Cantonese Dictionary

縣城

jyun6 sing4

Mandarin: xian4 cheng2

county town; county seat, the principal town of a county

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縣市

jyun6 si5

Mandarin: xian4 shi4

Simplified: 县市

Counties

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縣長

jyun6 zoeng2

Mandarin: xian4 zhang3

county head; the most senior official in a county government

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繞

jiu5

Mandarin: rao4

Simplified: 绕

to wind | to coil (thread) | to rotate around | to spiral | to move around | to go round (an obstacle) | to by-pass | to make a detour | to confuse | to perplex | to entwine | to surround | # adapted from cc-cedict

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繞口令

jiu5 hau2 ling6

Mandarin: rao4 kou3 ling4

a tongue twister

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繞梁三日

jiu5 loeng4 saam1 jat6

Mandarin: rao4 liang2 san1 ri4

sonorous and resounding (lit., "reverberates around the rafters for three days", esp. of singing voice)

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繞道

jiu5 dou6

Mandarin: rao4 dao4

[1][adj] (of manner, speech, path, route, etc.) roundabout; not straight; indirect; circuitous [2][n] detour [v] to detour; to take a circuitous route [3][n] (traffic) roundabout; traffic circle

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繹

jik6

Mandarin: yi4

Simplified: 绎

continuous | to interpret | to unravel | to draw silk (old) | to sort out | to infer | # adapted from cc-cedict

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纓

jing1

Mandarin: ying1

Simplified: 缨

tassel | sth shaped like a tassel (e.g. a leaf etc) | ribbon | to annoy | to bother | to suffer from | # adapted from cc-cedict

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罨耷

jim2 daap3

Mandarin: yan3 da1

old; rotten; run-down (spoken)

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羊

joeng4

Mandarin: yang2

sheep | goat M: 头tóu [头] | 只zhī [只] | KangXi radical 123 | lamb | a surname | an ordinary person without a triad background | # adapted from cc-cedict

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羊乸

joeng4 naa2

Mandarin: yang2 na2

(noun) female goat

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羊公

joeng4 gung1

Mandarin: yang2 gong1

A ram

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羊公鶴

joeng4 gung1 hok6*2

Mr. Yang's crane (said to dance but couldn't; undeserved reputation)

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羊吊

joeng4 diu3

Mandarin: yang2 diao4

Epilepsy

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羊咩

joeng4 me1

Mandarin: yang2 mie1

Cantonese

(noun) a sheep; a goat

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羊咩屎

joeng4 me1 si2

Mandarin: yang2 mie1 shi3

Cantonese

(slang) shit; constipation; feces

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羊咩鬚

joeng4 me1 sou1

Mandarin: yang2 mie1 xu1

Simplified: 羊咩须

Cantonese

(noun) beard; goatee

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羊城

joeng4 sing4

[n] a name for Guangzhou (Canton)

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羊年

joeng4 nin4

Mandarin: yang2 nian2

the Year of the goat (one of the 12 year cycle of animals 十二生肖 in the Chinese calendar and zodiac)

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羊扒

joeng4 paa2

Mandarin: yang2 ba1

Lamb chop

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羊毛

joeng4 mou4

Mandarin: yang2 mao2

wool

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羊毛店

joeng4 mou4 dim3

a woolens shop

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羊毛衫

joeng4 mou4 saam1

Mandarin: yang2 mao2 shan1

woollen clothing

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羊水

joeng4 seoi2

Mandarin: yang2 shui3

amniotic fluid

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羊牯

joeng4 gu2

Mandarin: yang2 gu3

(n.) an innocent fool; someone who is easily duped; a patsy; a pushover; someone who let others trampled on them; one who allows himself to be walked over

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羊絨

joeng4 jung2

Mandarin: yang2 rong2

Simplified: 羊绒

wool; cashmere

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羊群

joeng4 kwan4

Mandarin: yang2 qun2

a flock of sheep

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羊群心態

joeng4 kwan4 sam1 taai3

Mandarin: yang2 qun2 xin1 tai4

Simplified: 羊群心态

The Effect of Sheep Flock

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羊群心理

joeng4 kwan4 sam1 lei5

Mandarin: yang2 qun2 xin1 li3

The Effect of Sheep Flock

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