Cantonese Dictionary

霰彈槍

sin3 daan6*2 coeng1

Mandarin: xian4 dan4 qiang1

shotgun

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鞘

saau1

Mandarin: qiao4

a whiplash | # adapted from cc-cedict

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韶

siu4

Mandarin: shao2

(music) | excellent | harmonious | name of music of Emperor Shun | beautiful | # adapted from cc-cedict

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韶光

siu4 gwong1

Mandarin: shao2 guang1

youth

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韶光似箭

siu4 gwong1 ci5 zin3

Mandarin: shao2 guang1 si4 jian4

time flies [Syn]光陰似箭；韶華如箭；韶華飛逝；韶華難留；韶華如駛；日月如梭；白駒過隙；時不我待

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韶光荏苒

siu1 gwong1 jam5 jim5

Mandarin: shao2 guang1 ren3 ran3

time gradually transpires; for time to slowly drift away

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韶山

siu4 saan1

Mandarin: shao2 shan1

Shaoshan (city in Hunan)

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韶華

siu4 waa4

Mandarin: shao2 hua2

1. time; years 2. splendid youth; glorious youth 3. gorgeous springtime [Syn]韶光；年華；光陰；時光；歲月；年日

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韶華易逝

siu4 waa4 ji6 sai6

Mandarin: shao2 hua2 yi4 shi4

one's youthful years fleet away; how easy time flies by [Syn]光陰似箭；韶華如箭；韶華飛逝；韶華難留；韶華如駛；韶光似箭；日月如梭；白駒過隙；時不我待

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韶華難留

siu4 waa4 naan4 lau4

Mandarin: shao2 hua2 nan2 liu2

it's hard to turn back the clock; it's hard to retain time

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頁

sau2

Mandarin: ye4

Simplified: 页

KangXi radical 181 | # adapted from cc-cedict

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順

seon6

Mandarin: shun4

Simplified: 顺

to obey | to follow | to arrange | to make reasonable | along | favorable | to submit to | to go along with | to fall in with | in the same direction as | with | agreeable | comfortable | happy | to put in order | convenient | smooth | to take the opportunity | # adapted from cc-cedict

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順住

seon6 zyu6

Mandarin: shun4 zhu4

Simplified: 顺住

along

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順便

seon6 bin6*2

Mandarin: shun4 bian4

at one's convenience

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順其自然

seon6 kei4 zi6 jin4

Mandarin: shun4 qi2 zi4 ran2

let nature take its course

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順利

seon6 lei6

Mandarin: shun4 li4

smoothly; without a hitch

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順勢

seon6 sai3

take advantage of an opportunity

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順勢療法

seon6 sai3 liu4 faat3

Mandarin: shun4 shi4 liao2 fa3

homeopathy (alternative medicine)

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順口

seon6 hau2

read smoothly; say offhandedly

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順喉

seon6 hau4

Mandarin: shun4 hou2

Simplified: 顺喉

to describe something (food or drink) that is easy on the throat

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順境

seon6 ging2

Mandarin: shun4 jing2

[n] favourable circumstances

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順子

seon6 zi2

Mandarin: shun4 zi5

(mahjong) (n.) sequence/run/chow; Shunza (vocalist)

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順帶

seon6 daai3

bring along casually

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順帶一提

seon6 daai3 jat1 tai4

Mandarin: shun4 dai4 yi1 ti2

Simplified: 顺带一提

by the way; incidentally; just to mention in passing

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順序

seon6 zeoi6

Mandarin: shun4xu4

Simplified: 顺序

(adverb) In order

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順得人

seon6 dak1 jan4

Mandarin: shun4 de5 ren2

Simplified: 顺得人

'a yes person', someone who always agrees to the wishes of others [colloquial]

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順得哥情失嫂意

seon6 dak1 go1 cing4 sat1 sou2 ji3

Mandarin: shun4 de5 ge1 qing2 shi1 sao3 yi4

Simplified: 顺得哥情失嫂意

to be the'pig in the middle' | 'piggy in the middle'

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順從

seon6 cung4

Mandarin: shun4 cong2

to be obedient to, to submit to; in compliance with

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順德

seon6 dak1

Mandarin: shun4 de2

Shunde, a county-level city in the prefecture of Foshan in the Pearl River Delta

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順德人

seon6 dak1 jan4

Mandarin: shun4 de2 ren2

Simplified: 顺德人

people from the Shunde district in in Guangdong, China

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