Cantonese Dictionary

四海一家

sei3 hoi2 jat1 gaa1

Mandarin: si4 hai3 yi1 jia1

home everywhere, it means the world is united

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四海之內

sei3 hoi2 zi1 noi6

Mandarin: si4 hai3 zhi1 nei4

worldwide

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四海之內皆兄弟

sei3 hoi2 zi1 noi6 gaai1 hing1 dai6

all are brothers within the four seas

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四海流浪

sei3 hoi2 lau4 long6

Mandarin: si4 hai5 liu2 lang4

Fourway Rangers; rove everywhere

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四湖鄉

sei3 wu4 hoeng1

Mandarin: si4 hu2 xiang1

Sihu (A rural township in Yunlin, Taiwan)

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四環素

sei3 waan4 sou3

Mandarin: si4 huan2 su4

tetracycline

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四百億

sei3 baak3 jik1

Mandarin: si4 bai3 yi4

40 billion (US); 40 milliard (UK); 40,000,000,000; scientific notation: 4.0 x 10E10

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四百萬

sei3 baak3 maan6

Mandarin: si4 bai3 wan4

four million

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四目相對

sei3 muk6 seong1 deoi3

Mandarin: si4 mu4 xiang1 dui4

when two people's eyes meet, eye to eye

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四眼

sei3 ngaan5

with spectacles; one who wears glasses; lit. "four-eyes"

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四眼仔

sei3 ngaan5 zai2

Mandarin: si4 yan3 zi3

male wearing glasses (slang)

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四眼佬

sei3 ngaan5 lou2

Mandarin: si4 yan3 lao3

(noun) a man who wears glasses

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四眼妹

sei3 ngaan5 mui6*1

a girl who wears glasses

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四眼妹

sei3 ngaan5 mui1

Mandarin: si4 yan3 mei4

girl who wear glasses

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四眼婆

sei3 ngaan5 po4

Mandarin: si4 yan3 po2

old lady wearing glasses (slang)

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四眼婆

sei3 ngaan5 po4*2

a woman who wears glasses

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四眼狗

sei3 ngaan5 gau2

Mandarin: si4 yan3 gou3

an insulting phrase to address people who wear glasses; dogs, such as Rottweiler, Doberman

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四眼龜

sei3 ngaan5 gwai1

Mandarin: si4 yan3 gui1

Simplified: 四眼龟

four eyed turtle; can be use to tease someone who wear glasses [written and colloquial]

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四級火警

sei3 kap1 fo2 ging2

a No.4 alarm

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四絃琴

sei3 jin4 kam4

Mandarin: si4 xian2 qin2

tetrachord (musical instrument)

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四維空間

sei3 wai4 hung1 gaan1

Mandarin: si4 wei2 kong1 jian1

[math.] four dimensional space

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四線譜

sei3 sin3 pou2

Mandarin: si4 xian4 pu3

tablature, tab (for bass) [a form of musical notation]

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四网頭

sei4 mong5 tau4

Mandarin: si4 wang3 tou2

Kangxi radical 122 (网) in its component form 罒

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四肢

sei3 zi1

Mandarin: si4 zhi1

arms and legs - all four limbs

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四肢健全

sei3 zi1 gin6 cyun4

Mandarin: si4zhi1 jian4quan2

able-bodied [written and colloquial]

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四肢無力

sei3 zi1 mou4 lik6

Mandarin: si4 zhi1 wu2 li4

Simplified: 四肢无力

four limbs having no strength, it means the whole body is weak

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四腳爬爬

sei3 goek3 paa4 paa4*2

Mandarin: si4 jiao3 pa2 pa2

Cantonese

crawling (on hands and knees)

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四腳爬爬

sei3 goek3 paa4 paa4

Mandarin: si4 jiao3 pa2 pa2

Simplified: 四脚爬爬

one who is crawling on the floor using both hands and feet

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四腳蛇

sei3 goek3 se4

Mandarin: si4 jiao3 she2

a lizard

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四舊

sei3 gau6

Mandarin: si4 jiu4

the "four olds" (old ideas, old culture, old customs and old habits) target of the Cultural Revolution

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