Cantonese Dictionary

狎弄

haap6 lung6

Mandarin: xia2 long4

(verb) disrespectfully make fun of, indecently tease

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狎昵

haap6 nik1

Mandarin: xia2 ni4

to be unduly intimate with someone

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狎暱

haap6 nik1

Mandarin: xia2 ni4

to be improperly familiar with [Var. & simplified] 狎昵

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狎玩

haap6 wun6

Mandarin: xia2 wan2

to tease

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狠

han2

Mandarin: hen3

fierce | very | cruel | vicious | extreme | severely | ruthless | to suppress | # adapted from cc-cedict

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狠毒

han2 duk6

Mandarin: hen3 du2

vicious; venomous; evil-minded; virulent; malevolent

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狹

haap6

Mandarin: xia2

Simplified: 狭

narrow | narrow-minded | limited | to pinch | # adapted from cc-cedict

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狹

haap6 gip6

Mandarin: xia2

narrow; cramped; contracted

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狹窄

haap6 zaak3

Mandarin: xia2zhai3

Simplified: 狭窄

(adjective) (clothes) 1. Too small; (of personality) 2. Narrow-minded

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狹隘

haap6 aai3

Mandarin: xia2ai4

Simplified: 狭隘

(adjective) Less and limited (e.g. knowledge, etc.)

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猴

hau4

Mandarin: hou2

monkey M: 只zhī [只] | naughty | intelligent | astute | # adapted from cc-cedict

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猴子

hau4 zi2

Mandarin: hou2 zi5

monkey | Spoken in Cantonese as 馬騮 (maa5 lau41)

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猴子採

hau4 zi2 coi2

monkey picked tea | [粵]: 馬騮搣

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猴年

hau4 nin4

Mandarin: hou2 nian2

the Year of the monkey (one of the 12 year cycle of animals 十二生肖 in the Chinese calendar and zodiac)

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猴急

hau4 gap1

Mandarin: hou2 ji2

anxious (also written less commonly as 喉急)

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猴拳

hau4 kyun4

Mandarin: hou2 quan2

Hou Quan (lit., "Monkey Fist") form of martial art

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猴擒

hau4 kam4

Mandarin: hou2 qin2

anxious (spoken)

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猴王式

hau4 wong4 sik1

[yoga] Hanumanasana, Monkey

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猴頭菇

hau4 tau4 gu1

monkey head mushroom; Hericium

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獟

hiu1

Mandarin: xiao1

a crazy dog

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獦

hit3

Mandarin: xie4

dog with a short snout

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獻

hin3

Mandarin: xian4

Simplified: 献

to offer | to present | to dedicate | to donate | to show | to put on display | worthy person (old) | heritage | historical data | documents | # adapted from cc-cedict

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獻世

hin3 sai3

Mandarin: xian4 shi4

Simplified: 献世

a way of telling a person that it is a waste of space for him | her to stay alive in this world;

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獻技

hin3 gei6

Mandarin: xian4 ji4

Simplified: 献技

(verb) to show or display recitals

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獻拙

hin3 zyut3

Mandarin: xian4 zhuo1

Simplified: 献拙

to show oneself up; to show one's inadequacy | incompetency (being modest)

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獻映

hin3 jing2

Mandarin: xian4 ying4

(in a movie theatre) the showing of a movie

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獻禮

hin3 lai5

Mandarin: xian4 li3

Simplified: 献礼

gifts giving out based on celebrations

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獻策

hin3 caak3

Mandarin: xian4 ce4

offer a strategy

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獻給

hin3 kap1

Mandarin: xian4 gei3

Simplified: 献给

(verb) to contribute; to dedicate; to bestow

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獻藝

hin3 ngai6

Mandarin: xian4 yi4

Simplified: 献艺

to demonstrate one's talent

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