Cantonese Dictionary

廳長

teng1 zoeng2

head of department

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廷

ting4

Mandarin: ting2

palace courtyard | monarchical government | # adapted from cc-cedict

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廷布

ting4 bou3

Mandarin: ting2 bu4

Thimphu (capital of Bhutan)

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弟

teoi4

Mandarin: di4

submissive | # adapted from cc-cedict

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彈

taan4

Mandarin: dan4

Simplified: 弹

to play (an instrument) | to strum | to impeach | # adapted from cc-cedict

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彈到樹葉都落

taan4 dou3 syu6 jip6 dou1 lok6

Mandarin: dan4 dao4 shu4 ye4 dou1 luo4

Simplified: 弹到树叶都落

to criticize too much, to be overly judgemental

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彈劾

taan4 hat6

Mandarin: tan2 he2

to impeach; to accuse of misconduct (in an official task)

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彈塗魚

taan4 tou4 jyu4*2

mudskipper

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彈奏

taan4 zau3

Mandarin: tan2 zou4

to play (musical instrument, esp. string)

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彈琴

taan4 kam4

Mandarin: tan2 qin2

[1] to play or strum a lute or other stringed instrument; [2] to play a harp, piano, organ, etc.

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彈結他

taan4 git3 taa1

Cantonese

to play or strum a guitar

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彈鋼琴

taan4 gong3 kam4

Mandarin: tan2 gang1 qin2

to play the piano

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彖

teon5

Mandarin: tuan4

to foretell the future using the trigrams of the Book of Changes 易经 | a hog | a hedgehog | a porcupine | # adapted from cc-cedict

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彤

tung4

Mandarin: tong2

red | vermilion | dark clouds | a surname | # adapted from cc-cedict

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彤雲

tung4 wan4

Mandarin: tong2 yun2

Simplified: 彤云

red sunset; the cloudy, gloomy sky before snowing

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彫

tiu1

Mandarin: diao1

to carve | to engrave | shrewd | bird of prey | to decorate | emaciated | to wither | withered | to sculpt | carving | sculpture | ornament | # adapted from cc-cedict

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徒

tou4

Mandarin: tu2

disciple | apprentice | believer | on foot | bare or empty | to no avail | only | prison sentence | follower | fellow | guy | empty | barehanded | unarmed | merely | in vain | imprisonment | # adapted from cc-cedict

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徒具形式

tou4 geoi6 jing4 sik1

Mandarin: tu2 ju4 xing2 shi4

be a mere formality | Syn: 徒有形式

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徒刑

tou4 jing4

Mandarin: tu2xing2

(noun) Imprisonment

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徒子徒孫

tou4 zi2 tou4 syun1

Mandarin: tu2 zi3 tu2 sun1

Simplified: 徒子徒孙

generations of students and followers

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徒孫

tou4 syun1

Mandarin: tu2 sun1

Simplified: 徒孙

the disciple of a disciple

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徒弟

tou4 dai6*2

Mandarin: tu2 di4

apprentice; disciple

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徒有形式

tou4 jau5 jing4 sik1

Mandarin: tu2 you5 xing2 shi4

be a mere formality | Syn: 徒具形式

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徒步

tou4 bou6

Mandarin: tu2 bu4

by foot; on foot

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忉

tou1

Mandarin: dao1

grieved | distressed in mind | # adapted from cc-cedict

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忐

taan2

Mandarin: tan3

nervous | timorous | apprehensive | # adapted from cc-cedict

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忐忑

taan2 tik1

Mandarin: tan3 te4

vacillating; uneasy; perturbed; mentally disturbed; fearful

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忐忑不安

taan2 tik1 bat1 on1

Mandarin: tan3 te4 bu4 an1

in fear and trembling; vacillating; uneasy

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忐忑不決

taan2 tik1 bat1 kyut3

Mandarin: tan3 te4 bu4 jue2

vacillating; undecided

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忑

tik1

Mandarin: te4

nervous | fearful | timid | apprehensive | # adapted from cc-cedict

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