Cantonese Dictionary

前後腳

cin4 hau6 goek3

Mandarin: qian2 hou4 jiao3

Simplified: 前后脚

arriving one after each other on purpose as to avoid unwanted attention

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前思后想

cin4 si1 hau6 soeng2

Mandarin: qian2 si1 hou4 xiang3

Thinking thoroughly

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前戲

cin4 hei3

Mandarin: qian2 xi4

foreplay

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前所未有

cin4 so2 mei6 jau5

Mandarin: qian2 suo3 wei4 you3

unprecedented

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前排

cin4 paai4

Mandarin: qian2 pai2

front row | a while ago; earlier on

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前提

cin4 tai4

Mandarin: qian2 ti2

(noun) Precondition of | for

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前提條件

cin4 tai4 tiu4 gin6*2

Mandarin: qian2 ti2 tiao2 jian4

pre-conditions

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前方

cin4 fong1

Mandarin: qian2 fang1

ahead; in front; the front

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前日

cin4 jat6

Mandarin: qian2 ri4

day before yesterday

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前晚

cin4 maan5

Mandarin: qian2 wan3

the night before last night

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前景

cin4 ging2

Mandarin: qian2 jing3

foreground; vista; perspective; prospects

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前期

cin4 kei4

Mandarin: qian2 qi1

earlier stage; previous era; preceding; first phase

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前浪

cin4 long6

Mandarin: qian2 lang4

the older generation [colloquial]

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前海灣站

cin4 hoi2 waan1 zaam6

Mandarin: qian2 hai3 wan1 zhan4

Simplified: 前海湾站

Qianhaiwan Station, a subway station in Shenzhen, China

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前漢

cin4 hon3

Former Han Dynasty (also 西漢)

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前灘

cin4 taan1

foreshore

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前無古人

cin4 mou4 gu2 jan4

Mandarin: qian2 wu2 gu3 ren2

Simplified: 前无古人

unprecedented

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前生

cin4 sang1

Mandarin: qian2 sheng1

pre-existence

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前瞻性

cin4 zim1 sing3

Mandarin: qian2 zhan1 xing4

forward, advanced

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前科

cin4 fo1

Mandarin: qian2 ke1

criminal record; previous convictions

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前程

cin4 cing4

Mandarin: qian2 cheng2

future; prospects; (dated use) career

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前綴

cin4 zeoi3

Mandarin: qian2 zhui4

prefix

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前線

cin4 sin3

Mandarin: qian2 xian4

Simplified: 前线

leader

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前線工作者

cin4 sin3 gung1 zok3 ze2

Mandarin: qian2xian4 gong1zuo4zhe3

Simplified: 前线工作者

frontline worker [written and colloquial]

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前線醫生聯盟

cin4 sin3 ji1 sang1 lyun4 mang4

Frontline Doctors' Union

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前者

cin4 ze2

Mandarin: qian2 zhe3

the former

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前肢

cin4 zi1

Mandarin: qian2 zhi1

forelimb; foreleg

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前腿

cin4 teoi2

Mandarin: qian2 tui3

forelegs

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前臂

cin4 bei3

forearm

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前菜

cin4 coi3

Mandarin: qian2 cai4

appetizer; entrée

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