Cantonese Dictionary

抄書

caau1 syu1

Mandarin: chao1 shu1

Simplified: 抄书

to copy from the book

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抄櫃桶

caau3 gwai6 tung2

Mandarin: chao1 gui4 tong3

Simplified: 抄柜桶

to search in the drawer

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抄牌

caau1 paai4

Mandarin: chao1 pai2

to issue a fine for traffic misconducts

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抄網

caau1 mong5

Mandarin: chao1 wang3

dip net

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抄襲

caau1 zaap6

plagiarize

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抄貓

caau1 maau1

a copycat

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抄近路

caau1 kan5 lou6

Mandarin: chao1 jin4 lu4

cut; cut corners; cut off a corner; take a shoot

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抄醒

caau3 seng2

Mandarin: chao1 xing3

to wake someone up [colloquial]

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抽

cau1

Mandarin: chou1

to draw out | to pull out from in between | to remove part of the whole | (of certain plants) to sprout or bud | to whip or thrash | to extract | to whip | to lash | to smoke | to shrink | to beat up | to hit | to fight | # adapted from cc-cedict

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抽一口煙

cau1 jat1 hau2 jin1

to have a smoke

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抽佣

cau1 jung2

Mandarin: chou1 yong1

commission

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抽像化

cau1 zoeng6 faa3

Mandarin: chou1 xiang4 hua4

an abstraction

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抽出

cau1 ceot1

Mandarin: chou1 chu1

elicitation; extraction; draw out; pull out

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抽出去

cau1 ceot1 heoi3

Mandarin: chou1 chu1 qu4

to unhorse

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抽出器

cau1 ceot1 hei3

Mandarin: chou1 chu1 qi4

an extractor; a percolator

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抽出物

cau1 ceot1 mat6

Mandarin: chou1 chu1 wu4

an extraction; an extractive

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抽出空氣

cau1 ceot1 hung1 hei3

Mandarin: chou1 chu1 kong1 qi4

to deflate

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抽出者

cau1 ceot1 ze2

Mandarin: chou1 chu1 zhe3

an extractor

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抽動

cau1 dung6

Mandarin: chou1 dong4

a spasm, a twitch

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抽印本

cau1 jan3 bun2

Mandarin: chou1 yin4 ben3

separate

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抽去線

cau1 heoi3 sin3

Mandarin: chou1 qu3 xian4

to unthread

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抽取

cau1 ceoi2

Mandarin: chou1 qu3

to distill, to siphon

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抽取式的

cau1 ceoi2 sik1 dik1

Mandarin: chou1 qu3 shi4 de5

[adj] removable

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抽取樣品

cau1 ceoi2 joeng6 ban2

Mandarin: chou1 qu3 yang4 pin3

to sample

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抽取的

cau1 ceoi2 dik1

Mandarin: chou1 qu3 de5

[adj] drawn-out, extractive

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抽噎

cau1 jit1

Mandarin: chou1 ye1

to sob

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抽射

cau1 se6

Mandarin: chou1 she4

volley, to shoot football

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抽對子

cau1 deoi3 zi2

Mandarin: chou1 dui4 zi3

matrimony

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抽屜

cau1 tai3

Mandarin: chou1 ti5

desk drawer (Cantonese: 櫃桶)

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抽彩

cau1 coi2

Mandarin: chou1 cai3

to raffle

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