Cantonese Dictionary

看醫生

hon3 ji1 sang1

Mandarin: kan4 yi1 sheng1

see/consult a doctor | [粵] 睇醫生

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看重

hon3 zung6

Mandarin: kan4 zhong4

regard as important; value; set store by

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看門

hon1 mun4

gatekeeper

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看門人

hon1 mun4 jan4

Mandarin: kan1 men2 ren2

gatekeeper; a doorman; a watchman [Syn.] 看門員 [粵]: 看更

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看門口

hon1 mun4 hau2

Mandarin: kan1 men2 kou3

Cantonese

look after the house; keep an eye on the house; stay home to keep strangers away

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看門狗

hon1 mun4 gau2

Mandarin: kan1men2 gou3

Simplified: 看门狗

a guard dog [written and colloquial]

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看頭

hon3 tau4

Mandarin: kan4 tou2

that which is worth seeing/reading

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看風使舵

hon3 fung1 sai2 to4

Mandarin: kan4 feng1 shi3 duo4

Simplified: 看风使舵

(proverb) to adapt | change different directions according to different circumstances

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眶

hong1 kwaang1

Mandarin: kuang4

eye socket; rim of the eye

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睺

hau1

Mandarin: hou2

(appears as phonetic ho, especially in words taken from Sanskrit) | half-blind (archaic) | to keep an eye on | to watch closely | to long for | to have a strong interest in | # adapted from cc-cedict

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睺住

hau1 zyu6

Cantonese

to oversee; to supervise; to watch over | var: 吼住

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瞌

hap1

Mandarin: ke1

to doze off | sleepy | drowsy | to take a nap | # adapted from cc-cedict

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瞌一陣

hap1 jat1 zan6

Cantonese

take/have/catch a nap

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瞌埋眼

hap1 maai4 ngaan5

Mandarin: ke1 mai2 yan3

to close the eyes

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瞌眼瞓

hap1 ngaan5 fan3

Mandarin: ke1 yan3 xun4

Cantonese

feeling sleepy

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瞌睡

hap1 seoi6

Mandarin: ke1 shui4

sleepy; drowsy [Var.] 䁯睡

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瞌瞓

hap1 fan3

Cantonese

to fall asleep; to doze off

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瞎

hat6

Mandarin: xia1

blind | groundlessly | foolishly | to no purpose | reckless | rash | vainly | blindly | # adapted from cc-cedict

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瞎猜

hat6 caai1

a wild guess

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瞎話

hat6 waa6

Mandarin: xia1 hua4

Simplified: 瞎话

Nonsense

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瞰

ham6

Mandarin: kan4

to look down from a height | to spy on sth | to watch | to overlook | # adapted from cc-cedict

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砍

ham2

Mandarin: kan3

to chop | to cut down | to throw sth at sb | to hack | to throw at | to abolish | # adapted from cc-cedict

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砍埋

ham2 maai4

Mandarin: kan3 mai2

to bang into [colloquial]

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砍斷

ham2 tyun5

Mandarin: kan3 duan4

chop down; stump

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砍柴

ham2 caai4

Mandarin: kan3 chai2

to chop wood

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砍頭

ham2 tau4

Mandarin: kan3 tou2

to behead

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磕

hap6

Mandarin: ke1

knock against; knock off; collide with; bump against

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磕頭碰腦

hap6 tau4 pung3 nou5

Mandarin: ke1 tou2 peng4 nao3

push and bump against one another (as in a crowd)

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磡

ham3

Mandarin: kan4

dangerous sea-cliff | ledge | bank | step | # adapted from cc-cedict

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磬

hing3

Mandarin: qing4

chime stones, ancient percussion instrument made of stone or jade pieces hung in a row and struck as a xylophone | to bow | to gallop | an alternative form for 罄, empty | # adapted from cc-cedict

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