Cantonese Dictionary

回顧

wui4 gu3

Mandarin: hui2 gu4

to review; to look back

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回顧歷史

wui4 gu3 lik6 si2

Mandarin: hui2 gu4 li4 shi3

to look back at history

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回首

wui4 sau2

Mandarin: hui2 shou3

turn around; look back; recollect

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回馬槍

wui4 maa5 coeng1

Mandarin: hui2 ma3 qiang1

back thrust, a sudden thrust (that catches the opponent off guard)

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回魂

wui4 wan4

Mandarin: hui2 hun2

the soul | ghost goes back to the body after death

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回魂屍

wui4 wan4 si1

Mandarin: hui2 hun2 shi1

a revenant, a reanimated corpse; a zombie (but with a soul);a visible ghost or animated corpse that was believed to return from the grave

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囫

wat6

Mandarin: hu2

whole | in one lump | # adapted from cc-cedict

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圍

wai4

Mandarin: wei2

Simplified: 围

to encircle | to surround | all around | to wear by wrapping around (scarf, shawl) | a corral | circumference | perimeter | arm span | hand span | cover | to trap | a cover | girth | # adapted from cc-cedict

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圍住

wai4 zyu6

Mandarin: wei2 zhu4

gird, surround

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圍兜

wai4 dau1

Mandarin: wei2 dou1

bib -clothing tied around neck to protect clothes from dirt

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圍內

wai4 noi6*2

in-group

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圍內

wai4 noi6

Mandarin: wei2 na4

Simplified: 围內

within the group; inside the walled villages

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圍剿

wai4 ziu2

Mandarin: wei2 jiao3

to surround and exterminate; encircle and destroy; wipe out

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圍堰

wai4 jin2

Mandarin: wei2 yan4

a cofferdam

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圍場

wai4 coeng4

Mandarin: wei2 chang2

Weichang (place in Hebei)

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圍屏

wai4 ping4

Mandarin: wei2 ping2

Simplified: 围屏

surrounding screen; folding screen

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圍巾

wai4 gan1

Mandarin: wei2 jin1

scarf; shawl | [粵]: 頸巾

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圍抽

wai4 cau1

Mandarin: wei2 chou1

Cantonese

surround and beat up

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圍攻

wai4 gung1

Mandarin: wei2 gong1

to besiege

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圍村

wai4 cyun1

Mandarin: wei2 cun1

walled village

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圍棋

wai4 kei4*2

Mandarin: wei2 qi2

Go, a board game with black and white pieces. Popular in China, Japan and Korea

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圍欄

wai4 laan4

Mandarin: wei2 lan2

[n] fencing; railings; fence

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圍毆

wai4 au1

Mandarin: wei2 ou1

swarm around and beat up

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圍涎

wai4 jin4

Mandarin: wei2 xian2

bib -clothing tied around neck to protect clothes from getting dirty when eating

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圍爐

wai4 lou4

Mandarin: wei2 lu2

to gather around the stove, usually used to describe a family reunion on New Year's Eve

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圍牆

wai4 coeng4

Mandarin: wei2 qiang2

enclosure; fence (concrete, metal sheet, wooden board - making a solid wall) | Similar terms: 籬笆 (wooden or bamboo, not solid); 柵欄 (general)

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圍籬

wai4 lei4

Mandarin: wei2 li2

[n] (enclosing, separating) fence

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圍繞

wai4 jiu5

Mandarin: wei2 rao4

Simplified: 围绕

around the outside

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圍裙

wai4 kwan4*2

Mandarin: wei2 qun2

apron | [粵]: also 圍身

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圍觀

wai4 gun1

Mandarin: wei2 guan1

surround and look at; surround to watch; for a crowd of people to watch or look on

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