Cantonese Dictionary

人之常情

jan4 zi1 soeng4 cing4

Mandarin: ren2 zhi1 chang2 qing2

normal human feelings

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人之患

jan4 zi1 waan6

Cantonese

a teacher (lit., "man's trouble")

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人乳頭瘤病毒

jan4 jyu5 tau4 lau4 beng6 duk6

Mandarin: ren2 ru3 tou2 liu2 bing4 du4

Human papillomavirus (HPV)

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人事

jan4 si6*2

Mandarin: ren2 shi4

[1] human affairs [2] ways of the world [3] personnel matters

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人事不省

jan4 si6 bat1 sing2

Mandarin: ren2 shi4 bu4 xing3

unconsciousness

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人事管理

jan4 si6 gun2 lei5

Mandarin: ren2 shi4 guan3 li3

personnel management, staff management

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人事部

jan4 si6 bou6

human resources department

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人事部門

jan4 si6 bou6 mun4

Mandarin: ren2 shi4 bu4 men2

personnel office

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人云亦云

jan4 wan4 jik6 wan4

Mandarin: ren2 yun2 yi4 yun2

copy what others say; to echo the views and opionions of others without one's own

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人人

jan4 jan4

Mandarin: ren2 ren2

every mother's son; everybody; everyone

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人人有份

jan4 jan4 jau5 fan6

Mandarin: ren2 ren2 you3 fen4

everyone is included

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人人自危

jan4 jan4 zi6 ngai4

Mandarin: ren2 ren2 zi4 wei1 [PRC]/ wei2 [TW]

everyone is in danger; insecurity reigns among the populace

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人仔

jan4 zai2

Mandarin: ren2 zi3

nickname for Renminbi, the official currency of the People's Republic of China

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人仔細細

jan4 zai2 sai3 sai3

Mandarin: ren2 zi3 xi4 xi4

Simplified: 人仔细细

one who is still very young, but behaving like adults or teenagers

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人們

jan4 mun4

Mandarin: ren2 men5

people; folk

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人倫

jan4 leon4

Mandarin: ren2 lun2

Simplified: 人伦

Human relations (according to feudal ethics)

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人像

jan4 zoeng6

Mandarin: ren2 xiang4

Portrait

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人力

jan4 lik6

Mandarin: ren2 li4

[1] human strength [2] manpower

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人力的

jan4 lik6 dik1

Mandarin: ren2 li4 di2

pedicab; a three wheeled bike that can take one or two passengers (lit., "human powered taxi")

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人力資源

jan4 lik6 zi1 jyun4

Mandarin: ren2 li4 zi1 yuan2

human resources

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人力車

jan4 lik6 ce1

rickshaw. (also 車仔 Cant.)

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人力車夫

jan4 lik6 ce1 fu1

Mandarin: ren2 li4 che1 fu1

rickshaw puller

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人去樓空

jan4 heoi3 lau4 hung1

Mandarin: ren2 qu4 lou2 kong1

the place has been deserted; nobody around

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人參

jan4 sam1

Mandarin: ren2 shen1

ginseng, panax

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人又老，錢又冇

jan4 jau6 lou5, cin2 jau6 mou5

Mandarin: ren2 you4 lao3, qian2 you4 mao3

Simplified: 人又老，钱又冇

Cantonese

old and penniless [colloquial]

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人口

jan4 hau2

Mandarin: ren2 kou3

population

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人口學家

jan4 hau2 hok6 gaa1

demographer

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人口密度

jan4 hau2 mat6 dou6

Mandarin: ren2 kou3 mi4 du4

population density

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人口政策

jan4 hau2 zing3 caak3

population policy

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人口狀況

jan4 hau2 zong6 fong3

Mandarin: ren2 kou3 zhuang4 kuang4

demographic characteristic

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