The story
- Hakka · borrowed from筍殼 /笋壳
- Cantonese · borrowed from筍殼 /笋壳
- English todaysoon hock
From Cantonese 筍殼 /笋壳 (seon² hok³) and Hakka 筍殼 /笋壳 (sun³ hog⁵).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
soon hock
Today it means: Synonym of marbled goby (“Oxyeleotris marmorata”). Full definition →
Cantonese 筍殼 /笋壳 ← Hakka 筍殼 /笋壳