Cantonese Dictionary

元朗區

jyun4 long5 keoi1

Mandarin: Yuan2 Lang3 qu1

Simplified: 元朗区

Yuen Long District, a district in New Territories, Hong Kong

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元朗明渠

jyun4 long5 ming4 keoi4

Mandarin: Yuan2 Lang3 ming2 qu2

Yuen Long Nullah, a nullah that runs through central Yuen Long

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元朗聿修堂

jyun4 long5 leot6 sau1 tong4

Yuen Long Lut Sau Hall (Cantonese Opera venue)

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元末

jyun4 mut6

Mandarin: yuan2 mo4

final years of Yuan dynasty (1279-1368 AD); mid 14th Century

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元氏

jyun4 si6

Mandarin: yuan2 shi4

Yuanshi (place in Hebei)

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元氣

jyun4 hei3

Mandarin: yuan2 qi4

vitality; vigour

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元素符號

jyun4 sou3 fu4 hou6

Mandarin: yuan2 su4 fu2 hao4

Simplified: 元素符号

Symbols for elements

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元老

jyun4 lou5

Mandarin: yuan2 lao3

grandee; old leadership; chief figure (in a gerontocracy)

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元華

jyun4 waa4

Mandarin: yuan2 hua2

Simplified: 元华

Yuen Wah, a Hong Kong actor

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元謀

jyun4 mau4

Mandarin: yuan2 mou2

Yuanmou (place in Yunnan)

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元貝

jyun4 bui3

Mandarin: yuan2 bei4

Simplified: 元贝

dried scallops

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元貴

jyun4 gwai3

[n] the male genitalia

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元蹄

jyun4 tai4

Mandarin: yuan2 ti2

a trotter; a pig hoof [written and colloquial]

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元蹄刀

jyun4 tai4 dou1

[n] a hoof knife

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元配

jyun4 pui3

[n] a man's first wife

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元長鄉

jyun4 coeng4 hoeng1

Mandarin: yuan2 chang2 xiang1

Yuanchang (village in Taiwan)

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元陽

jyun4 joeng4

Mandarin: yuan2 yang2

Yuanyang (place in Yunnan)

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元音

jyun4 jam1

Mandarin: yuan2 yin1

vowel

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元音變化

jyun4 jam1 bin3 faa3

Mandarin: yuan2 yin1 bian4 hua4

umlaut

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元首

jyun4 sau2

Mandarin: yuan2 shou3

head of state

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兌

jeoi6

Mandarin: dui4

Simplified: 兑

alternative form for 銳, sharp | # adapted from cc-cedict

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兒化韻

ji4 faa3 wan6

Mandarin: er2 hua4 yun4

usage of the final particle / suffix 兒 placed after many commonly used nouns to avoid employing one-syllable terms in spoken northern Mandarin and Beijing dialect 北京話 [Syn.] 兒化

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兒女

ji4 neoi5*2

Mandarin: er2 nv3

son(s) and daughter(s); children | [粵]: 仔女

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兒媳婦

ji4 sik1 fu5

Mandarin: er2 xi2 fu4

daughter-in-law

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兒媳婦兒

ji4 sik1 fu5 ji4

Mandarin: er2 xi2 fur5

daughter-in-law

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兒嬉

ji4 hei1

Mandarin: er2 xi1

Simplified: 儿嬉

not reliable; reckless (describing a person's behavior)

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兒子

ji4 zi2

Mandarin: er2 zi5

son; male child | Cant.: 仔; 男仔

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兒孫

ji4 syun1

[n] children and grandchildren; posterity

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兒戲

ji4 hei1

Mandarin: er2 xi4

Simplified: 儿戏

(noun) Children game

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兒戲

ji4 hei3*1

[n] (sth that is) risky, vulnerable, fragile, liable to break, fall down

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