Cantonese Dictionary

簽證

cim1 zing3

Mandarin: qian1 zheng4

visa, an official endorsement in a passport issued by a country to enter, stay, leave and/or work in that particular country

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簽賬

cim1 zoeng3

Mandarin: qian1 zhang4

Simplified: 签账

(verb) use a credit card to settle a bill

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籌

cau2

Mandarin: chou2

Simplified: 筹

chip (in gambling) | token (for counting) | ticket | to prepare | to plan | to raise (funds) | resource | means | tally | strategy | a counter | # adapted from cc-cedict

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籌備

cau4 bei6

Mandarin: chou2 bei4

Simplified: 筹备

(verb) plan and prepare

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籌劃

cau4 waak6

Mandarin: chou2 hua4

plan and prepare

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籌建

cau4 gin3

Mandarin: chou2 jian4

to prepare to build

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籌旗

cau4 kei4

Mandarin: chou2 qi2

Simplified: 筹旗

to fundraise [colloquial]

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籌款

cau4 fun2

Mandarin: chou2 kuan3

fundraising | [粵]: 籌錢

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籌款賣物會

cau4 fun2 maai6 mat6 wui6*2

a fundraising bazaar

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籌碼

cau4 maa5

Mandarin: chou2 ma3

bargaining chip; (mahjong) scoring chip | [粵]: also simply 籌

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籌錢

cau4 cin4*2

fundraising, to raise money

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籌集

cau4 zaap6

Mandarin: chou2 ji2

to collect money; to raise funds

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籤

cim1

Mandarin: qian1

inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc) | small wood sliver | label | tag | tally | lot | marker | # adapted from cc-cedict

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粗

cou1

Mandarin: cu1

coarse | rough | thick (for cylindrical objects) | unfinished | vulgar | rude | crude | careless | negligent | inattentive | roughly | husky | # adapted from cc-cedict

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粗人

cou1 jan4

Mandarin: cu1 ren2

uneducated; unrefined person (spoken)

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粗俗

cou1 zuk6

Mandarin: cu1 su2

vulgar; rude

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粗口

cou1 hau2

Mandarin: cu1 kou3

profanity; obscene language; vulgarities; coarse language [Syn.] 粗話

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粗口五傑

cou1 hau2 ng5 git6

Mandarin: cu1 kou3 wu3 jie2

Cantonese

A name for the five major swear words in Cantonese. Also 門氏五虎將 or 一門五傑.

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粗口橫飛

cou1 hau2 waang4 fei1

Mandarin: cu1kou3 heng2fei1

Simplified: 粗口横飞

using a lot of foul language all the time [colloquial]

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粗口爛舌

cou1 hau2 laan6 sit6

Mandarin: cu1 kou3 lan4 she2

Simplified: 粗口烂舌

(adjective) vulgar; foul-mouthed

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粗嚡

cou1 haai4

Mandarin: cu1 hai4

rough

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粗幼度

cou1 jau3 dou6

level of thickness

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粗度

cou1 dou6

Mandarin: cu1 du4

roughness | ant: 幼度

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粗心

cou1 sam1

Mandarin: cu1 xin1

careless

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粗心大意

cou1 sam1 daai6 ji3

Mandarin: cu1xin1da4yi4

(adjective) 1. Sloppy; 2. Careless; | Inattentive

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粗心的

cou1 sam1 dik1

Mandarin: cu1 xin1 de5

[adj] remiss

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粗手粗腳

cou1 sau2 cou1 goek3

Mandarin: cu1 shou3 cu1 jiao3

Simplified: 粗手粗脚

to handle something in a very rough careless manner

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粗暴

cou1 bou6

Mandarin: cu1 bao4

(adjective) 1. Violent; 2. Abusive

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粗暴的

cou1 bou6 dik1

Mandarin: cu1 bao4 de5

[adj] coarse-grained

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粗生

cou1 sang1

Mandarin: cu1 sheng1

plants that grew without any essentials; adaptable to any environment (spoken)

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