Cantonese Dictionary

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街頭
Mandarin: jie1 tou2
street; street intersection; road junction
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街頭女郎
a streetwalker, a prostitute
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街頭幫派
Mandarin: jie1 tou2 bang1 pai4
a street gang
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街頭服
Mandarin: jie1 tou2 fu2
Simplified: 街头服
Street clothing; casual wear
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街頭霸王
A fighting game made by Capcom. This word is also abbreviated as 街霸.
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袈
Mandarin: jia1
Buddhist monk's robe | triad gang's robe | # adapted from cc-cedict
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袈裟
Mandarin: jia1 sha1
[Sanskrit]: kasaya; the robe / patchwork outer vestment worn by a Buddhist monk
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裹
Mandarin: guo3
to bind | to wrap | a bundle | a parcel | to confine | # adapted from cc-cedict
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裹腳
Mandarin: guo3 jiao3
foot-binding [Syn.] 纏腳 , 纏小腳 , 纏足
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裹蒸粽
Cantonese
glutinous rice dumpling wrapped in lotus leaves
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裹蒸粽
Mandarin: guo3 zheng1 zong4
sticky rice dumplings wrapped in lotus leaves
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襟
Mandarin: jin1
lapel | overlap of Chinese gown | fig. bosom (the seat of emotions) | to cherish (ambition, desires, honorable intentions etc) in one's bosom | to endure | to bear | durable | breadth of mind | mental outlook | part of a garment that is covering the chest | brothers-in-law whose wives are sisters (nowadays refers more to men who have slept with the same woman either in the past or present) | # adapted from cc-cedict
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見
Mandarin: jian4
Simplified: 见
to see; to meet
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見一步行一步
Mandarin: jian4 yi1 bu4xing2 yi1 bu4
Simplified: 见一步行一步
to deal with things one step at a time [written and colloquial]
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見不得
Mandarin: jian4 bu5 de2
may not be seen by or exposed to
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見世面
Mandarin: jian4 shi4 mian4
Simplified: 见世面
explore; to see the world
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見仁見智
Mandarin: jian4 ren2 jian4 zhi4
opinions differ from each other; a matter of opinion
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見使
Mandarin: jian4 shi3
Simplified: 见使
spending a little on a lot; good value (spoken)
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見光死
Mandarin: jian4 guang1 si3
once exposed can't be hidden again
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見利忘義
Mandarin: jian4 ​li4 ​wang4 ​yi4
to see profit and forget morality; to act from mercenary considerations
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見到
Mandarin: jian4 dao4
see; have seen; have met
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見功
Mandarin: jian4 gong1
Simplified: 见功
to take effect; to become effective; to produce the desired result; to see the desired effect
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見周公
Mandarin: jian4 Zhou1 Gong1
Simplified: 见周公
to sleep
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見地
insight
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見報
Mandarin: jian4 bao4
appear in the newspaper
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見外
Mandarin: jian4 wai4
regard sb as an outsider
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見好
Mandarin: jian4 hao3
(said of a patient) to get better; mend
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見好就收
Mandarin: jian4 hao3 jiu4 shou1
quit while ahead; leave while the going is good; stop before going too far
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見客
Mandarin: jian4 ke4
Simplified: 见客
to meet a client
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見山就拜
Mandarin: jian4 shan1 jiu4 bai4
Simplified: 见山就拜
to randomly pay compliments to anyone without really knowing who they are
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