Cantonese Dictionary

暗線光譜

am3 sin3 gwong1 pou2

Mandarin: an4 xian4 guang1 pu3

dark-line spectrum

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暗自

am3 zi6

Mandarin: an4 zi4

inwardly; to oneself; secretly

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暗色

am3 sik1

Mandarin: an4 se4

[n] dark colors

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暗花

am3 faa1

Mandarin: an4hua1

a slush fund, a special fund for illegal purposes; a reward for carrying out a mission; the price on someone's head [colloquial]

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暗花兒

am3 faa1 ji4

Mandarin: an4 hua1 er2

a veiled design incised in porcelain or woven in fabric

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暗藏

am3 cong4

Mandarin: an4 cang2

to hide; to conceal

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暗藏殺機

am3 cong4 saat3 gei1

to have an axe to grind (lit., "hiding a plan to kill")

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暗號

am3 hou6

Mandarin: an4 hao4

secret signal (sign); countersign; cipher

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暗袋

am3 doi6*2

Mandarin: an4 dai4

camera bag (for changing film)

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暗裡

am3 leoi5

Mandarin: an4 li3

secretly

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暗褐色

am3 hot3 sik1

Mandarin: an3 he2 se4

[n] dun

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暗褐色的

am3 hot3 sik1 dik1

Mandarin: an3 he2 se4 de5

[adj] dun

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暗記兒

am3 gei3 ji4

Mandarin: an4 ji4 er2

secret mark

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暗語

am3 jyu5

Mandarin: an4 yu3

code word; tipoff

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暗諷

am3 fung3

Mandarin: an4 feng3 [PRC] feng4 [TW]

make an innuendo; indirectly mock

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暗轉

am3 zyun3

Mandarin: an4 zhuan3

[drama] blackout; dark change

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暗送秋波

am3 sung3 cau1 bo1

Mandarin: an4 song4 qiu1 bo1

make eyes at sb while others are not looking; ogle

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暗通款曲

am3 tung1 fun2 kuk1

Mandarin: an4 tong1 kuan3 qu1

send a secret love message

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暗適應

am3 sik1 jing3

Mandarin: an4 shi4 ying4

dark adaptation

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暗鎖

am3 so2

Mandarin: an4 suo3

built-in lock

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暗門子

am3 mun4 zi2

Mandarin: an4 men2 zi5

unlicensed or unregistered prostitute

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暗間兒

am3 gaan1 ji4

Mandarin: an4 jian1 er2

inner room

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枒

aa1

Mandarin: ya2

the coconut tree | rim | # adapted from cc-cedict

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歐佩克

au1 pui3 hak1

Mandarin: ou1 pei4 ke4

OPEC, Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

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歐元

au1 jyun4

Mandarin: ou1 yuan2

Euro (the currency) , € [Syn.] 歐羅 , 歐洲貨幣

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歐化

au1 faa3

Mandarin: Ou1 hua4

Simplified: 欧化

Europeanized

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歐姆定律

au1 mou5 ding6 leot6

Mandarin: ou1 mu3 ding4 lv4

Simplified: 欧姆定律

Ohm's law

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歐巴馬

au1 baa1 maa5

Mandarin: ou1 ba1 ma3

Barack Obama (Taiwanese transliteration)[syn.]奧巴馬 (Mainland China and HK transliteration)

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歐式幾何

au1 sik1 gei2 ho4

Mandarin: ou1 shi4 ji3 he2

Euclidean geometry

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歐式幾何學

au1 sik1 gei2 ho4 hok6

Mandarin: ou1 shi4 ji3 he2 xue2

Euclidean geometry

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