Cantonese Dictionary

盤問

pun4 man6

[1] catechize; [2] cross-question

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盤子

pun4 zi2

Mandarin: pan2 zi5

tray, plate, dish | [粵]: 碟 (dip62)

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盤尼西林

pun4 nei4 sai1 lam4

Mandarin: pan2 ni2 xi1 lin2

penicillin (loan word); see also 青霉素

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盤旋

pun4 syun4

Mandarin: pan2 xuan2

hover in a circle; spiral over

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盤滿缽滿

pun4 mun5 but3 mun5

Mandarin: pan2 man3 bo1 man3

Simplified: 盘满钵满

great harvest; lots of riches

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盤結

pun4 git3

Mandarin: pan2 jie2

Simplified: 盘结

to collude with; to gang up with; to be in a knot

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盤腿

pun4 teoi2

Mandarin: pan2 tui3

cross-legged

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盤膝

pun4 sat1

Mandarin: pan2 xi1

sit with one's legs crossed | Also 盘膝而坐

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盤菜

pun4 coi3

Mandarin: pan2 cai4

traditional Chinese ready-to-cook dish of meat, vegetables, etc. in a basin [Var.] 盆菜 [華][Syn.] 盤兒菜

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盤詰

pun4 kit3

Mandarin: pan2 jie2

interrogate; cross-examine

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盤錢

pun4 cin2

Mandarin: pan2 qian2

Simplified: 盘钱

to examine thoroughly, luggage at customs

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盤錢

pun4 cin4*2

examine thoroughly (luggage at customs)

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盤點

pun4 dim2

Cantonese

stocktake, inventorying

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盼

paan3

Mandarin: pan4

to hope for | to long for | to expect | to look | to gaze | # adapted from cc-cedict

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盼望

paan3 mong6

Mandarin: pan4 wang4

to hope, wish; look forward to

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睥

pei5

Mandarin: bi4

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

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睥睨

pai3 ngai6

Mandarin: pi4 ni4

look sideways (at)

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瞟

piu2

Mandarin: piao3

to cast a glance | to look askance at | to squin | to throw a glance | # adapted from cc-cedict

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瞥

pit3

Mandarin: pie1

to shoot a glance | glance | to appear in a flash | # adapted from cc-cedict

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瞥伯

pit3 baak3

Mandarin: pie1 bo2

(noun) voyeur; peeping tom; peeping watcher

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瞥見

pit3 gin3

Mandarin: pie1 jian4

catch sight of; get a glimpse of

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砒

pei1

Mandarin: pi1

arsenic

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砒霜

pei1 soeng1

Mandarin: pi1 shuang1

white arsenic; arsenic trioxide

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砰

ping4

Mandarin: peng1

part of a place name | # adapted from cc-cedict

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砰

ping1

Mandarin: peng1

[onomatopeia] bang; bump; thump; thud; smash; crash

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砲

paau4

Mandarin: pao4

to barbecue | branding iron | # adapted from cc-cedict

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砲

paau3 baau3

Mandarin: pao4 pao2 bao1

variant of 炮

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砲手

paau3 sau2

Mandarin: pao4 shou3

gunner — an army personnel who operates a heavy gun or a member of the artillery regiment

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破

po3

Mandarin: po4

broken | damaged | worn out | lousy | rotten | to break, split or cleave | to get rid of | to destroy | to break with | to capture (a city etc) | to expose the truth of | to ruin | to rout | to cut | to defeat | to beat | to solve | to spend (money, time, efforts) | # adapted from cc-cedict

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破例

po3 lai6

Mandarin: po4 li4

make an exception; break the rules

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