Cantonese Dictionary

砥

zi2

Mandarin: di3

baffle (pier) | whetstone | to polish | # adapted from cc-cedict

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砧

zam1

Mandarin: zhen1

anvil | flat stone | hammering block | a chopping block | board | a stone slab for laundry by beating with wooden club | # adapted from cc-cedict

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砧板

zam1 baan2

Mandarin: zhen1 ban3

cutting board; block; a chopping board, a chopping block [Var.] 碪板

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砸

zaap3

Mandarin: za2

to smash | to pound | to fail | to muck up | to bungle | to crush | to break | to mash | to fall through | to flop | # adapted from cc-cedict

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砸死

zaap3 sei2

Mandarin: za2 si3

death of smashing; to crush to death

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碡

zuk6

Mandarin: zhou2

stone roller (for threshing grain, leveling ground etc) | Taiwan pr. [dú] | # adapted from cc-cedict

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碪板

zam1 baan2

Mandarin: zhen1 ban3

cutting board; block; a chopping board, a chopping block [Var.] 砧板

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碴

zaa1

Mandarin: cha2

fault | glass fragment | quarrel | chipped edge of a container | # adapted from cc-cedict

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碾

zin2

Mandarin: nian3

stone roller | roller and millstone | to grind | to crush | to husk | # adapted from cc-cedict

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磚

zyun1

Mandarin: zhuan1

Simplified: 砖

brick M: 块kuài [块] | tile | # adapted from cc-cedict

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磚坯

zyun1 pui1

Mandarin: zhuan1 pi1

Simplified: 砖坯

unfired brick

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磚屋

zyun1 uk1

Mandarin: zhuan1 wu1

brick house

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磚頭

zyun1 tau4

Mandarin: zhuan1 tou5

brick

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磳

zang1

Mandarin: zeng1

cliff | foothill | # adapted from cc-cedict

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礁

ziu1

Mandarin: jiao1

reef | shoal rock | jetty | submerged rocks | # adapted from cc-cedict

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礁島

ziu1 dou2

Mandarin: jiao1 dao3

reef island

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礁溪鄉

ziu1 kai1 hoeng1

Mandarin: jiao1 xi1 xiang1

Chiaohsi (village in Taiwan)

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祀

zi6

Mandarin: si4

to sacrifice | to offer libation to | to worship | # adapted from cc-cedict

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祀祖

zi6 zou2

Mandarin: si4 zu3

to offer sacrifices to one's ancestors :see also 祭祖

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祇

zi2

Mandarin: qi2

an alternative form for 只, only | # adapted from cc-cedict

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祖

zou2

Mandarin: zu3

ancestor | forefather | grandparents | founder | an originator | sacrifice to god of travellers | a surname | # adapted from cc-cedict

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祖傳

zou2 cyun4

Mandarin: zu3 chuan2

passed on from ancestors; handed down from generation to generation

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祖先

zou2 sin1

Mandarin: zu3 xian1

ancestors | [粵]: (related term) 太公

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祖國

zou2 gwok3

Mandarin: zu3 guo2

homeland; motherland; fatherland

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祖宗

zou2 zung1

Mandarin: zu3 zong1

ancestor, forebear

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祖宗十八代

zou2 zung1 sap6 baat3 doi6

Mandarin: zu3 zong1 shi2 ba1 dai4

(noun) all of the ancestors

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祖家

zou2 gaa1

Mandarin: zu3 jia1

(noun) home country

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祖屋

zou2 uk1

Mandarin: zu3 wu1

Ancestral home

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祖師

zou2 si1

Mandarin: Zu3 shi1

Simplified: 祖师

(noun) a founder of academic; the founder of a sect such as Buddhism or Taoism; a patriarch;

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祖廟

zou2 miu2

Mandarin: zu3 miao4

Simplified: 祖庙

Ancestral temple

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