Cantonese Dictionary

人民黨

jan4 man4 dong2

Popular Party

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人氣急升

jan4 hei3 gap1 sing1

Mandarin: ren2 qi4 ji2 sheng1

Simplified: 人气急升

gaining popularity at a sudden

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人氣爆燈

jan4 hei3 baau3 dang1

Mandarin: ren2 qi4 bao4 deng1

Cantonese

of a star's celebrity status to skyrocket | Also 人氣急升

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人流手術

jan4 lau4 sau2 seot6

Mandarin: ren2 liu2 shou3 shu4

an abortion (abbr. of 人工流產手術)

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人海茫茫

jan4 hoi2 mong4 mong4

Mandarin: ren2 hai2 mang2 mang2

boundless crowds of people; a sea of people

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人滿之患

jan4 mun5 zi1 waan6

Mandarin: ren2 man3 zhi1 huan4

Simplified: 人满之患

disasters or issues caused by overcrowding

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人潮

jan4 ciu4

stream of people

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人為

jan4 wai4

Mandarin: ren2 wei2

artificial; man-made

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人為財死

jan4 wai6 coi4 sei2

men die for wealth

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人無千日好

jan4 mou4 cin1 jat6 hou2

Mandarin: ren2 wu2 qian1 ri4 hao3

Simplified: 人无千日好

friendships do not last forever | things do not always go the way we want

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人煙稠密

jan4 jin1 cau4 mat6

densely populated

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人版

jan4 baan2

Mandarin: ren2 ban3

living example

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人物描寫

jan4 mat6*2 miu4 se2

Mandarin: ren2 wu4 miao2 xie3

portrayal

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人猿星球

jan4 jyun4 sing1 kau4

Mandarin: ren2 yuan2 xing1 qiu2

Planet of the Apes is a 1968 science fiction film in which an astronaut finds himself more than 2,000 years in the future stranded on an Earth-like planet, in which humans are enslaved by apes. The film is based on the novel by Pierre Boulle. (source: Wikipedia)

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人瑞

jan4 seoi6

Mandarin: ren2 rui4

centenarian; century-old person

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人生

jan4 sang1

Mandarin: ren2 sheng1

one's lifetime

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人生地不熟

jan4 sang1 dei6 bat1 suk6

Mandarin: ren2 sheng1 di4 bu4 shu2

as a new arrival (to a place), one feeling insecure or unfamiliar with the surroundings

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人生百態

jan4 sang1 baak3 taai3

Mandarin: ren2 sheng1 bai3 tai4

the vicissitudes of life

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人生苦短

jan4 sang1 fu2 dyun2

Mandarin: ren2 sheng1 ku3 duan3

life is short and full of suffering

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人生觀

jan4 sang1 gun1

Mandarin: ren2 sheng1 guan1

Simplified: 人生观

philosophy of life

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人生路不熟

jan4 sang1 lou6 bat1 suk6

Mandarin: ren2 sheng1 lu4 bu4 shu2

Cantonese

unfamiliar surroundings (describing a new place); strangers and unfamiliar streets

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人盡可夫

jan4 zeon6 ho2 fu1

Mandarin: ren2 jin4 ke3 fu1

Simplified: 人尽可夫

a promiscuous female who can sleep with any men she met

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人相

jan4 soeng3

Mandarin: ren2 xiang4

physiognomy (judging human character from facial features)

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人神共憤

jan4 san4 gung6 fan5

Mandarin: ren2 shen2 gong4 fen4

Simplified: 人神共愤

be hated by both men and god; incur the greatest popular indignation

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人種

jan4 zung2

Mandarin: ren2 zhong3

race , ethnic group

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人種偏見

jan4 zung2 pin1 gin3

Mandarin: ren2 zhong3 pian1 jian4

racism [Syn.] 種族歧視 , 種族主義

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人種歧視

jan4 zung2 kei4 si6

Mandarin: ren2 zhong3 qi2 shi4

racial discrimination [Syn.] more commonly: 種族歧視

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人窮志不窮

jan4 kung4 zi3 bat1 kung4

Mandarin: ren2 qiong2 zhi4 bu4 qiong2

Simplified: 人穷志不穷

one who is poor but with great ambitions

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人素質

jan4 sou3 zat1

Mandarin: ren2 su4 zhi4

human quality [Syn.] 人的素質

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人細鬼大

jan4 sai3 gwai2 daai6

Mandarin: ren2 xi4 gui3 da4

Simplified: 人细鬼大

(slang) someone who is young but mature and astute | shrewd | savvy

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