Cantonese Dictionary

燼

zeon6

Mandarin: jin4

Simplified: 烬

ashes | embers | remnants | # adapted from cc-cedict

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爪

zaau2

Mandarin: zhua3

claw | fingernail | talon | animal feet | # adapted from cc-cedict

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爪哇

zaau2 waa1

Java (Indonesia, also "Java" in "JavaScript")

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爪哇語

zaau2 waa1 jyu5

Mandarin: Zhao3 wa1 yu3

Simplified: 爪哇语

the Javanese language, spoken by the natives in the Island of Java in Indonesia

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爪子

zaau2 zi2

Mandarin: zhua3 zi5

paw, claw, talon | [粵]: 爪 (zaau2)

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爪字頭

zaau2 zi6 tau4

Mandarin: zhao3 zi4 tou2

Kangxi radical 87 (爪) in its component form 爫

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爪部

zaau2 bou6

Mandarin: zhao3 bu4

refers to the Kangxi (radical 87) 爪 part of a Chinese character

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爫

zaau2

Mandarin: lan4

Kangxi radical 87 variant (claw)

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爭

zaang1

Mandarin: zheng1

Simplified: 争

deficient or lacking (dialect) | owe | # adapted from cc-cedict

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爭一口氣

zaang1 jat1 hau2 hei3

Mandarin: zheng1 yi1kou3qi4

Simplified: 争一口气

to win respect | honour by doing something [colloquial]

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爭些少

zaang1 se1 siu2

Mandarin: zheng1 xie1 shao3

Simplified: 争些少

almost; nearly; still need a bit more; lacking slightly [colloquial]

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爭交

zang1 gaau1

Mandarin: zheng1 jiao1

Simplified: 争交

argue (spoken)

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爭住

zang1 zyu6

Mandarin: zheng1 zhu4

Simplified: 争住

to fight to

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爭先恐後

zang1 sin1 hung2 hau6

Mandarin: zheng1 xian1 kong3 hou4

compete with one another over something

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爭分奪秒

zang1 fan1 dyut6 miu5

Mandarin: zheng1 fen1 duo2 miao3

fighting to make every minute and second count

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爭利益

zaang1 lei6 jik1

to compete for profit

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爭取

zang1 ceoi2

Mandarin: zheng1 qu3

to fight for; to compete for; to struggle

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爭吵

zang1 caau2

Mandarin: zheng1 chao3

Simplified: 争吵

argument

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爭啲

zang1 di1

Mandarin: zheng1 di1

Simplified: 争啲

Cantonese

nearly; closely (spoken)

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爭啲

zaang1 di1

Cantonese

[1] almost; lacking by a little bit; slightly deficient or inadequate [2] [Syn.] 爭些少 [3] [華]: 差點(兒) [4] sometimes seen written as 掙啲

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爭在

zaang1 zoi6

Mandarin: zheng1 zai4

Simplified: 争在

only when; it depends on

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爭地盤

zaang1 dei6 pun4

Mandarin: zheng1 di4pan2

Simplified: 争地盘

fighting for territories [colloquial]

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爭執

zang1 zap1

Mandarin: zheng1 zhi2

dispute; disagree

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爭天共地

zaang1 tin1 gung6 dei6

Mandarin: zheng1 tian1 gong4 di4

Simplified: 争天共地

(adjective) completely dissimilar or different; two different things or worlds

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爭奇鬥艷

zaang1 kei4 dau3 jim6

Mandarin: zheng1 qi2 dou4 yan4

Simplified: 争奇斗艳

to compete with each other in terms of beauty and glamour

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爭奪

zang1 dyut6

Mandarin: zheng1 duo2

Simplified: 争夺

to take over; to compete

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爭好遠

zaang1 hou2 jyun5

Mandarin: zheng1 hao3 yuan3

Simplified: 争好远

far from it; a big difference; very different; still need a lot more; lacking greatly; lacking by a large amount [colloquial]

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爭寵

zang1 cung2

Mandarin: zheng1 chong3

fight for favour; strive for attention

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爭崩頭

zaang1 bang1 tau4

Mandarin: zheng1 beng1 tou2

Simplified: 争崩头

(noun) a severe completion; in a fight for something

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爭拗

zaang1 aau3

Cantonese

argument

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