Cantonese Dictionary

華盛頓時報

waa4 sing6 deon6 si4 bou3

Mandarin: hua2 sheng4 dun4 shi2 bao4

Washington Times (newspaper)

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華盛頓特區

waa4 sing6 deon6 dak6 keoi1

Mandarin: hua2 sheng4 dun4 te4 qu1

Washington D.C. (District of Columbia)

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華盛頓郵報

waa4 sing6 deon6 jau4 bou3

Mandarin: hua2 sheng4 dun4 you2 bao4

Washington Post (newspaper)

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華秀

waa4 sau3

Mandarin: hua2 xiu4

Simplified: 华秀

name of the character in a tale who keeps a ferocious dog

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華縣

waa4 jyun6

Mandarin: hua2 xian4

Hua county (county in Shaanxi)

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華翰

waa4 hon6

Mandarin: hua2 han4

Simplified: 华翰

a polite way to say 'your letter'

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華而不實

waa4 ji4 bat1 sat6

Mandarin: hua2 er2 bu4 shi2

flashy; pretentious; ostentatious; superficially smart

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華航

waa4 hong4

Mandarin: hua2 hang2

China Airlines

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華蓥

waa4 jing4

Mandarin: hua2 ying2

Huaying (city in Sichuan)

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華裔

waa4 jeoi6

Mandarin: Hua2 yi4

Simplified: 华裔

(adjective) Term refers to Western-born Chinese

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華裔偶像

waa4 jeoi6 ngau5 zoeng6

Mandarin: hua2 yi4 ou3 xiang4

ethnic-Chinese idol

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華裔美國人

waa4 jeoi6 mei5 gwok3 jan4

[n] a Chinese-American, an ethnic Chinese person of American descent

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華西

waa4 sai1

Mandarin: hua2 xi1

West China

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華西大學

waa4 sai1 daai6 hok6

Mandarin: hua2 xi1 da4 xue2

West China Union University (former Christian univ in Chengdu, now merged with Szechuan University)

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華誕

waa4 daan3

Mandarin: hua2 dan4

your birthday [polite]

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華語

waa4 jyu5

Mandarin: hua2 yu3

Chinese (spoken language)

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華里

waa4 lei5

Mandarin: hua2 li3

Chinese mile

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華陰

waa4 jam1

Mandarin: hua2 yin1

Huayin (city in Shaanxi)

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華麗

waa4 lai6

Mandarin: hua2 li4

resplendent, magnificent

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華麗杜鵑

waa4 lai6 dou6 gyun1

Mandarin: hua2 li4 du4 juan1

Rhododendron farrerae (Farrer's azalea)

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萎

wai3

Mandarin: wei3

to wither | to fade | to shrink | to wilt | # adapted from cc-cedict

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萎靡

wai2 mei5

Mandarin: wei3 mi3

dispirited, depressed; to droop, to sag

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萵

wo1

Mandarin: wo1

lettuce

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萵苣

wo1 geoi6

Mandarin: wo1 ju4

lettuce (Lactuca sativa)

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葦

wai5

Mandarin: wei3

reed

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葫

wu4

Mandarin: hu2

bottle gourd; calabash

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葫蘆王

wu4 lou2 wong4

Mandarin: hu2 lu5 wang2

Simplified: 葫芦王

someone who likes to brag and lie

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葳

wai1

Mandarin: wei1

luxuriant | flourishing | weary | hanging down in clusters | # adapted from cc-cedict

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葳蕤

wai1 jeoi4

Mandarin: wei1 rui2

luxuriant; flourishing

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蔚

wat3

Mandarin: wei4

part of a place name | depressed | # adapted from cc-cedict

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