Cantonese Dictionary

累透

leoi6 tau3

Mandarin: lei4 tou4

tired

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結

lit3

Mandarin: jie2

Simplified: 结

knot | sturdy | bond | to tie | to bind | to check out (of a hotel) | to join | to connect | to unite | to conclude | to settle | to congeal | to form | to bear (fruit) | to conjoin | # adapted from cc-cedict

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絡

lok6

Mandarin: luo4

Simplified: 络

net-like | web | to enmesh | to wrap around | # adapted from cc-cedict

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絡繹不絕

lok3 jik6 bat1 zyut6

Mandarin: luo4 yi2 bu4 jue2

continuous flow of; endless stream of

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綠化地帶

luk6 faa3 dei6 daai3

Mandarin: lv4 hua4 di4 dai4

green belt — in urban planning, the idea that urban areas be buffeted by a ring of relatively verdant area of low development to curb the excesses and ill-effects of the spread of the concrete jungle

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綠卡

luk6 kaat1

green card

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綠印

luk6 jan3

Mandarin: lv4 yin4

Simplified: 绿印

green-stamp (non-permanent resident status in Hong Kong)

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綠印客

luk6 jan3 haak3

"green stamp tourists" (indicated non-permanent residents in HK)

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綠印居民

luk6 jan3 geoi1 man4

"green stamp inhabitants" (indicated non-permanent residents in HK)

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綠咭

luk6 kaat1

Cantonese

green card (for US permanent residency)

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綠寶石

luk6 bou2 sek6

emerald

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綠帶

luk6 daai3*2

green belt

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綠油油

luk6 jau4 jau4*2

Mandarin: lv4 you2 you2

lush green

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綠洲

luk6 zau1

Mandarin: lv4 zhou1

an oasis

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綠皮書

luk6 pei4 syu1

(Britain) green book; green paper (elicits public commentary on proposed new policy)

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綠綠地

luk6 luk6 dei6*2

greenish

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綠置居

luk6 zi3 geoi1

Mandarin: lv4 zhi4 ju1

GSH - shortened from Green Form Subsidised Home Ownership Scheme (綠表置居計劃)

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綠肺

luk6 fai3

"green lung" (a zoology greenbelt)

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綠色

luk6 sik1

Mandarin: lu:4 se4

Simplified: 绿色

green (color)

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綠色和平

luk6 sik1 wo4 ping4

Greenpeace

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綠色和平組織

luk6 sik1 wo4 ping4 zou2 zik1

Mandarin: lv4 se4 he2 ping2 zu3 zhi1

Greenpeace

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綠色小巴

luk6 sik1 siu2 baa1

Mandarin: lv4 se4 xiao3 ba1

Simplified: 绿色小巴

Green Minibus

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綠色急救通道

luk6 sik1 gap1 gau3 tung1 dou6

Mandarin: lv4 se4 ji2 jiu4 tong1 dao4

emergency green path

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綠色消費

luk6 sik1 siu1 fai3

green consumption (i.e., conservation)

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綠色產品

luk6 sik1 caan2 ban2

a "green product" (i.e., conservation)

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綠色的士

luk6 sik1 dik1 si6*2

a green taxi (New Territories)

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綠色的士

luk6 sik1 dik1 si2

Mandarin: lv4 se4 di1 shi4

Simplified: 绿色的士

Green Taxi (taxis that operates in the New Territories in Hong Kong are all green colored)

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綠色食品

luk6 sik1 sik6 ban2

Mandarin: lv4 se4 shi2 pin3

organic food (lit., "green food")

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綠茶

luk6 caa4

Mandarin: lv4 cha2

green tea (a variety of tea, include 龍井, 碧螺春, ...)

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綠草如茵

luk6 cou2 jyu4 jan1

green grass looks like velvet carpet

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