Cantonese Dictionary

貽人口實

ji4 jan4 hau2 sat6

Mandarin: yi2 ren2 kou3 shi2

to make oneself an object of ridicule

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貽笑

ji4 siu3

Mandarin: yi2 xiao4

to be ridiculous; to make a fool of oneself

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貽笑大方

ji4 siu3 daai6 fong1

Mandarin: yi2 xiao4 da4 fang1

to make a fool of oneself

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貽笑後人

ji4 siu3 hau6 jan4

Mandarin: yi2 xiao4 hou4 ren2

a butt for future ridicule

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貽貝

ji4 bui3

Mandarin: yi2 bei4

mussel

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賃

jam6

Mandarin: lin4

Simplified: 赁

to rent | to hire | # adapted from cc-cedict

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賢

jin4

Mandarin: xian2

Simplified: 贤

worthy or virtuous person | honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation | virtuous | worthy | good | capable | talented | # adapted from cc-cedict

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賢妻良母

jin4 cai1 loeng4 mou5

Mandarin: xian2 qi1 liang2 mu3

virtuous wife and good mother

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賢德

jin4 dak1

Mandarin: xian2 de2

Simplified: 贤德

virtuous

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賢惠

jin4 wai6

Mandarin: xian2hui4

Simplified: 贤惠

(adjective) Good-mannered and warm-hearted

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賢淑

jin4 suk6

Mandarin: xian2 shu1

(of a woman) virtuous; kind-hearted

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賢良

jin4 loeng4

Mandarin: xian2 liang2

(of a man) able and virtuous

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贏

jing4

Mandarin: ying2

Simplified: 赢

to beat | to win | to profit | gain | # adapted from cc-cedict

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贏利

jing4 lei6

Mandarin: ying2 li4

profit

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贏咗

jeng4 zo2

Cantonese

victory (having won sth.)

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贏家通吃

jeng4 gaa1 tung1 hek3

Mandarin: ying2 jia1 tong1 chi1

winner takes all

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贏得

jeng4 dak1

Mandarin: ying2 de2

[1] (Std. Chin.) a win; a gain [2] (Cant.) able to win; winnable

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贏波

jeng4 bo1

Cantonese

[v] to win a ball match

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贏錢

jeng4 cin4*2

Mandarin: ying2 qian2

to win or gain money (at gambling)

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贏面

jeng4 min6

Mandarin: ying2 mian4

Simplified: 赢面

chances of winning (spoken)

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贏面

jeng4 min6*2

chance of winning

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越

jyut6

Mandarin: yue4

to exceed | to climb over | to surpass | the more... the more | superior in | to go beyond | to propagate | to attain | to reach | to plunder | name of an ancient state | name of a place | abbreviation for Vietnam | # adapted from cc-cedict

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越位

jyut6 wai6

Mandarin: yue4 wei4

(team sports) offside

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越來越

jyut6 loi4/lai4/lei4 jyut6

Mandarin: yue4 lai2 yue4

becoming more and more | eg.: 越來越光 Getting brighter and brighter. 越來越高 Getting taller and taller.

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越來越嚴重

jyut6 loi4 /lai4 /lei4 jyut6 jim4 zung6

Mandarin: yue4 lai2 yue4 yan2 zhong4

become more and more serious

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越來越多

jyut6 lai4 jyut6 do1

Mandarin: yue4 lai2 yue4 duo1

Simplified: 越来越多

more and more; increasingly; a growing number

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越來越多

jyut6 loi4 /lai4 /lei4 jyut6 do1

Mandarin: yue4 lai2 yue4 duo1

more and more

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越俎代庖

jyut6 zo2 doi6 paau4

Mandarin: yue4 zu3 dai4 pao2

to exceed one's place and meddle in other people's affairs

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越共

jyut6 gung6

Viet Cong

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越冬

jyut6 dung1

Mandarin: yue4 dong1

to pass the winter; to go through the winter; to endure the winter

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