Cantonese Dictionary

盛名

sing6 ming4

Mandarin: sheng4 ming2

great reputation

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盛大

sing6 daai6

Mandarin: sheng4 da4

grand; majestic

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盛女

sing6 neoi5*2

Mandarin: sheng4 nv3

bachelorette, young women who remain single even after having reached marriageable age, lit., "prime girls"

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盛宴

sing6 jin3

Mandarin: sheng4 yan4

grand feast; a huge banquet

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盛情

sing6 cing4

Mandarin: sheng4 qing2

great kindness; boundless hospitality; bonhomie; munificence

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盛情難卻

sing6 cing4 naan4 koek3

Mandarin: sheng4 qing2 nan2 que4

find it hard to turn down sb's great kindness

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盛惠

sing6 wai6

Mandarin: sheng4 hui4

thank you (slang)

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盛智文

sing6 zi3 man4

Mandarin: sheng4 zhi4 wen2

(famous business magnate) Allan Zeman, who is known as the Father of Lan Kwai Fong in Hong Kong

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盛會

sing6 wui6

Mandarin: sheng4 hui4

a pompous event; a grand meeting

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盛況

sing6 fong3

Mandarin: sheng4 kuang4

grand occasion; spectacular event; grandeur

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盛產

sing6 caan2

Mandarin: sheng4 chan3

filled with; teeming with; abound

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盛行

sing6 hang4

Mandarin: sheng4 xing2

be in fashion; prevalent

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盛裝

sing6 zong1

Mandarin: sheng4 zhuang1

dressed up really nicely or formally

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盛載

sing4 zoi3

Mandarin: cheng2 zai4

Simplified: 盛载

store; to be loaded with

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盛開

sing6 hoi1

Mandarin: sheng4 kai1

to be in full flowering

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盛飯

sing4 faan6

Mandarin: cheng2 fan4

Simplified: 盛饭

(Mandarin) fill a bowl with rice

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相

soeng2

Mandarin: zhao4 pian4

Simplified: 照片

Cantonese

photo; picture (Cantonese)

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相互

soeng1 wu6

Mandarin: xiang1 hu4

reciprocal; mutual; one another

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相互作用

soeng1 wu6 zok3 jung6

Mandarin: xiang1 hu4 zuo4 yong4

coactions; interaction; interactivity; reciprocity

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相交

soeng1 gaau1

Mandarin: xiang1 jiao1

[1] intersect; cross [2] to make friends; social interaction

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相伴

soeng1 bun6

Mandarin: xiang1 ban4

[v] keep each other company; accompany each other; go together

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相似

soeng1 ci5

Mandarin: xiang1 si4

[1] to resemble; to be similar to; to be like [2] resemblance; likeness

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相似圖形

soeng1 ci5 tou4 jing4

Mandarin: xiang1 si4 tu2 xing2

[math.] similar figures

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相位差

soeng3 wai6*2 caa1

Mandarin: xiang4 wei4 cha1

phase difference

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相依為命

soeng1 ji1 wai4 ming6

Mandarin: xiang1 yi1 wei2 ming4

to rely on one another through thick and thin

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相信

soeng1 seon3

Mandarin: xiang1 xin4

to believe; to trust

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相克

soeng1 hak1

Mandarin: xiang1 ke4

of two people who are said to bring bad luck upon each other when together

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相公

soeng3 gung1

Mandarin: xiang4 gong1

[1] husband (in olden times; the modern term is 老公); the corresponding term for "wife" is 娘子 [2] [mahjong] to have too many (大相公) or too few tiles (小相公) in one's hand

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相切

soeng1 cit3

Mandarin: xiang1 qie1

Tangent

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相加

soeng1 gaa1

Mandarin: xiang1 jia1

Adding; sum

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