Cantonese Dictionary

巋

kwai2

Mandarin: kui1

Simplified: 岿

high and mighty (of mountain) | hilly | grand | stately | secure | lasting | # adapted from cc-cedict

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巋巍

kwai1 ngai4

Mandarin: kui1 wei1

Simplified: 岿巍

adj; towering, tall; lofty

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巋然

kwai1 jin4

Mandarin: kui1 ran2

Simplified: 岿然

high, tall, independent

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巧

kiu2

Mandarin: qiao3

opportunely | coincidentally | as it happens | skillful | timely | skills | seventh day of the seventh lunar month | artful | deceitful | artfully | # adapted from cc-cedict

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廓

kwok3

Mandarin: kuo4

big | empty | open | wide | outline | to expand | to clear up | # adapted from cc-cedict

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廓爾廓人

kwok3 ji5 kwok3 jan4

Mandarin: kuo4 er3 kuo4 ren2

Gurkha, Gorkha, people from Nepal

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強

koeng5

Mandarin: qiang2

Simplified: 强

to coerce | to force | to strive to | to try hard to | # adapted from cc-cedict

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強人

koeng4 jan4

Mandarin: qiang2 ren2

strongman; powerful figure; authoritarian leader

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強人所難

koeng5 jan4 so2 naan4

Mandarin: qiang3 ren2 suo3 nan2

force someone to do sth. that he doesn't want to do or is uncapable of doing

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強佔

koeng4zim3

Mandarin: qiang2 zhan4

occupy by force; be invaded

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強光

koeng4 gwong1

Mandarin: qiang2 guang1

glare (bright light)

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強制

koeng4/5 zai3

Mandarin: qiang2 zhi4

to enforce; enforcement; forcibly; to restrain by law; mandatory

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強制執行

koeng4/5 zai3 zap1 hang4

Mandarin: qiang2 zhi4 zhi2 xing2

compulsory execution of the law

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強制執行

koeng5 zai3 zap1 hang4

Mandarin: qiang2 zhi4 zhi2 xing2

Simplified: 强制执行

to enforce

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強制性

koeng5 zai3 sing3

Mandarin: qiang2 zhi4 xing4

Simplified: 强制性

adj; mandatory, compellent

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強制性

koeng4/5 zai3 sing3

Mandarin: qiang2 zhi4 xing4

coerciveness; enforceability

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強制性公積金

koeng5 zai3 sing3 gung1 zik1 gam1

Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF)

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強制性公積金計劃

koeng4/5 zai3 sing3 gung1 zik1 gam1 gai3 waak6

Mandarin: qiang2 zhi4 xing4 gong1 ji1 jin1 ji4 hua4

Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes

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強力

koeng4 lik6

mightiness

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強力紙夾

koeng4 lik6 zi2 gaap3

Mandarin: qiang2 li4 zhi3 jia1

a bulldog clip

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強加

koeng5 gaa1

Mandarin: qiang2 jia1

impose by force

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強加於人

koeng5 gaa1 jyu1 jan4

Mandarin: qiang2 jia1 yu2 ren2

Simplified: 强加于人

to impose one's opinion, idea, will on someone

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強勁

koeng4 ging6

Mandarin: qiang2 jing4

powerful; strong; forceful

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強化

koeng4 faa3

Mandarin: qiang2 hua4

to strengthen; to enforce; to intensify

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強化玻璃

koeng4 faa3 bo1 lei4*1

Mandarin: qiang2 hua4 bo1 li2 (Taiwan) / li5 (PRC)

tempered glass

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強國

koeng4 gwok3

Mandarin: qiang2 guo2

powerful country

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強國品牌

koeng4 gwok3 ban2 paai4

Mandarin: qiang2 guo3 pin3 pai2

fake and knockoff electronics and commodities made in China (also known as 山寨)

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強壯

koeng4 zong3

Mandarin: qiang2 zhuang4

strong; robust

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強大

koeng4 daai6

Mandarin: qiang2 da4

large; powerful; strong; formidable

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強姦

koeng4 gaan1

Mandarin: qiang2 jian1

rape (sometimes mistakenly written as 強奸)

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