Cantonese Dictionary

逆定理

jik6 ding6 lei5

Mandarin: ni4 ding4 li3

converse

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逆對數

jik6 deoi3 sou3

Mandarin: ni4 dui4 shu4

[math.] antilogarithm

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逆差

jik6 caa1

adverse balance of trade; trade deficit

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逆數

jik6 sou3

Mandarin: ni4 shu4

Simplified: 逆数

prediction; forecasting; in reverse order; abnormalities (of phenomenon); hapless fate

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逆時針方向

jik6 si4 zam1 fong1 hoeng3

Mandarin: ni4 shi2 zhen1 fang1 xiang4

counterclockwise or anticlockwise direction

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逆權管有

jik6 kyun4 gun2 jau5

Mandarin: ni4 quan2 guan3 you3

[law] adverse possession

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逆比例

jik6 bei2 lai6

Mandarin: ni4 bi3 li4

inverse proportion

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逆水行舟

jik6 seoi2 hang4 zau1

rowing upstream

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逆火

jik6 fo2

[n] backfire

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逆行

jik6 hang4

Mandarin: ni4 xing2

to go the wrong way / to go against one-way traffic regulation

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逆轉

jik6 zyun2

Mandarin: ni4 zhuan3

of things to take a turn for the better or for the worse

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逆風

jik6 fung1

into a headwind

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進陞

jeun3 sing1

Mandarin: jin4 sheng1

promotion

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逸

jat6

Mandarin: yi4

to escape | leisurely | outstanding | to flee | to break lose | to excel | to let free | unconstrained | free | romantic | excellent | at ease | contented | retired | annoymous | fast | idle | reclusive | lost | unparalleled | # adapted from cc-cedict

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逸群

jat6 kwan4

Mandarin: yi4 qun2

above the common; outstanding; excels; preeminent

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逾

jyu6

Mandarin: yu2

to exceed | to go beyond | to transcend | to cross over | to jump over | to pass | over | even more | # adapted from cc-cedict

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逾期

jyu4 kei4

Mandarin: yu2 qi1 (PRC) ; yu2 qi2 (Taiwan)

behind time; to go past a time limit

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逾期

jyu6 kei4

Mandarin: yu2qi1

(verb) (of application) 1. Late (Lodgement etc.); 2. To go over a time limit

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逾期居留

jyu4 kei4 geoi1 lau4

Mandarin: yu2 qi2 [TW] / qi1[PRC] ju1 liu2

overstayed residency

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逾越

jyu4 jyut6

Mandarin: yu2 yue4

exceed; to go beyond (a norm; propriety;... )

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遇

jyu6

Mandarin: yu4

(verb) To bump into (a friend or someone)

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遇上

jyu6 soeng5

Mandarin: yu4 shang4

to come across; to meet; to encounter; to rub up against

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遇人不淑

jyu6 jan4 bat1 suk6

Mandarin: yu4 ren2 bu4 shu1

to be married to a bad husband; to encounter indecent people

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遇到

jyu6 dou3

Mandarin: yu4dao4

(verb) Bump into (someone)

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遇到

jyu6 dou3*2

Mandarin: yu4 dao4

to meet; to run into; to bump into; to come across | Spoken Cant. alt.: 撞到

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遇刺

jyu6 ci3

Mandarin: yu4 ci4

to be attacked by an assassin; a stabbing attack

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遇啱

jyu6 ngaam1

Mandarin: yu4 yan1

by chance;happen to; by concidence; as it happens; as luck would have it

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遇害

jyu6 hoi6

Mandarin: yu4 hai4

be murdered; killed

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遇害者

jyu6 hoi6 ze2

Mandarin: yu4 hai4 zhe3

victims of a tragedy such as an accident or murder etc.

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遇救

jyu6 gau3

Mandarin: yu4 jiu4

to be rescued; to be saved

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