Cantonese Dictionary

夜班

je6 baan1

Mandarin: ye4 ban1

the night shift

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夜盜蟲

je6 dou6 cung4

Mandarin: ye4 dao4 chong2

Simplified: 夜盗虫

litura

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夜盲

je6 maang4

Mandarin: ye4 mang2

Night-blindness

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夜盲症

je6 maang4 zing3

Mandarin: ye4 mang2 zheng4

night blindness

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夜空

je6 hung1

Mandarin: ye4 kong1

the night sky

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夜總會

je6 zung2 wui6*2

Mandarin: ye4 zong3 hui4

a night club; a nightclub

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夜總會樂團

je6 zung2 wui6 ngok6 tyun4

Mandarin: ye4 zong3 hui4 yue4 tuan2

Yasoukai BAND (Japanese musical group)

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夜蒲

je6 pou4

Mandarin: ye4 pu2

Cantonese

hang out at bars or discos at night

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夜裏

je6 lei5

Mandarin: ye4 li3

Simplified: 夜里

At night; during the night

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夜裡

je6 leoi5

Mandarin: ye4 li3

at night; during the night | [粵]: 夜晚, 夜晚黑

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夜視鏡

je6 si6 geng3*2

a night vision device

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夜貓

je6 maau1

Mandarin: ye4 mao1

night owl

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夜貓子

je6 maau1 zi2

Mandarin: ye4 mao1 zi3

someone who stays up late

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夜車

je6 ce1

Mandarin: ye4 che1

Simplified: 夜车

Night trains | bus | bike

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夜遊神

je6 jau4 san4

Mandarin: ye4 you2 shen2

night-owl (slang)

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夜長夢多

je6 coeng4 mung6 do1

Mandarin: ye4 chang2 meng4 duo1

Simplified: 夜长梦多

delays may bring more unexpected changes or troubles (idiom)

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夜間

je6 gaan1

Mandarin: ye4 jian1

[1] night time; nightime; nighttime [2] night / evening (classes, shift etc., as opposed to daytime)

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夜闌人靜

je6 laan4 jan4 zing6

Mandarin: ye4 lan2 ren2 jing4

in the silence of the night; in the middle of the night

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夜香

je6 hoeng1

Mandarin: ye4 xiang1

noun; night stool; night soil

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夜鬼

je6 gwai2

Mandarin: ye4 gui3

a night owl (a person who often stay up until very late at night)

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夜鶯

je6 ang1

Mandarin: ye4 ying1

nightingale

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夜麻麻

je6 maa4*1 maa4*1

Cantonese

very late at night; pitch-dark night

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夜麻麻

je6 maa4 maa4

Mandarin: ye4 ma2 ma2

deep into the night (spoken)

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夤

jan4

Mandarin: yin2

late at night | to latch on to someone with powerful connections | # adapted from cc-cedict

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夭心夭肺

jiu1 sam1 jiu1 fai3

Mandarin: yao1 xin1 yao1 fei4

being upset because of words said by others, or things done by others

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夭折

jiu2 zit3

Mandarin: yao1 zhe2

die young

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夭桃穠李

jiu1 tou4 nung4 lei5

Mandarin: yao1 tao2 nong2 li3

Simplified: 夭桃秾李

nice young ladies are like beautiful peaches and plum blossoms

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央

joeng1

Mandarin: yang1

center | end | to beg | to plead | to run out | # adapted from cc-cedict

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央行

joeng1 hong4*2

short for 中央銀行

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夷

ji4

Mandarin: yi2

non-Han people, esp. to the East of China | barbarians | to wipe out | to exterminate | to tear down | to raze | wound | ancient plough like implement | to pacify | to squash | to raze to the ground | to annihilate as punishment for serious offences | level | calm | much | foreigner | foreign | foreign countries | # adapted from cc-cedict

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