Cantonese Dictionary

水滴石穿

seoi2 dik6 sek6 cyun1

Mandarin: shui3 di1 shi2 chuan1

persistent effort overcomes any difficulty (lit., "dripping water wears away stone")

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水滴穿石

seoi2 dik6 cyun1 sek6

Mandarin: shui3 di1 chuan1 shi2

results will come with long-term perseverence and hardwork

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水滾

seoi2 gwan2

Mandarin: shui3 gun3

Simplified: 水滚

(verb) water is boiling

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水漩

seoi2 syun4

Cantonese

whirlpool

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水火

seoi2 fo2

Mandarin: shui3 huo3

(noun) water and fire

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水火不容

seoi2 fo2 bat1 jung4

incompatible; have no contact with each other

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水火不相容

seoi2 fo2 bat1 soeng1 jung4

Mandarin: shui3 huo3 bu4 xiang1 rong2

incompatible; mutually exclusive; can never mix | get on with each other

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水火無情

seoi2 fo2 mou4 cing4

Mandarin: shui3 huo3 wu2 qing2

floods and fires have no mercy for anybody (lit., "fire and water have no feelings")

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水災

seoi2 zoi1

Mandarin: shui3 zai1

Simplified: 水灾

flooding

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水炮

seoi2 paau3

Mandarin: shui3 pao4

(noun) water cannon

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水煙

seoi2 jin1

Mandarin: shui3 yan1

shredded tobacco for water pipes

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水煤氣

seoi2 mui4 hei3

Mandarin: shui3 mei2 qi4

[chem.] water gas

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水煮

seoi2 zyu2

Mandarin: shui3zhu3

boiled [written and colloquial]

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水煲

seoi2 bou1

Mandarin: shui3 bao1

water kettle

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水牌

seoi2 paai4*2

a lacquered board in shops, used like slate for erasable writing

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水牌

seoi2 paai2

Mandarin: shui3 pai2

(noun) directory signs; directory boards

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水牛

seoi2 ngau4

Mandarin: shui3 niu2

water-buffalo; (placename) Sui Ngau

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水獺

seoi2 caat3

Mandarin: shui3 ta3

[n] otter (i.e. lutrinae - a carnivorous aquatic or marine mammal, part of the family Mustelidae)

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水玻璃

seoi2 bo1 lei4*1

Mandarin: shui3 bo1 li5

[chem.] water glass

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水玻璃

seoi2 bo1 lei1

Mandarin: shui3 bo1 li5

waterglass; liquid glass (chem)

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水珠子

seoi2 zyu1 zi2

Mandarin: shui3 zhu1 zi5

drop of water

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水球

seoi2 kau4

water polo

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水瓜

seoi2 gwaa1

Mandarin: shui3 gua1

sponge gourd

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水瓜打狗

seoi2 gwaa1 daa2 gau2

Mandarin: shui3 gua1 da3 gou3

(Cantonese analogy) someone will lose half of something

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水瓶座

seoi2 ping4 zo6

Aquarius - one of twelve Zodiac constellations (十二星座). (01-20/02-18)

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水瓶星座

seoi2 ping4 sing1 zo6

Aquarius

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水產

seoi2 caan2

Mandarin: shui3 chan3

Simplified: 水产

seafood; food from waters

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水產業

seoi2 caan2 jip6

Mandarin: shui3 chan3 ye4

aquaculture

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水產養殖

seoi2 caan2 joeng5 zik6

aquaculture

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水田

seoi2 tin4

Mandarin: shui3 tian2

irrigated fields, paddy

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