Cantonese Dictionary

有風駛盡舵

jau5 fung1 sai2 zeon6 to4

to exploit an opportunity by going "full sail"

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有風駛盡里

jau5 fung1 sai2 zeon6 lei5

Mandarin: you3feng1 shi3 jin4 li3

Simplified: 有风驶尽里

to fully exploit an opportunity [colloquial]

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有餘

jau5 jyu4

have enough and to spare; have a surplus

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有驚無險

jau5 ging1 mou4 him2

Mandarin: you3 jing1 wu2 xian3

Simplified: 有惊无险

(adjective) Scary

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有骨

jau5 gwat1

Mandarin: you3 gu3

having bones | thorns; suggesting something innocent on the surface which is indeed an indirect insult | criticism

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有骨氣

jau5 gwat1 hei3

Mandarin: you3 gu3 qi4

adhering to moral principles; having integrity; having backbone

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有骨頭

jau5 gwat1 tau4

has backbone

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有鬼

jau5 gwai2

Mandarin: you3 gui3

haunted

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有鬼用

jau5 gwai2 jung6

Mandarin: you3gui3 yong4

no bloody use; bloody useless [colloquial]

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有麝自然香

jau5 se6 zi6 jin4 hoeng1

Mandarin: you3 she4 zi4ran5 xiang1

true talent or merit will always be recognised without the need to show it off [written and colloquial]

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有點

jau5 dim2

some; a bit; a little; rather

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有點兒

jau5 dim2 ji4

Mandarin: you3 dianr3

a little; slightly; somewhat | Cant.: 有啲

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有㬌

jau5 ging2

Mandarin: you3 jing4

to have good prospects; to have good luck; to have a customer (for taxi drivers) [colloquial]

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有𤓓味

jau5 lo3 mei6

Cantonese

1. a burning smell 2. have a sense of sth. negative that is to come

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朊

jyun2

Mandarin: ruan3

protein | private parts (of a human body) | # adapted from cc-cedict

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朊毒體

jyun2 duk6 tai2

Mandarin: ruan3 du2 ti3

Simplified: 朊毒体

prions

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朊病毒

jyun2 beng6 duk6

Mandarin: ruan3 bing4 du2

prions (infectious proteins which spread mad cow) | Also 朊粒, 朊毒體

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朊粒

jyun2 lap1

Mandarin: ruan3 li4

prions (infectious proteins which spread mad cow) | Also 朊毒體, 朊病毒

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染

jim5

Mandarin: ran3

to dye | to catch (a disease) | to acquire (bad habits etc) | to contaminate | to add color washes to a painting | to pollute | illicit relationship | # adapted from cc-cedict

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染上

jim5 soeng5

to be infected by; catch, contract

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染廠

jim5 cong2

Mandarin: ran3 chang3

dye factory; dye-works

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染料

jim5 liu6*2

dyestuff

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染毒

jim5 duk6

Mandarin: ran3 du2

contamination

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染污

jim5 wu1

Mandarin: ran3 wu1

to soil; to contaminate

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染病

jim5 beng6

fall ill (with a virus), to catch a disease

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染缸

jim5 gong1

Mandarin: ran3 gang1

a dye vat; often used as a metaphor to describe an environment where one cannot escape the negative influences

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染色

jim5 sik1

(v.) stain -- to colour something by staining it, i.e. colouring it with dye

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染色劑

jim5 sik1 zai1

(n.) stain -- the concoction used to colour something by staining it

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染色甕

jim4 sik1 ung3

Mandarin: ran3 se4 weng4

a dye vat

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染色酒精

jim5 sik1 zau2 zing1

Mandarin: ran3 se4 jiu3 jing1

[化] methylated spirit

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