Cantonese Dictionary

下述

haa6 seot6

Mandarin: xia4 shu4

as below

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下逐客令

haa6 zuk6 haak3 ling6

Mandarin: xia4 zhu2 ke4 ling4

an order to expel one

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下週

haa6 zau1

Mandarin: xia4 zhou1

next week

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下達

haa6 daat6

Mandarin: xia4 da2

to disseminate or transmit to lower level people

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下邊

haa6 bin1

Mandarin: xia4 bian1

below; under | Cant.: 下便 /haa6 bin6/ | Syn.: 下面

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下部

haa6 bou6

Mandarin: xia4 bu4

Bottom; underneath

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下鄉

haa6 hoeng1

Mandarin: xia4 xiang1

to go to the countryside | Cant.: 落鄉

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下酒

haa6 zau2

Mandarin: xia4 jiu3

go with wine/liquor

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下里巴人

haa6 lei5 baa1 jan4

Mandarin: Xia4 li3 ba1 ren2

Chinese idiom, meaning popular or easily understandable art or literature

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下鋪

haa6 pou1

Mandarin: xia4 pu4

lower berth

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下間

haa6 gaan1

Mandarin: xia4 jian1

Cantonese

kitchen 廚房

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下間

haa6 gaan3

Mandarin: xia4 jian1

Simplified: 下间

next… ( as in the next physical dwelling of restaurant, house, shop, school etc. ) | kitchen (less used nowadays)

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下關

haa5 gwaan1; haa6 gwaan1

Mandarin: xia4 guan1

[1] 下5: Shimonoseki, a city of extreme southwest Honshu, Japan, on the Korea Strait [2] 下6: (placename) Ha Kwan

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下降

haa6 gong3

Mandarin: xia4jiang4

(verb) Descend; (adjective) 1. Descending

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下限

haa6 haan6

Mandarin: xia4 xian4

the lower limit

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下陰

haa6 jam1

Mandarin: xia4 yin1

the female genitals, the "lower yin"

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下陰入

haa6 jam1 jap6

Mandarin: xia4 yin1 ru4

low (下) dark (陰) entering (入) tone, referring to tone 8 (or 3 with a final stop consonant) in Cantonese

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下集

haa6 zaap6

Mandarin: xia4 ji2

Next episode

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下雨

haa6 jyu5

Mandarin: xia4 yu3

to rain; raining | Cant.: 落雨

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下雪

haa6 syut3

Mandarin: xia4 xue3

snowing

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下面請看

haa6 min6 ceng2 hon3

Mandarin: xia4 mian4 qing3 kan4

please see below

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下顎

haa6 ngok6

Mandarin: xia4 e4

[anat.] lower jaw

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下馬

haa6 maa5

Mandarin: xia4 ma3

dismount a horse; discontinue (a project, etc.)

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下馬威

haa6 maa5 wai1

Mandarin: xia4 ma3 wei1

severity shown by a superior or an official

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下體思考動物

haa6 tai2 si1 haau6 dung6 mat6

Mandarin: xia4 ti3 si1 kao3 dong4 wu4

to think with your penis

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下齒

haa6 ci2

Mandarin: xia4 chi3

bottom teeth

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乞

hei3

Mandarin: qi3

to give | # adapted from cc-cedict

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乞丐

hat1 koi3

Mandarin: qi3 gai4

a beggar | [粵]: 乞兒

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乞人憎

hat1 jan4 zang1

Mandarin: qi3 ren2 zeng1

(adjective) repulsive; despicable; annoying; disgusting; contemptible

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乞兒兜度嗱飯食

hat1 ji1 dau1 dou6 naa2 faan6 sik6

Mandarin: qi3er2 dou1 du4 na2 fan4shi5

Simplified: 乞儿兜度嗱饭食

Cantonese

literally: grabbing rice from a beggar's bowl to eat; to bully and exploit disadvantaged members of the public [colloquial]

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