Cantonese Dictionary

詩

si1

Mandarin: shi1

Simplified: 诗

poem M: 首shǒu [首] | poetry | verse | poetize | poetic | # adapted from cc-cedict

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詩人

si1 jan4

Mandarin: shi1 ren2

poet; bard

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詩史

si1 si2

Mandarin: shi1 shi3

Simplified: 诗史

history of poetry

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詩史試時市事

si1 si2 si3 si4 si5 si6

Mandarin: shi1 shi3 shi4 shi2 shi4 shi4

Simplified: 诗史试时市事

A phrase used to memorise the six tones in Cantonese

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詩歌

si1 go1

Mandarin: shi1 ge1

Simplified: 诗歌

(noun) Hymn

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詩稿

si1 gou2

Mandarin: shi1 gao3

verse manuscript

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詩篇

si1 pin1

Psalms (book in the Bible)

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詩經

si1 ging1

the Classic of Poetry (one of 五經)

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詩詞

si1 ci4

Mandarin: shi1 ci2

verse

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詩餘

si1 jyu4

Mandarin: shi1 yu2

Simplified: 诗余

short sentences in Chinese poetry

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誓不罷休

sai6 bat1 baa6 jau1

Mandarin: shi4 bu4 ba4 xiu1

Simplified: 誓不罢休

never give up; refusing to give up

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誓死

sai6 sei2

Mandarin: shi4 si3

swear to death

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誓神劈願

sai6 san4 pek3 jyun6

Mandarin: shi4 shen2 pi1 yuan4

Simplified: 誓神劈愿

to swear a solemn oath

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誓約

sai6 joek3

Mandarin: shi4 yue1

an oath

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誓言

sai6 jin4

Mandarin: shi4 yan2

oath; pledge; promise

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誓詞

sai6 ci4

Mandarin: shi4 ci2

oath; pledge

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誓願

sai6 jyun6

Mandarin: shi4 yuan4

Simplified: 誓愿

(verb) to swear; to vow an oath

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誓願當食生菜

sai6 jyun6 dong3 sik6 saang1 coi3

Mandarin: shi4 yuan4 dang1 shi2 sheng1 cai4

Simplified: 誓愿当食生菜

to make a vow or a pledge casually without really thinking about following through with it

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誠

sing4

Mandarin: cheng2

[1] sincere; honest; cordial; sincerity [2] true; real; truly; indeed; actually

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誠信

sing4 seon3

Mandarin: cheng2 xin4

genuine; honest; in good faith

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誠實

sing4 sat6

Mandarin: cheng2 shi2

honest; honourable; truthful; honesty

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誠徵

sing4 zing1

Mandarin: cheng2 zheng1

Simplified: 诚征

Wanted; looking for (usually to hire someone)

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誠心

sing4 sam1

Mandarin: cheng2 xin1

devout

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誠心誠意

sing4 sam1 sing4 ji3

Mandarin: cheng2 xin1 cheng2 yi4

eager and sincere

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誠意

sing4 ji3

Mandarin: cheng2 yi4

sincerity; good faith

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誠懇

sing4 han2

Mandarin: cheng2 ken3

sincere; honest; cordial; hearty

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誠摯

sing4 zi3

Mandarin: cheng2 zhi4

sincerely; with sincerity

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誠篤

sing4 duk1

Mandarin: cheng2du3

sincere; honest

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說

syut3

Mandarin: shuo1

Simplified: 说

to speak | to say | to explain | to scold | to tell off | a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory) | to criticize | to try to influence someone to do something | to mean | # adapted from cc-cedict

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說三道四

syut3 saam1 dou6 sei3

saying this and that

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