Cantonese Dictionary

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條
Mandarin: tiao2
Simplified: 条
measure word for long thin objects (road, fish, rope)
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條
Mandarin: tiao2
Simplified: 条
strip | item | article | clause (of law or treaty) | classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers, people (in slangs) etc) | order | orderliness | ten dollars | # adapted from cc-cedict
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條仔
Mandarin: tiao2 zi3
Simplified: 条仔
a derogatory term for one's boyfriend [colloquial]
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條令
Mandarin: tiao2 ling4
Simplified: 条令
regulations; ordinances; doctrine
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條件
Mandarin: tiao2 jian4
condition; term; clause; qualification; requirement; prerequisite
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條件多餘性
Mandarin: tiao2 jian4 duo1 yu2 xing4
conditional redundancy
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條件照舊
Mandarin: tiao2 jian4 zhao4 jiu4
terms as usual
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條例
Mandarin: tiao2 li4
ordinance
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條凳
trestle
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條命
Mandarin: tiao2 ming4
Simplified: 条命
(noun) life
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條命凍過水
Mandarin: tiao2 ming4 dong4 guo4 shui3
Simplified: 条命冻过水
a phrase to describe that someone's life is in a very dangerous situation now; one's life is hung by a thread
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條命唔正
Mandarin: tiao2 ming4 wu2 zheng4
Simplified: 条命唔正
Cantonese
to be born in a poor family with bad prospects; to come from a poor background [colloquial]
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條命正
Mandarin: tiao2 ming4 zheng4
Simplified: 条命正
to be born in a rich family with good prospects; to come from a good background [colloquial]
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條命生得正
Mandarin: tiao2 ming4 sheng1 de5 zheng4
Simplified: 条命生得正
to be born in a rich family with good prospects; to come from a good background [colloquial]
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條女
Mandarin: tiao2 nv3
Simplified: 条女
(noun) girl; or (noun) someone's girl friend
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條女
Cantonese
(a derogatory term for) a girl with the flavor similar to "a broad" in English; likewise for young woman, girlfriend
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條子
Mandarin: tiao2 zi5
[1] a strip of paper; a slip of paper [2] a short informal note [3] a sliver [4] (mahjong) an alternate name for the sticks/bamboo suit [cf. 索子]
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條形燃料
Mandarin: tiao2 xing2 ran2 liao4
fuel rods
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條文
Mandarin: tiao2 wen2
a clause; an article
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條板箱
Mandarin: tiao2 ban3 xiang1
crate
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條條
Mandarin: tiao2tiao2
Simplified: 条条
a derogatory term for a young woman | girl | chick [colloquial]
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條條ｆｉｎｇ
Mandarin: tiao2tiao2ｆｉｎｇ
Simplified: 条条ｆｉｎｇ
to be naked and half-dressed (with one's penis dangling) [colloquial]
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條條揈
Mandarin: tiao2 tiao5 hong1
Simplified: 条条轰
slack; wasting time (spoken)
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條款
Mandarin: tiao2 kuan3
a clause (in a contract, legal document, etc.)
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條氣唔順
Mandarin: tiao2 qi4 n2 shun4
Simplified: 条气唔顺
Cantonese
(phrase)(adj.) describes someone who's is feeling discontented or defiant about something (usually after losing a fight or an argument) and cannot get over it; irate; pissed off; resentful
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條氣順晒
Mandarin: tiao2 qi4 shun4 shai4
Simplified: 条气顺晒
to feel calm (usually after an argument); to feel better about something
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條理
Mandarin: tiao2 li3
arrangement; presentation; method; orderliness
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條目
an entry (an item as in a dictionary or encyclopedia)
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條碼
Mandarin: tiao2 ma3
bar code
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條碼機
Mandarin: tiao2 ma3 ji1
bar code scanner
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