Cantonese Dictionary

曲柄鑽

kuk1 beng3 zyun3

Mandarin: qu1 bing3 zuan4

a hand drill with crank handle

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曲棍球

kuk1 gwan3 kau4

Mandarin: qu3 gun4 qiu2

field hockey

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曲水

kuk1 seoi2

Mandarin: qu3 shui3

Qushui (place in Tibet)

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曲江

kuk1 gong1

Mandarin: qu3 jiang1

Qujiang (place in Guangdong), Kuk Kong

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曲沃

kuk1 juk1

Mandarin: qu3 wo4

Quwo (place in Shanxi)

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曲目

kuk1 muk6

repertory, program

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曲終人散

kuk1 zung1 jan4 saan3

Mandarin: qu3 zhong1 ren2 san4

Simplified: 曲终人散

to come to an end; to come to a close; fades; the music stops

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曲綫

kuk1 sin3

Mandarin: qu1 xian4

Simplified: 曲线

a curve

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曲線

kuk1 sin3

Mandarin: qu1 xian4

curve; bight; profile; plot; curvilinear

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曲線球

kuk1 sin3 kau4

Mandarin: qu1 xian4 qiu2

banana kick

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曲線鋸

kuk1 sin3 geoi3

Mandarin: qu1 xian4 ji4

a jigsaw

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曲蹄

kuk1 tai4

Mandarin: qu1 ti2

the boat dwellers

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曲阜

kuk1 fau6

Mandarin: qu3 fu4

Qufu (city in Shandong)

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曲陽

kuk1 joeng4

Mandarin: qu3 yang2

Quyang (place in Hebei)

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曲靖

kuk1 zing6

Mandarin: qu3 jing4

Qujing (city in Yunnan)

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曲靖地區

kuk1 zing6 dei6 keoi1

Mandarin: qu3 jing4 di4 qu1

Qujing district (district in Yunnan)

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曲面

kuk1 min6*2

Mandarin: qu1 mian4

curved surface; surface

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曲面面積

kuk1 min6 min6 zik1

Mandarin: qu1 mian4 mian4 ji1

[math.] curved surface area

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曲高和寡

kuk1 gou1 wo6 gwaa2

Mandarin: qu3 gao1 he4 gua3

highbrow songs find few singers; too highbrow to be popular

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曲鬆

kuk1 sung1

Mandarin: qu3 song1

Qusong (place in Tibet)

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曲麻萊

kuk1 maa4 loi4

Mandarin: qu3 ma2 lai2

Qumalai (place in Qinghai)

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會稽

kui2 kai1

Mandarin: gui4 ji1

Simplified: 会稽

Kuaiji, a former commandery of China

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朐

keoi4

Mandarin: Qu2

surname Qu | a place name | a type of plant | dried frank meat | far | warm | earthworm | an alternative form for 軥, a yoke, a wooden crosspiece bound to the necks of a pair of oxen | horses to pull along a load | # adapted from cc-cedict

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期中測驗

kei4 zung1 cak1 jim6

a mid-term test

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期刊

kei4 hon1/1*2

Mandarin: qi1 kan1 (PRC), qi2 kan1 (Taiwan)

periodical

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期刊

kei4 hon2

Mandarin: qi1kan1

(noun) Periodical magazine (e.g. weekly magazine)

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期待

kei4 doi6

Mandarin: qi1 dai4

to anticipate

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期數

kei4 sou3

Mandarin: qi1 shu4

Simplified: 期数

installments; period within which repayment of a debt os calculated; one's workplace in prison [written and colloquial]

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期望越高失望越大

kei4 mong6 jyut6 gou1 sat1 mong6 jyut6 daai6

Mandarin: qi1 (PRC) / qi2 (Taiwan) wang4 yue4 gao1 shi1 wang4 yue4 da4

the higher your expectation, the greater your disappointment

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期末考試

kei4 mut6 haau2 si5

Mandarin: qi1 mo4 kao3 shi4

Simplified: 期末考试

the end of term final exams

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