Cantonese Dictionary

分母

fan1 mou5

Mandarin: fen1 mu3

denominator

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分泌

fan1 bei3

Mandarin: fen1 mi4

to secrete; secretion; excretion

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分派

fan1 paai3

Mandarin: fen1 pai4

to assign; to apportion; assignment

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分清

fan1 cing1

Mandarin: fen1 qing1

to distinguish; to draw a clear distinction between; to draw a clear line of demarcation between

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分甘同味

fan1 gam1 tung4 mei6

Mandarin: fen1 gan1 tong2 wei4

sharing good things and happiness

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分相

fan1 soeng3

Mandarin: fen1 xiang4

split phase (electrical)

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分社

fan1 se5

Mandarin: fen1 she4

branch office

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分秒必爭

fan1 miu5 bit1 zang1

seize every moment

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分租

fan1 zou1

Mandarin: fen1 zu1

sublet; sub-lease; underlet

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分節

fan1 zit3

Mandarin: fen1 jie2

segmented

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分節符

fan1 zit3 fu4

Mandarin: fen1 jie2 fu2

section break (in typography/printing)

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分粉訓墳憤份

fan1 fan2 fan3 fan4 fan5 fan6

Mandarin: fen1 fen3 xun4 fen2 fen4 fen4

Simplified: 分粉训坟愤份

a phrase that demonstrate similar syllables pronounced with the first tone to the sixth tone respectively in Cantonese

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分紅

fan1 hung4

Mandarin: fen1 hong2

[1](n) bonus; dividend; profit [2](v) to share out a bonus; to draw extra dividends or profits

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分給

fan1 kap1

Mandarin: fen1 gei3

to divide; to give out; to share out

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分線

fan1 sin3

Mandarin: fen1 xian4

Simplified: 分线

branching

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分縫

fan1 fung4

Mandarin: fen1 feng4

parting (hair) [Syn] 分縫兒

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分號

fan1 hou6

Mandarin: fen1 hao4

semicolon (punctuation mark); the branch (of a firm, etc.)

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分行

fan1 hong4*2

Mandarin: fen1 hang2

branch company; subsidiary bank

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分裂

fan1 lit6

Mandarin: fen1 lie4

[1] to split; to divide; to break up; to tear; to smash; to disintegrate; to unsolder; to rive; to fracture; to dissociate; fissure [2] fission; division; cleavage; segmentalization; fragmentation; scission; schism; disunion; disruption; fissure

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分裂主義

fan1 lit6 zyu2 ji6

Mandarin: fen1 lie4 zhu3 yi4

separatism

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分裂國家

fan1 lit6 gwok3 gaa1

secession

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分裂後期

fan1 lit6 hau6 kei4

Mandarin: fen1 lie4 hou4 qi1 (PRC), fen1 lie4 hou4 qi2 (Taiwan)

anaphase in mitosis

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分裂生殖

fan1 lit6 sang1 zik6

Mandarin: fen1 lie4 sheng1 zhi2

paratomy; schizogamy; schizogenesis

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分角線

fan1 gok3 sin3

Mandarin: fen1 jiao3 xian4

[math.] angle bisector

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分解

fan1 gaai2

Mandarin: fen1 jie3

[1] to resolve; to decompose; to disintegrate; to disassemble; to break down; to break up; decomposition [2] to explain; to recount; to disclose; to conclude

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分解作用

fan1 gaai2 zok3 jung6

Mandarin: fen1 jie3 zuo4 yong4

decomposition

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分詞

fan1 ci4

Mandarin: fen1 ci2

(lang.) participle

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分豬肉

fan1 zyu1 juk6

Mandarin: fen1 zhu1 rou4

Simplified: 分猪肉

to allocate equally; rewarding everyone

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分貝

fan1 bui3

Mandarin: fen1 bei4

[physics] decibel (db)

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分身不暇

fan1 san1 bat1 haa6

Mandarin: fen1 shen1 bu4 xia2

too many things for one to attend to simultaneously

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