Cantonese Dictionary

逼使

bik1 sai2

Mandarin: bi1 shi3

to force (something) on someone; to obtrude; to coerce; to compel

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逼力

bik1 lik6

Mandarin: bi1 li4

brake

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逼巴士

bik1 baa1 si6*2

to force one's way onto a bus

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逼巴士

bik1 baa1 si6

Mandarin: bi1 ba1 shi4

to squeeze oneself into a croweded bus; to suffer in the crowded bus

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逼挾

bik1 gip6

Mandarin: bi1 xie2

Simplified: 逼挟

cramped [colloquial]

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逼狹

bik1 gip6

Mandarin: bi1 xia2

Simplified: 逼狭

cramped

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逼真

bik1 zan1

Mandarin: bi1 zhen1

lifelike, true to life, verisimilitude; distinctly, clearly

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逼良為娼

bik1 loeng4 wai4 coeng1

Mandarin: bi1 liang2 wei2 chang1

force an honorable woman into prostitution

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逼虎跳牆

bik1 fu2 tiu3 coeng4

Mandarin: bi1 hu3 tiao4 qiang2

Simplified: 逼虎跳墙

to force someone to do something that they wouldn't have normally done otherwise; to provoke an aggressive response in someone unnecessarily [written and colloquial]

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逼近

bik1 gan6

Mandarin: bi1 jin4

to press towards; to close in on; to approach; to draw close to; to draw near

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逼迫

bik1 bik1

Mandarin: bi1 po4

to force; to drive; to push; to compel

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避

bei6

Mandarin: bi4

to avoid | to shun | to flee | to escape | to keep away from | to leave | to hide from | to turn aside | to hide | to avert | to prevent | to repel | # adapted from cc-cedict

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避之若浼

bei6 zi1 joek6 mui5

Mandarin: bi4 zhi1 ruo4 mei3

to avoid sth. as if it were a plague; to stay at arms length from sth. defiling

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避免

bei6 min5

Mandarin: bi4 mian3

to avert, prevent, avoid, refrain from

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避孕

bei6 jan6

Mandarin: bi4 yun4

contraception; prevent pregnancy

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避孕丸

bei6 jan6 jyun4*2

Mandarin: bi4 yun4 wan2

contraceptive pill

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避孕套

bei6 jan6 tou3

Mandarin: bi4 yun4 tao4

condom | Also popularly known as 安全套 | Taiwan: 保險套, 衛生套

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避孕用品

bei6 jan6 jung6 ban2

Mandarin: bi4 yun4 yong4 pin3

[n] contraceptive

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避孕藥

bei6 jan6 joek6

contraceptive

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避孕袋

bei6 jan6 doi6

Mandarin: bi4 yun4 dai4

condom

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避年

bei6 nin4

Mandarin: bi4 nian2

to stay away from home during the Chinese New Year in order to avoid the traditional gatherings

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避忌

bei6 gei6

Mandarin: bi4ji4

(verb) Discreet; (noun) 1. Taboo

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避暑勝地

bei6 syu2 sing3 dei6

Mandarin: bi4 shu3 sheng4 di4

Simplified: 避暑胜地

a summer resort

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避稅

bei6 seoi3

Mandarin: bi4 shui4

tax avoidance

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避諱

bei6 wai5

Mandarin: bi4 hui4

a word or phrase to be avoided as taboo; a taboo; to evade, to dodge

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避車

bei6 ce1

Mandarin: bi4 che1

Simplified: 避车

to keep away from the car; to dodge away from the cars;

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避開

bei6 hoi1

Mandarin: bi4 kai1

avoid; shun; step aside; turn aside; dodge; escape; sheer off; avoidance

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避難所

bei6 naan4 so2

Mandarin: bi4 nan2 suo3

refuge; shelter

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避雨

bei6 jyu5

Mandarin: bi4 yu3

to take shelter from the rain

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避雷針

bei6 leoi4 zam1

lightning rod

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