Cantonese Dictionary

抗衡

kong3 hang4

Mandarin: kang4 heng2

contend against

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抗議

kong3 ji5

Mandarin: kang4 yi4

protest

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抗辯

kong3 bin6

contradict; counterplea; demur; demurrer; plea

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抗辯人

kong3 bin6 jan4

Mandarin: kang4 bian4 ren2

defendant

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抗體

kong3 tai2

Mandarin: kang4 ti3

antibody

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拒捕

keoi5 bou6

to be resisting arrest

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拒斥

keoi5 cik1

Mandarin: ju4 chi4

to reject

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拒絕

keoi5 zyut6

Mandarin: ju4 jue2

to refuse; to reject; to decline

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拒諫飾非

keoi5 gaan3 sik1 fei1

Mandarin: ju4 jian4 shi4 fei1

Simplified: 拒谏饰非

refusing people's good advice and attempting to cover | hide one's mistakes

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拒諸門外

keoi5 zyu1 mun4 ngoi6

Mandarin: ju4 zhu1 men2 wai4

refuse sb's entry/admittance; turn sb away; shut the door on; be shut out; leave out in the cold

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拒載

keoi5 zoi3

Mandarin: ju4 zai4

refuse to accept a hire from a passenger

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拘

keoi1

Mandarin: ju1

to capture | to restrain | to constrain | to adhere rigidly to | to seize | to detain | to arrest | to take into custody | restricted | to hesitate | subject to restraint | inflexible | # adapted from cc-cedict

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拘執

keoi1 zap1

stubborn, rigid, inflexible

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拘拿

keoi1 naa4

Mandarin: ju1 na2

to capture and arrest

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拘捕

keoi1 bou6

Mandarin: ju1 bu3

arrest

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拘束

keoi1 cuk1

Mandarin: ju1 shu4

to restrain, restrict; constrained, awkward, ill at ease | [粵]: also 拘執

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拘留

keoi1 lau4

Mandarin: ju1 liu2

detain; keep in custody; detention

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拘留所

keoi1 lau4 so2

Mandarin: ju1 liu2 suo3

detention centre; "lockup"

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拘留院

keoi1 lau4 jyun6*2

detention center

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拘禁

keoi1 gam3

Mandarin: ju1 jin4

constraint, restrain

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拘禮

keoi1 lai5

to be punctilious; to stand on ceremony

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拘謹

keoi1 gan2

Mandarin: ju1 jin2

overcautious; reserved; conservative; unadventurous

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括

kut3

Mandarin: kuo4

to enclose | to include | also pr. [guā] | to embrace | to tie | # adapted from cc-cedict

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括弧

kut3 wu4

Mandarin: kuo4 hu2

(punctuation) "( )"

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括弧裡

kut3 wu4 leoi5

Mandarin: kuo4 hu2 li3

in parentheses

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括號

kut3 hou6

Mandarin: kuo4 hao4

parentheses; brackets | [粵]: also 括弧

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拳

kyun4

Mandarin: quan2

(noun) The style of Chinese kung fu with fist e.g. Tai Chi Chuan

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拳師狗

kyun4 si1 gau2

Mandarin: quan2 shi1 gou3

boxer (dog breed) [Syn.] 拳師犬

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拳手

kyun4 sau2

Mandarin: quan2 shou3

boxer (one who fights in a ring)

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拳打腳踢

kyun4 daa2 goek3 tek3

Mandarin: quan2 da3 jiao3 ti1

punch and kick; beat sb up

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