Cantonese Dictionary

節瓜

zit3 gwaa1

Mandarin: jie2 gua1

Simplified: 节瓜

fuzzy melon; hairy gourd

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節用

zit3 jung6

Mandarin: jie2 yong4

Simplified: 节用

(verb) save; or (noun) economization

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節目

zit3 muk6

Mandarin: jie2 mu4

Simplified: 节目

(noun) events

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節省

zit3 saang2

Mandarin: jie2 sheng3

[1] frugal, to cut down on [2] [粵]: 慳

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節約

zit3 joek3

Mandarin: jie2 yue1

Simplified: 节约

(verb) Save

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節約能源

zit3 joek3 nang4 jyun4

Mandarin: jie2 yue1 neng2 yuan2

Simplified: 节约能源

Energy saving

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節育

zit3 juk6

Mandarin: jie2yu4

Simplified: 节育

(noun) Birth control

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節能

zit3 nang4

Mandarin: jie2 neng2

to conserve energy; energy-saving

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節能燈

zit3 nang4 dang1

Mandarin: jie2 neng2 deng1

energy saving lamp

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節食

zit3 sik6

to diet, be dieting

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節食者

zit3 sik6 ze2

a dieter

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節點

zit3 dim2

Mandarin: jie2 dian3

(electrical eng./IT) contact; contact point; node

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築

zuk1

Mandarin: zhu4 zhu2

build; construct; erect

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築堤

zuk1 tai4

Mandarin: zhu4 di1

Simplified: 筑堤

Embankment

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築路

zuk1 lou6

Mandarin: zhu4 lu4

Simplified: 筑路

(verb) build a road

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篸

zaam1

Mandarin: can3

a hairclasp | to wear in hair | # adapted from cc-cedict

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簇

zuk6

Mandarin: cu4

crowded | framework for silkworms | gather foliage | bunch | classifier for bunched objects | cluster | to crowd together | completely | very | # adapted from cc-cedict

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簪

zaam1

Mandarin: zan1

hairpin | clasp | to wear in hair | # adapted from cc-cedict

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簪花

zaam1 faa1

Mandarin: zan1 hua1

Wearing a flower in one's hair

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籀

zau6

Mandarin: zhou4

(writing) | to develop | seal script used throughout the pre-Han period | to recite | to read | style of calligraphy | to take out | # adapted from cc-cedict

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籀文

zau6 man4

Mandarin: zhou4 wen2

characters in 史籀篇

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籍

zik6

Mandarin: ji2

book or record | registry | roll | place of one's family or ancestral records | membership | list | census | native place | birthplace | hometown | nationality | # adapted from cc-cedict

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籍貫

zik6 gun3

Mandarin: ji2 guan4

ancestral land; native place

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籽

zi2

Mandarin: zi3

seeds | pip | pit | stone (of a fruit) | # adapted from cc-cedict

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粘

zim1

Mandarin: zhan1

to glue | to stick | to paste | viscous | mucous | glutinous | # adapted from cc-cedict

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粢

zi1

Mandarin: zi1

common millet | various kinds of grain | sacrificial rice | # adapted from cc-cedict

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粥

zuk1

Mandarin: zhou1

congee; rice porridge

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粧

zong1

Mandarin: zhuang1

(of a woman) to adorn oneself | makeup | adornment | trousseau | stage makeup and costume | to doll up | to apply makeup | dowry | # adapted from cc-cedict

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精

zing1

Mandarin: jing1

essence | extract | vitality | energy | semen | sperm | mythical goblin spirit | highly perfected | elite | the pick of sth | proficient (refined ability) | extremely (fine) | selected rice (archaic) | refined | polished | best | smart | sharp | clever | spirit | # adapted from cc-cedict

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精乖

zeng1 gwaai1

Mandarin: jing1 guai1

clever and obedient

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