Cantonese Dictionary

官氣

gun1 hei3

Mandarin: guan1 qi4

bureaucratic airs

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官洲

gun1 zau1

Mandarin: guan1 zhou1

Guanzhou, located in Guangzhou in China

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官洲站

gun1 zau1 zaam6

Mandarin: guan1 zhou1 zhan4

Guanzhou station, a metro station in Guangzhou in China

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官渡區

gun1 dou6 keoi1

Mandarin: guan1 du4 qu1

Guandu (area in Yunnan)

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官田鄉

gun1 tin4 hoeng1

Mandarin: guan1 tian2 xiang1

Kuantien (village in Taiwan)

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官癮

gun1 jan5

Mandarin: guan1 yin3

empleomania (craving to be a government official)

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官立

gun1 laap6

Mandarin: guan1 li4

Government

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官立學校

gun1 laap6 hok6 haau6

Mandarin: guan1 li4 xue2 xiao4

Simplified: 官立学校

Government Schools

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官能

gun1 nang4

Mandarin: guan1 neng2

(organic) function; sense

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官腔

gun1 hong1

Mandarin: guan1 qiang1

Bureaucratic tone | terms | jargon

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官話

gun1 waa6*2

Mandarin: guan1 hua4

"officialese"; bureaucratic language; Mandarin

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官運

gun1 wan6

Mandarin: guan1 yun4

fortune in officialdom

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官運亨通

gun1 wan6 hang1 tung1

Mandarin: guan1 yun4 heng1 tong1

to have a successful career as an official

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官邸

gun1 dai2

Mandarin: guan1 di3

official residence

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宮

gung1

Mandarin: gong1

Simplified: 宫

palace | temple | castration (as corporal punishment) | first note in pentatonic scale | dwelling | enclose | # adapted from cc-cedict

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宮保

gung1 bou2

Mandarin: gong1 bao3

Simplified: 宫保

kung pao style of cooking; senior tutor of the crown prince during the Ming Dynasty; assistant to the senior tutor of the crown prince during the Qing Dynasty

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宮保雞丁

gung1 bou2 gai1 ding1

Mandarin: gong1 bao3 ji1 ding1

Kung Pao chicken: Szechuanese Chinese dish

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宮刑

gung1 jing4

Mandarin: gong1 xing2

death by castration (form of execution, one bleeds to death)

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宮城縣

gung1 sing4 jyun6

Miyagi prefecture (in Japan)

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宮崎

gung1 kei4

Mandarin: gong1 qi2

Miyazaki (Japanese prefecture on island of Kyushu)

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宮崎縣

gung1 kei4 jyun6

Miyazaki prefecture (in Japan)

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宮殿

gung1 din6

palace

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宮燈

gung1 dang1

Mandarin: gong1 deng1

Simplified: 宫灯

Lanterns used in palaces; Chinese lanterns

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宮縮

gung1 suk1

Mandarin: gong1 suo1

contraction of the uterus (during childbirth)

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宮觀

gung1 gun1

Mandarin: gong1 guan1

[1] Taoist temple; Taoist monastery [2] [Syn.] 道觀 ; 觀院

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宮闕

gung1 kyut3

Mandarin: gong1 que4

(imperial) palace

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宮頸

gung1 geng2

Mandarin: gong1 jing3

cervix; neck of the uterus

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宮頸抹片

gung1 geng2 maat3 pin3

Mandarin: gong1 jing3 mo3 pian1

cervical smear

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宮麵

gung1 min6

Mandarin: gong1 mian4

vermicelli

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家下

gaa1 haa6*5/haa6*2

Cantonese

now, nowadays [Var.] 家吓

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