Cantonese Dictionary

Try: 食飯  ·  nei5 hou2  ·  hello  ·  靚
T1 High
T2 Rising
T3 Mid
T4 Low Fall
T5 Low Rise
T6 Low
78,719 words · 107,922 definitions
Browse by Jyutping Initial
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Showing 91–120 of 9,447
三合會
triad society; secret society
View full entry →
三合會字頭友
member of a triad or secret society
View full entry →
三合板
Mandarin: san1 he2 ban3
plywood
View full entry →
三合泥
a Western Sichuan dessert which looks like mud (contains rice, black beans, and sesame)
View full entry →
三同號
three of a kind (poker) | Also 三條 (preferred in HK Cantonese)
View full entry →
三味
Mandarin: san1wei4
three types of sexual services, fellatio, anilingus and sexual intercourse [colloquial]
View full entry →
三唑侖
Triazolam - used for the short-term treatment of insomnia, and is in a family of drugs known as benzodiazepines. Apparently it's "hypnotic". Brand name - Halcion. Also known as 藍精靈 due to it's blue pill form
View full entry →
三唔識七
Mandarin: san1 n2 shi2 qi1
Simplified: 三唔识七
Cantonese
(slang) to not know someone; to be strangers;
View full entry →
三國
Mandarin: San1 guo2
Simplified: 三国
(noun) Three country
View full entry →
三國志
Mandarin: san1 guo2 zhi4
History of the Three Kingdoms
View full entry →
三國時代
Mandarin: San1 guo2 shi2 dai4
Simplified: 三国时代
Three Kingdoms period
View full entry →
三國演義
Mandarin: san1 guo2 yan3 yi4
the classic story "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"; one of the Chinese four great classical novels (water margin 水滸傳; journey to the west 西遊記; dream of the red chamber 紅樓夢)
View full entry →
三圍
measurements, a woman's "vital statistics" (bust, waist, hips)
View full entry →
三地門鄉
Mandarin: san1 di4 men2 xiang1
Santimen (village in Taiwan)
View full entry →
三大件
the fetters, the shackles and the neck lock
View full entry →
三天
Mandarin: san1 tian1
three days
View full entry →
三天兩頭
Mandarin: san1 tian1 liang3 tou2
[adv] almost every day; from time to time
View full entry →
三妻四妾
Mandarin: san1 qi1 si4 qie4
three wives and four concubines; to have multiple wives
View full entry →
三姑六婆
Mandarin: san1 gu1 liu4 po2
(slang) gossipy women who like to gossipy and sow discord
View full entry →
三寶
the three jewels (Buddha, dharma, sangha) or three treasures of Buddhism; Sambo (transliterated)
View full entry →
三寸不爛之舌
Mandarin: san1 cun4 bu2 lan4 zhi1 she2
to have a way with words; a glib tongue
View full entry →
三寸金蓮
Mandarin: san1 cun4 jin1 lian2
Simplified: 三寸金莲
foot binding (a practice for female to bind the feet since 10th century China)
View full entry →
三寸釘
Mandarin: san1 cun4 ding1
Simplified: 三寸钉
A short person
View full entry →
三尖八角
Mandarin: san1 jian1 ba1 jiao3
irregular shapes | useless; incompatible
View full entry →
三尺棍
a Kubotan (Kubaton): a self-defense keychain, sometimes written as 3尺棍
View full entry →
三岔口
Mandarin: san1 cha4 kou3
At The Crossroads, the name of a famous opera, story from Shui Hu Zhuan
View full entry →
三岔路口
Mandarin: san1 cha4 lu4 kou3
at a crossroad
View full entry →
三峽
Mandarin: san1 xia2
The Three Changjiang River Gorges, The Three Gorges
View full entry →
三峽堤壩工程
Mandarin: san1 xia2 di1 ba4 gong1 cheng2
The Three Gorges Dam project
View full entry →
三峽鎮
Mandarin: san1 xia2 zhen4
Sanhsia (town in Taiwan)
View full entry →