Cantonese Dictionary

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吸熱
Mandarin: xi1 re4
endothermic (lit., "absorbs heat")
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吸熱反應
Mandarin: xi1 re4 fan3 ying4
Simplified: 吸热反应
Endothermic reaction
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吸盤
Mandarin: xi1 pan2
suction cup
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吸睛
Mandarin: xi1 jing1
to catch one's attention; to be attractive
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吸移管
a pipette
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吸精
Mandarin: xi1 jing1
felching (type of oral sex)
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吸納
absorb; enroll; induct
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吸血驢
Mandarin: xi1 xie3 lv2
a leech (computer jargon, one who takes but doesn't give back, 驢 is from eDonkey and eMule, lit., "blood sucking donkey")
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吸血鬼
Mandarin: xi1 xue4 gui3 (PRC); xi1 xie3 gui3 (Taiwan)
vampire; bloodsucker
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吸血鬼片
Mandarin: xi1 xue4 gui3 pian4
vampire film
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吸金
Mandarin: xin1 jin1
draw profit; draw in money
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吸附
Mandarin: xi1 fu4
[chem.] absorption
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吸附性
Mandarin: xi1 fu4 xing4
[chem.] absorption; absorbability
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吸音
Mandarin: xi1 yin1
sound-absorbing
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咔
Mandarin: ka3
(used as phonetic "ka") | onomatopedia for 'click' or 'clack' | used to transliterate chemical terms | # adapted from cc-cedict
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咔咔
ha ha
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咔咔笑
Cantonese
laughing
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咔咔聲
Cantonese
sound of laughing
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咔咔聲
Mandarin: ka1 ka1 sheng1
Simplified: 咔咔声
Ka Ka, sound
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咖
Mandarin: ka1
coffee | class | grade | phonetic transliteration such as in the word 'curry' | # adapted from cc-cedict
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咖啡妹
Mandarin: ka1 fei1 mei4
Cantonese
[港][俗] female traffic warden — so called due to their brown uniforms. Pretty complimentary really, considering the colour could be representative of many other things...
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咭
Mandarin: ji1
card | to guard | grumble | to chuckle | the sound of a mouse squeaking | # adapted from cc-cedict
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咭數
Mandarin: ji1 shu4
Simplified: 咭数
credit card debt
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咭片
Mandarin: ji1 pian4
(noun) a name card; a business card
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咭片
Cantonese
a business card; a namecard
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咭紙
Cantonese
cardboard
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咭紙
Mandarin: ji1 zhi3
Simplified: 咭纸
cardboard, thick paper
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咳
Mandarin: hai1
cough | # adapted from cc-cedict
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咳嗽
Mandarin: ke2 sou5
to cough | [粵]: 咳
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咳水
Mandarin: ke2 shui3
cough syrup
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