Cantonese Dictionary

順手

seon6 sau2

Mandarin: shun4 shou3

handy; convenient; smoothly | [粵]: 趁手

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順手牽羊

seon6 sau2 hin1 joeng4

Cantonese

to steal sth at a convenient time and place without having to go out of one's way to do so (lit., "lead a sheep away when convenient")

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順攤

seon6 taan1

Mandarin: shun4 tan1

Simplified: 顺摊

an easy-going attitude; not fussed; (running) smoothly

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順時針方向

seon6 si4 zam1 fong1 hoeng3

Mandarin: shun4 shi2 zhen1 fang1 xiang4

clockwise

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順景

seon6 ging2

Mandarin: shun4 jing3

Simplified: 顺景

favourable circumstances

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順暢

seon6 coeng3

Mandarin: shun4chang4

Simplified: 顺畅

(adjective) (of traffic) Moving freely

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順服

seon6 fuk6

Mandarin: shun2 fu2

to submit to; submission, obeying

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順檔

seon6 dong3

Mandarin: shun4 dang4

Simplified: 顺档

smoothly; without a hitch; plain sailing; successful

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順水推舟

seon6 seoi2 teoi1 zau1

make use of an opportunity to gain one's end (lit., "push the boat along with the current")

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順治

seon6 zi6

Mandarin: shun4 zhi4

The Shunzhi Emperor (March 15, 1638–February 5, 1661) was the second emperor of the Manchu Qing dynasty, and the first Qing emperor to rule over China proper from 1644 to 1661. (source: Wikipedia)

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順流

seon6 lau4

Mandarin: shun4liu2

Simplified: 顺流

literally: to go with the flow; to look for work related to businesses with Mainland China [colloquial]

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順產

seon6 caan2

Mandarin: shun4 chan3

[medical] natural labour; normal childbirth; vaginal birth; spontaneous delivery; eutocia

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順眼

seon6 ngaan5

pleasing to the eye

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順耳

seon6 ji5

pleasant to the ear

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順超

seon6 ciu1

Mandarin: shun4 chao1

Simplified: 顺超

welcome; agreeable [colloquial]

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順路

seon6 lou6

Mandarin: shun4 lu4

while out doing something else; conveniently; in passing

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順風耳

seon6 fung1 ji5

Mandarin: shun4 feng1 er3

[Taoist/Buddhist divinity] far hearing god (can hear sound 1000 miles away)

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順風車

seon6 fung1 ce1

hitch, hitchhike

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順風順水

seon6 fung1 seon6 seoi2

Mandarin: shun4 feng1 shun4 shui3

Simplified: 顺风顺水

drift with the wind and the current, means everything goes well; smooth sailing

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須

seoi1

Mandarin: xu1

Simplified: 须

must | to have to | to wait | necessary | moment | whiskers | to need to | a surname | a little | # adapted from cc-cedict

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須知

seoi1 zi1

Mandarin: xu1 zhi1

need-to-know facts; preliminary instructions

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須臾

seoi1 jyu4

Mandarin: xu1 yu2

moment; instant

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須要

seoi1 jiu3

Mandarin: xu1yao4

Simplified: 须要

(verb) Need

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顙

song2

Mandarin: sang3

Simplified: 颡

forehead | head | throat | to kowtow | # adapted from cc-cedict

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颯

saap3

Mandarin: sa4

Simplified: 飒

rustling | whistling , sound of wind | valiant | melancholy | bleak | dreary | withered | weakened | declining | # adapted from cc-cedict

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颯然

saap3 jin4

Mandarin: sa4 ran2

(of the wind) whistling; roaring; soughing

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颯爽

saap3 song2

Mandarin: sa4 shuang3

valiant; strong and vigorous; powerful; stalwart

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颯爽英姿

saap3 song2 jing1 zi1

Mandarin: sa4 shuang3 ying1 zi1

dashing and brave; stalwart and heroic; valiant and strong in bearing - also 英姿颯爽

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颯颯

saap3 saap3

Mandarin: sa4 sa4

(of the wind) whoosh; rustle; sough

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颼

suk1

Mandarin: sou1

Simplified: 飕

to blow (as of wind) | sound of wind | sough | # adapted from cc-cedict

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