seafood
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
seafood (usually uncountable, plural seafoods)
- Fish, shellfish, seaweed, and other edible aquatic life.
- Synonym: fruit of the sea
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
fish, shellfish, seaweed and other edible aquatic life
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Chinese[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From English seafood, which resembles the pronunciation of 屎窟 (si2 fat1, “buttocks”), in turn an ellipsis of 屎窟鬼 (si2 fat1 gwai2, “asshole”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
seafood
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, euphemistic) asshole; jerk; shithead
- old seafood [Cantonese] ― ou1 si1 fut1 [Jyutping] ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- 老seafood [Cantonese] ― lou5 si1 fut1 [Jyutping] ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
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Etymology 2[edit]
From English seafood, which resembles the pronunciation of 師父/师父 (shīfu) and is the way the believers refer to him. Possibly via Cantonese 師父/师父 (si1 fu6-2).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
seafood
- (Taiwan, slang) Liu Chin-lung, founder and leader of the cult Rulaizong
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