Cantonese Dictionary

刺

cik3

Mandarin: ci4

to assassinate | # adapted from cc-cedict

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刺刀

ci3 dou1

Mandarin: ci4 dao1

bayonet

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刺客

ci3 haak3

Mandarin: ci4 ke4

assassin

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刺帶

ci3 daai3*2

Mandarin: ci4 dai4

barbed tape

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刺桐

ci3 tung4

coral tree

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刺死

ci3 sei2

Mandarin: ci4 si3

stab to death

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刺殺

ci3 saat3

Mandarin: ci4 sha1

assassinate; assassination; charge (at) sb with bayonets

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刺激的

ci3 gik1 dik1

Mandarin: ci4 ji1 de5

[adj] biting, poignant

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刺痛

ci3 tung3

Mandarin: ci4 tong4

sting; prick; tingle; hurt

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刺癢

ci3 joeng5

Mandarin: ci4 yang5

Simplified: 刺痒

Itchy

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刺耳

ci3 ji5

Mandarin: ci4 er3

strident; ear-piercing

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刺蝟

ci3 wai6

Mandarin: ci4 wei4

hedgehog

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刺身

ci3 san1

Mandarin: ci4 shen1

[日] sashimi ― raw fish

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刺青

ci3 ceng1

Mandarin: ci4 qing1

[n][v] tattoo, more literary term for tattoo as compared to 紋身. Relates to the aqua coloured inks used in traditional tattooing.

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前

cin4

Mandarin: qian2

front | forward | ahead | first | top (followed by a number) | future | ago | before | BC (e.g. 前293年) | former | formerly | advance | # adapted from cc-cedict

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前一

cin4 jat1

Mandarin: qian2yi1

the previous; before; preceding [written and colloquial]

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前不久

cin4 bat1 gau2

Mandarin: qian2 bu4 jiu3

not long before

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前世

cin4 sai3

pre-existance

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前世唔修

cin4 sai3 m4 sau1

Mandarin: qian2 shi4 wu2 xiu1

Cantonese

an act of karma on one's unfortunate events (spoken)

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前世撈亂骨頭

cin4 sai3 lou1 lyun6 gwat1 tau4

Mandarin: qian2 shi4 lao1 luan4 gu3 tou5

Simplified: 前世捞乱骨头

mutual enmity; describes a situation where two or more parties are always having issues with each other and having a sour relationship for a long time; literally 'their bones were mixed up in their past lives'

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前人

cin4 jan4

Mandarin: qian2 ren2

[1] predecessors; forefathers; ancestors; progenitor [2] prehominids

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前人種樹後人乘涼

cin4 jan4 zung3 syu6 hau6 jan4 sing4 loeng4

one generation plants trees, the next enjoys the shade

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前仆后繼

cin4 puk1 hau6 gai3

Mandarin: qian2 pu1 hou4 ji4

Simplified: 前仆后继

marching forward with courage (military)

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前仆後繼

cin4 puk1 hau6 gai3

Mandarin: qian2 pu1 hou4 ji4

to take up the positions of the fallen and rise to fight one after another

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前任

cin4 jam6

Mandarin: qian2 ren4

[1] predecessor; [2] ex-/former

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前來

cin4 loi4

come round

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前便

cin4 bin6

Mandarin: qian2 bian4

(preposition | noun | adverb) front; in front of

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前個排

cin4 go3 paai4

Mandarin: qian2 ge4 pai2

Simplified: 前个排

earlier on; previously

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前傳

cin4 zyun6*2

Mandarin: qian2 zhuan4

prequel

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前兆

cin4 siu6

Mandarin: qian2 zhao4

sign of whats to come; a foreshadow

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