Cantonese Dictionary

開坑

hoi1 haang1

Mandarin: kai1 keng1

Simplified: 开坑

to open up; to dig a ditch

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開埋井俾人食水

hoi1 maai4 zeng2 bei2 jan4 sik6 seoi2

Mandarin: kai1 mai2 jing3 bi3 ren2 shi2 shui3

Simplified: 开埋井俾人食水

to work so hard for something (especially something that one has initiated from scratch) only for someone else to take the credit

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開塞鑽

hoi1 sak1 zyun3

corkscrew

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開墾

hoi1 han2

Mandarin: kai1 ken3

clear a wild area for cultivation; plow

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開壞把鎖

hoi1 waai6 baa2 so2

to damage a lock because of unlocking it improperly

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開夜

hoi1 je6

Mandarin: kai1 ye4

Simplified: 开夜

working into the night (spoken)

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開夜

hoi1 ye6*2

Mandarin: kai1 ye4

Cantonese

work night shift; work overtime into the night

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開夜車

hoi1 je6 ce1

Mandarin: kai1 ye4 che1

burn the midnight oil; work late into the night

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開大

hoi1 daai6

Mandarin: kai1 da4

Simplified: 开大

to open wide; to turn up; to defecate

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開大價

hoi1 daai6 gaa3

Mandarin: kai1 da4 jia4

Simplified: 开大价

to ask for something very unreasonably expensive, usually money

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開大片

hoi1 daai6 pin2

Mandarin: kai1 da4 pian4

Simplified: 开大片

to start a big gang fight [colloquial]

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開天索價

hoi1 tin1 sok3 gaa3

Mandarin: kai1 tian1 suo3 jia4

Simplified: 开天索价

quoting at an unbelievable high price (spoken)

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開天闢地

hoi1 tin1 pik1 dei6

Mandarin: kai1 tian1 pi4 di4

when the sky and the earth were split in the creation of the world

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開始

hoi1 ci2

Mandarin: kai1 shi3

Simplified: 开始

to begin; to start

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開始以前

hoi1 ci2 ji5 cin4

Mandarin: kai1 shi3 yi3 qian2

before the beginning (of sth)

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開學

hoi1 hok6

Mandarin: kai1 xue2

to start school: This term refers to the start of the school (college, university) term, year, etc.

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開學日

hoi1 hok6 jat6

Mandarin: kai1 xue2 ri4

Simplified: 开学日

the first day of school; commencement day

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開封

hoi1 fung1

Mandarin: Kai1feng1

Simplified: 开封

(verb) Open sealed packaging (of product)

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開封地區

hoi1 fung1 dei6 keoi1

Mandarin: kai1 feng1 di4 qu1

Kaifeng district (district in Henan)

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開展

hoi1 zin2

Mandarin: kai1 zhan3

(begin to) develop, unfold, start, launch, open

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開工

hoi1 gung1

Mandarin: kai1 gong1

Simplified: 开工

(verb) Start working

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開工不足

hoi1 gung1 bat1 zuk1

Mandarin: kai1 gong1 bu4 zu2

enterprises running under their production capacity

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開工典禮

hoi1 gung1 din2 lai5

Mandarin: kai1 gong1 dian3 li3

Simplified: 开工典礼

the opening ceremony; the commencement ceremony; the groundbreaking ceremony

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開市

hoi1 si5

open the market; open-market

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開市價

hoi1 si5 gaa3

Mandarin: kai1 shi4 jia4

[stock market] opening price

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開幕

hoi1 mok6

Mandarin: kai1 mu4

Simplified: 开幕

opening ceremony; grand opening

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開幕典禮

hoi1 mok6 din2 lai5

Mandarin: kai1 mu4 dian3 li3

opening ceremonies

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開幕式

hoi1 mok6 sik1

Mandarin: kai1 mu4 shi4

opening ceremony

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開平

hoi1 ping4

Mandarin: kai1 ping2

Kaiping (city in Guangdong), Hoiping

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開平碉樓

hoi1 ping4 diu1 lau4

Mandarin: kai1 ping2 diao1 lou2

Simplified: 开平碉楼

Kaiping Watchtowers, a place in Guangdong, China

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