Cantonese Dictionary

渲

syun3

Mandarin: xuan4

add repeated washes of color

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渲

syun1

Mandarin: xuan4

wash (color) | to add touches or color (to a story) | to distort facts | # adapted from cc-cedict

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渲染

syun3 jim5

Mandarin: xuan4 ran3

to spread

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湘菜

soeng1 coi3

Hunan cuisine

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溯

sou3

Mandarin: su4

to go upstream | to trace the source | to go against the current | formerly | # adapted from cc-cedict

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滲

sam3

Mandarin: shen4

Simplified: 渗

to seep | to ooze | to horrify | to soak through | to infiltrate | # adapted from cc-cedict

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滲入

sam3 jap6

infiltration

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滲漏

sam3 lau6

seepage

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滲透

sam3 tau3

Mandarin: shen4 tou4

to infiltrate

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漩

syun4

Mandarin: xuan2

whirlpool; eddy

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漩渦

syun4 wo1

Mandarin: xuan2 wo1

whirlpool; eddy; vortex; difficult situation

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漱

sou3

Mandarin: shu4

to rinse one's mouth with water | to gargle | to wash | to scour | # adapted from cc-cedict

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漱

sau3

Mandarin: shu4

rinse (the mouth); gargle

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漱口

sau3/sou3 hau2

Mandarin: shu4 kou3

to rinse the mouth; to gargle | Cant.: 𠺘口 (Unihan Ext B); 口 (HKSCS)

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漱口水

sau3 hau2 seoi2

Mandarin: shu4 kou3 shui3

mouthwash

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潟

sik1

Mandarin: xi4

saline land

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潲

siu6

Mandarin: shao4

driving rain | to fall slantwise | to slant in | to sprinkle | to spray | slops | swill | hogwash | # adapted from cc-cedict

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潲水

saau3 seoi2

Mandarin: shao4 shui3

kitchen swill for pigs; the left over water from washing rice

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潸

sim2

Mandarin: shan1

tearfully | weep | # adapted from cc-cedict

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潸然淚下

saan1 jin4 leoi6 haa6

Mandarin: shan1 ran2 lei4 xia4

to shed tears; to cry

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潺

saan4

Mandarin: chan2

flow | trickle (of water) | sound of flowing water | slow flowing (water) | tears and mucus streaming down | # adapted from cc-cedict

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潺茄

saan4 ke4*2

okra; gumbo; lady's finger

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潺菜

saan4 coi3

Mandarin: chan2 cai4

ceylon spinach

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澀

sik1

Mandarin: se4

Simplified: 涩

astringent | tart | acerbity | unsmooth | rough (surface) | hard to understand | obscure | # adapted from cc-cedict

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澀滯

sap1 zai6

Mandarin: se4 zhi4

Simplified: 涩滞

harsh; difficult to get along; troublesome; difficult; tricky

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澌滅

si1 mit6

Mandarin: si1 mie4

competely disappear; completely vanish

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濕

sap1

Mandarin: shi1

Simplified: 湿

moist | wet | damp | humid | humidity, a factor contributing to illness according to traditional principles of Chinese medicine | to reward | to beat up | # adapted from cc-cedict

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濕九

sap1 gau2

Mandarin: shi1 jiu3

Simplified: 湿九

low class; vulgar [colloquial]

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濕九仔

sap1 gau2 zai2

Mandarin: shi1 jiu3 zi3

Simplified: 湿九仔

little shit [colloquial]

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濕地

sap1 dei6

Mandarin: shi1 di4

wetland

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