Cantonese Dictionary

季節

gwai3 zit3

Mandarin: ji4 jie2

season; period; time

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季節工

gwai3 zit3 gung1

Mandarin: ji4 jie2 gong1

seasonal worker

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季節性

gwai3 zit3 sing3

Mandarin: ji4 jie2 xing4

seasonal

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季豆

gwai3 dau6*2

Mandarin: ji4 dou4

French bean; haricot vert (pl.: haricots verts); green bean | Scientific name: Phaseolus vulgaris | Syn.: 菜豆; 四季豆 | Often confused with '豆角' (string bean)

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季軍

gwai3 gwan1

Mandarin: ji4 jun1

Simplified: 季军

to come third in a competition or race

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季風

gwai3 fung1

Mandarin: ji4 feng1

monsoon

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孤

gu1

Mandarin: gu1

lone | lonely | orphan | a high ranking official | my humble self, a term of address used by ancient prince or king | to show ingratitude to | aloof | solitary | isolated | # adapted from cc-cedict

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孤伶伶

gu1 ling1 ling1

Mandarin: gu1 ling1 ling1

all alone

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孤伶伶

gu1 ling4*1 ling4*1

Cantonese

alone, lonely

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孤僻

gu1 pik1

Mandarin: gu1 pi4

[adj] unsociable and eccentric

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孤兒

gu1 ji4

Mandarin: gu1 er2

orphan

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孤兒仔

gu1 ji4 zai2

Mandarin: gu1 er2 zi3

Simplified: 孤儿仔

Orphans

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孤兒院

gu1 ji4 jyun6*2

Mandarin: gu1 er2 yuan4

an orphanage

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孤單

gu1 daan1

Mandarin: gu1 dan1

alone - solitary, living alone | [粵]: 單丁, 一支公

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孤單單

gu1 daan1 daan1

Mandarin: gu1 dan1 dan1

Simplified: 孤单单

adj; alone or lonely

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孤孀

gu1 soeng1

Mandarin: gu1 shuang1

widow [Syn] 寡婦,遺孀

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孤家寡人

gu1 gaa1 gwaa2 jan4

Mandarin: gu1 jia1 gua3 ren2

loner; person isolated from others and without support; person who has no family burden

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孤寂

gu1 zik6

Mandarin: gu1 ji4

lonely

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孤寒

gu1 hon4

Mandarin: gu1 han2

[粵] miserly; not generous; penny-pinching; 慳儉. [國] lonely, poor, humble

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孤寒種

gu1 hon4 zung2

Mandarin: gu1 han2 zhong3

Simplified: 孤寒种

a very stingy person

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孤寒財主

gu1 hon4 coi4 zyu2

Mandarin: gu1 han2 cai2 zhu5

Simplified: 孤寒财主

noun; miserly old man, Scrooge

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孤寒鐸

gu1 hon4 dok6

Mandarin: gu1 han2 duo2

Simplified: 孤寒铎

an extremely stingy and selfish person; a miser

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孤寒鬼

gu1 hon4 gwai2

Mandarin: gu1 han2 gui3

adj; stingy, reluctant to spend money

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孤島

gu1 dou2

Mandarin: gu1 dao3

isolated region

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孤星淚

gu1 sing1 leoi6

Mandarin: gu1 xing1 lei4

Simplified: 孤星泪

Les Miserables

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孤注一擲

gu1 zyu3 jat1 zaak6

Mandarin: gu1zhu4yi1zhi4

Simplified: 孤注一掷

(idiom) To put all someone's has in the last change (to neither success nor loss)

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孤獨

gu1 duk6

Mandarin: gu1 du2

solitary - standing alone; lonely

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孤獨恐懼症

gu1 duk6 hung2 geoi6 zing3

Mandarin: gu1 du2 kong3 ju4 zheng4

monophobia, the fear of being alone

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孤獨症

gu1 duk6 zing3

Mandarin: gu1 du2 zheng4

autism (lit., "solitary disease")

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孤男寡女

gu1 naam4 gwaa2 neoi5

Mandarin: gu1 nan2 gua3 nv3

a male and a female together alone [written and colloquial]

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