Cantonese Dictionary

如願以償

jyu4 jyun6 ji5 soeng4

Mandarin: ru2yuan4yi3chang2

Simplified: 如愿以偿

(saying) As someone's wish

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如魚得水

jyu4 jyu4 dak1 seoi2

Mandarin: ru2 yu2 de2 shui3

to be in one's element; like a duck in water

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妊

jam4

Mandarin: ren4

be pregnant; be expecting; conceive

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妊

jam6

Mandarin: ren4

pregnant | pregnancy | to conceive | # adapted from cc-cedict

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妊娠

jam4 san1

Mandarin: ren4 shen1

pregnancy; gestation

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妊娠期

jam6 san1 kei4

Mandarin: ren4 shen1 qi1

Pregnancy

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妊娠期

jam4 san1 kei4

Mandarin: ren4 shen1 qi1 (PRC), ren4 shen1 qi2 (Taiwan)

[bio.] gestation period

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妊娠紋

jam6 san1 man4

Mandarin: ren4 shen1 wen2

Simplified: 妊娠纹

stretch marks due to pregnancy

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妊娠紋

jam4 san1 man4

Mandarin: ren2 shen1 wen2

stretch marks (due to pregnancy)

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妊神星

jam4 san4 sing1

Mandarin: ren4 shen2 xing1

Haumea

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妍

jin4

Mandarin: yan2

beautiful | handsome | seductive | # adapted from cc-cedict

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妍媸

jin4 ci1

Mandarin: yan2 chi1

Beauty and ugliness

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妍麗

jin4 lai6

Mandarin: yan2 li4

beautiful; gorgeous

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妖

jiu2

Mandarin: yao1

an exclamation | expletive, similar to saying 'shit!' | euphemism for 𨳒, fuck | # adapted from cc-cedict

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妖人

jiu2 jan4

Mandarin: yao1 ren2

sorcerer; enchanter; magician

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妖冶

jiu2 je5

Mandarin: yao1 ye3

gorgeous and indecent; pretty and flirtatious

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妖媚

jiu2 mei4

Mandarin: yao1 mei4

seductively charming; bewitching

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妖嬈

jiu2 jiu4

Mandarin: yao1 rao2

enchanting; bewitching; fascinating

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妖怪

jiu2 gwaai3

Mandarin: yao1 guai4

ogre

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妖物

jiu2 mat6

Mandarin: yao1 wu4

monster; evil spirit

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妖聲妖氣

jiu2 seng1 jiu2 hei3

Mandarin: yao1 sheng1 yao1 qi4

speak deliberately out of the ordinary in order to flatter sb

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妖聲妖氣

jiu1 seng1 jiu1 hei3

Mandarin: yao1 sheng1 yao1 qi4

Simplified: 妖声妖气

it describes people who use different voice and tone when they speak, to show that they are different | outstanding or in order flatter someone

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妖艷

jiu2 jim6

Mandarin: yao1 yan4

gorgeous and frivolous/coquettish; pretty and flirtatious

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妖術

jiu2 seot6

Mandarin: yao1 shu4

sorcery; witchcraft; black art/magic

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妖言

jiu2 jin4

Mandarin: yao1 yan2

heresy; fallacy; strange legends

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妖言惑眾

jiu2 jin4 waak6 zung3

Mandarin: yao1 yan2 huo4 zhong4

spread fallacies to deceive people; deluge people with strange legends

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妖魔

jiu2 mo1

Mandarin: yao1 mo2

demon; evil spirit

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妖魔化

jiu2 mo1 faa3

Mandarin: yao1 mo2 hua4

[v] demonize

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妖魔鬼怪

jiu2 mo1 gwai2 gwaai3

Mandarin: yao1 mo2 gui3 guai4

demons and ghosts; evil spirits of every description; all forces of evil

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妤

jyu4

Mandarin: yu2

handsome | fair | beautiful | an official title | # adapted from cc-cedict

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