Cantonese Dictionary

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善
Mandarin: shan4
[1] good; virtuous; charitable; kind; goodness; virtue; good deeds; benevolent actions [2] [v] be good at; be skilled in [3] [v] perfect; make a success of [4] [v] remedy; relieve [5] properly
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善事
Mandarin: shan4 shi4
good deeds
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善化鎮
Mandarin: shan4 hua4 zhen4
Shanhua (town in Taiwan)
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善哉
Mandarin: shan4 zai1
an expression of praise (Sādhu 娑度 in Sanskrit 梵語), often said by Buddhist monks in movies
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善待
Mandarin: shan4 dai4
treat favourably; treat good
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善惡
Mandarin: shan4 e4
good and evil
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善意
gesture of goodwill
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善於
Mandarin: shan4 yu2
be good at; be skilled at; be adept at
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善棍
Mandarin: shan4 gun4
people who become rich because of running charity business
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善款
Mandarin: shan4 kuan3
Cantonese
money donated for charity
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善用
Mandarin: shan4 jong4
be good at using something
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善男信女
devotees to Buddha; devout men and women
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善終
Mandarin: shan4 zhong1
Simplified: 善终
to have a peaceful or good death
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善舉
Mandarin: shan4 ju3
Simplified: 善举
charity deeds
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善良
Mandarin: shan4 liang2
good; kind-hearted
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善解人意
Mandarin: shan4 jie3 ren2 yi4
to be considerate or thoughtful of other people's feelings or thoughts
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善變
Mandarin: shan4 bian4
capricious
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善長仁翁
Mandarin: shan4 chang2 ren2 weng1
Simplified: 善长仁翁
philanthropist
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喪
Mandarin: sang4
Simplified: 丧
to lose sth abstract but important (courage, authority, one's life etc) | to die | disappointed | discouraged | crazy | insane | # adapted from cc-cedict
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喪事
Mandarin: sang1 shi4
bereavement
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喪仔
Mandarin: sang4 zi3
Simplified: 丧仔
ruthless guys, gangsters
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喪命
Mandarin: sang4 ming4
lose one's life; die
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喪失
Mandarin: sang4 shi1
lose, forfeit
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喪屍
Mandarin: sang1 shi1
zombie
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喪心病狂
Mandarin: sang4 xin1 bing4 kuang2
to be frenzied
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喪玩
Mandarin: sang4 wan2
Simplified: 丧玩
to go crazy on having fun [colloquial]
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喪玩
Mandarin: sang1 wan2
Cantonese
have lots of fun; have so much fun like crazy
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喪生
Mandarin: sang4 sheng1
to die
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喪盡天良
Mandarin: sang4 jin4 tian1 liang2
to have completely lost one's conscience
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喪禮
Mandarin: sang1 li3
funeral wake; funeral rites
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