Cantonese Dictionary

填命

tin4 meng6

Mandarin: tian2 ming4

to compensate with life

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填寫

tin4 se2

Mandarin: tian2 xie3

to fill out [a form]

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填平

tin4 ping4

Mandarin: tian2 ping2

verb; fill and level up

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填房

tin4 fong4

Mandarin: tian2 fang2

second wife (of a widower): the concubine who becomes the replacement wife (lit., "fills the room/house")

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填數

tin4 sou3

Mandarin: tian2 shu4

Simplified: 填数

to pay back the money that has been taken out out secretly; to try and repay a debt [colloquial]

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填氹

tin4 tam5

Mandarin: tian2 dang4

to pay back the money that has been taken out out secretly; to try and repay a debt [colloquial]

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填泥

tin4 nai4

spackle (filler cement for patching holes in walls)

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填海

tin4 hoi2

Mandarin: tian2 hai3

to reclaim land from the sea

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填海區

tin4 hoi2 keoi1

Mandarin: tian2 hai3 qu1

reclaimed land

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填滿

tin4 mun5

Mandarin: tian2 man3

[v] to cram; to fill in

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填表

tin4 biu2

Mandarin: tian2 biao3

to fill in (US: fill out) a form

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填補

tin4 bou2

Mandarin: tian2 bu3

to fill (a vacancy, gap etc.)

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填詞

tin4 ci4

Mandarin: tian2 ci2

[1] lyrics [2] to compose tzu (ci) a variation of old-style Chinese poetry with rigid rules; to compose a poem to a given tune

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填詞人

tin4 ci4 jan4

a lyricist

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填鴨

tin4 aap3

Mandarin: tian2 ya1

Simplified: 填鸭

force-fed duck; cramming

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填鴨

tin4 aap3*2

roast duck; Peking duck

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填鴨式教育

tin4 aap3 sik1 gaau3 juk6

Mandarin: tian2 ya1 shi4 jiao4 yu4

Simplified: 填鸭式教育

spoon-fed education

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壇

taan4

Mandarin: tan2

Simplified: 坛

altar | temple | flower terrace | platform | arena | professional circles | triad organization | # adapted from cc-cedict

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大

taai3

Mandarin: da4

an alternative form for the word太, too | # adapted from cc-cedict

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天

tin1

Mandarin: tian1

sky; heaven; day

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天上

tin1 soeng6

Mandarin: tian1 shang4

heaven; the heavens; the sky; heavenly; celestial

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天下

tin1 haa6

Mandarin: tian1 xia4

everything under the sky, the world, China

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天下太平

tin1 haa6 taai3 ping4

Mandarin: tian1 xia4 tai4 ping2

world peace

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天下為公

tin1 haa6 wai4 gung1

Mandarin: tian1 xia4 wei2 gong1

Simplified: 天下为公

the whole world as one community

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天下烏鴉一般黑

tin1 haa6 wu1 aa1 jat1 bun1 hak1

Mandarin: tian1 xia4 wu1 ya1 yi1 ban1 hei1

Simplified: 天下乌鸦一般黑

bad people and bad things are more or less the same everywhere

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天下無敵

tin1 haa6 mou4 dik6

Mandarin: tian1 xia4 wu2 di2

Simplified: 天下无敌

Invincible

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天下無雙

tin1 haa6 mou4 soeng1

Mandarin: tian1 xia4 wu2 shuang1

Simplified: 天下无双

only one in the world

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天下無難事

tin1 haa6 mou4 naan4 si6

Mandarin: tian1 xia4 wu2 nan2 shi4

Simplified: 天下无难事

nothing is impossible | difficult in this world

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天下第一

tin1 haa6 dai6 jat1

Mandarin: tian1 xia4 di4 yi1

the first / the best under heaven

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天不怕, 地不怕

tin1 bat1 paa3 , dei6 bat1 paa3

Mandarin: tian1 bu4 pa4 , di4 bu4 pa4

to fear nothing and no one (Lit. to fear neither heaven nor earth)

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