Cantonese Dictionary

詆譭

dai2 wai2

Mandarin: di3 hui3

Simplified: 诋毁

to slander; to defame [written and colloquial]

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誕

daan6

Mandarin: dan4

Simplified: 诞

birth | birthday | brag | boast | to increase | to be born | absurd | # adapted from cc-cedict

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誕下

daan3 haa6

Mandarin: dan4 xia4

give birth to

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誕下麟兒

daan3 haa6 leon4 ji4

Mandarin: dan4 xia4 lin2 er2

give birth to boy [formal]

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誕生

daan3 saang1

Mandarin: dan4 sheng1

to be born

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誕辰

daan3 san4

Mandarin: dan4 chen2

(formal) birthday | Everyday Chinese: 生日

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調位

diu6 wai2

Mandarin: diao4 wei4

Simplified: 调位

tone of Chinese characters; to exchange places | seats | positions

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調倉

diu6 cong1

Mandarin: diao4 cang1

Simplified: 调仓

to transfer cells in prison [colloquial]

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調兵遣將

diu6 bing1 hin2 zoeng3

Mandarin: diao4 bing1 qian3 jiang4

to deploy officers and troops; to move troops; to dispatch forces

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調動

diu6 dung6

Mandarin: diao4 dong4

to move; to transfer; to manoeuvre (U.S.: maneuver) (of troops, etc.)

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調度

diu6 dou6

Mandarin: diao4 du4

to dispatch; dispatcher

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調換

diu6 wun6

Mandarin: diao4 huan4

to change places; to exchange; to change

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調料

diu6 liu6

Mandarin: diao4 liao4

condiment; seasoning; flavoring

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調景嶺

diu6 ging2 leng5

Mandarin: diao4 jing3 ling3

Simplified: 调景岭

Tiu Keng Leng, a town situated in south-eastern New Territories in Hong Kong

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調查

diu6 caa4

Mandarin: diao4 cha2

inquire/look/probe into; investigate; survey

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調查人員

diu6 caa4 jan4 jyun4

Mandarin: diao4 cha2 ren2 yuan2

investigator

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調查報告

diu6 caa4 bou3 gou3

Mandarin: diao4 cha2 bao4 gao4

Simplified: 调查报告

Investigation report; survey report

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調查局

diu6 caa4 guk6*2

Mandarin: diao4 cha2 ju2

Investigation Bureau

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調查結果

diu6 caa4 git3 gwo2

Mandarin: diao4 cha2 jie2 guo3

results (of an investigation, poll)

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調檔

diu6 dong2

Mandarin: diao4 dang4

transfer a dossier; consult a dossier

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調派

diu6 paai3

Mandarin: diao4 pai4

assign; dispatch; send; transfer

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調走

diu6 zau2

to transfer out

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調轉

diu6 zyun3

Mandarin: diao4 zhuan3

to transfer one's job

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調轉頭

diu6 zyun3 tau4

Mandarin: diao4 zhuan3 tou2

Simplified: 调转头

to turn around; upside down

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調頭

diu6 tau4

Mandarin: diao4 tou2; diao4 tou5

[1] to turn around; to turn about; to turn one's head and walk away | Also written as '掉頭' [2] to shake one's head | Also written as '掉頭' [3] to lose interest in | Also written as '掉頭' [4] /Mand.: diao4 tou5/ tune [5] /Mand.: diao4 tou5/ tone

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諑

doek6

Mandarin: zhuo2

Simplified: 诼

to complain | to slander | to gossip | rumours | # adapted from cc-cedict

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諜

dip6

Mandarin: die2

Simplified: 谍

to spy | a spy | spying | espionage | # adapted from cc-cedict

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諦

dai3

Mandarin: di4

Simplified: 谛

to examine | truth (Buddhism) | true meaning | careful | attentive | to tease | to ridicule | # adapted from cc-cedict

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讀

duk6

Mandarin: du2

Simplified: 读

to read; to study

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讀勝

duk6 sing3

Mandarin: du2 sheng4

Simplified: 读胜

to read a book | to study, euphemism used by gamblers to replace 讀書 since書 (book) is homonymous with the word輸 (lose), which is unlucky for gamblers [colloquial]

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