Cantonese Dictionary

紙皮石

zi2 pei4 sek6

Mandarin: zhi3 pi2 shi2

Simplified: 纸皮石

mosaic tiles

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紙皮箱

zi2 pei4 soeng1

Mandarin: zhi3 pi2 xiang1

Simplified: 纸皮箱

cardboard box

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紙盒

zi2 hap6*2

Mandarin: zhi3 he2

cardboard box; cardboard case; carton; paper box | Syn.: 紙箱; 紙板盒; 紙板箱

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紙盒

zi2 hap2

Mandarin: zhi3 he2

Simplified: 纸盒

(noun) a paper box; a carton

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紙窗

zi2 coeng1

Mandarin: zhi3 chuang1

paper window - as opposed to a glass window

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紙箱

zi2 soeng1

Mandarin: zhi3 xiang1

cardboard box; cardboard case; carton; paper box | Syn.: 紙盒; 紙板盒; 紙板箱

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紙紮

zi2 zaat3

Mandarin: zhi3 zha2

Simplified: 纸扎

paper-mache

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紙紮下扒

zi2 zaat3 haa6 paa4

Mandarin: zhi3 zha2 xia4 ba1

Simplified: 纸扎下扒

not reliable

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紙紮公仔

zi2 zaat3 gung1 zai2

Mandarin: zhi3 zha2 gong1 zai3

Simplified: 纸扎公仔

a paper doll; a piñata; a metaphor to describe useless people

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紙老虎

zi2 lou5 fu2

Mandarin: zhi3 lao3 hu3

a paper tiger, something which seems as threatening as a tiger, but is harmless

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紙色層分析法

zi2 sik1 cang4 fan1 sik1 faat3

Mandarin: zhi3 se4 ceng2 fen1 xi1 fa3

[化] paper chromatography

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紙色層法

zi2 sik1 cang4 faat3

Mandarin: zhi3 se4 ceng2 fa3

[化] paper chromatography

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紙袋

zi2 doi6*2

Mandarin: zhi3 dai4

paper bag

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紙袋

zi2 doi6

Mandarin: zhi3 dai4

Simplified: 纸袋

paper bag

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紙錢

zi2 cin4*2

paper made to resemble money and burned as an offering to the dead

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紙鎮

zi2 zan3

Mandarin: zhi3 zhen4

Simplified: 纸镇

Paperweight

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紙面本

zi2 min6 bun2

Mandarin: zhi3 mian4 ben3

[n] softcover; paperback | Syn.: 平裝本

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紙鳶

zi2 jyun1

Mandarin: zhi3 yuan1

kite

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紙鷂

zi2 jiu6*2

Cantonese

kite | [NB. is more common in Cantonese than synonym 風箏]

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紙黃金

zi2 wong4 gam1

paper gold

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紥

zaat3

Mandarin: za1

to tie | to bind | classifier for flowers, banknotes etc: bundle | Taiwan pr. [zhá] | to prick | to run or stick (a needle etc) into | jug (a classifier for liquids such as beer) | to struggle free | to station | to plunge | to fasten | to be promoted in a triad gang | to have a vasectomy | # adapted from cc-cedict

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紥炮

zaat3 paau3

Mandarin: zha1 pao4

Simplified: 扎炮

to starve; to tighten the belt to reduce spending

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紥腳

zaat3 goek3

Mandarin: za1 jiao3

Simplified: 扎脚

Foot binding

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紫

zi2

Mandarin: zi3

purple | violet | amethyst | Lithospermum erythrorhizon (flowering plant whose root provides red purple dye) | Japanese: murasaki | a surname | # adapted from cc-cedict

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紫丁香

zi2 ding1 hoeng1

Mandarin: zi3 ding1 xiang1

lilac

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紫外

zi2 ngoi6

Mandarin: zi3 wai4

ultraviolet

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紫外光

zi2 ngoi6 gwong1

Mandarin: zi3 wai4 guang1

[phys.] ultra-violet light

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紫外射線

zi2 ngoi6 se6 sin3

Mandarin: zi3 wai4 she4 xian4

ultraviolet ray

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紫外線

zi2 ngoi6 sin3

Mandarin: zi3wai4xian4

Simplified: 紫外线

(noun) Ultraviolet radiation, or UV

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紫外線指數

zi2 ngoi6 sin3 zi2 sou3

UV rays index

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