Cantonese Dictionary

眼赤

ngaan5 cek3

Mandarin: yan3 chi4

Red Eye; sore eye

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眼超超

ngaan5 ciu1 ciu1

Mandarin: yan3 chao1 chao1

staring

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眼醫

ngaan5 ji1

an optometrist, an eye doctor

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眼鏡公司

ngaan5 geng3*2 gung1 si1

an eyeglasses/eyewear shop

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眼鏡店

ngaan5 geng3*2 dim3

an optical shop

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眼鏡蛇式

ngaan5 geng3*2 se4 sik1

[yoga] Bhujangasana, Cobra

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眼鏡鋪

ngaan5 geng2 pou2

Mandarin: yan3 jing4 pu4

Simplified: 眼镜铺

Optical Shop

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眼闊肚窄

ngaan5 fut3 tou5 zaak3

Mandarin: yan3 kuo4 du4 zhai3

Simplified: 眼阔肚窄

(adjective) to want more than what one can eat | take in; to be overly greedy; to bite off more than one can chew; ; literally "eyes bigger than your stomach"

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眼饞肚飽

ngaan5 caam4 tou5 baau2

Mandarin: yan3 chan2 du4 bao3

(idiom) to bite off more than you can chew, to be greedy (for food), to be a glutton; (lit. greedy eyes, full stomach) | Syn.: 眼闊肚窄, 口大喉嚨小, 眼大肚子小

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眼高手低

ngaan5 gou1 sau2 dai1

Mandarin: yan3 gao1 shou3 di1

(lit.) to have one's eyes raised high, but hands laying low

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眼䁪䁪

ngaan5 zaam2 zaam2

Mandarin: yan3 zhan3 zhan3

blinking eyes

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睚

ngaai6

Mandarin: ya2

corner of the eye | to stare | # adapted from cc-cedict

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睨

ngai6

Mandarin: ni4

to look askance at | to squint | to glare at | # adapted from cc-cedict

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矮

ngai2

Mandarin: ai3

low | short (in length) | dwarf | # adapted from cc-cedict

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矮仔

ngai2 zai2

Mandarin: ai3 zi5

short guy

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矮仔多計

ngai2 zai2 do1 gai3

Mandarin: ai3 zi5 duo1 ji4

Simplified: 矮仔多计

short people are more strategic (slang)

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矮凳仔

ngai2 dang3 zai2

Mandarin: ai3 deng4 zi3

small stool

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矮細

ngai2 sai3

Mandarin: ai3 xi4

Simplified: 矮细

short; stubby

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砑

ngaa6

Mandarin: ya4

to calender | to grind | to polish | to roll with a stone roller | # adapted from cc-cedict

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研

ngaan4

Mandarin: yan2

to grind | to pulverize | to pestle | # adapted from cc-cedict

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研碎

ngaan4 seoi3

pulverize

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研磨

ngaan4 mo4

Mandarin: yan2 mo2

grind; polish | [粵]: 研 (ngaan4)

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研藥

ngaan4 joek6

grind medicine

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砹

ngaai6

Mandarin: ai4

astatine (chemistry) | # adapted from cc-cedict

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硬

ngaang6

Mandarin: ying4

hard | stiff | firm | resolutely | doggedly | good (quality) | able (person) | obstinate | forcibly | with effort | stubbornly | capable | of good quality | certainly | definitely | unavoidably | strong | erect (penis) | # adapted from cc-cedict

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硬件

ngaang6 gin6/6*2

Mandarin: ying4 jian4

hardware

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硬件

ngaang6 gin2

Mandarin: ying4 jian4

infrastructure

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硬件平台

ngaang6 gin6 ping4 toi4

Mandarin: ying4 jian4 ping2 tai2

hardware platform

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硬係

ngaang2 hai6

Mandarin: ying4 xi4

Simplified: 硬系

Cantonese

(adverb) always; stubbornly; obstinately; invariably; such is (the case); deliberately; to describe a situation where there is no alternative but to follow a set defined way to do something

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硬係

ngaang6*2 hai6; ngaang6 hai6

Cantonese

stubbornly; relentlessly

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