Cantonese Dictionary

維尼綸

wai4 nei4 leon4

Mandarin: wei2 ni2 lun2

vinalon, also known as "Juche fibre" in the DPRK, has become the national fibre of North Korea and is used for the majority of textiles

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維度

wai4 dou6

Mandarin: wei2 du4

[math] dimension, dimensionality

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維持

wai4 ci4

Mandarin: wei2 chi2

to keep; to maintain; to preserve

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維持生活

wai4 ci4 sang1 wut6

Mandarin: wei2 chi2 sheng1 huo2

to subsist; to eke out a living; to keep body and soul together

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維持秩序

wai4 ci4 dit6 zeoi6

Mandarin: wei2 chi2 zhi4 xu4

Simplified: 维持秩序

To maintain order

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維數

wai4 sou3

Mandarin: wei2 shu4

[math.] dimension

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維權

wai4 kyun4

Mandarin: wei2 quan2

safeguard legal rights and interests

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維港

wai4 gong2

Mandarin: wei2 gang3

Victoria Harbour [abbreviation for] 維多利亞港

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維港渡海泳

wai4 gong2 dou6 hoi2 wing6

Mandarin: Wei2 Gang3 du4 hai3 yong3

Simplified: 维港渡海泳

Cross-harbor swimming

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維生

wai4 sang1

Mandarin: wei2 sheng1

abbr. for 維持生活: to subsist ; to eke out a living; to keep body and soul together

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維生素

wai4 sang1 sou3

Mandarin: wei2 sheng1 su4

vitamin | Outside Mainland PRC: 維他命

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維穩

wai4 wan2

Mandarin: wei2 wen3

to maintain social stability

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維管系統

wai4 gun2 hai6 tung2

Mandarin: wei2 guan3 xi4 tong3

[anat.] vascular system

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維納斯

wai4 naap6 si1

Venus (as a loanword), Aphrodite

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維納斯女神

wai4 naap6 si1 neoi5 san4

Venus or Aphrodite, the goddess of love

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維繫

wai4 hai6

to hold together

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維護

wai4 wu6

Mandarin: wei2 hu4

defence; safeguard; to protect; to uphold; to maintain

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維達

wai4 daat6

Mandarin: wei2 da2

Vidar (Norse deity)

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緩

wun6

Mandarin: huan3

Simplified: 缓

slow | unhurried | sluggish | gradual | not tense | relaxed | to postpone | to defer | to stall | to stave off | to revive | to recuperate | leisurely | # adapted from cc-cedict

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緩刑

wun6 jing4

Mandarin: huan3 xing2

[1] probation; respite [2] suspend a sentence

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緩和

wun6 wo4

Mandarin: huan3 he2

[1] to ease (tension); [2] to alleviate; [3] to moderate; [4] to allay

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緩慢

wun6 maan6

Mandarin: huan3 man4

slow

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緩步跑

wun6 bou6 paau2

Mandarin: huan3 bu4 pao3

Simplified: 缓步跑

jogging

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緩緩

wun6 wun6

Mandarin: huan3 huan3

slowly; unhurriedly; little by little

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緩衝

wun6 cung1

Mandarin: huan3 chong1

to cushion; to buffer

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緩衝器

wun6 cung1 hei3

Mandarin: huan3 chong1 qi4

a bumper; a shock absorber; (computer) a buffer

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緩解

wun6 gaai2

Mandarin: huan3 jie3

ease, help relieve (a crisis)

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緯

wai6

Mandarin: wei3

Simplified: 纬

latitude | woof (horizontal thread in weaving) | weft | # adapted from cc-cedict

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耘田

wan4 tin4

Mandarin: yun2 tian2

weeding the farmland; to get rid of the weeds

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聵

wui6

Mandarin: kui4

Simplified: 聩

born deaf | deaf | obtuse | # adapted from cc-cedict

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