Cantonese Dictionary

筑

zuk1

Mandarin: zhu4

five-string lute | Taiwan pr. [zhú] | to build | a place name | # adapted from cc-cedict

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箋

zin1

Mandarin: jian1

Simplified: 笺

letter | note-paper | a written note | a type of premium quality paper | an official memorandum | to explain | to analyse | to interpret | note | memo | stationery | comments | correspondence | # adapted from cc-cedict

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箏

zang1

Mandarin: zheng1

Simplified: 筝

guzheng or long zither | long zither with 13 to 16 strings, developed from guqin 古琴 during Tang and Song times | Japanese koto | kite | # adapted from cc-cedict

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箭

zin3

Mandarin: jian4

arrow M: 支zhī [支] | a type of bamboo | # adapted from cc-cedict

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箭嘴

zin3 zeoi2

Mandarin: jian4 zui3

arrow pointer

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箭在弦上

zin3 zoi6 jin4 soeng6 ,

Mandarin: jian4 zai4 xian2 shang4

reach the point of no return

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箭如雨下

zin3 jyu4 jyu5 haa6

Mandarin: jian4 ru2 yu3 xia4

arrows fall like rain

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箭步

zin3 bou6

Mandarin: jian4 bu4

swift footsteps; to stride

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箭毒

zin3 duk6

Mandarin: jian4 du2

curare

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箭藝

zin3 ngai6

Mandarin: jian4 yi4

archery [Syn.] 箭術

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箭術

zin3 seot6

Mandarin: jian4 shu4

Simplified: 箭术

Archery

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箭豬

zin3 zyu1

Mandarin: jian4 zhu1

Simplified: 箭猪

a porcupine

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箭靶

zin3 baa2

Mandarin: jian4 ba3

target

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箭頭

zin3 tau4

Mandarin: jian4 tou2

arrow (the symbol, not the thing you shoot; Cantonese: 箭嘴); arrowhead

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箴

zam1

Mandarin: zhen1

to warn | to admonish | variant of 针zhēn [针] | to caution | type of didactiv literary composition | # adapted from cc-cedict

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箴言

zam1 jin4

Mandarin: zhen1 yan2

maxim; proverb; admonition; exhortation

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箸

zyu6

Mandarin: zhu4

(literary) chopsticks | a type of bamboo | # adapted from cc-cedict

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節

zit3

Mandarin: jie2

Simplified: 节

festival | holiday | node | joint | section | segment | part | to economize | to save | to abridge | moral integrity | classifier for segments, e.g. lessons, train wagons, biblical verses M: 个gè [个] | sequence of events | proceedings | tally | rhythm | to regulate | to restrict | to restrain | # adapted from cc-cedict

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節令

zit3 ling6

Mandarin: jie2 ling4

Simplified: 节令

Seasonal

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節儉

zit3 gim6

Mandarin: jie2 jian3

Simplified: 节俭

(adjective) Thrifty

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節哀

zit3 oi1

Mandarin: jie2 ai1

Simplified: 节哀

Mourning; to overcome one's sorrows

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節哀順變

zit3 oi1 seon6 bin3

Mandarin: jie2 ai1 shun4 bian4

to restrain grief and accept the change; offer of condolences for bereaved

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節外生枝

zit3 ngoi6 sang1 zi1

Mandarin: jie2 wai4 sheng1 zhi1

[1] side issues or new problems crop up unexpectedly [2] deliberately complicate issues by raising obstacles

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節奏

zit3 zau3

Mandarin: jie2 zou4

rhythm; cadence; tempo

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節慶

zit3 hing3

Mandarin: jie2 qing4

festival; celebration

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節拍器

zit3 paak3 hei3

Mandarin: jie2 pai1 qi4

[music] metronome [Syn.] 拍子機

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節操

zit3 cou3

Mandarin: jie2 cao1

integrity; moral principle

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節日

zit3 jat6

Mandarin: jie2 ri4

holiday; auspicious day; festival; red-letter day | Coll.: 大日子

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節氣

zit3 hei3

Mandarin: jie2 qi5

solar term: any of 24 points in traditional East Asian lunisolar calendars that matches a particular astronomical event or signifies some natural phenomenon

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節烈

zit3 lit6

Mandarin: jie2 lie4

(of a woman) indomitably chaste; to preserve one's chastity at the cost of one's life

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