Cantonese Dictionary

塵世

can4 sai3

Mandarin: chen2 shi4

this mortal life; the mundane world

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塵俗

can4 zuk6

Mandarin: chen2 su2

Simplified: 尘俗

mundane affairs; worldy (material values or ordinary life rather than spiritual existence)

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塵土

can4 tou2

Mandarin: chen2 tu3

dust | [粵]: 塵, 泥塵

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塵土飛揚

can4 tou2 fei1 joeng4

Mandarin: chen2 tu3 fei1 yang2

Simplified: 尘土飞扬

dust and small particles floating in the air

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塵垢

can4 gau3

Mandarin: chen2 gou4

Simplified: 尘垢

noun; dust, grime

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塵埃

can4 oi1

Mandarin: chen2 ai1

dust, dirt

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塵埃傳染

can4 oi1 cyun4 jim5

Mandarin: chen2 ai1 chuan2 ran3

[n] dust infection

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塵埃落定

can4 oi1 lok6 ding6

Mandarin: chen2 ai1 luo4 ding4

the dust settles; when the dust has settled; everything is fixed

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塵封

can4 fung1

Mandarin: chen2 feng1

covered with dust; dust-laden; to be laid idle for a long time

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塵氣

can4 hei3

Mandarin: chen2 qi4

Simplified: 尘气

high-spirit

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塵灰

can4 fui1

Mandarin: chen2 hui1

Simplified: 尘灰

noun; dust

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塹

cim3

Mandarin: qian4

Simplified: 堑

moat around a city | trench | pit | cavity | # adapted from cc-cedict

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塹壕

cim3 hou4

Mandarin: qian4 hao2

Simplified: 堑壕

entrenchment

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墀

ci4

Mandarin: chi2

courtyard | porch | steps leading | # adapted from cc-cedict

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墻

coeng4

Mandarin: qiang2

variant of 牆

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奢侈

ce1 ci2

Mandarin: she1 chi3

luxurious; sumptuous

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奢侈品

ce1 ci2 ban2

Mandarin: she1 chi3 pin3

luxury goods

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奢望

ce1 mong6

Mandarin: she1 wang4

extravagant hopes, wild wishes; desperately hope

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奢求

ce1 kau4

Mandarin: she1 qiu2

to make extravagant demands; an unreasonable request

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奢華

ce1 waa4

Mandarin: she1 hua2

gracious, luxurious, sumptuous

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妻

cai3

Mandarin: qi1

to marry a girl to a person | # adapted from cc-cedict

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妻兒老小

cai1 ji4 lou5 siu2

Mandarin: qi1 er2 lao3 xiao3

Simplified: 妻儿老小

the whole family

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妻子

cai1 zi2

Mandarin: qi1 zi5

wife | [粵]: 老婆, 太太

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妻孥

cai1 nou4

Mandarin: qi1 nu2

noun; wife and children

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妻室

cai1 sat1

Mandarin: qi1 shi4

wife [Syn] 妻子；老婆；太太；太座；夫人

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妻離子散

cai1 lei4 zi2 saan3

Mandarin: qi1 li2 zi3 san4

breaking up of a family; to be abandonded by one's wife and for one's kids to scatter off

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妾

cip3

Mandarin: qie4

[1] concubine [2] [archaic] a polite term used by woman to refer to herself when speaking to her husband

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妾侍

cip3 si6

Mandarin: qie4 shi4

concubine; maid

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始

ci2

Mandarin: shi3

to begin | to start | then | only then | a beginning | a surname | first | # adapted from cc-cedict

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始作俑者

ci2 zok3 jung2 ze2

Mandarin: shi3 zuo4 yong3 zhe3

the initiator of a bad precedent; the originator of a vile practise

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