Cantonese Dictionary

備課

bei6 fo3

prep; prepare lesson

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僕

buk6

Mandarin: pu2

Simplified: 仆

servant | slave | I (dated term) | # adapted from cc-cedict

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僕人

buk6 jan4

Mandarin: pu2 ren2

servant

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僕從

buk6 cung4

Mandarin: pu2 cong2

Simplified: 仆从

Servant

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僻

bui6

Mandarin: pi4

biased | low | rustic | secluded | remote | unorthodox | eccentric | rare | # adapted from cc-cedict

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八乘十

baat3 sing4 sap6

8"x10"

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八九

baat3 gau2

Mandarin: ba1 jiu3

short for year of 1989

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八九不離十

baat3 gau2 bat1 lei4 sap6

Mandarin: ba1 jiu3 bu4 li2 shi2

pretty close; very near; about right

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八九民運

baat3 gau2 man4 wan6

Mandarin: ba1 jiu3 min2 yun4

Simplified: 八九民运

89 Democracy Movement in China

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八五折

baat3 ng5 zit3

15% discount

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八仙

baat3 sin1

eight gods

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八仙嶺

baat3 sin1 leng5

Mandarin: Ba1 xian1 ling3

Simplified: 八仙岭

Pat Sin Range, a mountain range in New Territories, Hong Kong

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八個字

baat3 go3 zi6

Mandarin: ba1 ge4 zi4

Simplified: 八个字

eight words or characters | forty minutes

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八倍體

baat3 pui5 tai2

Mandarin: ba1 bei4 ti3

octoploid

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八儿

baat3 jan4

Mandarin: ba1 ren2

Kangxi radical 43 (尢) in its component form 尣

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八兩金

baat3 loeng5 gam1

Bobby Yip (葉競生), well known in Hong Kong cinema and comedy for his bowl-cut hair and less than handsome looks

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八公

baat3 gung1

Mandarin: ba1 gong1

man who loves to gossip or interfere others

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八分書

baat3 fan1 syu1

Han dynasty script

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八十

baat3 sap6

Mandarin: ba1 shi2

eighty

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八十一

baat3 sap6 jat1

Mandarin: ba1 shi2 yi1

eighty-one; 81

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八十七

baat3 sap6 cat1

Mandarin: ba1 shi2 qi1

eighty-seven; 87

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八十三

baat3 sap6 saam1

Mandarin: ba1 shi2 san1

eighty-three; 83

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八十九

baat3 sap6 gau2

Mandarin: ba1 shi2 jiu3

eighty-nine; 89

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八十二

baat3 sap6 ji6

Mandarin: ba1 shi2 er4

eighty-two; 82

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八十二銀行

baat3 sap6 ji6 ngan4 hong4

Hachijuni Bank, Ltd.

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八十五

baat3 sap6 ng5

Mandarin: ba1 shi2 wu3

eighty-five; 85

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八十八

baat3 sap6 baat3

Mandarin: ba1 shi2 ba1

eighty-eight

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八十六

baat3 sap6 luk6

Mandarin: ba1 shi2 liu4

eighty-six; 86

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八十四

baat3 sap6 sei3

Mandarin: ba1 shi2 si4

eighty-four; 84

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八十年代

baat3 sap6 nin4 doi6

Mandarin: ba1 shi2 nian2 dai4

during the 80s (era)

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