Cantonese Dictionary

升氣球

sing1 hei3 kau4

Mandarin: sheng1 qi4 qiu2

Simplified: 升气球

ascending balloon

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升水

sing1 seoi2

Mandarin: sheng1 shui3

premium (currency)

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升班

sing1 baan1

Mandarin: sheng1 ban1

go up (one grade in school); moving up from the minor league in soccer

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升班考試

sing1 baan1 haau2 si5

level test, upgrade examination

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升盤

sing1 pun4*2

a sink

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升盤

sing1 pun4

Mandarin: sheng1 pan2

Simplified: 升盘

a bathroom or kitchen sink

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升空

sing1 hung1

Mandarin: sheng1 kong1

lift-off

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升等考試

sing1 dang2 haau2 si5

Mandarin: sheng1 deng3 kao3 shi4

Simplified: 升等考试

Promotion Examination

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升糖指數

sing1 tong4 zi2 sou3

Mandarin: sheng1 tang2 zhi3 shu4

glycemic index

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升級

sing1 kap1

Mandarin: sheng1 ji2

[1] to escalate (in intensity); [2] be stepped up; [3] to increase; [4] to rise; [5] to go up; [6] upgrade (computer)

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升職

sing1 zik1

Mandarin: sheng1 zhi2

[v][n] promote, advance (vocationally)

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升職加薪

sing1 zik1 gaa1 san1

Mandarin: sheng1 zhi2 jia1 xin1

be promoted and get a raise

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升讀

sing1 duk6

Mandarin: sheng1 du2

Simplified: 升读

to move on to next stage of education, such as primary to secondary, secondary to tertiary

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升起

sing1 hei2

Mandarin: sheng1 qi3

hoist, raise

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升遷

sing1 cin1

Mandarin: sheng1 qian1

promote, promotion

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升降

sing1 gong3

Mandarin: sheng1 jiang4

rise and fall

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升降機

sing1 gong3 gei1

Mandarin: sheng1 jiang4 ji1

lift; elevator | Syn.: 電梯 | Coll. Cant.: /lip1/ 𨋢 (U+282E2);  (HKSCS U+ECD4) | Also written as: 昇降機

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升高

sing1 gou1

Mandarin: sheng1 gao1

rise, raise, lift

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卌呀

sei3 aa6

Cantonese

forty (start of contraction for 41-49) [Note]: 40 is 四十, in Cantonese, only for the numbers 41-49 inclusive that we use 卌呀 (as well as 卌呀幾, etc.)

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卸

se3

Mandarin: xie4

to unload | to unhitch | to remove or strip | to get rid of | to lay down | to retire from office | # adapted from cc-cedict

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卸肩裝

se3 gin1 zong1

Mandarin: xie4 jian1 zhuang1

Simplified: 卸肩装

off-shoulder (apparel)

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卸膊

se3 bok3

Mandarin: xie4 bo2

describes the act of a person pushing | dodging | evading his or her duty(s) or responsibility(s) or work(s) to another person

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卸貨

se3 fo3

unload goods, discharged, discharging, offload, unlade

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卸貨卡車

se3 fo3 kaa1 ce1

a dumptruck, a tipper lorry

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卸責

se3 zaak3

Mandarin: xie4 ze2

Simplified: 卸责

unload one's responsibility to others

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卸車

se3 ce1

Mandarin: xie4 che1

Simplified: 卸车

dump truck | to unload goods from vehicle

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卹

seot1

Mandarin: xu4

anxiety | sympathy | to sympathize | to give relief | to compensate | to comfort | # adapted from cc-cedict

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厶

si1

Mandarin: si1

personal | private | selfish | kangXi radical 28 | # adapted from cc-cedict

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參

sam1

Mandarin: can1

Simplified: 参

ginseng | sea cucumber | one of the 28 constellations | ransom | # adapted from cc-cedict

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叔

suk1

Mandarin: shu1

uncle | father's younger brother | husband's younger brother | Taiwan pr. [shú] | the third eldest amongst brothers | a polite term of address for an older male who is younger than one's father | the last | latter part | # adapted from cc-cedict

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