Cantonese Dictionary

失物

sat1 mat6

Mandarin: shi1 wu4

noun; lost article; lost property

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失物招領

sat1 mat6 ziu1 leng5

Mandarin: shi1 wu4 zhao1 ling3

(department for) lost and found

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失物認領

sat1 mat6 jing6 ling5

Mandarin: shi1 wu4 ren4 ling3

Lost and Found (Office) — a service often available at airports and train stations for people to report or claim lost items

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失當

sat1 dong3

Mandarin: shi1 dang4

improper; inappropriate

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失真

sat1 zan1

Mandarin: shi1 zhen1

anamorphosis; distortion; to lack fidelity

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失眠

sat1 min4

Mandarin: shi1 mian2

to lose sleep; insomnia

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失眠症

sat1 min4 zing3

Mandarin: shi1 mian2 zheng4

Insomnia

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失禮

sat1 lai5

Mandarin: shi1 li3

Simplified: 失礼

(verb) lose face

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失禮人

sat1 lai5 jan4

Mandarin: shi1 li3 ren2

Simplified: 失礼人

to be a disgrace in front of others; to lose face in front of others

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失禮死人

sat1 lai5 sei2 jan4

Mandarin: shi1 li3 si3 ren2

Simplified: 失礼死人

noun; breach of etiquette, impolite or feel embarrassed, humiliated

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失竊

sat1 sit3

Mandarin: shi1 qie4

stolen; to have one's property stolen

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失策

sat1 caak3

Mandarin: shi1 ce4

of a plan or strategy to fall flat; of a scheme to fail

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失算

sat1 syun3

Mandarin: shi1 suan4

miscalculate

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失約

sat1 joek3

Mandarin: shi1 yue1

to fail to keep an appointment | In coll. Cant., one might use 放飛機

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失而復得

sat1 ji4 fuk6 dak1

Mandarin: shi1 er2 fu4 de2

regain; lose and win back; find again

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失聰

sat1 cung1

Mandarin: shi1 cong1

become deaf; to turn deaf

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失聲

sat1 seng1 /sing1

Mandarin: shi1 sheng1

cry out involuntarily; lose one's voice

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失職

sat1 zik1

neglect one's duty

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失落

sat1 lok6

Mandarin: shi1 luo4

to lose; to drop; to feel a sense of loss

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失落感

sat1 lok6 gam2

Mandarin: shi1 luo4 gan3

feeling of emptiness, alienation

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失血

sat1 hyut3

Mandarin: shi1 xie3

lose blood

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失血性貧血

sat1 hyut3 sing3 pan4 hyut3

Mandarin: shi1 xue4/xie3 xing4 pin2 xue4/xie3 (PRC/Taiwan)

blood loss anemia

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失衡

sat1 hang4

unbalance

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失言

sat1 jin4

gaffe

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失語症

sat1 jyu5 zing3

Mandarin: shi1 yu3 zheng4

aphasia (brain disorder causing inability to speak or comprehend language)

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失誤

sat1 ng6

Mandarin: shi1 wu4

error; to lapse; to miss; to err

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失調

sat1 tiu4

Mandarin: shi1 tiao2

imbalance; dislocation; out of tune

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失諸交臂

sat1 zyu1 gaau1 bei3

Mandarin: shi1 zhu1 jiao1 bi4

Simplified: 失诸交臂

chances slip through the fingers

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失豬

sat1 zyu1

Mandarin: shi1 zhu1

Simplified: 失猪

to lose one's virginity (applies to women only) [colloquial]

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失蹄

sat1 tai4

Mandarin: shi1 ti2

to stumble (horse); ['making an unexpected failure or mistake' when use in the phrase '人有失足,馬有失蹄']

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