Cantonese Dictionary

叔仔

suk1 zi2

Mandarin: shu1 zi3

uncle, father's younger brother

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叔公

suk1 gung1

a granduncle

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叔叔

suk1 suk1

Mandarin: shu1 shu5

(informal) [1] father's younger brother - uncle [2] respectful term to address an older male - uncle

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叔姪縮窒

suk1 zat6 suk1 zat6

Mandarin: shu2 zhi2 suo1 zhi4

Simplified: 叔侄缩窒

describes a situation when someone back out of something out of stinginess and got away with not having to even spend a penny

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叔婆

suk1/sok1 po4

grandfather's younger brother's wife

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叔父

suk1 fu6

Mandarin: shu1 fu4

(noun) Senior in a high level (of a specific field which usually refers to gangster)

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叔記

suk1 gei3

Mandarin: shu1 ji4

Simplified: 叔记

an appellation used to address a middle age or elderly man whose one doesn't know the name of, used in situation such as when talking to a random middle age | elderly man on the street

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受

sau6

Mandarin: shou4

to receive | to accept | to suffer | subjected to | to bear | to stand | pleasant | (passive marker) | to endure | to receive a prison sentence | # adapted from cc-cedict

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受不了

sau6 bat1 liu5

Mandarin: shou4 bu4 liao3

cannot stand it; cannot stomach it; unable to endure | [synonym] 吃不消; [粵] 頂唔住, 頂唔順

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受之有愧

sau6 zi1 jau5 kwai5

Mandarin: shou4 zhi1 you3 kui4

to feel ashamed for receiving something

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受事

sau6 si6

Mandarin: shou4 shi4

recipient

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受人二分四

sau6 jan4 ji6 fan1 sei3

Mandarin: shou4 ren2 er4 fen1 si4

to be employed to do work for others

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受保障監督的設施

sau6 bou2 zoeng3 gaam1 duk1 dik1 cit3 si1

Mandarin: shou4 bao3 zhang4 jian1 du1 de5 she4 shi1

safeguarded facility

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受傷

sau6 soeng1

Mandarin: shou4 shang1

to suffer injuries; to be wounded

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受僱

sau6 gu3

Mandarin: shou4 gu4

to be employed;to be hired; hired; paid; mercenary

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受刑

sau6 jing4

to be tortured

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受到

sau6 dou3

Mandarin: shou4 dao4

[1] get, be given; [2] receive, suffer

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受到影響

sau6 dou3 jing2 hoeng2

Mandarin: shou4 dao4 ying3 xiang3

to be affected (usually adversely); to suffer

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受力

sau6 lik6

Mandarin: shou4 li4

support or bearing the pressure or weight

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受勛

sau6 fan1

Mandarin: shou4 xun1

Simplified: 受勋

being honoured

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受唔住

sau6 m4 zyu6

Mandarin: shou4 n2 zhu4

Cantonese

unable to tolerate

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受唔起

sau6 m4 hei2

Mandarin: shou4 n2 qi3

Cantonese

unable to accept, unable to take it

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受困

sau6 kwan3

Mandarin: shou4 kun4

[v] be trapped, stranded

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受壓

sau6 aat3

press

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受夠

sau6 gau3

Mandarin: shou4 gou4

to have had enough of sth.; to have more than one can take; be unbearable

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受害

sau6 hoi6

Mandarin: shou4 hai4

[1] to be injured; [2] to be killed

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受害人

sau6 hoi6 jan4

Mandarin: shou4 hai4 ren2

victim; aggrieved party

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受審

sau6 sam2

be on trial

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受寵若驚

sau6 cung2 joek6 ging1

Mandarin: shou4 chong3 ruo4 jing1

to feel overwhelmed by an unexpected favor; to feel unduly flattered

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受得了

sau6 dak1 liu5

bearable

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