鳳 (fung6) — Feng, a male phoenix in Cantonese
fungˍ₆鳳简 凤
Mandarin Pinyin: feng4
Meaning of 鳳
nounFeng, a male phoenix
noun(noun) 1. Chicken; 2. Hooker
Example Sentences with 鳳
大家都知道亞雄吹水功夫一流，佢可以將一件簡單嘅事講到天花龍鳳嚟吸引人。
Everyone knows Ah Hung is really good at talking. He can capture his audience by making a simple matter so sophisticated.
lyunˎ₄鸞fungˍ₆鳳waanˎ₄還ciuˎ₄巢
A phoenix returns to its nest (metaphor for someone returning home).
neiˏ₅你sikˉ¹識ceoiˎ₄徐siuˊ²小fungˍ₆鳳？
Do you know Teresa Teng?
ceoiˎ₄徐siuˊ²小fungˍ₆鳳houˊ²好hungˎ₄紅wo˗₃喎
Teresa Teng is very famous!
tingˉ¹聽ceoiˎ₄徐siuˊ²小fungˍ₆鳳goˉ¹歌
Listen to Teresa Teng's songs.
Words Containing 鳳
天花龍鳳tin1 faa1 lung4 fung6
hyperbole; exaggeration
鳳仙花fung6 sin1 faa1
balsam flower, balsamine, cypripedium, touch-me-not
鳳凰木fung6 wong4 muk6
Flame of Forest (Tree); Delonix Regica
鳳凰男fung6 wong4 naam4
phoenix man, a man raised in the country who moves to the city, becomes successful, and marries an urban "peacock woman" 孔雀女. Often there is strife because of problems with the demands of the man's family.
鳳梨酥fung6 lei4 sou1
A small round or rectangular block shaped buttery shortcrust pastry filled with pineapple jam.
一樓一鳳jat1 lau4 jat1 fung6
a one-woman brothel, this is allowed because there is a loophole in the law known as the "one woman/one apartment rule", which allows one sex worker to work on her own.
鳳凰樹fung6 wong4 syu6
a flame tree
鳳爪排骨飯fung6 zaau2 paai4 gwat1 faan6
steam rice with spareribs and chicken feet
鳳梨fung6 lei4
pineapple; ananas | [粵] 菠蘿
鳳毛麟角fung6 mou4 leon4 gk3
sth. that is a rarity; sth. valuable that is hard to come by
徐小鳳ceoi4 siu2 fung6
noun; Paula Tsui Siu-Fung, a Hong Kong female singer during 70s and 80s
龍鳳胎lung4 fung6 toi1
fraternal twins, a pigeon pair (lit., "dragon and phoenix fetuses")
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