​冇​辦法​係​唔​傷害​隻​象​嘅​情​況​下​抆​出​嚟​嘅​,​只​可以​殺​死​隻​象​再​剝出​嚟​;​可以​用​嚟​整​唔​同​嘅​工​藝​品​,​相當值​錢​,​吸引​咗​好多​貧窮國​家​嘅​人​非法​捕獵​大象​嚟​整​象牙
    ivory; elephant's tusk
    • 好多國家都禁止象牙入口。
      好多国家都禁止象牙入口。
      Many countries prohibit the import of ivory.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    ivory
  2. noun
    elephant tusk
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    象牙塔
    象牙塔
    zoeng6 ngaa4 taap3
    • ivory tower
  2. Cantonese
    象牙
    象牙
    zoeng6 ngaa4
    • ivory
  3. Cantonese
    生活喺象牙塔里面,佢唔知外面嘅世界发生紧乜嘢事。
    生活喺象牙塔裏面,佢唔知外面嘅世界發生緊乜嘢事。
    sang1 wut6 hai2 zoeng6 ngaa4 taap3 leoi5 min6, keoi5 m4 zi1 ngoi6 min6 ge3 sai3 gaai3 faat3 sang1 gan2 mat1 je5 si6.
    • Living in an ivory tower, he doesn't know what is happening in the outside world.
  4. Cantonese
    好多国家都禁止象牙入口。
    好多國家都禁止象牙入口。
    • Many countries prohibit the import of ivory.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    高院法官李运腾今(17日)颁下判辞,表示各级法院法官都不是「活在象牙塔内」,认为法理上裁判官有权采取「司法认知」,并驳回上诉申请。
    高院法官李運騰今(17日)頒下判辭,表示各級法院法官都不是「活在象牙塔內」,認為法理上裁判官有權採取「司法認知」,並駁回上訴申請。
    gāo yuàn fǎ guān lǐ yùn téng jīn ( 17 rì ) bān xià pàn cí , biǎo shì gè jí fǎ yuàn fǎ guān dōu bù shì “ huó zài xiàng yá tǎ nèi ” , rèn wèi fǎ lǐ shàng cái pàn guān yǒu quán cǎi qǔ “ sī fǎ rèn zhī ” , bìng bó huí shàng sù shēn qǐng .
    • High Court judge Alex Lee Wan Tang ruled today (17 May 2021) in a judgment that all judges of all courts don't live in ivory tower and that ruled that magistrates may take judicial notice by law, thus rejects the appellant's motion to appeal.