Cantonese Dictionary

引信系統

jan5 seon3 hai6 tung2

Mandarin: yin3 xin4 xi4 tong3

fusing/fuzing system

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引入

jan5 jap6

Mandarin: yin3 ru4

to draw into; to pull into

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引入線

jan5 jap6 sin3

drop cable

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引出

jan5 ceot1

Mandarin: yin3 chu1

extract

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引力

jan5 lik6

[1] gravity; gravitational force [2] attraction

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引力場

jan5 lik6 coeng4

Mandarin: yin3 li4 chang3

gravitational field

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引向

jan5 hoeng3

Mandarin: yin3 xiang4

lead to

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引吭高歌

jan5 hong4 gou1 go1

Mandarin: yin3 hang2 gao1 ge1

sing joyfully in a loud voice; sing heartily

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引咎

jan5 gau3

Mandarin: yin3 jiu4

take the blame; accept responsibility (for a mistake)

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引咎辭職

jan3 gau3 ci4 zik1

Mandarin: yin3 jiu4 ci2 zhi2

to take the blame upon oneself and resign

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引子

jan5 zi2

Mandarin: yin3 zi5

primer

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引導

jan5 dou6

Mandarin: yin3dao3

Simplified: 引导

(verb) (of legal procedure) Bring back (a criminal from to a country)

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引擎

jan5 king4

Mandarin: yin3 qing2

engine | (Imported into Standard Chinese by Shanghainese transliteration from the English)

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引擎罩

jan5 king4 zaau3

Mandarin: yin3 qing2 zhao4

car bonnet (US: hood); engine cover | Syn.: 車蓋; 引擎蓋

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引擎蓋

jan5 king4 goi3

Mandarin: yin3 qing2 gai4

car bonnet (US: hood); engine cover | Syn.: 車蓋; 引擎罩

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引文

jan5 man4

Mandarin: yin3 wen2

quotation; citation; quoted passage; quote

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引水

jan5 seoi2

Mandarin: yin3 shui3

pilot a ship into a harbour; draw or channel water

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引水工程

jan5 seoi2 gung1 cing4

Mandarin: yin3 shui3 gong1 cheng2

water-induction engineering

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引水道

jan5 seoi2 dou6

Mandarin: yin3 shui3 dao4

catch water, catchwater

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引河

jan5 ho4

Mandarin: yin3 he2

irrigation channel; diversion canal

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引渡

jan5 dou6

Mandarin: yin3 du4

to extradite

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引爆

jan5 baau3

detonate; ignite

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引爆裝置

jan5 baau3 zong1 zi3

Mandarin: yin3 bao4 zhuang1 zhi4

detonator

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引狼入室

jan5 long4 jap6 sat1

attract a bad person into one's home

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引狼入屋拉雞仔

jan5 long4 jap6 uk1 laai1 gai1 zai2

Mandarin: yin3 lang2 ru4 wu1 la1 ji1 zai3

Simplified: 引狼入屋拉鸡仔

to befriend bad | evil people, and end up getting harmed | scammed

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引用

jan5 jung6

Mandarin: yin3 yong4

to quote; to cite

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引申

jan5 san1

Mandarin: yin3 shen1

extend (the meaning of a word, etc.)

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引發

jan5 faat3

initiation

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引線

jan5 sin3

Mandarin: yin3 xian4

lead (wire); go-between; catalyst

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引致

jan5 zi3

Mandarin: yin3 zhi4

verb; to cause or lead to

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