Cantonese Dictionary

知衰

zi1 seoi1

Mandarin: zhi1 shuai1

now you learn the bad consequences (spoken)

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知覺

zi1 gok3

Mandarin: zhi1 jue2

perception; consciousness

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知覺解體

zi1 gok3 gaai2 tai2

Mandarin: zhi1 jue2 jie3 ti3

[cog sci.] perceptual separability

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知識

zi1 sik1

Mandarin: zhi1 shi5

knowledge; learning; know-how

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知識份子

zi1 sik1 fan6 zi2

Mandarin: zhi1 shi4 fen4 zi3

Simplified: 知识份子

Intellectual

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知識工程師

zi1 sik1 gung1 cing4 si1

Mandarin: zhi1 shi4 gong1 cheng2 shi1

knowledge worker

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知識淺薄

zi1 sik1 cin2 bok6

Mandarin: zhi1 shi5 qian3 bo2

to have superficial knowledge

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知識產權

zi1 sik1 caan2 kyun4

Mandarin: zhi1 shi5 chan3 quan2

intellectual property; rights of intellectual property

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知識界

zi1 sik1 gaai3

intelligentsia

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知識經濟

zi1 sik1 ging1 zai3

Mandarin: zhi1 shi5 jing1 ji4

Simplified: 知识经济

Knowledge-based economy

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知識貧乏

zi1 sik1 pan4 fat6

lack of knowledge

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知識青年

zi1 sik1 cing1 nin4

Mandarin: zhi1 shi5 qing1 nian2

Simplified: 知识青年

(noun) educated teens; young intellectual

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知足

zi1 zuk1

Mandarin: zhi1 zu2

satisfied; be content with

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知足常樂

zi1 zuk1 soeng4 lok6

if one is happy with what he has, then he will always be happy

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知道

zi1 dou6*3

Mandarin: zhi1 dao4/5

to know about something | [粵]: also 知 (zi1)

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知道

zi1 dou6

Mandarin: zhi1 dao4

to know; to realize

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知醒

zi1 seng2

Mandarin: zhi1 xing3

will wake up on time by themself'

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知醜

zi1 cau2

Mandarin: zhi1 chou3

Simplified: 知丑

(adjective) shame; ashamed

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知錯

zi1 co3

Mandarin: zhi1 cuo4

Simplified: 知错

to acknowledge one's mistakes [colloquial]

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知錯能改

zi1 co3 nang4 goi2

Mandarin: zhi1 cuo4 neng2 gai3

Simplified: 知错能改

one must acknowledge one's mistakes first to be able to rectify them

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知難而退

zi1 naan4 ji4 teoi3

Mandarin: zhi1 nan2 er2 tui4

to retreat or give up after realizing one is up against unfavourable circumstances

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知青

zi1 cing1

Mandarin: zhi1 qing1

young intellectual; literate youngster; educated youth

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知音

zi1 jam1

Mandarin: zhi1 yin1

a close friend; a bosom friend; a confidant; one's second self

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知頭唔知尾

zi1 tau4 m4 zi1 mei5

Mandarin: zhi1 tou2 n2 zhi1 wei3

Simplified: 知头唔知尾

Cantonese

(slang) know the beginning of a story | an event | a situation but not the end

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矺

zaak3

Mandarin: zhe2

(Cant.) to press steadily | to pound | a form of torture in the past where one's limbs are separated | # adapted from cc-cedict

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矽

zik6

Mandarin: xi4

silicon (Si)

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矽膠

zik6 gaau1

silicon gel

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矽藻

zik6 zou2

Mandarin: xi1 zao3

[bio.] diatom

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矽谷

zik6 guk1

Mandarin: xi1 gu3

Silicon Valley – in California, located south of San Francisco, centred on San Jose; renowned for its cluster of high tech computer-related companies [Syn.] 硅谷

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砟

zok6

Mandarin: zha3

fragments | stone tablet | monument | # adapted from cc-cedict

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