Cantonese Dictionary

下半

haa6 bun3

Mandarin: xia4 ban4

second half; lower half

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下半場

haa6 bun3 coeng4

Mandarin: xia4 ban4 chang3

Simplified: 下半场

Second half(of a game)

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下半年

haa6 bun3 nin4

Mandarin: xia4 ban4 nian2

second half of the year

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下半旗

haa6 bun3 kei4

Mandarin: xia4 ban4 qi2

to fly the flag at half mast; flying the flag at half-staff

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下半晝

haa6 bun3 zau3

Mandarin: xia4 ban4 zhou4

Simplified: 下半昼

Afternoon

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下半身

haa6 bun3 san1

Mandarin: xia4 ban4 shen1

lower half of one's body

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下去

haa6 heoi3

Mandarin: xia4qu4

(verb) Go down stairs (e.g. from certain floor to ground floor)

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下周

haa6 zau1

next week

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下咽

haa6 jin1

Mandarin: xia4 yan1

laryngeal pharynx

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下咽

haa6 jin3

Mandarin: xia4 yan4

Swallow

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下唇

haa6 seon4

Mandarin: xia4 chun2

lower lip

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下啖氣

haa6 daam6 hei3

Mandarin: xia4 dan4 qi4

Simplified: 下啖气

to swallow anger

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下場

haa6 coeng4

Mandarin: xia4 chang3

end; finish; to leave (the stage, playing field etc); to take part in some activity

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下嫁

haa6 gaa3

Mandarin: xia4 jia4

(female) to get marry

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下定

haa6 deng6

Mandarin: xia4 ding4

to make a decision | place an order | place a deposit

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下定決心

haa6 ding6 kyut3 sam1

Mandarin: xia4 ding4 jue2 xin1

brace one's energies; make up one's mind; set one's teeth | [粵]: 的起心肝, 立實心腸, 立定心水

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下定義

haa6 ding6 ji6

Mandarin: xia4 ding4 yi4

to define

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下家

haa6 gaa1

Mandarin: xia4 jia1

[1] next in turn (to play/drink/etc.) [2] the person on one's left when playing cards, mahjong etc. [3] (showing humility) my home

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下屬

haa6 suk6

Mandarin: xia4 shu3

subordinate; underling

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下崗

haa6 gong1

Mandarin: xia4 gang3

laid-off; come off sentry duty, come off guard

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下崗職工

haa6 gong1 zik1 gung1

Mandarin: xia4 gang3 zhi2 gong1

laid-off workers

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下工夫

haa6 gung1 fu1

Mandarin: xia4 gong1 fu5

to put in time and energy; to concentrate one's efforts

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下巴輕輕

haa6 paa4 heng1 heng1

speak/promise sth casually or carelessly

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下巴輕輕

haa6 baa1 hing1 hing1

Mandarin: xia4 ba5 qing1 qing1

Simplified: 下巴轻轻

it is used to describe a person who makes promises easily but fails to deliver

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下年

haa6 nin4*2

Cantonese

next year [Syn.] 出年 [華]: 明年

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下年

haa6 nin4

Mandarin: xia4 nian2

next year

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下底

haa6 dai2

Mandarin: xia4 di3

beneath

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下情

haa6 cing4

Mandarin: xia4 qing2

grass roots opinion/conditions; opinion/things at the lower levels

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下情上達

haa6 cing4 soeng6 daat6

Mandarin: xia4 qing2 shang4 da2

Simplified: 下情上达

To notify the superior of the circumstance of the inferiors

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下懷

haa6 waai4

Mandarin: xia4 huai2

Simplified: 下怀

One's heart's desire;what one's wants

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