Cantonese Dictionary

派遣

paai3 hin2

Mandarin: pai4 qian3

to assign

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派頭

paai3*1 tau4

Mandarin: pai4 tou2

style; manner; panache; impressive air; showy

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派頭

paai1 tau4

Mandarin: pai4 tou2

Simplified: 派头

appearance

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浦

pou4

Mandarin: pu3

river bank | shore | river drainage ditch (old) | part of a palce name | a surname | # adapted from cc-cedict

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浦東

pou2 dung1

Mandarin: pu3 dong1

Pudong (district in Shanghai)

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浦西

pou2 sai1

Mandarin: pu3 xi1

Puxi (district in Shanghai)

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浮面

pou4 min6*2

Mandarin: fu2 mian4

surface

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湃

paai3

Mandarin: pai4

sound of waves | turbulent | to splatter | # adapted from cc-cedict

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湓

pun6

Mandarin: pen2

flowing of water | name of a river | upwelling of liquid | # adapted from cc-cedict

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溥

pou2

Mandarin: pu3

extensive | pervading | widespread | big | great | vast | wide | a surname | # adapted from cc-cedict

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溥儀

pou2 ji4

Mandarin: pu3 yi2

Pu Yi, personal name of the last Qing emperor

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滂

pong4 pong1

Mandarin: pang1

[literary] (of water) gushing; pouring; torrential

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滂

pong4

Mandarin: pang1

rushing | gushing (water) | torrential | voluminous | # adapted from cc-cedict

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滂沱大雨

pong4 to4 daai6 yu5

Mandarin: pang1 tuo2 da4 yu3

torrential/pouring rain; heavy downpour; raining cats and dogs

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滮

piu4

Mandarin: biao1

flowing of water | to ooze | to spurt | # adapted from cc-cedict

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漂

piu3

Mandarin: piao4

elegant | polished | pretty | good-looking | to bleach | to blanch | to rinse | to sluice | to swill | # adapted from cc-cedict

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漂亮

piu3 loeng6

Mandarin: piao4 liang5

beautiful; pretty (靚 is more commonly spoken)

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漂泊

piu1 bok6

Mandarin: piao1 bo2

[v] to travel, to drift with no about as a vagrant

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漂泊江湖

piu1 bok6 gong1 wu4

Mandarin: piao1 bo2 jiang1 hu2

[v] to lead a vagrant life

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漂浮

piu1 fau4

Mandarin: piao1 fu2

to float; to hover; to drift (also fig., to lead a wandering life)

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漂白

piu3 baak6

Mandarin: piao3 bai2

to bleach

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漂白業者

piu3 baak6 jip6 ze2

Mandarin: piao1 bai2 ye4 zhe3

a bleacher (type of profession)

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漂白水

piu3 baak6 seoi2

bleach

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漂移

piu1 ji4

Mandarin: piao1 yi2

drift (as electrical, stunt driving maneuver, etc.)

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潎

piu3

Mandarin: pi4

an alternative form for 漂, to float | # adapted from cc-cedict

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潑

put3

Mandarin: po1

Simplified: 泼

to splash | to spill | rough and coarse | brutish | # adapted from cc-cedict

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潑冷水

put3 laang5 seoi2

Mandarin: po1 leng3 shui3

pour cold water on; dampen sb's enthusiasm; put a damper on; wet blanket; discourage

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潑剌

put3 laat6

Mandarin: po1 la4

splosh (onomatopoeic)

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潑墨

put3 mak6

Mandarin: po1 mo4

Simplified: 泼墨

ink splashing

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潘

pun1

Mandarin: Pan1

surname Pan | Pan, faun in Greek mythology, son of Hermes | water in which rice has been rinsed | # adapted from cc-cedict

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