Cantonese Dictionary

八行書

baat3 hong4 syu1

Mandarin: ba1 xing2 shu1

formal recommendation letter in eight columns

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八角

baat3 gok3

Mandarin: ba1 jiao3

(noun) Eighty cents

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八角形

baat3 gok3 jing4

Mandarin: ba1 jiao3 xing2

octagon

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八角楓

baat3 gok3 fung1

Mandarin: ba1 jiao3 feng1

alangium

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八角的

baat3 gok3 dik1

Mandarin: ba1 jiao3 de5

octagonal

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八角茴香

baat3 gok3 wui4 hoeng1

star anis(eed)

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八路軍

baat3 lou6 gwan1

Mandarin: ba1 lu4 jun1

the Eighth Route Army

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八通街

baat3 tung1 gaai1

Mandarin: ba1 tong1 jie1

the spread of gossips to everywhere [colloquial]

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八達通

baat3 daat6 tung1

Mandarin: ba1 da2 tong1

Simplified: 八达通

Cantonese

Octopus card (Hong Kong)

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八達通增值機

baat3 daat6 tung1 zang1 zik6 gei1

Octopus stored-value facilities

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八邊形

baat3 bin1 jing4

Mandarin: ba1 bian1 xing2

[geom.] octagon

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八里鄉

baat3 lei5 hoeng1

Mandarin: ba1 li3 xiang1

Pali (village in Taiwan)

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八開

baat3 hoi1

Mandarin: ba1 kai1

octavo

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八開本

baat3 hoi1 bun2

Mandarin: ba1 kai1 ben3

[n] octavo

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八陣圖

baat3 zan6 tou4

Mandarin: ba1 zhen4 tu2

Simplified: 八阵图

Stone Sentinel Maze, an array of rocks and boulders thought to be conjured by Zhuge Liang based on the concept of the eight trigrams used in Taoist cosmology

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八面玲瓏

baat3 min6 ling4 lung4

Mandarin: ba1 mian4 ling2 long2

be smooth and slick (in establishing social relations)

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八音度

baat3 jam1 dou6

an octave (in music)

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八香果

baat3 hoeng1 gwo2

purple granadilla (Passiflora edulis)

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兵

bing1

Mandarin: bing1

soldiers | a force | an army | weapons | arms | military | warlike M: 个gè [个] | the pawn in Chinese Chess | an abbreviation for 觀音兵, a guy who blindly serves a woman that he likes regardless of not having any potential or opportunities to develop any romantic relationship with her | an official of the law | a police officer | # adapted from cc-cedict

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兵不厭詐

bing1 bat1 jim3 zaa3

Mandarin: bing2 bu4*2 yan4 zha4

"All's fair in war."; any means necessary, including deception, are fair game during war

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兵力

bing1 lik6

Mandarin: bing1 li4

[1] military strength, [2] armed forces, troops

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兵員

bing1 jyun4

Mandarin: bing1 yuan2

soldiers; troops

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兵器

bing1 hei3

Mandarin: bing1 qi4

weapon

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兵器套路

bing1 hei3 tou3 lou6

Mandarin: bing1 qi4 tao4 lu4

weapon form, weapon routine/ kata (in martial arts)

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兵團

bing1 tyun4

Mandarin: bing1 tuan2

large military unit; formation; corps; army

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兵士

bing1 si6

Mandarin: bing1 shi4

ordinary soldier

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兵家

bing1 gaa1

Mandarin: bing1 jia1

military strategist in ancient China; military commander; soldier

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兵工廠

bing1 gung1 cong2

Mandarin: bing1 gong1 chang3

munitions or ordnance factory; arsenal

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兵庫縣

bing1 fu3 jyun6

Hyogo Prefecture (capital is Kobe) in Japan

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兵役

bing1 jik6

Mandarin: bing1 yi4

military service

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