Cantonese Dictionary

嚴重問題

jim4 zung6 man6 tai4

Mandarin: yan2 zhong4 wen4 ti2

serious problem

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嚴重關切

jim4 zung6 gwaan1 cit3

Mandarin: yan2 zhong4 guan1 qie4

serious concern

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嚴陣以待

jim4 zan6 ji5 doi6

Mandarin: yan2 zhen4 yi3 dai4

Simplified: 严阵以待

being ready for a battle in combat readiness

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嚷

joeng6

Mandarin: rang3

to blurt out | to shout | to cry | to yell | to make a loud noise | to make an uproar | to make something widely known | # adapted from cc-cedict

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囁

jip6

Mandarin: nie4

Simplified: 嗫

move the mouth as in speaking | haltingly | # adapted from cc-cedict

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因

jan1

Mandarin: yin1

cause | reason | because | on the basis of | as a result of | follow | # adapted from cc-cedict

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因...之故

jan1 zi1 gu3

Mandarin: yin1 zhi1 gu4

inasmuch

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因乜事

jan1 mat1 si6

Mandarin: yin1 mie1 shi4

Cantonese

for what reason; why; how come [written and colloquial]

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因人而異

jan1 jan4 ji4 ji6

Mandarin: yin1 ren2 er2 yi4

vary from person to person; individualized

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因住

jan1 zyu6

Mandarin: yin1 zhu4

(verb) watch out; look out; be careful; be cautious; beware of

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因住嚟

jan1 zyu6 lei4

Mandarin: yin1 zhu4 li2

Cantonese

be careful; it is a phrase to threaten people and tell them to wait and watch out in the future

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因住收尾嗰幾年

jan1 zyu6 sau1 mei5*1 go2 gei2 nin4

Cantonese

[offensive] be careful for the last few years of your life

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因何

jan1 ho4

Mandarin: yin1 he2

why, reasons why

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因信成義

jan1 soen3 sing4 ji6

Mandarin: yin1 xin4 cheng2 yi4

justification through faith; righteous by faith

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因加得減

jan1 gaa1 dak1 gaam2

Mandarin: yin1 jia1 de5 jian3

Simplified: 因加得减

Decrease due to an increase

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因如此

jan1 jyu4 ci2

Mandarin: yin1 ru2 ci3

"...because of this" is generally preceded by a character, 正, 也... For example, “正因如此” means “just because of this”.

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因子

jan1 zi2

Mandarin: yin1 zi3

[math.] a factor

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因子分解

jan1 zi2 fan1 gaai2

Mandarin: yin1 zi3 fen1 jie3

[math.] factorization

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因式

jan1 sik1

Mandarin: yin1 shi4

[math.] factor

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因式分解

jan1 sik1 fan1 gaai2

Mandarin: yin1 shi4 fen1 jie3

[math.] factorization

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因式分解法

jan1 sik1 fan1 gaai2 faat3

Mandarin: yin1 shi4 fen1 jie3 fa3

[math.] factor method

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因循守舊

jan1 ceon4 sau2 gau6

Mandarin: yin1 xun2 shou3 jiu4

to follow the beaten track; be very conservative

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因情況而定

jan1 cing4 fong3 ji4 ding6

Mandarin: yin1 qing2 kuang4 er2 ding4

it depends

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因應

jan1 jing3

Mandarin: yin1 ying4

to adjust, react

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因材施教

jan1 coi4 si1 gaau3

Mandarin: yin1 cai2 shi1 jiao4

teach according to each students aptitude

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因果

jan1 gwo2

Mandarin: yin1 guo3

cause and effect , chain of cause and effect (a Buddhist concept)

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因果報應

jan1 gwo2 bou3 jing1

Mandarin: yin1 guo3 bao4 ying1

karma (of Buddhism) , retribution for sin , punitive justice

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因果報應

jan1 gwo2 bou3 jing3

Mandarin: yin1 guo3 bao4 ying4

Simplified: 因果报应

karma

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因果律

jan1 gwo2 leot6

Mandarin: yin1 guo3 lv4

Causality

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因果關係

jan1 gwo2 gwaan1 hai6

Mandarin: yin1 guo3 guan1 xi5

Simplified: 因果关系

Cantonese

Causality

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