Cantonese Dictionary

橋躉

kiu4 dan2

Mandarin: qiao2 dun3

Simplified: 桥趸

a bridge pier

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橋這頭

kiu4 ze5 tau4

Mandarin: qiao2 zhe4 tou2

this end of a bridge

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橋那頭

kiu4 naa5 tau4

Mandarin: qiao2 na4 tou2

that end of a bridge

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橋頭堡

kiu4 tau4 bou2

Mandarin: qiao2 tou2 bao3

Simplified: 桥头堡

(noun) bridgehead; foothold; stronghold

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橋頭鄉

kiu4 tau4 hoeng1

Mandarin: qiao2 tou2 xiang1

Chiaotou (village in Taiwan)

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橛

kyut3

Mandarin: jue2

a peg | low post | a short woode stake | # adapted from cc-cedict

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檎

kam4

Mandarin: qin2

small red apple (fruit) | # adapted from cc-cedict

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檜

kiu3

Mandarin: gui4

Simplified: 桧

Chinese Juniper (Juniperus chinensis) | coffin lid decoration (old) | used in name | # adapted from cc-cedict

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權

kyun4

Mandarin: quan2

Simplified: 权

authority | power | right | (literary) to weigh | expedient | temporary | a surname | # adapted from cc-cedict

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權二代

kyun4 ji6 doi6

Mandarin: quan2 er4 dai4

second powerful generation refers to a group of people whose privileges are based on their parents’ power or other useful networks, instead of fighting for a better living by themselves. They are usually compared to another group called 富二代 (the second rich generation) who are entitled to inherit huge assets at birth.

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權利

kyun4 lei6

Mandarin: quan2 li4

right (entitlement to do sth.)

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權力

kyun4 lik6

Mandarin: quan2 li4

power; authority

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權力下放

kyun4 lik6 haa6 fong3

Mandarin: quan2 li4 xia4 fang4

Simplified: 权力下放

devolution

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權力紛爭

kyun4 lik6 fan1 zang1

Mandarin: quan2 li4 fen1 zheng1

power struggle

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權勢

kyun4 sai3

Mandarin: quan2 shi4

power; influence

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權威

kyun4 wai1

Mandarin: quan2 wei1

authority; authoritative; a person of authority

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權威性

kyun4 wai1 sing3

Mandarin: quan2 wei1 xing4

authoritative; (having) authority

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權宜

kyun4 ji4

Mandarin: quan2 yi2

expedient

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權宜結婚

kyun4 ji4 git3 fan1

Mandarin: quan2 yi2 jie2 hun1

a marriage of convenience

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權杖

kyun4 zoeng6

Mandarin: quan2 zhang4

a scepter

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權柄

kyun4 beng3

Mandarin: quan2 bing3

power; authority. [also]權力

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權益

kyun4 jik1

Mandarin: quan2 yi4

rights; benefits; interests

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權能

kyun4 nang4

Mandarin: quan2 neng2

power

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權衡

kyun4 hang4

Mandarin: quan2 heng2

weigh; consider; measure; balance; count

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權貴

kyun4 gwai3

Mandarin: quan2 gui4

influential officials; bigwigs

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權鑰

kyun4 joek6

Mandarin: quan2 yao4

keys of authority

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權限

kyun4 haan6

Mandarin: quan2 xian4

limits of rights; rights limitation

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欬

koi3

Mandarin: kai4

an alternative form for 咳, to cough | # adapted from cc-cedict

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歧

kei4

Mandarin: qi2

divergent | side road | branch | # adapted from cc-cedict

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歧義

kei4 ji6

Mandarin: qi2 yi4

[n] ambiguity; different meanings

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