Cantonese Dictionary

新鮮蘿蔔皮

san1 sin1 lo4 baak6 pei4

Mandarin: xin1xian1 luo2bo5 pi2

Simplified: 新鲜萝卜皮

'so special' | 'so great' | 'so marvallous' (in a sarcastic tone used in the expression “so (you | she) think (you | he | she are | is) so special” [colloquial]

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新黨

san1 dong2

Mandarin: Xin1 dang3

New Party (Republic of China)

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新龍

san1 lung4

Mandarin: xin1 long2

Xinlong (place in Sichuan), Sun Lung

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施

si3

Mandarin: shi1

to grant | to give | to bestow | to act | to carry out | to bring into effect | to apply | to use | to add | a surname | to enforce | # adapted from cc-cedict

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施加

si1 gaa1

Mandarin: shi1 jia1

exert on; inflict on; impose on; bring to

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施加壓力

si1 gaa1 aat3 lik6

Mandarin: shi1 jia1 ya1 li4

forcing, exert pressure, "turning the screws on"

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施咒

si1 zau3

Mandarin: shi1 zhou4

cast a spell

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施壓

si1 aat3

to exert pressure

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施展

si1 zin2

Mandarin: shi1 zhan3

to use to the fullest; to maximise usage

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施工

si1 gung1

Mandarin: shi1 gong1

to do work on a construction | eg.: 正在施工 under construction

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施恩

si1 jan1

Mandarin: shi1 en1

grant favours; bestow favours on

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施恩莫望報

si1 jan1 mok6 mong6 bou3

Mandarin: shi1 en1 mo4 wang4 bao4

Simplified: 施恩莫望报

'virtue is its own reward'

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施惠

si1 wai6

Mandarin: shi1 hui4

bestow favours

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施捨

si1 se2

Mandarin: shi1 she3

to give alms; to give to charity

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施放

si1 fong3

to set off; to launch

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施政

si1 zing3

administration

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施教

si1 gaau3

Mandarin: shi1 jiao4

teach; instruct

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施施然

si1 si1 jin4

Mandarin: shi1 shi1 ran2

to do things slowly

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施易男

si1 ji6 naam4

Mandarin: shi1 yi4 nan2

Eli Si

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施暴

si1 bou6

Mandarin: shi1 bao4

verb; exert violence

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施法

si1 faat3

Mandarin: shi1 fa3

[v] to bewitch

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施甸

si1 din6

Mandarin: shi1 dian4

Shidian (place in Yunnan)

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施秉

si1 bing2

Mandarin: shi1 bing3

Shibing (place in Guizhou)

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施肥

si1 fei4

Mandarin: shi1 fei2

to fertilize; to add fertilizer

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施舍

si1 se5; si1 se3

Mandarin: shi1 she3

/si1 se5/ the rise and fall (e.g., of an empire); /si1 se3/ a resting place

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施行

si1 hang4

Mandarin: shi1 xing2

[1] to put in place, put into practice; [2] take effect

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施襲

si1 zaap6

Mandarin: shi1 xi2

make a suprise attack on

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施醫

si1 ji1

Mandarin: shi1 yi1

provide the poor with free medical treatment

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旋

syun4

Mandarin: xuan2

to revolve | a loop | a circle | to move in orbit | to return | to mediate between | to deal with | soon | soon after | spinning | to turn something on a lathe | a surname | # adapted from cc-cedict

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旋即

syun4 zik1

Mandarin: xuan2 ji2

immediately

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