Cantonese Dictionary

外事

ngoi6 si6

Mandarin: wai4 shi4

foreign affairs

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外交

ngoi6 gaau1

Mandarin: wai4 jiao1

foreign affairs; diplomacy; diplomatic

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外交事務

ngoi6 gaau1 si6 mou6

Mandarin: wai4 jiao1 shi4 wu4

[n] foreign affairs

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外交使節

ngoi6 gaau1 si3 zit3

Mandarin: wai4 jiao1 shi3 jie2

Simplified: 外交使节

Diplomats

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外交大臣

ngoi6 gaau1 daai6 san4

Mandarin: wai4 jiao1 da4 chen2

(UK) Foreign Secretary; Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

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外交學院

ngoi6 gaau1 hok6 jyun6*2

Mandarin: wai4 jiao1 xue2 yuan4

China Foreign Affairs University

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外交官

ngoi6 gaau1 gun1

Mandarin: wai4 jiao1 guan1

diplomat

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外交家

ngoi6 gaau1 gaa1

Mandarin: wai4 jiao1 jia1

a diplomat

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外交手腕

ngoi6 gaau1 sau2 wun2

Mandarin: wai4 jiao1 shou3 wan4

diplomatic

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外交政策分析家

ngoi6 gaau1 zing3 caak3 fan1 sik1 gaa1

foreign-policy analyst

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外交界

ngoi6 gaau1 gaai3

Mandarin: wai4 jiao1 jie4

The diplomatic community | circles

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外交部

ngoi6 gaau1 bou6

Mandarin: wai4 jiao1 bu4

[1] Foreign Affairs ministry; [2] foreign office; [3] Dept. of State

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外交部長

ngoi6 gaau1 bou6 zoeng2

Mandarin: wai4 jiao1 bu4 zhang3

minister of foreign affairs

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外交關係

ngoi6 gaau1 gwaan1 hai6

Mandarin: wai4 jiao1 guan1 xi4

foreign relations; diplomatic relations

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外交關系

ngoi6 gaau1 gwaan1 hai6

Mandarin: wai4 jiao1 guan1 xi4

foreign relations; diplomatic relations

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外交風波

ngoi6 gaau1 fung1 bo1

Mandarin: wai4 jiao1 feng1 bo1

diplomatic crisis

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外來

ngoi6 loi4

Mandarin: wai4 lai2

foreign, outside, external, etc.

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外來人

ngoi6 loi4 jan4

Mandarin: wai4 lai2 ren2

a person from another place; a non-native; a migrant

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外來人口

ngoi6 loi4 jan4 hau2

Mandarin: wai4 lai2 ren2 kou3

new migrants

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外來妹

ngoi6 loi4 mui1

Mandarin: wai4 lai2 mei4

Simplified: 外来妹

noun; girl from overseas or other communities

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外來投資

ngoi6 loi4 tau4 zi1

Mandarin: wai4 lai2 tou2 zi5

foreign investment

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外來詞

ngoi6 loi4 ci4

Mandarin: wai4 lai2 ci2

loanword; loan word or transliteration (from English or other languages) [Syn.] 借詞, 借語, 借用語, 外來語

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外來語

ngoi6 loi4 jyu5

Mandarin: wai4 lai2 yu3

loanword [Syn.] 外來詞, 借用語, 借用詞, 借語, 借詞

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外便

ngoi6 bin6

Mandarin: wai4 bian4

outside

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外側裂周區

ngoi6 zak1 lit6 zau1 keoi1

Mandarin: wai4 ce4 lie4 zhou1 qu1

Perisylvian

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外傭

ngoi6 jung4

Mandarin: wai4 yong1

Simplified: 外佣

foreign servants | domestic helpers [colloquial]

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外傳

ngoi6 cyun4

Mandarin: wai4 chuan2

1. leak; be passed on to outsiders 2. be rumoured by outsiders

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外傷

ngoi6 soeng1

trauma (flesh wound)

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外八字腳

ngoi6 baat3 zi6 goek3

Mandarin: wai4 ba1 zi4 jiao3

splayed feet

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外公

ngoi6 gung1

Mandarin: wai4gong1

(noun) Grandpa

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