Cantonese Dictionary

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皂隸
Mandarin: zao4 li4
Simplified: 皂隶
civil servant
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皺
Mandarin: zhou4
Simplified: 皱
to wrinkle | wrinkled | to crease | to crumple | crinkled | knitted | # adapted from cc-cedict
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皺掹掹
Mandarin: zhou4 meng1 meng1
Simplified: 皱掹掹
Wrinkled; creased; crumpled
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皺眉
Mandarin: zhou4 mei2
to frown; to scowl; to knit the brows
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皺眉頭
Mandarin: zhou4 mei2 tou2
to frown; to scowl; to knit the brows
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皺紋
Mandarin: zhou4 wen2
wrinkle
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皺紙
Mandarin: zhou4 zhi3
Simplified: 皱纸
(noun) crepe paper
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盅
Mandarin: zhong1
small cup or bowl without a handle
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盅仔飯
Mandarin: zhong1 zi3 fan4
Simplified: 盅仔饭
steamed rice in a pot with vegetable and meat
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盅頭飯
Mandarin: zhong1 tou2 fan4
Simplified: 盅头饭
thermos-potted rice (eaten by workers in early 20th centery)
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盞
Mandarin: zhan3
Simplified: 盏
a small cup | classifier for lamps | would merely bring about (something undesirable) | would merely waste efforts | time | # adapted from cc-cedict
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盞嘢
Mandarin: zhan3 ye3
Simplified: 盏嘢
Cantonese
good stuff'
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盞嘥氣
Mandarin: zhan3 sai1 qi4
Cantonese
a sheer waste of efforts for nothing; only in vain
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盞得
Mandarin: zhan3 de2
Cantonese
in the end only be left with...; fruitlessly...
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盞搞
Mandarin: zhan3 gao3
Simplified: 盏搞
(verb) to do something or work for almost nil; to do something but all to no avail;
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盞攪
Mandarin: zhan3 jiao3
Simplified: 盏搅
to do something to no avail
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盞衰
Mandarin: zhan3 shuai1
Simplified: 盏衰
to do something that will only lead to trouble
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盞鬼
Mandarin: zhan3 gui3
Simplified: 盏鬼
chic; interesting; funny
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盡
Mandarin: jin4
Simplified: 尽
to use up | to exhaust | to end | to finish | to the utmost | exhausted | finished | to the limit (of sth) | all | to devote all to | entirely | to come to an end | # adapted from cc-cedict
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盡人事
to do all that is humanly possible (with little hope of success)
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盡人事
Mandarin: jin4 ren2 shi4
Simplified: 尽人事
try my best (spoken)
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盡人皆知
Mandarin: jin4 ren2 jie1 zhi1
known to everyone; well-known
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盡力
Mandarin: jin4 li4
Simplified: 尽力
(verb) Try one's best
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盡可能
Mandarin: jin4 ke3 neng2
Simplified: 尽可能
try all possibilities (spoken)
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盡地一煲
Mandarin: jin4 di4 yi1 bao1
Simplified: 尽地一煲
final attempt for success; place all eggs in one basket (slang)
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盡地一舖
Mandarin: jin4 di4 yi1 pu4
Simplified: 尽地一铺
to risk all one have remaining on a bet [colloquial]
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盡孝道
Mandarin: jin4 xiao4 dao4
fufill one's filial duty
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盡己所能
Mandarin: jin4 ji3 suo3 neng2
try one's best; to the outmost of one's ability
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盡心
Mandarin: jin4 xin1
try your best
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盡心圖報
Mandarin: jin4 xin1 tu bao4
do all within one's means to repay someone for something good they did
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