Cantonese Dictionary

芳名

fong1 meng4*2

Mandarin: fang1 ming2

name of a young woman

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芳心

fong1 sam1

Mandarin: fang1 xin1

the affection, or heart, of a young woman

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芳村

fong1 cyun1

Mandarin: fang1 cun1

Fangcun, a place in China

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芳澤

fong1 zaak6

Mandarin: fang1 ze2

Simplified: 芳泽

Kiss; scented hair oil used by woman in old times; fragrance; woman's looks

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芳苑鄉

fong1 jyun2 hoeng1

Mandarin: fang1 yuan4 xiang1

Fangyuan (village in Taiwan)

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芳草

fong1 cou2

Mandarin: fang1 cao3

literally: fragrant grass; a generic term to refer to gentlemen or ladies that will make ideal potential partners

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芳蹤

fong1 zung1

Mandarin: fang1 zong1

the foosteps or whereabouts of a beautiful woman

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芳香

fong1 hoeng1

Mandarin: fang1​ xiang1​

aromatic, fragrant; aroma, odor

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芳齡

fong1 ling4

Mandarin: fang1 ling2

the age of a young woman

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苦不堪言

fu2 bat1 ham1 jin4

Mandarin: ku3 bu4 kan1 yan2

to suffer unspeakable misery

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苦主

fu2 zyu2

Mandarin: ku3 zhu3

a victim | [synonym] 受害人

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苦刁刁

fu2 diu1 diu1

Mandarin: ku3 diao1 diao1

very bitter; a bitter taste

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苦力

fu2 lik6

Mandarin: ku3 li4

[loanword] coolie, manual labourers [粵]: 咕喱 , 咕哩

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苦功

fu2 gung1

hard work; painstaking effort

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苦口良藥

fu2 hau2 loeng4 joek6

Mandarin: ku3 kou3 liang2 yao4

good medicine tastes bitter | syn. 良藥苦口

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苦口苦面

fu2 hau2 fu2 min6

Mandarin: ku3 kou3 ku3 mian4

to pull a long face; to look miserable

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苦口苦麵

fu2 hau2 fu2 min6

Mandarin: ku3 kou3 ku3 mian4

Simplified: 苦口苦面

With a sad look

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苦差

fu2 caai1

Mandarin: ku3 chai1

difficult task; hard and unprofitable job

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苦差事

fu2 caai1 si6

Mandarin: ku3 chai1 shi5

drudgery; hard job

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苦心

fu2 sam1

Mandarin: ku3 xin1

to do something with painstaking efforts

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苦思

fu2 si1

Mandarin: ku3 si1

think very hard over; think intensely about

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苦悶

fu2 mun6

Mandarin: ku3 men4

feel down; dejected; depressed

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苦惱

fu2 nou5

Mandarin: ku3 nao3

[v] worried, distressed, to be in misery

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苦於

fu2 jyu1

Mandarin: ku3 yu2

Simplified: 苦于

To suffer from; trouble; (of life, etc.) be more bitter than

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苦楚

fu2 co2

Mandarin: ku3 chu3

suffering, misery, distress

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苦毒

fu2 duk6

Mandarin: ku3 du2

bitterness; resentment

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苦水

fu2 seoi2

Mandarin: ku3 shui3

misery, suffering; gastric secretion

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苦瓜

fu2 gwaa1

Mandarin: ku3 gua1

(noun) someone who is miserable

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苦瓜乾

fu2 gwaa1 gon1

Mandarin: ku3 gua1 gan1

Simplified: 苦瓜干

dried bitter melon; a miserable look on one's face

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苦瓜乾咁樣

fu2 gwaa1 gon1 gam2 joeng2

Mandarin: ku3 gua1 gan1 gan1 yang4

Simplified: 苦瓜干咁样

Cantonese

(with a face that looks like bitter melon); to pull a long face; with a miserable look [colloquial]

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