Cantonese Dictionary

盥漱

gun3 sau3

Mandarin: guan4 shu4

to wash the hands and rinse the mouth

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眷屬

gyun3 suk6

Mandarin: juan4 shu3

family dependants (dependents)

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眷戀

gyun3 lyun2

Mandarin: juan4 lian4

be sentimentally attached to (a person or place)

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眷顧

gyun3 gu3

Mandarin: juan4 gu4

(divine) protection and care; to take care of

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睠

gyun3

Mandarin: juan4

variant of 眷juàn [眷] | to care about | to look fondly on | # adapted from cc-cedict

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睪

gou1

Mandarin: gao1

testicle; testis

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睪丸

gou1 jyun4*2

Mandarin: gao1 wan2

testicle; testicles [Var.] 睾丸

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睾

gou1

Mandarin: gao1

testicle; testis

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睾丸

gou1 jyun4*2

testicle; testicles [Var.] 睪丸 | Note that 高院 for "high court" is usually pronounced in full as 高等法院 because of this interesting homonym.

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睾丸激素

gou1 jyun4*2 gik1 sou3

Mandarin: gao1 wan2 ji1 su4

testosterone

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睾丸素

gou1 jyun4*2 sou3

Mandarin: gao1 wan2 su4

testosterone [Var.] 睪丸素

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矍

gwok3

Mandarin: jue2

to glance fearfully | looking askance | hale and hearty | # adapted from cc-cedict

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矜持

ging1 ci4

Mandarin: jin1 chi2

restrained; reserved; discreet

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矜貴

ging1 gwai3

Mandarin: jin1 gui4

Simplified: 矜贵

(adjective) arrogant

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矩

geoi2

Mandarin: ju3

carpenter's square | rule | regulation | pattern | to carve | a ruler for drawing squares or rectangles | rectangle | moment (physics) | # adapted from cc-cedict

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矩尺

geoi2 cek3

Mandarin: ju3 che3

set square; a tool to measure right angle

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矩形

geoi2 jing4

Mandarin: ju3 xing2

rectangle — a four-sided shape whose four corners are right angles (90°)

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矯枉過正

giu2 wong2 gwo3 zing3

Mandarin: jiao3 wang3 guo4 zheng4

overcorrect; overdo; hypercorrection [Lit.] exceed the proper limits in righting a wrong

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矯正

giu2 zing3

Mandarin: jiao3 zheng4

[v] correct; rectify; remedy; right

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矯飾

giu2 sik1

Mandarin: jiao3 shi4

Simplified: 矫饰

to dissemble; feign in order to conceal something

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硅

gwai1

Mandarin: gui1

silicon (Si)

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硅谷

gwai1 guk1

Mandarin: gui1 gu3

Silicon valley (California, USA) [Syn.] 矽谷

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碱

gaan2

Mandarin: jian3

alkali; base; soda. Alt. 鹻 ， 鹼

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磯

gei1

Mandarin: ji1

Simplified: 矶

breakwater | jetty | eddy | submerged rock | a rock surrounded by water | # adapted from cc-cedict

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禁

gam3

Mandarin: jin4

to prohibit | to forbid | to ban | to imprison | to confine | to detain | royal residence | forbidden area | sorcery | witchcraft | to take into custody | to taboo | to be able to withstand or endure | to restrain or contain oneself | # adapted from cc-cedict

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禁令

gam3 ling6

Mandarin: jin4 ling4

ban

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禁例

gam3 lai6

Mandarin: jin4 li4

Prohibitions

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禁做

gam2 zou6

Mandarin: jin4 zuo4

done this way

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禁制令

gam3 zai3 ling4

Mandarin: jin4 zhi4 ling4

[law] an injunction

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禁品

gam3 ban2

Mandarin: jin4 pin3

contraband goods (lit., "prohibited items")

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