Cantonese Dictionary

乳酪

jyu5 lok3

Mandarin: ru3 lao4

[1] cheese | Cant.: 芝士 | Std. Chin.: 奶酪; 乾酪 [2] (chiefly HK) yoghurt; yogurt | Std.: Chin.: 酸奶; 酸牛奶; 酸奶酪; 酸乳酪醬; 奶酪

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乳酪

jyu5 lok6

Mandarin: ru3lao4

yogurt

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乳酸

jyu5 syun1

Mandarin: ru3 suan1

lactic acid

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乳酸菌

jyu5 syun1 kwan2

Mandarin: ru3 suan1 jun4 (Taiwan), ru3 suan1 jun1 (PRC)

lactic acid bacteria, lactobacillus

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乳頭

jyu5 tau4

Mandarin: ru3 tou2

nipple; teat | Syn.: 奶頭

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乳頭暈

jyu5 tau4 wan6

Mandarin: ru3 tou2 yun4

areola, the circular area of colour around the nipple in humans

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乳餅

jyu5 beng2

Mandarin: ru3 bing3

Simplified: 乳饼

Rubing, a Chinese farmer cheese

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乳香

jyu5 hoeng1

Mandarin: ru3 xiang1

frankincense

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乳鴿

jyu5 gaap3

Mandarin: ru3 ge1

Simplified: 乳鸽

a squab; a small pigeon

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乳鴿

jyu5 gap3

Mandarin: ru3 ge1

squab - baby pigeon

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乳齒

jyu5 ci2

Mandarin: ru3 chi3

[anat.] milk tooth

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乳齒象

jyu5 ci2 zoeng6

Mandarin: ru3 chi3 xiang4

Simplified: 乳齿象

Mastodon

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予

jyu5

Mandarin: yu3

to give | to bestow | to grant | # adapted from cc-cedict

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予以

jyu5 ji5

Mandarin: yu3 yi3

to bestow; to give

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二一添作五

ji6 jat1 tim1 zok3 ng5

Mandarin: er4 yi1 tian1 zuo4 wu3

split evenly among two; 50-50

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二世祖

ji6 sai3 zou2

Mandarin: er4 Shi4 zu3

(noun) a trust fund baby

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二二八

ji6 ji6 baat3

Mandarin: er4 er4 ba1

2-28-1947, Taiwan's Holocaust: the massive slaughter of thousands of Taiwanese at the hands of Chiang Kai-shek's Chinese troops

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二五仔

ji6 ng5 zai2

Mandarin: er4 wu3 zi3

(noun) a traitor; a snitch; an informant; a mole; betrayer

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二五八眼

ji6 ng5 baat3 ngaan5

Mandarin: er4 wu3 ba1 yan3

(mahjong) an alternative name for special eyes - eyes made up of 2's, 5's or 8's | cf. 將眼

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二五折

ji6 ng5 zit3

75% discount

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二人世界

ji6 jan4 sai3 gaai3

a utopia for a couple like the "Garden of Eden" (lit., "two person's world")

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二仔底

ji6 zi2 dai2

Mandarin: er4 zi3 di3

someone who is shameless and clingy | one who is incapable, not prepared

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二來

ji6 loi4

Mandarin: er4 lai2

in the second place; secondly

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二俄英

ji6 ngo4 jing1

Mandarin: er4 e4 ying1

dioxin

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二個字

ji6 go3 zi6

Mandarin: er4 ge4 zi4

Simplified: 二个字

two words; ten minutes [written]

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二偈

ji6 gai6

Mandarin: er4 ji4

A type of chinese poem

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二傳手

ji6 cyun4 sau2

Mandarin: er4 chuan2 shou3

Simplified: 二传手

setter; tosser (volleyball)

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二元方程

ji6 jyun4 fong1 cing4

Mandarin: er4 yuan2 fang1 cheng2

[math.] equation in two unknowns

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二分

ji6 fan6

Mandarin: er4 fen1

dichotomise, dichotomize; dichotomy; the equinox

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二分之一

ji6 fan6 zi1 jat1

Mandarin: er4 fen1 zhi1 yi1

one-half

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