Cantonese Dictionary

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凄酸
Mandarin: qi1 suan1
sorrowful; grieved; distressed
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凔
Mandarin: cang1
cold | deep sea green colour | # adapted from cc-cedict
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出
Mandarin: chu1
to go out | to come out | to occur | to produce | to go beyond | to rise | to put forth | to happen | to grow | to have (something unpleasant occurring) | to leave | to send out | out | # adapted from cc-cedict
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出世
Mandarin: chu1 shi4
to be born; to be reborn; to enter the world
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出世紙
Mandarin: chu1 shi4 zhi3
Simplified: 出世纸
a birth certificate
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出主意
Mandarin: chu1 zhu3 yi5
present an idea
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出乎意料
Mandarin: chu1 hu1 yi4 liao4
contrary to one's expectations; suprisingly; unexpectedly
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出事
Mandarin: chu1 shi4
to have sth. (usu. bad, like an accident or a mishap) happen
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出人情牌
Mandarin: chu1 ren2 qing2 pai2
make use of one's friendship (to influence people); appeal to people's sentiments [literal] play the sentimental card [variant] 打人情牌
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出人意料
Mandarin: chu1 ren2 yi4 liao4
come as surprise
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出人意表
Mandarin: chu1 ren2 yi4 biao3
beyond others' expectations
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出人頭地
Mandarin: chu1 ren2 tou2 di4
Simplified: 出人头地
to earn fortune and fame
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出以公心
Mandarin: chu1 yi3 gong1 xin1
keep the public interest in mind;act without any selfish considerations
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出任
Mandarin: chu1 ren4
[1] start in a new job, [2] take up a new post
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出位
Cantonese
out of bounds; overstepping the bounds/mark; stepping out of line; exceeding what is proper; carrying sth too far
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出位
Mandarin: chu1 wei4
outstanding; extraordinary; to do something that attracts the attention of others
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出來
Mandarin: chu1 lai2
to come out; to emerge | [粵]: 出嚟
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出便
Mandarin: chu1 bian4
(adverb | preposition | noun) outside
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出價
Mandarin: chu1 jia4
to bid; to offer a price
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出入
Mandarin: chu1 ru4
difference | entering and exiting; travelling into and out
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出入口
Mandarin: chu1ru4kou3
(noun) (international trade) Import and export
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出入口公司
Mandarin: chu1 ru4 kou3 gong1 si1
import export company [Syn.] 進出口公司
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出入口行
an import-export firm
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出入境
Mandarin: chu1 ru4 jing4
entering and leaving a place through customs
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出入平安
(saying) (Chinese New Year greeting) "May you be safe wherever you go"
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出入證
Mandarin: chu1 ru4 zheng4
Simplified: 出入证
entry pass or identification
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出公數
Mandarin: chu1 gong1 shu4
Simplified: 出公数
expenses on the company by one's employee
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出兵
Mandarin: chu1 bing1
send troops
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出冊
Mandarin: chu1 ce4
Simplified: 出册
release from jail or prison (spoken)
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出冲
Mandarin: chu1 chong
Mahjong: to discard a winning tile; also 出銃
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