Cantonese Dictionary

功不可沒

gung1 bat1 ho2 mut6

Mandarin: gong1 bu4 ke3 mei2

meritorious works

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功利主義

gung1 lei6 zyu2 ji6

Mandarin: gong1 li4 zhu3 yi4

utilitarianism

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功利性離婚

gung1 lei6 sing3 lei4 fan1

Mandarin: gong1 li4 xing4 li2 hun1

profit-driven divorce, divorce intended to evade capital gains taxes

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功力

gung1 lik6

Mandarin: gong1 li4

merit; efficacy; competence; skill; power

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功勞

gung1 lou4

Mandarin: gong1 lao2

Simplified: 功劳

(noun) Tribute

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功名

gung1 ming4

Mandarin: gong1 ming2

scholarly honour plus official position

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功多藝熟

gung1 do1 ngai6 suk6

practice more, then you'll be very skilled

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功夫

gung1 fu1

Mandarin: gong1 fu5

kung fu; martial arts; skill

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功夫片

gung1 fu1 pin3*2

Mandarin: gong1 fu1 pian4

[1] martial arts movies [2] [華]: 武打片

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功夫片

gung1 fu1 pin3

Mandarin: gong1 fu5 pian4

Chinese martial arts shows, movies

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功德

gung1 dak1

Mandarin: gong1 de2

merits and virtues; charitable and pious; deeds; benefaction; beneficence; works

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功德無量

gung1 dak1 mou4 loeng4

Mandarin: gong1 de2 wu2 liang2

[Buddhism/Taoism] Thank you for your donation, your achievements and virtues are immeasurable.

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功成名就

gung1 sing4 ming4 zau6

Mandarin: gong1 cheng2 ming2 jiu4

to have achieved accomplishments and made a name for oneself

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功效

gung1 haau6

Mandarin: gong1 xiao4

efficacy; effectiveness; efficiency

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功敗垂成

gung1 baai6 seoi4 sing4

Mandarin: gong1 bai4 chui2 cheng2

to fail within sight of victory; to fall at the last hurdle

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功業

gung1 jip6

Mandarin: gong1 ye4

exploit; achievements

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功業彪炳

gung1 jip6 biu1 bing2

Mandarin: gong1 ye4 biao1 bing3

glorious achievements

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功率

gung1 leot6

Mandarin: gong1 lv4

[math.] power

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功率惡化

gung1 leot6 ok3 faa3

Mandarin: gong1 lv4 e4 hua4

power penalty

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功用

gung1 jung6

Mandarin: gong1 yong4

[math.] function

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功績

gung1 zik1

Mandarin: gong1 ji4

merits and achievements; contributions; a deed; a merit; an exploit; a feat (also 績功)

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功能

gung1 nang4

Mandarin: gong1 neng2

function; capability

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功能測試

gung1 nang4 cak1 si3

Functional Testing

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功能詞

gung1 nang4 ci4

Mandarin: gong1 neng2 ci2

function word

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功能集

gung1 nang4 zaap6

Mandarin: gong1 neng2 ji2

function library

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功臣

gung1 san4

Mandarin: gong1 chen2

a person who has offered up outstanding service; meritorious statesman

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功虧一簣

gung1 kwai1 jat1 gwai6

Mandarin: gong1 kui1 yi1*2 kui4

fail to succeed for lack of a final effort

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功課

gung1 fo3

Mandarin: gong1 ke4

lessons or studies in general (i.e., homework, curriculum, etc.). 功課 include 堂課 (classwork) or 家課 (homework)

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加

gaa1

Mandarin: jia1

[1] plus; [v] add (to) [2] [v] increase; augment [3] [v] append

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加

gaa3

Mandarin: jia1

to add | plus | (used after an adverb such as 不, 大, 稍 etc, and before a disyllabic verb, to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned) | to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb) | to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth) | to increase | to augment | to append | # adapted from cc-cedict

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