Cantonese Dictionary

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歧視
Mandarin: qi2 shi4
v. discriminate, n. discrimination
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歧途
Mandarin: qi2 tu2
fork in a road; wrong road
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歧阜縣
Gifu prefecture (in Japan)
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歸
Mandarin: gui1
Simplified: 归
an alternative form for 愧, ashamed | # adapted from cc-cedict
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求
Mandarin: qiu2
to seek | to look for | to request | to demand | to beseech | to pray | # adapted from cc-cedict
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求之不得
Mandarin: qiu2 zhi1 bu4 de2
just what one wished for; to wish for sth. however fail to receive it in the end
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求仁得仁
Mandarin: qiu2 ren2 de2 ren2
a dream come true; wish granted
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求偶
Mandarin: qiu2 ou3
courtship
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求先
Mandarin: qiu2 xian1
just now
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求全
Mandarin: qiu2 quan2
(verb) to demand | seek for a perfection;
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求其
Mandarin: qiu2 qi2
(adverb) sloppily; shoddily; slackly; randomly; casually; anyhow; haphazardly (describes the unmindfulness in doing something, i.e. without putting much effort or thoughts into it); (expression) "whatever"; "anything goes"; (adjective of an action) perfunctory; slipshod
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求助
appeal; recourse; seek help; fall back on; have recourse to; refer oneself to
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求同存異
Mandarin: qiu2 tong2 cun2 yi4
seek a common ground despite having differences
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求姻緣
Mandarin: qiu2 yin1 yuan2
to pray for a good marriage
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求婚
Mandarin: qiu2 hun1
propose marriage
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求學
Mandarin: qiu2 xue2
attend school; seek knowledge; study
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求實
Mandarin: qiu2 shi2
Simplified: 求实
to be practical-minded; to be realistic; to have a matter-of-fact attitude
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求實際
matter-of-fact
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求得
Mandarin: qiu2 de2
ask for and receive; look for and obtain; to try to obtain
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求情
Mandarin: qiu2 qing2
beg for leniency, plead, to ask a favor of
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求愛
Mandarin: qiu2 ai4
woo
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求救
ask for help
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求是
Mandarin: qiu2 shi4
to seek the truth
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求求其其
Mandarin: qiu2 qiu5 qi2 qi2
the attitude of doing thing(s) carelessly and casually without putting in any serious effort (just want to get the easy way out in doing anything)
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求生
Mandarin: qiu2 sheng1
to seek survival / to possess the will to live
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求番支好籤
Mandarin: qiu2 fan1 zhi1 hao3 qian1
Simplified: 求番支好签
to seek advice from an experienced person; to seek help from an eminent person [colloquial]
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求祈
Cantonese
careless; casually; sketchy; as long as; it would be okay whatsoever
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求簽
Mandarin: qiu2 qian1
Simplified: 求签
to ask for an Oracle by drawing the fortune-telling sticks at a temple
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求索
Mandarin: qiu2 suo3
to search for sth; to seek; to quest; to explore
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求職
Mandarin: qiu2 zhi2
seek employment
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