Cantonese Dictionary

飲食行業

jam2 sik6 hong4 jip6

[n] the food processing and beverage industries

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飲飲食食

jam2 jam2 sik6 sik6

Mandarin: yin3 yin3 shi2 shi2

Simplified: 饮饮食食

drink and eat (spoken)

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飲飽食醉

jam2 baau2 sik6 zeoi3

Mandarin: yin3 bao3 shi2 zui4

Simplified: 饮饱食醉

feeling satisfied after eating and drinking one's fill

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飲馬投錢

jam3 maa5 tau4 cin4*2

to pay for what one has got

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飲馬投錢

jam2 maa5 tau4 cin4

Mandarin: yin4 ma3 tou2 qian2

Simplified: 饮马投钱

literally: 'to pay even for a horse's drink of water', to describe the extreme honesty of someone who does not seek private gain at public expense, who has integrity and probity

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飲鴆止渴

jam2 zam6 zi2 hot3

Mandarin: yin3 zhen4 zhi3 ke3

Simplified: 饮鸩止渴

(literally: to quench one's thirst by drinking poison); to employ a quick and temporary solution regardless of the ramifications

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飴

ji4

Mandarin: yi2

Simplified: 饴

syrup | sweet meats | sweet cakes | # adapted from cc-cedict

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養

joeng5

Mandarin: yang3

Simplified: 养

(verb) 1. foster; 2. adopt; 3. regime; (adjective) 1. foster; 2. adopted

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養仔

joeng5 zai2

Cantonese

[n] adopted child; foster son

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養仔女

joeng5 zai2 neoi5*2

Cantonese

[v] to bring up or bear one's children

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養份

joeng5 fan6

Mandarin: yang3 fen4

Simplified: 养份

nutrient

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養傷

joeng5 soeng1

[v] to care for an injury received; to nurse one's wounds

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養兒女

joeng5 ji4 neoi5*2

[v] to bring up or bear one's children

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養兒育女

joeng5 ji4 juk6 neoi5

Mandarin: yang3 er2 yu4 nv3

to raise children; to bring up children

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養兒防老

joeng5 ji4 fong4 lou5

Mandarin: yang3 er2 fang2 lao3

rearing children prevents one from aging

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養分

joeng5 fan6

Mandarin: yang3 fen4

nutrient

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養命

joeng5 meng6

[v] to sustain one's life

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養和醫院

joeng5 wo4 ji1 jyun2

Mandarin: yang3 he2 yi1 yuan4

Simplified: 养和医院

Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital

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養唔熟

joeng5 m4 suk6

Mandarin: yang3 n2 shu2

Simplified: 养唔熟

Cantonese

one who betrays again and again (spoken)

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養大

joeng5 daai6

Mandarin: yang3 da4

Simplified: 养大

bring up; raise up

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養女

joeng5 neoi5*2

[n] adopted child; foster daughter

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養家

joeng5 gaa1

[v] to support one's family

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養尊處優

jeong5 zyun1 cyu3 jau1

Mandarin: yang3 zun1 chu3 you1

lead a life of luxury

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養尊處優

joeng5 zyun1 cyu3 jau1

Mandarin: yang3zun1chu3you1

Simplified: 养尊处优

(idiom) Be in the live in clover

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養成

joeng5 sing4

Mandarin: yang3 cheng2

to form; to acquire; to cultivate

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養料

joeng5 liu6*2

Mandarin: yang3 liao4

nutriment; nourishment

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養樂多

joeng5 lok6 do1

Mandarin: yang3 le4 duo1

Yakult (Japanese probiotic yogurt drink), known as 益力多 in Hong Kong and China

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養殖

joeng5 zik6

Mandarin: yang3zhi2

Simplified: 养殖

(noun) Usually it refers to aquaculture or aquafarming

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養母

joeng5 mou5

foster mother

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養活

joeng5 wut6

Mandarin: yang3 huo5

[1] to raise animals [2] to feed and clothe | [粵]: 養 (joeng5)

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