Cantonese Dictionary

孤立

gu1 laap6

to isolate; isolated

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孤立無援

gu1 laap6 mou4 wun4

Mandarin: gu1 li4 wu2 yuan2

isolated and helpless

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孤苦

gu1 fu2

alone - alone and helpless.

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孤苦伶仃

gu1 fu2 ling4 ding1

Mandarin: gu1 ku3 ling2 ding1

orphaned and helpless; friendless and wretched

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孤苦零丁

gu1 fu2 ling4 ding1

Mandarin: gu1 ku3 ling2 ding1

alone - lonely and helpless without family or friends.

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孤負

gu1 fu6

Mandarin: gu1 fu4

variant of 辜負

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孤軍

gu1 gwan1

Mandarin: gu1 jun1

Simplified: 孤军

Alone (army)

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孤軍作戰

gu1 gwan1 zok3 zin3

Mandarin: gu1 jun1 zuo4 zhan4

Simplified: 孤军作战

Fighting alone

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孤陋寡聞

gu1 lau6 gwaa2 man4

Mandarin: gu1 lou4 gua3 wen2

ill-informed, uneducated

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孤零零

gu1 ling4*1 ling4*1

Mandarin: gu1 ling2 ling2

lonely; solitary, all alone

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宄

gwai2

Mandarin: gui3

a traitor | a villain | # adapted from cc-cedict

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官

gun1

Mandarin: guan1

official | government | organ of body M: 个gè [个] | officer | government run | state-owned | public | general | # adapted from cc-cedict

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官仔骨骨

gun1 zai2 gwat1 gwat1

Mandarin: guan1 zi3 gu3 gu3

describes a person that dresses smartly and presentably

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官僚

gun1 liu4

bureaucrat

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官僚主義

gun1 liu4 zyu2 ji6

bureaucracy

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官兵

gun1 bing1

Mandarin: guan1 bing1

officers and men

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官兵捉強盜

gun1 bing1 zuk3 koeng4 dou6

cops and robbers

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官司

gun1 si1

Mandarin: guan1 si5

lawsuit

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官員

gun1 jyun4

Mandarin: guan1 yuan2

government official

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官場

gun1 coeng4

Mandarin: guan1 chang3

officialdom

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官塘

gun1 tong4

Mandarin: guan1 tang2

Kwun Tong, located in Hong Kong

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官字兩個口

gun1 zi6 loeng5 go3 hau2

Mandarin: guan1 zi4 liang3 ge5 kou3

Simplified: 官字两个口

social injustice and double standard, especially when going against people with authority and power (government officials)

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官官相衛

gun1 gun1 soeng1 wai6

Mandarin: guan1 guan1 xiang1 wei4

Simplified: 官官相卫

bureaucrats shield one another, nowadays, it means cover for each other

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官官相護

gun1 gun1 soeng1 wu6

Mandarin: guan1 guan1 xiang1 hu4

officials watch each other's backs

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官式

gun1 sik1

Mandarin: guan1 shi4

adj; official

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官恩娜

gun1 jan1 naa4

Mandarin: guan1 en1 nuo2

Ella Koon Yun-na, name of a singer and actress in Hong Kong

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官方

gun1 fong1

Mandarin: guan1 fang1

government official; official; by the government

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官方網站

gun1 fong1 mong5 zaam6

Mandarin: guan1 fang1 wang3 zhan4

official web site; official website

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官方語言

gun1 fong1 jyu5 jin4

Mandarin: guan1 fang1 yu3 yan2

official language

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官校

gun1 haau6

Mandarin: guan1 xiao4

Government schools

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