井 (zeng2) — well; well-shaped thing in Cantonese
zengˊ²井Mandarin Pinyin: jing3
Meaning of 井
nounwell; well-shaped thing
nounhome village or town
nounneat; orderly
Example Sentences with 井
媽媽將屋企打理到井井有條一啲都唔易
It is not an easy feat for Mommy to manage the house so neat and tidy.
jiˏ₅以cinˎ₄前douˉ¹都sikˍ₆食zingˊ²井seoiˊ²水
We used to drink well water.
keoiˏ₅佢sikˍ₆食zingˊ²井seoiˊ²水mˎ₄唔zaapˍ₆習gwaan˗₃慣
He's not used to drinking well water.
niˉ¹呢douˍ₆度sikˍ₆食zingˊ²井seoiˊ²水gaa˗₃㗎
This place uses well water.
mˎ₄唔houˊ²好sikˍ₆食zingˊ²井seoiˊ²水
Don't drink well water.
Words Containing 井
井水zeng2 seoi2
well water; (placename) Cheng Sui
落井下石lok6 zeng2 haa6 sek6
hit a person when he is down; a "cheap shot"
食井水sik6 zeng2 seoi2
(orig. of boat society women) to marry into a dry-land family; → (of women) to marry into a family of higher social class; to marry into a family of means and to live comfortably because of it; (of female prostitutes, a euphemism) to marry | Literally, "to consume well-water", the inference is that the woman is no longer sourcing her drinking and cooking water from rivers and streams, but from wells, as dry-land people traditionally do | Also: 埋街食井水; 埋街
礦井kong3 zeng2
a mineshaft
沙井saa1 zeng2
a manhole [國]: 人孔
坐井觀天zo6 zeng2 gun1 tin1
ignorant and narrow-minded (lit., "to view the sky from the bottom of a well")
古井無波gu2 zeng2 mou4 bo1
loss of sexual desire - Usually used to describe women, literally "an ancient well has no waves".
井然zeng2 jin4
tidy, methodical
井架zeng2 gaa2
derrick; headframe; wellhead
油井jau4 zeng2
oil well
沙井蓋saa1 zing2 goi3
manhole cover
井水乾了zeng2 seoi2 gon1 liu5
the well has dried up
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