Cantonese Dictionary

句號

geoi3 hou6

Mandarin: ju4 hao4

Simplified: 句号

full stop (punct.)

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句讀

geoi3 dau6

[n] punctuation

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叫

giu3

Mandarin: jiao4

to shout | to call | to order | to ask | to be called | by (indicates agent in the passive mood) | to cry | to hail | to greet | to cause | # adapted from cc-cedict

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叫X扉

giu3 X fei1

Mandarin: jiao4 X fei1

(mahjong) waiting for X tiles to win, where X is a number (i.e. any one of the X tiles will allow for a win)

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叫人

giu3 jan4

Mandarin: jiao4 ren2

to greet someone; to ask someone to do something [written and colloquial]

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叫作

giu3 zok3

to be called, to be named (Cantonese: 叫做)

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叫做

giu3 zou6

Mandarin: jiao4 zuo4

to be called, to be named (may also be seen written as 叫作 since 做 and 作 are pronounced the same in Mandarin)

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叫價

giu3 gaa3

Mandarin: jiao4 jia4

Simplified: 叫价

bid; asking price

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叫價人

giu3 gaa3 jan4

bidder

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叫和

giu3 wu4*2

Mandarin: jiao4 hu2

(mahjong) waiting to win | cf. 叫牌

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叫喊

giu3 haam3

Mandarin: jiao4 han3

to cry out; to yell; to shout; an outcry, an exclamation | [粵]: 嗌

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叫喚

giu3 wun6

Mandarin: jiao4huan5

Simplified: 叫唤

(verb) Call

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叫嘢食

giu3 je5 sik6

Cantonese

[1] order food [2] [華]: 叫菜

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叫嚷

giu3 joeng6

Mandarin: jiao4 rang3

to shout out in disappointment or dissatisfaction | [粵]: 叫, 嗌, 嘈

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叫囂

giu3 hiu1

Mandarin: jiao4 xiao1

hoot

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叫天不應叫地不聞

giu3 tin1 bat1 jing3 giu1 dei6 bat1 man4

nowhere to turn for help; no response from all around

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叫好

giu3 hou2

Mandarin: jiao4 hao3

applaud, cheer

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叫好不叫座

giu3 hou2 bat1 giu3 zo6

Mandarin: jiao4 hao3 bu4 jiao4 zuo4

Something that is of high quality, but it is not selling well.

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叫好叫座

giu3 hou2 giu3 zo6

Mandarin: jiao4 hao3 jiao4 zuo4

a blockbuster

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叫姑娘

giu3 gu1 noeng4

to visit prostitutes

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叫對碰

giu3 deoi3 pung3

Mandarin: jiao4 dui4 peng4

(mahjong) waiting to complete one of two triplets to win

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叫床

giu3 cong4

Mandarin: jiao4 chuang2

sounds of ecstasy made during sex

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叫座

giu3 zo6

Mandarin: jiao4 zuo4

selling well; successful hit with widespread popularity and sales

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叫牌

giu3 paai4*2

Mandarin: jiao4 pai2

(mahjong) waiting to win | cf. 叫和

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叫糊

giu3 wu2

Mandarin: jiao4 hu2

almost win in mahjong

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叫罵

giu3 maa6

Mandarin: jiao4 ma4

Simplified: 叫骂

yelling; to shout curses

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叫起手

giu3 hei2 sau2

Mandarin: jiao4 qi3 shou3

when you want to use it; when needed

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叫醒

giu3 seng2

Mandarin: jiao4 xing3

to rouse, waken

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叫雞

giu3 gai1

Cantonese

to go call a whore / prostitute; to patronize a prostitute

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叫餸

giu3 sung3

Mandarin: jiao4 song4

to order food (eating out)

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