Cantonese Dictionary

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要由
must...by
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要留堂
have to go to detention
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要素
Mandarin: yao4su4
(noun) Important or main element
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要緊
Mandarin: yao4 jin3
[1] important; essential [2] critical; urgent | [粵]: 緊要
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要聞
Mandarin: yao4 wen2
important news; news headlines
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要職
Mandarin: yao4 zhi2
important position
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要脅
Mandarin: yao4 xie2
Simplified: 要胁
to coerce; to threaten; to blackmail [written and colloquial]
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要衝
Mandarin: yao4 chong1
strategic point; communications hub; vital position
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要靚唔要命
Mandarin: yao4 jing4 n2 yao4 ming4
Simplified: 要靓唔要命
Cantonese
To describe someone who is willing to sacrifice their health and risk their life for beauty
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要面
Mandarin: yao4 mian4
wanting a good reputation or face (spoken)
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要面
wants face
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要面子
Mandarin: yao4 mian4 zi5
be keen on face-saving; be anxious to keep up appearances
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要領
Mandarin: yao4 ling3
main aspects; essentials
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要頸唔要命
Mandarin: yao4 jing3 n2 yao4 ming4
Simplified: 要颈唔要命
Cantonese
be obstinate in doing something without any regards to the cost or consequences
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要飯的
Mandarin: yao4 fan4 de5
a beggar [Syn.] 乞丐 [粵]: 乞兒
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要麼
Mandarin: yao4 me5
(spoken Mand.) either...or... | Cant.: 一係, 定係 | Syn.: 或者
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要點
Mandarin: yao4 dian3
main point; essentials
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見
Mandarin: jian4
Simplified: 见
to show | to appear | to become visible | to manifest | # adapted from cc-cedict
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覦
Mandarin: yu2
Simplified: 觎
to desire passionately | to covet | to long for | # adapted from cc-cedict
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言
Mandarin: yan2
words | speech | to say | to talk | language | dialect | KangXi radical 149 | # adapted from cc-cedict
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言不由衷
Mandarin: yan2 bu4 you2 zhong1
not say what is really on one's mind
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言之尚早
Mandarin: yan2 zhi1 shang4 zao3
it's to early to say; it's to early to say this
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言之成理
Mandarin: yan2 zhi1 cheng2 li3
to describe one's words as rational and convincing; cogently argued; sounds reasonable
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言之有據
Mandarin: yan2 zhi1 you3 ju4
Simplified: 言之有据
Well grounded; to speak on good grounds; arguments based on facts
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言之有理
Mandarin: yan2 zhi1 you3 li3
to describe one's words as rational and convincing; cogently argued; sounds reasonable
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言之過早
Mandarin: yan2 zhi1 guo4 zao3
Simplified: 言之过早
too early to make a conclusion
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言之鑿鑿
Mandarin: yan2 zhi1 zao2 zao2
Simplified: 言之凿凿
to say something with certainty
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言人人殊
Mandarin: yan2 ren2 ren2 shu1
everyone gives a different version
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言和
Mandarin: yan2 he2
to make peace
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言喻
Mandarin: yan2 yu4
Put into words
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