Cantonese Dictionary

臨武

lam4 mou5

Mandarin: lin2 wu3

Linwu (place in Hunan)

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臨死

lam4 sei2

Mandarin: lin2 si3

facing death; at death's door

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臨汾

lam4 fan4

Mandarin: lin2 fen2

Linfen (city in Shanxi)

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臨汾地區

lam4 fan4 dei6 keoi1

Mandarin: lin2 fen2 di4 qu1

Linfen district (district in Shanxi)

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臨沂

lam4 ji4

Mandarin: lin2 yi2

Linyi (city in Shandong)

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臨沂地區

lam4 ji4 dei6 keoi1

Mandarin: lin2 yi2 di4 qu1

Linyi district (district in Shandong)

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臨沭

lam4 seot6

Mandarin: lin2 shu4

Linshu (place in Shandong)

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臨河

lam4 ho4

Mandarin: lin2 he2

Linhe (city in Inner Mongolia)

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臨泉

lam4 cyun4

Mandarin: lin2 quan2

Linquan (place in Anhui)

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臨洮

lam4 tou4

Mandarin: lin2 tao2

Lintao (place in Gansu)

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臨海

lam4 hoi2

Mandarin: lin2 hai3

Linhai (city in Zhejiang)

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臨淄區

lam4 zi1 keoi1

Mandarin: lin2 zi1 qu1

Linzi (area in Shandong)

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臨深履薄

lam4 sam1 lei5 bok6

Mandarin: lin2 shen1 lv3 bo2

Simplified: 临深履薄

always anxious and fearful; wading in deep water and treading on thin ice; to proceed with extreme caution

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臨清

lam4 cing1

Mandarin: lin2 qing1

Linqing (city in Shandong)

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臨渴掘井

lam4 hot3 gwat6 zeng2

Mandarin: lin2 ke3 jue2 jing3

to not make timely preparations; to prepare for something only when there is already need for it; (lit.) to dig a well when you're already thirsty

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臨湘

lam4 soeng1

Mandarin: lin2 xiang1

Linxiang (city in Hunan)

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臨滄

lam4 cong1

Mandarin: lin2 cang1

Lincang (place in Yunnan)

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臨滄地區

lam4 cong1 dei6 keoi1

Mandarin: lin2 cang1 di4 qu1

Lincang district (district in Yunnan)

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臨漳

lam4 zoeng1

Mandarin: lin2 zhang1

Linzhang (place in Hebei)

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臨潭

lam4 taam4

Mandarin: lin2 tan2

Lintan (place in Gansu)

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臨潼

lam4 tung4

Mandarin: lin2 tong2

Lintong (place in Shaanxi)

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臨澤

lam4 zaak6

Mandarin: lin2 ze2

Linze (place in Gansu)

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臨澧

lam4 lai5

Mandarin: lin2 li3

Linli (place in Hunan)

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臨牀

lam4 cong4

Mandarin: lin2 chuang2

Simplified: 临床

Clinical

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臨猗

lam4 ji1

Mandarin: lin2 yi1

Linyi (place in Shanxi)

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臨班

lam3 baan1

Mandarin: lin2 ban1

Simplified: 临班

to repeat a year of study at school [colloquial]

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臨界

lam4 gaai3

Mandarin: lin2 jie4

[物理] critical

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臨界溫度

lam4 gaai3 wan1 dou6

Mandarin: lin2 jie4 wen1 du4

Simplified: 临界温度

Critical temperature

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臨界狀態

lam4 gaai3 zong6 taai3

Mandarin: lin2 jie4 zhuang4 tai4

criticality

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臨界質量

lam4 gaai3 zat1 loeng6

Mandarin: lin2 jie4 zhi4 liang4

critical mass | Orig. from Nuclear Physics, but now also used metaphorically

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