Cantonese Dictionary

泛音

faan6 jam1

Mandarin: fan4 yin1

[Music] overtone

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洑

fuk6

Mandarin: fu2

undercurrent eddy | whirlpool | # adapted from cc-cedict

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浮光掠影

fau4 gwong1 loek6 jing2

Mandarin: fu2 guang1 lve4 ying3

skimming over the surface; evanescent; cursory; superficial

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浮動

fau4 dung6

Mandarin: fu2 dong4

[1] to float; to drift; ripple [2] be unstable; be unsteady; to fluctuate

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浮動匯率

fau4 dung6 wui6 leot6*2

floating rate

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浮動匯率

fau4 dung6 wui6 leot2

Mandarin: fu2 dong4 hui4 lv4

Simplified: 浮动汇率

(Financial term) Floating exchange rate

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浮動工資

fau4 dung6 gung1 zi1

Mandarin: fu2 dong4 gong1 zi1

Simplified: 浮动工资

floating wages; fluctuating wages

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浮山

fau4 saan1

Mandarin: fu2 shan1

Fushan (place in Shanxi)

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浮板

fau4 baan2

Mandarin: fu2 ban3

a swimming float

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浮梁

fau4 loeng4

Mandarin: fu2 liang2

Fuliang (place in Jiangxi)

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浮游生物

fau4 jau4 sang1 mat6

Mandarin: fu2 you2 sheng1 wu4

plankton

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浮現

fau4 jin6

emerge; ray; rise

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浮生

fau4 sang1

Mandarin: fu2 sheng1

a 'floating' life (in passing – a temporary transient state)

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浮萍

fau4 ping4

Mandarin: fu2 ping2

duckweed

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浮蕩

fau4 dong6

Mandarin: fu2 dang4

Simplified: 浮荡

drift; float; wander

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浮薸

fau4 piu1

Mandarin: fu2 piao1

duckweed

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浮誇

fau4 kwaa1

Mandarin: fu2 kua1

boasting; exaggerating; flamboyant; pompous; pretentious

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浮躁

fau4 cou3

Mandarin: fu2 zao4

over-active; impetuous; impulsive; restless; anxiety

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浮雕

fau4 diu1

Mandarin: fu2 diao1

sculpture relief; emboss

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浮雕剪影

fau4 diu1 zin2 jing2

cameo silhouettes

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浮雲朝露

fau4 wan4 ziu1 lou6

floating clouds and morning dew; life is like an empty dream

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涪陵

fau4 ling4

Mandarin: fu2 ling2

Fuling (city in Sichuan)

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涪陵地區

fau4 ling4 dei6 keoi1

Mandarin: fu2 ling2 di4 qu1

Fuling district (district in Sichuan)

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淝

fai6

Mandarin: fei2

name of a river | # adapted from cc-cedict

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淝低

fe4 dai1

Mandarin: fei2 di1

(verb) shoot; gun down; take down

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淝濕

fe4 sap1

Cantonese

[粵] to be splashed

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滸

fu2

Mandarin: hu3

Simplified: 浒

bank of a river | waterside | shore | # adapted from cc-cedict

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火

fo2

Mandarin: huo3

fire | urgent | ammunition | fiery or flaming | internal heat (Chinese medicine) | hot (popular) | classifier for military units (old) | flame | to burn | anger | rage | a group of (people), a quantifier | KangXi radical 86 | red | a surname | wild | bad-tempered | crazy | # adapted from cc-cedict

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火上加油

fo2 soeng5 gaa1 jau4

"add fuel to the flames"; to aggravate the situation

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火候

fo2 hau6

Mandarin: huo3 hou4

[1] heating control in cooking [2] duration; level of attainment [3] crucial moment

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