Cantonese Dictionary

長肉叉

coeng4 juk6 caa1

Mandarin: chang2 rou4 cha1

a tormentor (lit., "large meat fork")

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長腳蜢

coeng4 goek3 maang5

Mandarin: chang2 jiao3 meng3

Simplified: 长脚蜢

one with long legs (slang)

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長臂猿

coeng4 bei3 jyun4

Mandarin: chang2 bi4 yuan2

gibbon; [粵]: a turntable ladder on a fire engine (lit., "long armed ape")

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長興

coeng4 hing1

Mandarin: chang2 xing1

Changxing (place in Zhejiang), Cheung Hing

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長舌

coeng4 sit6

Mandarin: chang2 she2

loquacious; to have a loose tongue; blabbermouth

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長葛

coeng4 got3

Mandarin: chang2 ge3

Changge (city in Henan)

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長處

coeng4 cyu3

Mandarin: chang2 chu4

good points; good aspects

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長處的

coeng4 cyu3 dik1

Mandarin: chang2 chu5 de5

[adj] recommendatory

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長蟲

coeng4 cung4

Mandarin: chang2 chong2

a snake | usu. 蛇 (se4)

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長衫

coeng4 saam1

Mandarin: chang2 shan1

changshan, a one-piece Chinese gown created in the 1920's in Shanghai

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長袖

coeng4 zau6

long sleeves; long-sleeved

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長裙

coeng4 kwan4

long skirts

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長褲

coeng4 fu3

Mandarin: chang2 ku4

trousers

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長襪

coeng4 mat6

stockings

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長話短說

coeng4 waa6 dyun2 syut3

Mandarin: chang2 hua4 duan3 shuo1

"to make a long story short"

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長豐

coeng4 fung1

Mandarin: chang2 feng1

Changfeng (place in Anhui)

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長足

coeng4 zuk1

Mandarin: chang2 zu2

Simplified: 长足

substantial (development); considerable (development)

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長跪不起

coeng4 gwai6 bat1 hei2

Mandarin: chang2 gui4 bu4 qi3

to kneel for a long time and refuse to get up

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長途

coeng4 tou4

Mandarin: chang2 tu2

long distance

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長途巴士

coeng4 tou4 baa1 si6*2

Mandarin: chang2 tu2 ba1 shi4

long distance bus; coach | Often, the distinction between "bus" and "coach" is made this way: Bus — within a city. Coach — inter-city | Syn.: 長途汽車

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長途汽車

coeng4 tou4 hei3 ce1

Mandarin: chang2 tu2 qi4 che1

long distance bus; coach | Often, the distinction between "bus" and "coach" is made this way: Bus — within a city. Coach — inter-city | Syn.: 長途巴士

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長途網路

coeng4 tou4 mong5 lou6

Mandarin: chang2 tu2 wang3 lu4

long distance network

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長途跋涉

coeng4 tou4 bat6 sip3

Mandarin: chang2 tu2 ba2 she4

make a long and arduous journey on foot; a long and difficult trek

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長途電話

coeng4 tou4 din6 waa6*2

long-distance telephone call

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長通粉

coeng4 tung1 fan2

Mandarin: zhang3 tong1 fen3

Simplified: 长通粉

penne (pasta)

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長達

coeng4 daat6

Mandarin: chang2 da2

to extend for the length of; for the duration of

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長遠

coeng4 jyun5

Mandarin: chang2 yuan3

long-range; long-term

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長遠房屋策略

coeng4 jyun5 fong4 uk1 caak3 loek6

Long-Term Housing Strategy

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長野縣

coeng4 je5 jyun6

Nagano (located in central Honshu, Japan), site of 1998 Winter Olympics

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長長久久

coeng4 coeng4 gau2 gau2

Mandarin: chang2 chang2 jiu3 jiu3

for a long time

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