Cantonese Dictionary

秋收

cau1 sau1

Mandarin: qiu1 shou1

autumn harvest

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秋收女

cau1 sau1 neoi5

Mandarin: qiu1 shou1 nv3

woman who seeks/marries a much older man for his wealth

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秋收起義

cau1 sau1 hei2 ji6

Mandarin: qiu1 shou1 qi3 yi4

Autumn Harvest Uprising

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秋楓

cau1 fung1

Mandarin: qiu1 feng1

Simplified: 秋枫

Autumn Maple

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秋水

cau1 seoi2

Mandarin: qiu1 shui3

autumn waters (limpid eyes of a woman)

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秋水仙

cau1 seoi2 sin1

Mandarin: qiu1 shui3 xian1

[botany] meadow saffron; autumn crocus

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秋水伊人

cau1 seoi2 ji1 jan4

Mandarin: qiu1 shui3 yi1 ren2

thinking of an old acquaintance on seeing a familiar scene; the face and complexion of a woman that is as clear and bright as the autumn water; the friend one is longing for

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秋海棠

cau1 hoi2 tong4

begonia

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秋火

cau1 fo2

a camera

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秋田縣

cau1 tin4 jyun6

Akita Prefecture (in Northeast Japan)

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秋老虎

cau1 lou5 fu2

hot weather after the start of Autumn; the after summer; "Indian Summer"

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秋芹

cau1 kan4

Mandarin: qiu1 qin2

wild celery [written and colloquial]

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秋茄

cau1 ke2

Mandarin: qiu1 qie2

kandelia candel; aubergines | eggplants that are harvested in the autumn

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秋葉原

cau1 jip6 jyun4

Mandarin: qiu1 ye4 yuan2

Akihabara, region of downtown Tokyo famous for electronics stores

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秋葵

cau1 kwai4

Mandarin: qiu1 kui2

okra

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秋蟬

cau1 sim4

Mandarin: qiu1 chan2

Simplified: 秋蝉

harvest fly; cicada

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秋試

cau1 si5

autumn examinations for civil service held in the capital of a province

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秋風

cau1 fung1

Mandarin: qiu1 feng1

Simplified: 秋风

autumn breeze

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秋風起

cau1 fung1 hei2

metaphor for the arrival of autumn (lit., "when the autumn winds blow")

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秋風起，三蛇肥

cau1 fung1 hei2 saam1 se4 fei4

when the autumn winds blow, the snakes are fat (so lets eat them now!)

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秋風起，食臘味

cau1 fung1 hei2 sik6 laap6 mei6*2

when the autumn winds blow, the time is ripe for preserved meats

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秤砣

cing3 to4

Mandarin: cheng4 tuo2

steelyard weight; (slang) a fatty

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秤量

cing3 loeng4

weighing, weigh

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秤頭

cing3 tau4

Mandarin: cheng4 tou2

Simplified: 秤头

weight

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秦

ceon4

Mandarin: Qin2

surname Qin | Qin dynasty (221-207 BC) of the first emperor 秦始皇 Qín Shǐhuáng [秦始皇] | abbr. for 陕西Shǎnxī [陕西] | # adapted from cc-cedict

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秦代

ceon4 doi6

Mandarin: qin2 dai4

the Qin dynasty (221-207 BC)

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秦國

ceon4 gwok3

Mandarin: qin2 guo2

the state of Qin

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秦始皇

ceon4 ci2 wong4

Mandarin: qin2 shi3 huang2

Qin Shihuang (established the Qin dynasty)

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秦始皇帝

ceon4 ci2 wong4 dai3

Mandarin: qin2 shi3 huang2 di4

Qin Shihuang, the First Emperor 259-210 BC

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秦朝

ceon4 ciu4

Mandarin: qin2 chao2

Qin Dynasty (221-207 BC)

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