Cantonese Dictionary

芮

jeoi6

Mandarin: rui4

small | tiny | water's edge | # adapted from cc-cedict

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苑

jyun2

Mandarin: yuan4

park | pasture | imperial garden | mansion | enclosure for keeping animals | housing court | centre for arts and literature | a surname | # adapted from cc-cedict

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苒

jim5

Mandarin: ran3

luxuriant growth | passing (of time) | successively | in order | # adapted from cc-cedict

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苡

ji5

Mandarin: yi3

common plantain (Plantago major) | barley | # adapted from cc-cedict

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若

joek6

Mandarin: ruo4

to seem | like | as | if | you | your | # adapted from cc-cedict

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若即若離

joek6 zik1 joek6 lei4

Mandarin: ruo4 ji2 ruo4 li2

to be at arm's length with sb, neither close or distant; to maintain a lukewarm relationship with sb. | Also 不即不離

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若唔係

joek6 m4 hai6

Cantonese

otherwise (Mandarin equivalent: 要不然)

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若喪考妣

joek6 song3 haau2 bei2

Mandarin: ruo4 sang4 kao3 bi3

to feel extremely sad, as if one lost his own parents

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若干

joek6 gon1

Mandarin: ruo4 gan1

a certain amount of; how many/how much? [粵]: 些少

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若是

joek6 si6

Mandarin: ruo4 shi4

if; supposing

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若果

joek6 gwo2

Mandarin: ruo4 guo3

(conjunction) if; in the event; just in case

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若無其事

joek6 mou4 kei4 si6

calmly, nonchalance

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若然

joek6 jin4

Mandarin: ruo4 ran2

if

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若然之

joek6 jin4 zi1

Mandarin: ruo4 ran2 zhi1

if… and so (spoken)

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若隱若現

joek6 jan2 joek6 jin6

Mandarin: ruo4 yin3 ruo4 xian4

appear indistinctly

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英

jing1

Mandarin: ying1

hero | outstanding | excellent | (literary) flower | blossom | brave | petal | leaf | talent | youthful | prominent | British | Britain | England | heroic | handsome | admirable | smart | great | # adapted from cc-cedict

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英俊

jing1 zeon3

Mandarin: ying1 jun4

handsome

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英俊瀟灑

jing1 zeon3 siu1 saa2

Mandarin: ying1 jun4 xiao1 sa3

handsome and dashing with emphasis on a bold and unrestrained nature

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英倫

jing1 leon4

Mandarin: Ying1 lun2

Simplified: 英伦

British; England

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英偉

jing1 wai5

Mandarin: ying1 wei3

Simplified: 英伟

great; powerful

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英兩

jing1 loeng5

Mandarin: ying1 liang3

ounce

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英勇

jing1 jung5

Mandarin: ying1 yong3

brave; gallant; valiant

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英吉利海峽

jing1 gat1 lei6 hoi2 haap6

Mandarin: ying1 ji2 li4 hai3 xia2

English Channel

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英吉沙

jing1 gat1 saa1

Mandarin: ying1 ji2 sha1

Yingjisha (place in Xinjiang)

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英哩

jing1 lei5

[n] an English mile

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英國

jing1 gwok3

Mandarin: ying1 guo2

England, and by extension, the United Kingdom; Although the United Kingdom and England are separate entities, where the United Kingdom encompasses England, this distinction is not clear in the Chinese. Thus the term 英國 can mean both, however, 英格蘭 (England) cannot be used to describe the UK as a whole.

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英國人

jing1 gwok3 jan4

Mandarin: ying1 guo2 ren2

British person/people

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英國佬

jing1 gwok3 lou2

Mandarin: Ying1 guo2 lao3

Simplified: 英国佬

Brits; limeys

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英國國會

jing1 gwok3 gwok3 wui4*2

Mandarin: ying1 guo2 guo2 hui4

parliament of the United Kingdom

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英國廣播公司

jing1 gwok3 gwong2 bo3 gung1 si1

Mandarin: ying1 guo2 guang3 bo1 gong1 si1

British Broadcasting Corporation; BBC

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