Cantonese Dictionary

卡式放映機

kaa1 sik1 fong3 jing2 gei1

video cassette player

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卡式機

kaa1 sik1 gei1

a cassette recorder; a cassette player; a Walkman

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卡式錄影機

kaa1 sik1 luk6 jing2 gei1

video cassette recorder

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卡拉OK

kaa1 laai1 ou1 kei1

Mandarin: ka3 la1

karaoke

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卡曲

kaa1 kuk1

a car coat (loanword)

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卡曲衫

kaa1 kuk1 saam1

Mandarin: ka3qu1 shan1

a car coat (loanword) [written and colloquial]

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卡板

kaa1 baan2

Mandarin: ka3 ban3

[1] pallet — a small wooden platform on which goods can be stacked for lifting and transporting, especially by forklift truck [2] [俗] card; board

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卡樂Ｂ

kaa1 lok6 bi1

Mandarin: ka3 le4Ｂ

Simplified: 卡乐Ｂ

Calbee, a type of crisp | potato chips [colloquial]

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卡片

kaat1 pin3*2

Mandarin: ka3 pian4

card; business card

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卡特爾

kaa1 dak6 ji5

Mandarin: ka3 te4 er3

a cartel (as a loanword)

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卡祖笛

kaa1 zou2 dek6

Mandarin: ka3 zu3 di2

kazoo — a simple wind instrument which produces a reedy sound when blown

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卡窿

kaa1 lung4*1

Mandarin: ka3 long2

(mahjong) to fill the gap; when waiting for a tile that completes a sequence in the middle to win, e.g. if a hand has 7 & 9, it needs an 8 to fill the gap. aka: filling an inside straight (poker term)

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卡罅

kaa1 laa3

Mandarin: ka3 xia4

gap (spoken)

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卡路里

kaa1 lou6 lei5

Mandarin: ka3 lu4 li3

calorie [unit of food energy] - things counted by neurotic weight-conscious people. [Syn./abbreviation]: 卡

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卡車

kaa1 ce1

Mandarin: ka3 che1

lorry; truck, pickup truck | Cant.: 貨車 | "卡" is from the English word "car"; this implies someone couldn't tell the difference between a truck and a car when this phrase was coined. Sadly, it is now the "Standard Chinese" term for trucks.

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卡迪夫

kaa1 dik6 fu4

Cardiff, capital city of Wales (威爾斯)

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卡迪夫

kaa1 dik6 fu1

Mandarin: Ka3 di2 fu1

Cardiff;A port city on the south coast of Wales, UK

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卡通

kaa1 tung1

Mandarin: ka3 tong1

cartoon

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卡通化

kaa1 tung1 faa3

to cartoonize

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卡通片

kaa1 tung1 pin3*2

a cartoon show; cartoon programme (/program) or film

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卡通片

kaa1 tung1 pin2

Mandarin: ka3 tong1 pian4

(noun) cartoon

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卻

koek3

Mandarin: que4

Simplified: 却

but | yet | however | while | to go back | to decline | to retreat | nevertheless | even though | to repel | to do away with | # adapted from cc-cedict

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卻之不恭

koek3 zi1 bat1 gung1

Mandarin: que4 zhi1 bu4 gong1

Said when one is offered an invitation or gift.

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卻步

koek3 bou6

Mandarin: que4 bu4

to step back

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厥

kyut3

Mandarin: jue2

to faint | to lose consciousness | his | her | its | their | thereafter | later on | only then | so | # adapted from cc-cedict

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及

kap6

Mandarin: ji2

and | to reach | up to | in time for | extend | come up to | to match | to catch up with | to overtake | # adapted from cc-cedict

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及得上

kap6 dak1 soeng5

Mandarin: ji2 de2 shang4

It can be regarded as…; as good | competent as

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及早

kap6 zou2

Mandarin: ji2 zao3

at the earliest; as soon as possible, ASAP

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及時

kap6 si4

Mandarin: ji2 shi2

on time; timely; promptly; without delay

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及時雨

kap6 si4 jyu5

Mandarin: ji2 shi2 yu3

timely help; literally it means timely rain

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