Cantonese Dictionary

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起因
origin; wedge
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起士
Mandarin: qi3 shi4
cheese (TW)
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起字容
Mandarin: qi3 zi4 rong2
to reveal something about someone (usually big secrets); to dig up some information about someone; to get to the bottom of something
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起尾注
Mandarin: qi3 wei3 zhu4
to set a trap and await the right opportunity to strip someone of all they have in one go; to enjoy the fruits of somebody else's labour
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起居室
living room; (U.K. sometimes) sitting room | Sometimes also 客廳
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起居飲食
Mandarin: qi3 ju1 yin3 shi2
activities of daily life
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起屋
Mandarin: qi3 wu1
building a house
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起市
Mandarin: qi3 shi4
arrogant; high-priced
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起床
Mandarin: qi3 chuang2
to wake up (from sleep - regardless of whether you were in an actual bed). Syn.: 醒 | Cant. uses 起身 for "to wake up" and both Cant. and Mand. also use 起身 for "to get up from a sitting or lying-down position"
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起床號
Mandarin: qi3 chuang2 hao4
reveille
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起底
Mandarin: qi3 di3
to investigate someone's background and make them public
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起心
Mandarin: qi3 xin1
to have a desire for something or someone
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起手
to begin, to start, to commence (work, operation, etc)
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起承轉合
Mandarin: qi3 cheng2 zhuan3 he2
introduction, elucidation of theme, transition of viewpoint, summing up: 4 steps essay composition
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起承轉合
Mandarin: qi3 cheng2 zhuan3 he2
Simplified: 起承转合
the four prescribed steps in writing an essay; can also be used as a metaphor to describe a set | standard | fixed | rigid | prescribed way of doing something
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起搏器
Mandarin: qi3 bo2 qi4
pacemaker - short form for "cardiac pacemaker" (心臟起搏器)
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起晒馬
Mandarin: qi3 shai4 ma3
Simplified: 起晒马
to gather one's forces ready for a fight [colloquial]
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起更
Mandarin: qi3 geng1
to begin to sound the night watches (in the olden days); the start of the night watch hours
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起樓
Cantonese
[1] build houses [2] [華]: 蓋樓房
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起樓
Mandarin: qi3 lou2
Simplified: 起楼
to build a house [colloquial]
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起步
Mandarin: qi3 bu4
[v] begin doing sth; start to move; get off
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起水
Mandarin: qi3 shui3
oestrus sow (slang)
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起泡
Cantonese
get blisters; start a boil/rash
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起源
Mandarin: qi3 yuan2
to originate from; to come from; origin
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起火
pyrophoric, spontaneously combustible
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起火者
igniter
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起爐
Mandarin: qi3 lu2
Simplified: 起炉
to light a fire; to make a fire; to light up; to fire up
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起牀
Mandarin: qi3 chuang2
Simplified: 起床
to get up from bed
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起病
Mandarin: qi3 bing4
the onset of an illness
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起痰
Mandarin: qi3 tan2
to lust after someone
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