Cantonese Dictionary

效益

haau6 jik1

Mandarin: xiao4 yi4

benefit

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效益工資

haau6 jik1 gung1 zi1

Mandarin: xiao4 yi4 gong1 zi1

achievements-related wages; wages based on benefits

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效能

haau6 nang4

Mandarin: xiao4neng2

(noun) Function

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效顰

haau6 pan4

Mandarin: xiao4 pin2

Simplified: 效颦

to blindly copy; crude imitation | to mimic someone awkwardly

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敲

haau1

Mandarin: qiao1

to hit | to strike | to tap | to rap | to knock | to rip sb off | to overcharge | to hammer | to prod into | to tap to find out | to deduce | to make innuendos | to swindle | to blackmail | to extort | a truncheon | to beat | # adapted from cc-cedict

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敲入

haau1 jap6

Mandarin: qiao1 ru4

to key in; to input

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敲擊

haau1 gik1

Mandarin: qiao1 ji2 (Taiwan), qiao1 ji1 (PRC)

pound; rap

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敲擊樂器

haau1 gik1 ngok6 hei3

Mandarin: qiao1 ji1 yue4 qi4

Simplified: 敲击乐器

percussion instruments

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敲竹杠

haau1 zuk1 gong3

Mandarin: qiao1 zhu1 gang4

to fleece; to rip-off

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敲詐

haau1 zaa3

Mandarin: qiao1 zha4

[v] to blackmail; to extort; to racketeer [n] blackmail; extortion

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敲門

haau1 mun4

Mandarin: qiao1 men2

knock; knock on a door

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敲骨吸髓

haau1 gwat1 kap1 seoi5

Mandarin: qiao1 gu3 xi1 sui3

to exploit someone completely; to squeeze someone dry; to bleed someone dry

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敲鼓邊

haau1 gu2 bin1

Mandarin: qiao1 gu3 bian1

Simplified: 敲鼓边

noun; side stick

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斛

huk6

Mandarin: hu2

dry measure, equal to 5 dou 斗 , （archaic)

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旱

hon5

Mandarin: han4

drought | dry land | arid | on land | # adapted from cc-cedict

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旱冰

hon5 bing1

Mandarin: han4 bing1

roller skating

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旱地

hon5 dei6

Mandarin: han4 di4

dry land

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旱天

hon5 tin1

Mandarin: han4 tian1

dry weather; dry day; days of drought

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旱季

hon5 gwai3

Mandarin: han4 ji4

the dry season

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旱廁

hon5 ci3

aqua privy latrine

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旱橋

hon5 kiu4

Mandarin: han4 qiao2

Simplified: 旱桥

a flyover; an overpass; an overbridge; a land bridge; a viaduct

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旱災

hon5 zoi1

Mandarin: han4 zai1

a drought

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旱魃

hon5 baat6

Mandarin: han4 ba2

the hanba, the demonic spirit of drought

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昊

hou6

Mandarin: hao4

vast and limitless | the vast sky | heaven | figurative of parents' greatness | summer time | a surname | # adapted from cc-cedict

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晌

hoeng2

Mandarin: shang3

part of the day | midday | moment | noon | a while | a period of time | unit land measurement equal to seven mou | # adapted from cc-cedict

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晌午

hoeng2 ng5

Mandarin: shang3 wu5

noon; midday | [粵]: 晏晝

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暄

hyun1

Mandarin: xuan1

genial and warm | warm | cozy | # adapted from cc-cedict

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暇

haa6 haa4

Mandarin: xia2

leisure; free time; spare time

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暇

haa6

Mandarin: xia2

leisure | # adapted from cc-cedict

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暖

hyun1

Mandarin: nuan3

warm | to heat | genial | # adapted from cc-cedict

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