Cantonese Dictionary

前蘇聯

cin4 sou1 lyun4

Mandarin: qian2 su1 lian2

former Soviet Union

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前衛

cin4 wai6

Mandarin: qian2 wei4

avant-garde; modern

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前言

cin4 jin4

Mandarin: qian2 yan2

preface; forward; introduction

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前言不對後語

cin4 jin4 bat1 deoi3 hau6 jyu5

Mandarin: qian2 yan2 bu4 dui4 hou4 yu3

Simplified: 前言不对后语

one's whose words or stance differ on another occasion or sentence

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前詞典語音加工

cin4 ci4 din2 jyu5 jam1 gaa1 gung1

Mandarin: qian2 ci2 dian3 yu3 yin1 jia1 gong1

prelexical phonology

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前詞彙加工

cin4 ci4 wui6 gaa1 gung1

Mandarin: qian2 ci2 hui4 jia1 gong1

pre-lexical access

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前詞彙語音加工

cin4 ci4 wui6 jyu5 jam1 gaa1 gung1

Mandarin: qian2 ci2 hui4 yu3 yin1 jia1 gong1

pre-lexical phonological processing

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前詞彙階段

cin4 ci4 wui6 gaai1 dyun6

Mandarin: qian2 ci2 hui4 jie1 duan4

pre-lexical stage

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前赴後繼

cin4 fu6 hau6 gai3

Mandarin: qian2 fu4 hou4 ji4

advance wave upon wave (esp. of soldiers at the war front)

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前路

cin4 lou6

Mandarin: qian2 lu4

the path ahead; the future

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前述

cin4 seot6

Mandarin: qian2 shu4

the above-mentioned; aforementioned

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前途

cin4 tou4

Mandarin: qian2 tu2

(noun) future path

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前進

cin4 zeon3

Mandarin: qian2 jin4

to go forward; to forge ahead; to advance; onward

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前邊

cin4 bin1

Mandarin: qian2 bian1

front; frontside

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前金區

cin4 gam1 keoi1

Mandarin: qian2 jin1 qu1

Chienchin (area in Taiwan)

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前鋒

cin4 fung1

Mandarin: qian2 feng1

a forward [position in soccer or other sports game]]

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前鎮區

cin4 zan3 keoi1

Mandarin: qian2 zhen4 qu1

Chienchen (area in Taiwan)

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前頭

cin4 tau4

Mandarin: qian2 tou2

in front; ahead; above; at the head

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前額

cin4 ngaak6

Mandarin: qian2 e4

forehead

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前驅

cin4 keoi1

Mandarin: qian2 qu1

Simplified: 前驱

fore-runner | front-wheel drive

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前驅症狀

cin4 keoi1 zing3 zong6

prodrome: an early non-specific symptom (or set of symptoms) indicating the start of a disease before specific symptoms occur

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剒

co3

Mandarin: cuo4

to cut | to carve | to choke | to coax a secret from | to trick someone into telling the truth | to jolt | to pull | # adapted from cc-cedict

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剒住度氣

cok3 zyu6 dou6 hei3

Cantonese

forced to bear with it

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剒住度氣

co4 zyu6 dou6 hei3

Mandarin: cuo4 zhu4 du4 qi4

Simplified: 剒住度气

force to bear with something unpleasant (spoken)

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創

cong3

Mandarin: chuang4

Simplified: 创

to begin | to initiate | to inaugurate | to start | to create | original | novel | unprecedented | # adapted from cc-cedict

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創世記

cong3 sai3 gei3

Mandarin: chuang4 shi4 ji4

[Bible] Book of Genesis

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創作

cong3 zok3

Mandarin: chuang4 zuo4

to create; to produce; to write; creation; creative work

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創作力

cong3 zok3 lik6

Mandarin: chuang4 zuo4 li4

originality

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創作物

cong3 zok3 mat6

Mandarin: chuang4 zuo4 wu4

a creation

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創作的

cong3 zok3 dik1

Mandarin: chuang4 zuo4 de5

[adj] creative

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