Cantonese Dictionary

自動轉賬

zi6 dung6 zyun2 zoeng3

Mandarin: zi4dong4 zhuan3zhang4

Simplified: 自动转账

automatic bank transfer; direct deposit [written and colloquial]

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自動防止輻射程序

zi6 dung6 fong4 zi2 fuk1 se6 cing4 zeoi6

Mandarin: zi4 dong4 fang2 zhi3 fu2 she4 cheng2 xu4

fail-safe procedures

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自動電擊器

zi6 dung6 din6 gik1 hei3

Mandarin: zi4 dong4 dian4 ji1 qi4

[cardiology] automated external defibrillator, AED [also] 自動去顫器, 傻瓜電擊器

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自動電話理財服務

zi6 dung6 din6 waa6*2 lei5 coi4 fuk6 mou6

automated phonebanking services

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自卑

zi6 bei1

Mandarin: zi4 bei1

low in self-esteem

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自卑情結

zi6 bei1 cing4 git3

Mandarin: zi4 bei1 qing2 jie2

inferiority complex

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自卑感

zi6 bei1 gam2

Mandarin: zi4 bei1 gan3

feeling of inferiority

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自卸車

zi6 se3 ce1

a dumptruck (lit., "self-emptying vehicle")

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自古

zi6 gu2

Mandarin: zi4 gu3

from time immemorial; since ancient times

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自古以來

zi6 gu2 ji5 loi4

Mandarin: zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2

since ancient times

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自古以嚟

zi6 gu2 ji5 lai4

Cantonese

since ancient times

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自吹自擂

zi6 ceoi1 zi6 leoi4

Mandarin: zi4 chui1 zi4 lei2

to boast about oneself; blowing his own trumpet;

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自咎

zi6 gau3

Mandarin: zi4 jiu4

to blame oneself; to rebuke oneself

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自問

zi6 man6

Mandarin: zi4 wen4

ask oneself, examine oneself, reach a conclusion after weighing a matter

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自嘲

zi6 zaau1

Mandarin: zi4 chao2

self-mockery; to laugh at oneself

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自圓其說

zi6 jyun4 kei4 syut3

Mandarin: zi4 yuan2 qi2 shuo1

Simplified: 自圆其说

to justify one's own argument; to make one's statement consistent; to make out a good case for oneself; to patch up the breach oneself; to fill up gaps in one's theory

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自在

zi6 zoi6

Mandarin: zi4 zai5

at ease; free, unrestrained, comfortable

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自在階級

zi6 zoi6 gaai1 kap1

Mandarin: zi4 zai4 jie1 ji2

[philosophy] class-in-itself

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自大

zi6 daai6

Mandarin: zi4 da4

arrogant, self-important

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自大狂

zi6 daai6 kong4

Mandarin: zi4 da4 kuang2

megalomania; megalomaniac

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自奉

zi6 fung6

Mandarin: zi4 feng4

to provide for all the living necessities for oneself

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自始至終

zi6 ci2 zi3 zung1

Mandarin: zi4 shi3 zhi4 zhong1

from start to finish; from beginning to end

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自學

zi6 hok6

Mandarin: zi4 xue2

to self-study; self-learnt

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自學者

zi6 hok6 ze2

Mandarin: zi4 xue2 zhe3

an autodidact (lit., "self-taught person")

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自家生產

zi6 gaa1 sang1 caan2

home grown

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自封

zi6 fung1

Mandarin: zi4 feng1

to proclaim oneself; to confine oneself

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自尊

zi6 zyun1

Mandarin: zi4 zun1

self-esteem; self-respect [Syn.] 自尊心

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自尊心

zi6 zyun1 sam1

Mandarin: zi4 zun1 xin1

self-esteem; self-respect [Syn.] 自尊

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自尋短見

zi6 cam4 dyun2 gin3

to commit suicide

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自小

zi6 siu2

Mandarin: zi4 xiao3

since young

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