Cantonese Dictionary

相見

soeng1 gin3

Mandarin: xiang1 jian4

[v]to meet, to meet one another, to become acquainted with someone

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相見好，同住難

soeng1 gin3 hou2 tung4 zyu6 naan4

Mandarin: xiang1 jian4 hao3 , tong2 zhu4 nan2

Simplified: 相见好，同住难

(proverb) people are nice when they meet; but it is difficult to get along with others

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相見恨晚

soeng1 gin4 han6 maan5

Mandarin: xiang1 jian4 hen4 wan3

regret not having met earlier/sooner; regret not to have known sb before

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相親

soeng1 can1

Mandarin: xiang1 qin1

date; arranged blind date with intention to marry

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相認

soeng1 jing6

Mandarin: xiang1 ren4

to acknowledge each other; be aquainted with each other

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相談

soeng1 taam4

Mandarin: xiang1 tan2

Simplified: 相谈

Counseling; to discuss

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相請不如偶遇

seong1 cing2 bat1 jyu4 ngau5 jyu6

Mandarin: xiang1 qing3 bu4 ru2 ou3 yu4

Said when two people meet who know each other (maybe having not met for an extended period of time).

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相請不如偶遇

soeng1 cing2 bat1 jyu4 ngau5 jyu6

Mandarin: xiang1 qing3 bu4 ru2 ou3 yu4

Simplified: 相请不如偶遇

(proverb) when two people meet by chance or bump into each other, they do something together without planning

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相識

soeng1 sik1

Mandarin: xiang1 shi2

acquaintance; (of two or more people) to know one another | [粵]: 識得

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相讓

soeng1 joeng6

Mandarin: xiang1 rang4

Simplified: 相让

(verb) to give way; yield to others

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相貌

soeng3 maau6

Mandarin: xiang4mao4

(noun) Countenance

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相距

soeng1 keoi5

be apart; be away from

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相近

soeng1 gan6

Mandarin: xiang1jin4

(verb) Like (someone)

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相送

soeng1 sung3

Mandarin: xiang1 song4

farewell

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相通

soeng1 tung1

Mandarin: xiang1 tong1

to be linked; to have a connection

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相逢

soeng1 fung4

[v] to meet, to become acquainted with

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相逢恨晚

soeng1 fung4 han6 maan5

Mandarin: xiang1 feng2 hen4 wan3

regret we didn't meet sooner

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相遇

soeng1 jyu6

to meet one another; to become acquainted with

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相關

soeng1 gwaan1

Mandarin: xiang1 guan1

related to one another; to be interrelated

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相隔

soeng1 gaak3

Mandarin: xiang1 ge2

be separated by (distance or time, etc)

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相隨

soeng1 ceoi4

Mandarin: xiang1 sui2

Simplified: 相随

adjoining; to go with; to go hand in hand with

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相離

soeng1 lei4

Mandarin: xiang1 li2

Simplified: 相离

separate from each other

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相電流

soeng3 din6 lau4

Mandarin: xiang4 dian4 liu2

phase current

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相電流

soeng1 din6 lau4

Mandarin: xiang4 dian4 liu2

Simplified: 相电流

Phase current

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相食

soeng1 sik6

Mandarin: xiang1 shi2

Cannibalism

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省

sing2

Mandarin: sheng3

to examine | to inspect | to observe | to visit (one's seniors) | to call on | to ask after | to become conscious | to be aware | to wake up to | # adapted from cc-cedict

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省份

saang2 fan6

Mandarin: sheng3 fen4

province

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省到一面屁

saang2 dou3 jat1 min6 pei3

Mandarin: sheng3 dao4 yi1 mian4 pi4

to be told of severely by someone [colloquial]

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省到立立令

saang2 dou3 laap3 laap3 ling3

Mandarin: sheng3 dao4 li4 li4 ling4

(slang) to burnish or polish and make shiny; (Figurative meaning) being blamed, reproached or condemned (variant of 㨘到立立呤)

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省去

saang2 heoi3

Mandarin: sheng3 qu4

omit

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