Cantonese Dictionary

彌撒用書

nei4 saat3 jung6 syu1

Mandarin: mi2 sa1 yong4 shu1

a missal

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彌敦道

nei4 deon1 dou6

Mandarin: mi2 dun1 dao4

Simplified: 弥敦道

noun; Nathan Road, a major road that runs north-south through heart of Kowloon, Hong Kong

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彌月

nei4 jyut6*2

Mandarin: mi2 yue4

the first full month after birth (i.e., entering the second month)

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彌漫

nei4 maan6

Mandarin: mi2 man4

of fog, smoke or dust to permeate the air; be present everywhere; inundate with water

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彌留

nei4 lau4

Mandarin: mi2 liu2

to be seriously ill and about to die

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彌補

nei4 bou2

Mandarin: mi2 bu3

to make complete; make up for a deficiency

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彌賽亞

nei4 coi3 aa3

Mandarin: mi2 sai4 ya3 (Taiwan), mi2 sai4 ya4 (PRC)

[loanword] Messiah

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忤

ng6

Mandarin: wu3

disobedient | unfilial | # adapted from cc-cedict

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忤逆仔

ng5 jik6 zai2

Mandarin: wu3 ni4 zi3

noun; disobedient son

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念

nim6

Mandarin: nian4

to read | to study (a subject) | to attend (a school) | to read aloud | to miss (sb) | idea | remembrance | twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿, 20) | to think of | to miss | to remember | to chant | a surname | # adapted from cc-cedict

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念口黃

nim6 hau2 wong4*2

Cantonese

reciting a text without understanding its meaning (variant of 唸口黃)

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念口黃

nim6 hau2 wong2

Mandarin: nian4 kou3 huang2

Simplified: 念口黄

verb; reciting a book | memory something without understanding what it mean

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念咒

nim6 zau3

Mandarin: nian4 zhou4

to chant incantations [Var.] 唸咒

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念念有詞

nim6 nim6 jau5 ci4

Mandarin: nian4 nian4 you3 ci2

to mutter incantations; to mumble to oneself [Var.] 唸唸有詞

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念書

nim6 syu1

Mandarin: nian4 shu1

[1] to read aloud; recite a lesson from memory [2] to study; to attend school [Var.] 唸書 | [粵]:　讀書

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念珠

nim6 zyu1

Mandarin: nian4 zhu1

a rosary, prayer beads [Syn.] 唸珠; 念珠串; 唸珠串

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念經

nim6 ging1

Mandarin: nian4 jing1

recite a sutra; prayers; chant; intone [Var.] 唸經

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念舊

nim6 gau6

Mandarin: nian4 jiu4

cherish old times or old friends

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念誦

nim6 zung6

Mandarin: nian4 song4

to recite; to read aloud [Var.] 唸誦

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念頭

nim6 tau4

Mandarin: nian4 tou5

[1] thought, idea; [2] intention

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忸

nuk6

Mandarin: niu3

blush | be shy | to be ashamed | to be bashful | # adapted from cc-cedict

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忸

nau2

Mandarin: niu3

bashful; coy; demure; shy

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忸怩作態

nau2 nei4 zok3 taai3

Mandarin: niu3 ni2 zuo5 tai4

behave coyly or in an affectedly shy manner

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怒

nou6

Mandarin: nu4

anger | fury | flourishing | vigorous | madly | # adapted from cc-cedict

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怒吼

nou6 haau1

Mandarin: nu4 hou3

howl; roar; shout; rage

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怒斥

nou6 cik1

Mandarin: nu4 chi4

angrily denounce; indignantly rebuke

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怒氣

nou6 hei3

[n] anger, rage, wrath

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怒氣沖沖

nou6 hei3 cung1 cung1

to be in a great rage

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怒潮

nou6 ciu4

[n] raging tide; tide of wrath

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怒火

nou6 fo2

Mandarin: nu4 huo3

[n] rage; fury

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