tong1 se4劏蛇
Jyutpingtong1 se4
Yaletōng sèh
Definition
To butcher a snake, or slang for a hand job.
- to butcher a snake, cutting it open, skinning it, and extracting the meat
- slangto receive a hand job; a male being masturbated by another person
colloquialfoodslang
How it's used
Beyond the literal act of preparing snake meat for soup, this term is frequently used as a slang reference to masturbation. The imagery of stripping the skin off a snake is used to describe the manual motion involved in a hand job. Because of this double meaning, it is best to avoid using it in casual conversation unless you are specifically referring to the culinary process.
Examples
The chef is very quick at butchering the snake, he peeled it in one go.
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Common mistake
Learners often mistake this for a general term for killing animals, but it is specifically tied to the process of skinning and gutting a snake. Using it to describe butchering other animals like chickens or pigs will sound very strange to native speakers.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
