Cantonese Dictionary

可議

ho2 ji5

Mandarin: ke3 yi4

negotiable

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可貴

ho2 gwai3

valuable

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可資借鑒

ho2 zi1 ze3 gaam3

Mandarin: ke3 zi1 jie4 jian4

can serve as a object lesson; a lesson can be drawn from...

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可資殷鑒

ho2 zi1 jan1 gaam3

Mandarin: ke3 zi1 yan1 jian4

someone else's failure or setback from which one can draw a lesson

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可轉換債券

ho2 zyun2 wun6 zaai3 hyun3

Mandarin: ke3 zhuan3 huan4 zhai4 quan4

convertible bond

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可運行程序

ho2 wan6 haang4 cing4 zeoi6

Mandarin: ke3 yun4 xing2 cheng2 xu4

executable program

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可靠

ho2 kaau3

Mandarin: ke3 kao4

reliable

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可食用

ho2 sik6 jung6

Mandarin: ke3 shi2yong4

edible [written and colloquial]

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可麗舒

ho2 lai6 syu1

Kleenex

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吃

hek3

Mandarin: chi1

to eat | to consume | to eat at (a cafeteria etc) | to eradicate | to destroy | to absorb | to suffer | # adapted from cc-cedict

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吃一點點

hek3 jat1 dim2 dim2

Mandarin: chi1 yi1 dian3 dian3

to peck

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吃不上

hek3 bat1 soeng5

Mandarin: chi1 bu5 shang4

unable to get anything to eat; to miss a meal

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吃不住

hek3 bat1 zyu6

Mandarin: chi1 bu5 zhu4

be unable to bear or support

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吃不服

hek3 bat1 fuk6

Mandarin: chi1 bu4 fu2

not be accustomed to eating sth/not be used to certain food

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吃不消

hek3 bat1 siu1

Mandarin: chi1 bu5 xiao1 (PRC), chi1 bu4 xiao1 (Taiwan)

cannot stomach it; cannot stand it anymore. Syn.: 受不了. Cant.: 頂唔住; 頂唔順

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吃不開

hek3 bat1 hoi1

Mandarin: chi1 bu5 kai1

be unpopular; won't work

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吃光

hek3 gwong1

Mandarin: chi1 guang1

to finish eating [written]

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吃刀

hek3 dou1

Mandarin: chi1 dao1

penetration of a cutting tool

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吃力

hek3 lik6

Mandarin: chi1 li4

strenuous; laborious; entail strenuous effort; be a strain | Cant.: 抵力; 氣咳; 嗍氣 | Syn.: 費力

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吃力的工作

hek3 lik6 dik1 gung1 zok3

Mandarin: chi1 li4 de5 gong1 zuo4

travail

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吃口吃舌

hek3 hau2 hek3 sit6

Mandarin: chi1 kou3 chi1 she2

speaking not fluently; a speech disorder; stuttering

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吃喝嫖賭

hek3 hot3 piu4 dou2

Mandarin: chi1 he1 piao2 du3

vices (gluttony, alcoholism, lust, gambling)

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吃喝玩樂

hek3 hot3 wun6 lok6

Mandarin: chi1 he1 wan2 le4

(set phrase) eat, drink and be merry; to seek pleasure; to idle away one's time in pleasure-seeking

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吃大戶

hek3 daai6 wu6

Mandarin: chi1 da4 hu4

mass seizure of food from landlords during famines before liberation

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吃大鍋飯

hek3 daai6 wo1 faan6

Mandarin: chi1 da4 guo1 fan4

to mess together

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吃奶

hek3 naai5

Mandarin: chi1 nai3

to suck the breast

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吃完

hek3 jyun4

Mandarin: chi1 wan2

to finish eating

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吃得下

hek3 dak1 haa6

Mandarin: chi1 de2 xia4

feel like eating ; be able to eat ; good enough to eat [粵]: 食得落

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吃得住

hek3 dak1 zyu6

Mandarin: chi1 de5 zhu4

to be able to support

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吃得消

hek3 dak1 siu1

Mandarin: chi1 de5 xiao1

to be able to stand

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