Cantonese Dictionary

社會關係

se5 wui6*2 gwaan1 hai6

Mandarin: she4 hui4 guan1 xi4 (Taiwan), she4 hui4 guan1 xi5 (PRC)

human relations in in society; social relations; one's social connections

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社會黨

se5 wui6*2 dong2

socialist party

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社民連

se5 man4 lin4

Mandarin: she4 min2 lian2

Simplified: 社民连

League of Social Democrats

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社署

se5 cyu5

shortened form of 社會福利署 (Social Welfare Department)

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社群

se5 kwan4

Mandarin: she4 qun2

[n] community; social grouping

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社論

se5 leon6

Mandarin: she4lun4

Simplified: 社论

(noun) Op-ed (or opposite the editorial writing)

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社長

se5 zoeng2

Mandarin: she4 zhang3

president/director (of association/etc.)

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神

san4

Mandarin: shen2

deity | soul | spirit | unusual | mysterious | lively | expressive | expression | look M: 个gè [个] | (slang) awesome | amazing | god | the mind | demeanor | to appreciate | to comprehend | divine | miraculous | superb | by the spirit | countenance | supernatural | weird | insane | ridiculous | abnormal | damaged | out of order | an idol | fairy | a role model | a hero | # adapted from cc-cedict

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神不知鬼不覺

san4 bat1 zi1 gwai2 bat1 gok3

Mandarin: shen2 bu4 zhi1 gui3 bu4 jue2

unknown to god or ghost (do sth in secrecy)

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神主牌

san4 zyu2 paai4

Mandarin: shen2 zhu3 pai2

plaque for ancestors (memorial and worshipping purpose)

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神仙

san4 sin1

Mandarin: shen2 xian1

one who eats little (Cantonese)

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神仙肚

san4 sin1 tou5

Mandarin: shen2 xian1 du4

one who does not feel hungry (slang)

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神仙難救

san4 sin1 naan4 gau3

Mandarin: shen2 xian5 nan2 jiu4

Simplified: 神仙难救

no one can help even the god; beyond redemption

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神位

san4 wai6*2

Mandarin: shen2 wei4

used to mark the seat at a shrine for the spirit or spirits: inscribed with the name of the god who is stored on the throne.

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神像

san4 zoeng6

idol; statue of a god

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神入

san4 jap6

Mandarin: shen2 ru4

empathy; to empathize

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神出鬼沒

san4 ceot1 gwai2 mut6

Mandarin: shen2 chu1 gui3 mo4

(said of sb who happens to) appear and disappear mysteriously

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神化

san4 faa3

Mandarin: shen2 hua4

(adjective) 1. bizarre; 2. weird; 3. crazy

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神又係佢鬼又係佢

san4 jau6 hai6 keoi5 gwai2 jau6 hai6 keoi5

Mandarin: shen2 you4 xi4 qu2 gui3 you4 xi4 qu2

Simplified: 神又系渠鬼又系渠

Cantonese

(proverb) someone is acted as the devil and God

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神台

san4 toi2

Mandarin: shen2 tai2

someone who is has a high status | reputation but who is in fact totally useless and without any powers [colloquial]

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神台桔

san4 toi4 gat1

Mandarin: shen2 tai2 ju2

(analogy) someone is getting haggard, and slowly frail

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神台貓屎

san4 toi4 maau1 si2

Mandarin: shen2 tai2 mao1 shi3

Simplified: 神台猫屎

hated by the gods; despised by the ghosts; hated by everyone (slang)

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神嘢

san4 je5

Mandarin: shen2 ye3

Cantonese

strange; broken (spoken)

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神奇

san4 kei4

Mandarin: shen2 qi2

mystical; magical; miraculous; mystique

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神奈川縣

san4 noi6 cyun1 jyun6

[n] Kanagawa prefecture in Japan

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神女

san4 neoi5*2

Cantonese

a prostitute (lit., "fairy girl", "damaged girl")

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神威

san4 wai1

Mandarin: shen2 wei1

invincible might; martial prowess

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神婆

san4 po4

Mandarin: shen2 po2

(noun) a witch; ghost whisperer; a sorceress; necromancer

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神字邊

san4 zi6 bin1

Mandarin: shen2 zi4 bian1

Cantonese

Kangxi radical 113 (示) in its component form 礻 or ⺬

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神學

san4 hok6

Mandarin: shen2 xue2

theology; religious studies

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