Cantonese Dictionary

退㷫

teoi3 hing3

Mandarin: tui4 qing3

to bring down a fever

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逃

tou4

Mandarin: tao2

to escape | to run away | to flee | to dodge | to evade | to avoid | to shirk | # adapted from cc-cedict

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逃之夭夭

tou4 zi1 jiu1 jiu1

Mandarin: tao2 zhi1 yao1 yao1

to escape without trace (idiom); to make one's getaway (from the scene of a crime); to show a clean pair of heels

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逃兵

tou4 bing1

Mandarin: tao2 bing1

a deserter (in the military); a defector

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逃出

tou4 ceot1

Mandarin: tao2 chu1

to escape from

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逃去

tou4 heoi3

Mandarin: tao2 qu4

making one's escape

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逃命

tou4 meng6

Mandarin: tao2 ming4

escape; run for one's life

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逃學

tou4 hok6

Mandarin: tao2 xue2

kip; play truant from school; to cut class

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逃學威龍

tou4 hok6 wai1 lung4

Mandarin: tao2 xue2 wei1 long2

Simplified: 逃学威龙

Fight Back To School, a Hong Kong comedy movie

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逃犯

tou4 faan6

fugitives

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逃生

tou4 sang1

flee for one's life

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逃生口

tou4 saang1 hau2

emergency exit

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逃票

tou4 piu3

Mandarin: tao2 piao4

fare evasion; fare dodger/beater; to jump the bus [粵]: 搭霸王車

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逃稅

tou4 seoi3

Mandarin: tao2 shui4

tax evasion (illegal)

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逃罪

tou4 zeoi6

Mandarin: tao2 zui4

to escape responsibility for a crime; to get away with a crime

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逃脫

tou4 tyut3

Mandarin: tao2 tuo1

succeed in an escape; make good one's escape

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逃荒

tou4 fong1

Mandarin: tao2 huang1

to flee famine

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逃跑

tou4 paau2

Mandarin: tao2 pao3

escape; run away; flee; to "hit and run" | [粵]: 走甩咗, 走路 | Synon.: 逃走

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逃避

tou4 bei6

Mandarin: tao2 bi4

to procrastinate

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逃避現實

tou4 bei6 jin6 sat6

Mandarin: tao2 bi4 xian4 shi2

Simplified: 逃避现实

escapism; to escape from reality

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逃離

tou4 lei4

Mandarin: tao2 li2

to run out; to escape

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透

tau3

Mandarin: tou4

to penetrate | to pass through | thoroughly | completely | transparent | to appear | to show | to leak out | to ignite (fire) | # adapted from cc-cedict

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透唔到氣

tau3 m4 dou3 hei3

Mandarin: tou4 n2 dao4 qi4

Simplified: 透唔到气

Cantonese

can not breathe; breathless; suffocating

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透啖氣

tau3 daam6 hei3

Mandarin: tou4 dan4 qi4

Simplified: 透啖气

to take a breather; to take a short break from something

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透大氣

tau3 daai6 hei3

Mandarin: tou4 da4 qi5

Simplified: 透大气

deep breath (spoken)

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透徹

tau3 cit3

Mandarin: tou4 che4

careful; thorough; meticulous

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透心涼

tau3 sam1 loeng4

Mandarin: tou4 xin1 liang2

Simplified: 透心凉

feeling cool from inside

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透支

tau3 zi1

Mandarin: tou4 zhi1

[銀行] [1][n] overdraft [2][v] to overdraw (a bank account) [3][v] to get an advance; to receive (the whole or part of) one's salary earlier than scheduled

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透明

tau3 ming4

Mandarin: tou4 ming2

to ignore

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透明度

tau3 ming4 dou6

Mandarin: tou4 ming2 du4

transparency; level of transparency; degree of openness

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