Cantonese Dictionary

私伙

si1 fo2

Mandarin: si1 huo3

private collection (spoken)

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私刑

si1 jing4

Mandarin: si1 xing2

lynching; illegal punishment (by a kangaroo court)

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私利

si1 lei6

Mandarin: si1 li4

personal gain; (one's own) selfish interest

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私募

si1 mou6

Mandarin: si1 mu4

private placement (investing)

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私吞

si1 tan1

Mandarin: si1 tun1

embezzle; misappropriate

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私塾

si1 suk6

Mandarin: si1 shu2

private school

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私奔

si1 ban1

Mandarin: si1 ben1

to elope

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私家

si1 gaa1

Cantonese

private

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私家偵探

si1 gaa1 zing1 taam3

Mandarin: si1 jia1 zhen1 tan4

Simplified: 私家侦探

Private detective

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私家路

si1 gaa1 lou6

Cantonese

private road

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私家車

si1 gaa1 ce1

Cantonese

private vehicle

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私家醫生

si1 gaa1 ji1 sang1

Mandarin: si1 jia1 yi1 sheng1

Simplified: 私家医生

Private doctors

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私家醫院

si1 gaa1 ji1 jyun2

Mandarin: si1 jia1 yi1 yuan4

Simplified: 私家医院

Private hospitals

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私己

si1 gei2

Mandarin: si1 ji3

(noun) secret pocket money, often a wife's money kept for her own expenditure; a secret stash of money

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私己錢

si1 gei2 cin2

Mandarin: si1 ji3 qian2

Simplified: 私己钱

(noun) secret pocket money

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私己錢

si1 gei2 cin4*2

secret pocket money

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私幫

si1 bong1

Mandarin: si1 bang1

Simplified: 私帮

to secretly traffick goods from one's company to set up a private side business [written and colloquial]

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私德

si1 dak1

Mandarin: si1 de2

personal morality

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私心

si1 sam1

selfishness (n)

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私念

si1 nim6

Mandarin: si1 nian4

selfish motives

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私房

si1 fong4

a private house

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私房菜

si1 fong4 coi3

Cantonese

private kitchen; private home cuisine

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私有

si1 jau5

Mandarin: si1 you3

privately-owned; private

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私有制

si1 jau5 zai3

Mandarin: si1 you3 zhi4

private ownership of property

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私有化

si1 jau5 faa3

Mandarin: si1 you3 hua4

privatization

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私有財產

si1 jau5 coi4 caan2

Mandarin: si1 you3 cai2 chan3

Simplified: 私有财产

(noun) private owned property

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私校

si1 haau6

Mandarin: si1 xiao4

(verb) private schools

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私營

si1 jing4

Mandarin: si1 ying2

privately-owned (establishment/business)

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私生子

si1 sang1 zi2

Mandarin: si1 sheng1 zi3

illegitimate child; a natural child

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私生活

si1 sang1 wut6

Mandarin: si1 sheng1 huo2

Private life

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