Cantonese Dictionary

催討

ceoi1 tou2

Mandarin: cui1 tao3

to press for payment of a debt

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催谷

ceoi1 guk1

to expedite

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催逼

ceoi1 bik1

Mandarin: cui1 bi1

to press (for payment of money due), urge, put pressure on, crowd

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催醒劑

ceoi1 seng2 zai1

Mandarin: cui1 xing3 ji4

an analeptic (drug/thing that causes awakening like smelling salts)

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催青

ceoi1 ceng1

Mandarin: cui1 qing1

to hasten the hatching of silkworms

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傳世字聯

cyun4 sai3 zi6 lyun4

a record of generation names

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傳信

cyun4 seon3

Mandarin: chuan2 xin4

Simplified: 传信

Subpoena

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傳信鴿

cyun4 seon3 gap3

Mandarin: chuan2 xin4 ge1

Simplified: 传信鸽

homing pigeon;carrier pigeon

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傳信鴿

cyun4 seon3 gap3*2

a homing pigeon, a carrier pigeon

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傳入

cyun4 jap6

Mandarin: chuan2 ru4

to import, to transmit inwards

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傳出

cyun4 ceot1

come out; come through

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傳出神經

cyun4 ceot1 san4 ging1

Mandarin: chuan2 chu1 shen2 jing1

[n] efferent fiber

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傳召

cyun4 ziu6

summon

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傳召出庭令

cyun4 ziu6 ceot1 ting4 ling6

Cantonese

subpoena (lit., "order to summon before court")

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傳召證人

cyun4 ziu6 zing3 jan4

summon witnesses

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傳呼

cyun4 fu1

Mandarin: chuan2 hu1

to notify sb. of phone call

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傳呼電話

cyun4 fu1 din6 waa6*2

Mandarin: chuan2 hu1 dian4 hua4

[n] neighborhood telephone service

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傳單

cyun4 daan1

Mandarin: chuan2 dan1

leaflet; flyer

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傳奇

cyun4 kei4

Mandarin: chuan2 qi2

Simplified: 传奇

legend

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傳媒

cyun4 mui4

Mandarin: chuan2 mei2

the press, the (mass) media

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傳媒工作者

cyun4 mui4 gung1 zok3 ze2

Mandarin: chuan2mei2 gong1zuo4zhe3

Simplified: 传媒工作者

media workers [written and colloquial]

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傳宗接代

cyun4 zung1 zip3 doi6

Mandarin: chuan2 zong1 jie1 dai4

produce male offspring to continue the family line

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傳心術

cyun4 sam1 seot6

mind reading, telepathy

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傳感器

cyun4 gam2 hei3

sensor

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傳授

cyun4 sau6

Mandarin: chuan2 shou4

Simplified: 传授

(verb) Impart

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傳授花粉

cyun4 sau6 faa1 fan2

Mandarin: chuan2 shou4 hua1 fen3

to pollenate

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傳播

cyun4 bo3

Mandarin: chuan2 bo1

Simplified: 传播

to broadcast

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傳播媒介

cyun4 bo3 mui4 gaai3

Mandarin: chuan2 bo1 mei2 jie4

Simplified: 传播媒介

media [communication]; mass media

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傳播媒體

cyun4 bo3 mui4 tai2

Mandarin: chuan2 bo1 mei2 ti3

Simplified: 传播媒体

Communications media

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傳播學

cyun4 bo3 hok6

Mandarin: chuan2 bo1 xue2

Simplified: 传播学

Communication sciences

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