Cantonese Dictionary

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用途
Mandarin: yong4 tu2
usage
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用餐
Mandarin: yong4 can1
eat a meal | also 用膳
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甬
Mandarin: yong3
path screened by walls on both sides | part of a place name | clock handles | flower bud | a dry measure | tunnel | # adapted from cc-cedict
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由
Mandarin: you2
to follow | from | it is for...to | reason | cause | because of | due to | to | to leave it (to sb) | by (introduces passive verb) | up to | through | a surname | # adapted from cc-cedict
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由上而下
Mandarin: you2 shang4 er2 xia4
from head to toe; from top to bottom; top-down
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由下到上
bottom-up
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由低做起
Mandarin: you2 di1 zuo4 qi3
Cantonese
start from a low position
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由來
Mandarin: you2 lai2
origin
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由來已久
Mandarin: you2 lai2 yi3 jiu3
Simplified: 由来已久
long-standing
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由始至終
Mandarin: you2 shi3 zhi4 zhong1
Simplified: 由始至终
From beginning to the end; all along
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由得
Mandarin: you2 de5
to let (one to do as they wish), e.g. "let him!"
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由得
to let alone
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由得佢啦
Cantonese
to leave well alone; let him alone
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由於
Mandarin: you2 yu2
because of; due to
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由朝...到黑
Cantonese
由朝(verb.)到黑 , (to do sth) from morning till night
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由朝到晚
Cantonese
from morning till night [華]: 從早到晚
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由此
Mandarin: you2 ci3
therefore; hence
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由此可見
Mandarin: you2 ci3 ke3 jian4
from this it can be seen that
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由此得名
eponymous, giving one's name to a tribe, place, etc.
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由淺入深
Mandarin: you2 qian3 ru4 shen1
Simplified: 由浅入深
(verb) start from easy to hard
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由細到大
Mandarin: you2 xi4 dao4 da4
Simplified: 由细到大
(verb) start from small to big
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由而家起
Mandarin: you2 er2 jia1 qi3
from now on; from this moment onwards [colloquial]
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由衷
Mandarin: you2 zhong1
heartfelt, sincere, unfeigned
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由頭
pretext
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由頭到尾
Mandarin: you2 tou2 dao4 wei3
Simplified: 由头到尾
(verb) start from head to toes
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由頭嚟過
Mandarin: you2tou5 li4 guo4
Simplified: 由头嚟过
Cantonese
to start from scratch again; to start all over again [colloquial]
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異
Mandarin: yi4
Simplified: 异
different | other | hetero- | unusual | strange | surprising | to distinguish | to separate | to discriminate | to marvel | # adapted from cc-cedict
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異卵雙胎
Mandarin: yi4 luan3 shuang1 tai1
[bio.] non-identical twins
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異口同聲
Mandarin: yi4 kou3 tong2 sheng1
be in agreement with each other; share the same consent; speak as with one voice
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異味
Mandarin: yi4 wei4
Simplified: 异味
Peculiar smell; odor
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