Cantonese Dictionary

劫案

gip3 on3

Mandarin: jie2 an4

robbery

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劫機

gip3 gei1

Mandarin: jie2 ji1

[n] airpiracy; hijacking

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劫殺

gip3 saat3

murder (committed while robbing someone)

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劫獄

gip3 juk6

Mandarin: jie2 yu4

break into a prision to free a prisioner

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劫車

gip3 ce1

Mandarin: jie2 che1

hijacking a car; to carjack, carjacking

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劫難

gip3 naan6

Mandarin: jie2 nan4

calamity

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勁

ging6

Mandarin: li4 hai5

Simplified: 厉害

Cantonese

amazing; awesome; powerful (Cantonese)

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勁到無倫

ging6 dou3 mou4 leon4

Mandarin: jin4 dao4 wu2 lun2

Simplified: 劲到无伦

magnificent [colloquial]

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勁嘢

ging6 je5

Mandarin: jin4 ye3

Simplified: 劲嘢

Cantonese

great stuff; powerful stuff; quality stuff [colloquial]

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勁射

ging6 se6

Mandarin: jin4 she4

a strong shot, a thundering drive

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勁悶

ging6 mun6

Mandarin: jin4 men4

Simplified: 劲闷

Very boring

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勁抽

ging6 cau1

Mandarin: jin4 chou1

Simplified: 劲抽

great; extraordinary; powerful (person)

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勁揪

ging6 cau1

Mandarin: jing4 qiu1

Cantonese

variant of 勁抽, also written as 勁秋

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勁搞笑

ging6 gaau2 siu3

Mandarin: jing4/jin4 gao3 xiao4

extremely funny or ridiculous

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勁敵

ging6 dik6

Mandarin: jing4 di2

formidable adversary; strong opponent

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勁料

ging6 liu2

Mandarin: jin4 liao4

Simplified: 劲料

great stuff; quality stuff [colloquial]

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勁旅

ging6 leoi5

Mandarin: jing4lv3

strong contingent; crack force; powerful force

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勁歌

ging6 go1

Mandarin: jing4 ge1

Simplified: 劲歌

a very powerful song

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勁玩

ging6 waan2

Mandarin: jin4 wan2

Simplified: 劲玩

to have lots of fun [written and colloquial]

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勁玩

ging6 waan4*2

Mandarin: jin4 wan2

to have lots of fun

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勁頭

ging6 tau4

Mandarin: jin4 tou2

enthusiasm; eagerness; strength; energy; vigour; spirit; drive; zeal | [粵]: 力

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勾通

gau1 tung1

Mandarin: gou1 tong1

to conspire or infiltrate

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匭

gwai2

Mandarin: gui3

Simplified: 匦

small box | a casket | # adapted from cc-cedict

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匱

gwai6

Mandarin: gui4

Simplified: 匮

cupboard | cabinet | wardrobe | to lack | deficient | short of | exhausted | # adapted from cc-cedict

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匱乏

gwai6 fat6

Mandarin: kui4 fa2

to be deficient in sth / to be short of sth (supplies, money etc)

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卦

gwaa3

Mandarin: gua4

divinatory diagram | one of the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易经Yìjīng [易经] | one of the sixty-four divinatory hexagrams of the Book of Changes 易经Yìjīng [易经] | fortune telling | to tell fortunes | # adapted from cc-cedict

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卦命先生

gwaa3 meng6 sin1 saang1

[n] a fortune teller

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卦義

gwaa3 ji6

Mandarin: gua4 yi4

interpretation of the divinatory trigrams

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卦辭

gwaa3 ci4

Mandarin: gua4 ci2

hexagram statement

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卷舌音

gyun2 sit3 jam1

Mandarin: juan3 she2 yin1

Retroflex Consonant

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