Cantonese Dictionary

放進

fong3 zeon3

Mandarin: fang4 jin4

to put into

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放過

fong3 gwo3

let pass

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放長雙眼

fong3 zoeng2 soeng1 ngaan5

Mandarin: fang4 chang2 shuang1 yan3

Simplified: 放长双眼

just wait and see; watch out

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放長雙眼

fong3 coeng4 soeng1 ngaan5

Mandarin: fang4 chang2 shuang1 yan3

wait and see; hold back from a decision

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放長雙眼睇

fong3 coeng4 soeng1 ngaan5 tai2

Mandarin: fang4 chang2 shuang1 yan3 di4

Cantonese

just watch; open your eyes and take a good look

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放開

fong3 hoi1

Mandarin: fang4 kai1

to unleash, to release

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放題

fong3 tai4

Mandarin: fang4 ti2

Simplified: 放题

freely; free to do something in any way as desired; without restrictions; without any limitations

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放風

fong3 fung1

let in fresh air; let prisoners out for exercise

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放飛劍

fong3 fei1 gim3

Mandarin: fang4 fei1 jian4

Simplified: 放飞剑

to spit (saliva or phlegm)

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放飛機

fong3 fei1 gei1

Mandarin: fang4 fei1 ji1

Simplified: 放飞机

to not turn-up for an appointment

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放鬆

fong3 sung1

Mandarin: fang4 song1

Simplified: 放松

take it easy

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放鬆式

fong3 sung1 sik1

Mandarin: fang4 song1 shi4

Yoga Nidra or "yogi sleep": a sleep-like state which yogis report to experience during their meditations

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放鬆活動

fong3 sung1 wut6 dung6

Mandarin: fang4 song1 huo2 dong4

[Sport] relaxation exercises

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放鴿子

fong3 gap3 zi2

Mandarin: fang4 ge1 zi5

to break an appointment, not turn up for an appointment (Taiwanese version of Cantonese 放飛機); to stand someone up

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敷

fu1

Mandarin: fu1

to spread | to lay out | to apply (powder, ointment etc) | sufficient (to cover) | enough | to lay before one | # adapted from cc-cedict

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敷演

fu1 jin2

Mandarin: fu1 yan3

[v] (clas.) elaborate, expound, develop (variant of 敷衍)

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敷藥

fu1 joek6

Mandarin: fu1yao4

Simplified: 敷药

to apply topical medicine on a wound [written and colloquial]

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敷衍

fu1 hin2

Mandarin: fu1 yan3

[1] be perfunctory; to skimp along (in a task); to be apathetic [2] to treat sb. lightly/flippantly [3] to barely get by; to just manage

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敷衍了事

fu1 hin2 liu5 si6

Mandarin: fu1 yan5 liao3 shi4

muddle through one's work

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敷衍塞責

fu1 hin2 sak1 zaak3

Mandarin: fu1 yan3 se4 ze2

does a perfunctory job; to muddle through something

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斐

fei2

Mandarin: fei3

phonetic fei or fi | elegant | phi (Greek letter Φ, φ) | a surname | # adapted from cc-cedict

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斐然

fei2 jin4

Mandarin: fei3 ran2

[formal] striking ; brilliant ; excellent ; graceful

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斛

fuk6

Mandarin: hu2

ancient measuring vessel | fifty liters | dry measure for grain equal to five dou 五斗 (before Tang, ten pecks) | a surname | # adapted from cc-cedict

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斧

fu2

Mandarin: fu3

hatchet | to hew | to trim | correct one's composition | # adapted from cc-cedict

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斧子

fu2 zi2

Mandarin: fu3 zi5

axe (US: ax); hatchet | Syn.: 斧頭

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斧正

fu2 zing3

Mandarin: fu3 zheng4

make corrections; rectify

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斧頭

fu2 tau2

Mandarin: fu3 tou2

Simplified: 斧头

axe

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斧頭

fu2 tau4*2

Mandarin: fu3 tou5

Cantonese

axe (US: ax); hatchet | Syn.: 斧子

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斧頭幫

fu2 tau4*2 bong1

the Axe Gang, a fictional gang that has appeared in a few Hong Kong martial arts films, the most recent being Kung Fu Hustle

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斧頭打鑿鑿打木

fu2 tau2 daa2 zok6 zok6 daa2 muk6

Mandarin: fu3 tou5 da3 zao2 zao2 da3 mu4

Simplified: 斧头打凿凿打木

a metaphor to describe that one thing can always be conquered by another

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