Cantonese Dictionary

親歷其境

can1 lik6 kei4 ging2

Mandarin: qin1 li4 qi2 jing4

Simplified: 亲历其境

compliment

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親熱

can1 jit6

Mandarin: qin1 re4

intimate; affectionate; warm

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親生

can1 saang1

Mandarin: qin1 sheng1

one's own (blood-related) (parents, children)

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親生仔不如近身錢

can1 sang1 zai2 bat1 jyu4 gan6 san1 cin4

Mandarin: qin1 sheng1/5 zi1 bu4 ru2 shen1qian2

it's better to have money than to have to depend on your own children

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親生仔不如近身錢

can1 saang1 zai2 bat1 jyu4 gan6 san1 cin4

Mandarin: qin1 sheng1 zi3 bu4 ru2 jin4 shen1 qian2

Simplified: 亲生仔不如近身钱

an expression which says that having money for oneself is more reliable or secure than having to depend on one's own son

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親生女

can1 saang1 neoi5

Mandarin: qin1sheng1 nv3

Simplified: 亲生女

one's own daughter [written and colloquial]

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親生骨肉

can1 saang1 gwat1 juk6

one's own flesh and blood

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親眼

can1 ngaan5

Mandarin: qin1 yan3

with one's own eyes

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親眼看到

can1 ngaan5 hon3 dou3*2

Mandarin: qin1 yan3 kan4 dao4

see with one's own eyes; personally witness | Cant. : 親眼睇到; 親眼睇見 | Synon.: 親眼看見

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親眼看見

can1 ngaan5 hon3 gin3

Mandarin: qin1 yan3 kan4 jian4

see with one's own eyes; personally witness | Cant. : 親眼睇到; 親眼睇見 | Synon.: 親眼看到

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親眼睇到

can1 ngaan5 tai2 dou3*2

Cantonese

see with one's own eyes; personally witness | Synon. : 親眼睇見 | Synon.: 親眼看到, 親眼看見

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親眼睇見

can1 ngaan5 tai2 gin3

Cantonese

see with one's own eyes; personally witness | Synon. : 親眼睇到 | Synon.: 親眼看到, 親眼看見

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親筆

can1 bat1

Mandarin: qin1 bi3

in one's own handwriting

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親筆簽名

can1 bat1 cim1 meng4*2

Mandarin: qin1 bi3 qian1 ming2

autograph

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親筆簽名

can1 bat1 cim1 meng2

Mandarin: qin1 bi3 qian1 ming2

Simplified: 亲笔签名

autograph

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親筆簽名的唱片

can1 bat1 cim1 meng2 dik1 coeng3 pin3*2

autographed CDs

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親自

can1 zi6

Mandarin: qin1 zi4

personally; in person; oneself

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親自出馬

can1 zi6 ceot1 maa5

Mandarin: qin1 zi4 chu1 ma3

Simplified: 亲自出马

to attend to a matter personally

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親起

can3 hei2

Cantonese

set off

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親身

can1 san1

Mandarin: qin1 shen1

Simplified: 亲身

(adverb) Personally (= in person)

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親近

can1 gan6

Mandarin: qin1 jin4

to get close to someone; to get intimate

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覷

ceoi3

Mandarin: qu4

Simplified: 觑

to spy | watch for | to peep | # adapted from cc-cedict

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觸犯

cuk1/zuk1 faan6

Mandarin: chu4 fan4

to offend

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設

cit3

Mandarin: she4

Simplified: 设

to set up | to arrange | to establish | to found | to display | to build | supposing | to furnish | # adapted from cc-cedict

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設備

cit3 bei6

Mandarin: she4 bei4

facility; facilities

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設在

cit3 zoi6

Mandarin: she4 zai4

located at; set up in a particular location

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設定

cit3 ding6

Mandarin: she4 ding4

[1] [n] setting; configuration; adjustment | Probably influenced by the English word "setting" [2] [v] to set; to configure; to adjust; to establish [3] [律] to establish a legal relationship

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設宴

cit3 jin3

Mandarin: she4 yan4

Simplified: 设宴

to hold a banquet

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設局

cit3 guk6

Mandarin: she4 ju2

design a trap; to set a trap

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設想

cit3 soeng2

Mandarin: she4 xiang3

to imagine; to assume; to envisage; a tentative idea; a tentative plan

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