Cantonese Dictionary

懸殊

jyun4 syu4

Mandarin: xuan2 shu1

great disparity; wide gap; big contrast; wide margin; a mismatch

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懸浮

jyun4 fau4

Mandarin: xuan2 fu2

suspend; to float suspended; suspension

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懸濁液

jyun4 zuk6 jik6

Mandarin: xuan2 zhuo2 yi4 (Taiwan), xuan2 zhuo2 ye4 (PRC)

[化] suspension

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懸疑

jyun4 ji4

Mandarin: xuan2 yi2

suspense

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懸紅

jyun4 hung4

Mandarin: xuan2 hong2

Simplified: 悬红

a bounty

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懸賞

jyun4 soeng2

Mandarin: xuan2 shang3

offer a reward

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懸隔

jyun4 gaak3

Mandarin: xuan2 ge2

Simplified: 悬隔

hanging apart, separated; far apart

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懿

ji3

Mandarin: yi4

restrain | virtuous | deep | alas! | # adapted from cc-cedict

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懿德

ji3 dak1

Mandarin: yi4 de2

emperor itoku; admirable virtue; moral excellence

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懿旨

ji3 zi2

Mandarin: yi4 zhi3

empress's order

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懿範

ji3 faan6

Mandarin: yi4 fan4

Simplified: 懿范

noun; good morality, behaviour

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懿行

ji3 hang6

Mandarin: yi4 xing2

noun; virtuous deed, women's virtuous conduct, good behavior

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戎

jung4

Mandarin: rong2

generic term for weapons (old) | army (matters) | military affairs | generic term for barbarian tribes | a surname | great | # adapted from cc-cedict

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戎克船

jung4 hak1 syun4

Mandarin: rong2 ke4 chuan2

a junk (lit., "battleship")

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扷心扷肺

jiu1 sam1 jiu1 fai3

Mandarin: ao4 xin1 ao4 fei4

hurtful

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扷牙

jiu1 ngaa4

Cantonese

pick (teeth)

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抑

jik1

Mandarin: yi4

to restrain | to restrict | to keep down | or | depressed | # adapted from cc-cedict

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抑制

jik1 zai3

Mandarin: yi4 zhi4

to inhibit; to suppress; to keep down

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抑制作用

jik1 zai3 zok3 jung6

Mandarin: yi4 zhi4 zuo4 yong4

inhibition

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抑壓

jik1 aat3

Mandarin: yi4 ya1

repressed; suppressed

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抑或

jik1 waak6

Mandarin: yi4 huo4

or (used in questions giving a choice; Standard Chinese synonym: 還是, Cantonese: 定係)

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抑揚頓挫

jik1 joeng4 deon6 co3

in cadence; in rhythmic/measured tones; rhyming with voice high and low

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抑止

jik1 zi2

Mandarin: yi4 zhi3

verb; restrain; control;curb;repress

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抑鬱

jik1 wat1

Mandarin: yi4 yu4

depression; be in the dumps

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抑鬱症

jik1 wat1 zing3

Mandarin: yi4 yu4 zheng4

(medicine) depression

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抰

joeng2

Mandarin: yang1

to rattle | to shake | # adapted from cc-cedict

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抰嚟抰去

joeng2*1 lai4 joeng2*1 heoi3

Cantonese

pushing (the gift) back and forth; hesitation in acceptance of a gift

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押高褲腳

jaap3 gou1 fu3 goek3

Mandarin: ya1 gao1 ku4 jiao3

Simplified: 押高裤脚

roll up one's pant cufs

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拽

jit6

Mandarin: ye4

to drag | to haul | to throw | to tow | to fling | to hurl | to tug | to grab | # adapted from cc-cedict

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掖

jik6

Mandarin: ye1

to tuck (into a pocket) | to hide | to conceal | to fold up | to support someone by the arms | to assist | # adapted from cc-cedict

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