Cantonese Dictionary

下扒

haa6 paa4

Mandarin: xia4 ba1

chin

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下扒輕輕

haa6 paa4 heng1 heng1

speak/promise sth casually or carelessly

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下扒輕輕

haa6 paa4 hing1 hing1

Mandarin: xia4 ba1 qing1 qing1

Simplified: 下扒轻轻

promising easily (spoken)

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下挫

haa6 co3

tumble

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下放

haa6 fong3

Mandarin: xia4 fang4

[1] transfer to a lower level [2] transfer (cadres, etc.) to work at the grass-roots level or to do manual labour in the countryside or in a factory

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下放礦石

haa6 fong3 kwong3 sek6

ore drawing

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下文

haa6 man4

Mandarin: xia4 wen2

the update(s) of a particular matter; later development

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下旋

haa6 syun4

Mandarin: xia4 xuan2

(in racquet sports) backspin; back spin

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下旬

haa6 ceon4

Mandarin: xia4 xun2

the last third of the month

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下星期

haa6 sing1 kei4

Mandarin: xia4 xing1 qi1 (PRC), xia4 xing1 qi2 (Taiwan)

next week

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下星期見

haa6 sing1 kei4 gin3

Mandarin: xia4xing1qi1 jian4

Simplified: 下星期见

see you next week [written and colloquial]

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下晏

haa6 aan3

Mandarin: xia4 yan4

afternoon

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下晝

haa6 zau3

Mandarin: xia4 wu3

Simplified: 下午

Cantonese

afternoon (Cantonese)

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下月

haa6 jyut6

proximo (of or in the following month)

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下架

haa6 gaa3

Mandarin: xia4 jia4

undercarriage; to take down from the shelves (e.g. a contaminated product)

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下棋

haa6 kei4*2

Mandarin: xia4 qi2

play chess (including all kinds of chess, like Western Chess, Chinese Chess and Go) [粵]: 捉棋

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下榻

haa6 taap3

Mandarin: xia4 ta4

stay at (a hotel, etc. during a trip)

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下標

haa6 biu1

Mandarin: xia4 biao1

to bid, to place a bid on an auction item [Syn.] 出價, 喊價, 投標

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下欄

haa6 laan4

Mandarin: xia4 lan2

Simplified: 下栏

(noun) tips (of waiter | waitress or server); leftovers of a restaurant meal

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下欄錢

haa6 laan4 cin4*2

Mandarin: xia4 lan2 qian2

Simplified: 下栏钱

bonus money earned from selling items that would have normally gone to waste, such as kitchen waste or food leftovers from eateries [written and colloquial]

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下次

haa6 ci3

Mandarin: xia4 ci4

the next time | [粵]: 第次

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下氣

haa6 hei3

Mandarin: xia4 qi4

Simplified: 下气

calm the internal energy in Chinese medicine | mild, obedient manner | to let anger die down

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下水

haa6 seoi2

enter the water; launch; offal; fall into evil ways

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下水船

haa6 seoi2 syun4

Mandarin: xia4 shui3 chuan2

The next shipment

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下水道

haa6 seoi2 dou6

Mandarin: xia4 shui3 dao4

sewer; cloaca

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下決心

haa6 kyut3 sam1

Mandarin: xia4 jue2 xin1

determine; resolve

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下游

haa6 jau4

Mandarin: xia4 you2

lower reaches; downstream; backward position

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下游行業

haa6 jau4 hong4 jip6

Mandarin: xia4 you2 hang2 ye4

downstream industry

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下火

haa6 fo2

Mandarin: xia4 huo3

clear the internal heat in Chinese medicine

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下營鄉

haa6 jing4 hoeng1

Mandarin: xia4 ying2 xiang1

Hsiaying (village in Taiwan)

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