Cantonese Dictionary

三星

saam1 sing1

Mandarin: san1 xing1

Samsung, South Korean electronics company

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三星堆

saam1 sing1 deoi1

Mandarin: san1 xing1 dui1

the Sanxingdui Ruins: located in Guanghan, Sichuan Province, are of the ancient Shu Kingdom, which can be dated back some 3,000 to 5,000 years

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三星鄉

saam1 sing1 hoeng1

Mandarin: san1 xing1 xiang1

Sanhsing (village in Taiwan)

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三星集團

saam1 sing1 zaap6 tyun4

Mandarin: san1 xing1 ji2 tuan2

Samsung Group

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三昧

saam1 mui6

Mandarin: san1 mei4

samadhi (variant of 三摩地 Sanskrit transliteration)

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三時六候

saam1 si4 luk6 hau6

at any time; as the occasion allows

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三更

saam1 gaang1

11pm-1am; third two hours of the night (starting from 7pm)

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三更半夜

saam1 gang1 bun3 je6/6*2

around mid-night

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三更窮五更富

saam1 gaang1 kung4 ng5 gaang1 fu3

Mandarin: san1 geng1 qiong2 wu3 geng1 fu4

Simplified: 三更穷五更富

lit. poor at 3 o'clock and rich by 5, meaning one who has no financial planning, and spending all of what one's earn quickly

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三更窮四更富

saam1 gang1 kung4 sei3 gang1 fu3

Cantonese

poor one moment, rich the next; wealth and poverty is not constant, long-lasting, forever.

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三月

saam1 jyut6

Mandarin: san1 yue4

[1] March; [2] Third month of the Lunar Calendar

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三月二十一號

saam1 jyut6 ji6 sap6 jat1 hou6

Mandarin: san1 yue4 er4 shi2 yi1 hao4

Simplified: 三月二十一号

March 21st

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三月份

saam1 jyut6 fan6

in March

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三朋四友

saam1 pang4 sei3 jau5

Mandarin: san1 peng2 si4 you3

friends; cronies

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三朝

saam1 ciu4

Mandarin: san1 zhao1

Three dynasties

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三朝

saam1 ziu1; saam1 ciu4

Mandarin: san1 zhao1

[1] ziu1: third day of child's birth [2] ziu1: bride's homecoming the third day after matrimony [3] ciu4: (placename) Sam Chiu

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三朝元老

saam1 ciu4 jyun4 lou5

Mandarin: san1 chao2 yuan2 lao3

employee who worked under three transitions of management | minister who served three transitions of emperor in China's history

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三板

saam1 baan2

Mandarin: san1 ban3

Sampan; dinghy

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三板斧

saam1 baan2 fu2

Mandarin: san1 ban3 fu3

three-trick pony

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三枝桅

saam1 zi1 ngai4

Mandarin: san1 zhi1 wei2

barque

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三柴

saam1 caai4

Mandarin: san1 chai2

sergeant, who has three hook marks on the badge

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三桿式天平

saam1 gon1 /2 /3 sik1 tin1 ping4

Mandarin: san1gan3shi4tian1ping2

[lab eq.] triple beam balance

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三條

saam1 tiu4*2

Cantonese

Three of a kind (poker). This term is preferred in Hong Kong. Compare with 葫蘆.

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三條

saam1 tiu4

Mandarin: san1 tiao2

Simplified: 三条

three sticks or stripes of

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三棟屋博物館

saam1 dung6 uk1 bok3 mat6 gun2

Mandarin: san1 dong4 wu1 bo2 wu4 guan3

Simplified: 三栋屋博物馆

Sam Tung Uk Museum

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三棱鏡

saam1 ling4 geng3

Mandarin: san1 leng2 jing4

triangular prism

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三權分立

saam1 kyun4 fan1 lap6

Mandarin: san1 quan2 fen1 li4

separation of powers (i.e. the legislative, executive and judicial powers)

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三次

saam1 ci3

Mandarin: san1 ci4

the third; the third time

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三次方程

saam1 ci3 fong1 cing4

Mandarin: san1 ci4 fang1 cheng2

[math.] cubic equation

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三次曲線

saam1 ci3 kuk1 sin3

Mandarin: san1 ci4 qu1 xian4

(geom.) cubic curve

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