Cantonese Dictionary

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閘
Mandarin: zha2
Simplified: 闸
gear | brake | sluice | lock (on waterway) | electric switch or circuit breaker | flood gate | a control station on the river for domestic revenue | to dam up a river | a gate | teeth | # adapted from cc-cedict
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閘住
Mandarin: zha2 zhu5
Simplified: 闸住
(expression) literally: "stop it"; usually people say it in an attempt to prevent the unlucky things described | predicted by other people from occurring in reality,similar to how "touch wood" is used in English
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閘住兼反彈
Mandarin: zha2 zhu4 jian1 fan3 tan2
Cantonese
of another persons inauspicious words to rebound of of you
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閘側
Mandarin: zha2 ce4
Simplified: 闸侧
to tilt to one side
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閘口
choke; inlet
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閘板
Mandarin: zha2 ban3
[n] lock gate, sluice gate (on waterways)
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閘門
Mandarin: zha2 men2
Simplified: 闸门
(noun) gateway
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闡
Mandarin: chan3
explain; clarify; illustrate; expound
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闡明
Mandarin: chan3 ming2
to clarify; to explain clearly
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闡述
Mandarin: chan3 shu4
to expound; to elaborate
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阱
Mandarin: jing3
pitfall | trap | snare | # adapted from cc-cedict
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阱
Mandarin: jing3
trap; pitfall; pit; snare
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阻
Mandarin: zu3
to hinder | to block | to obstruct | to impede | to oppose | to restrain | # adapted from cc-cedict
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阻住
Mandarin: zu3 zhu4
blocking; obstructing; to get in the way
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阻住個地球轉
Mandarin: zu3 zhu4 ge4 di4qiu2 zhuan3
Simplified: 阻住个地球转
to be in the way; to be a nuisance to others [colloquial]
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阻住地球轉
Mandarin: zu3 zhu4 di4 qiu2 zhuan3
Simplified: 阻住地球转
(to obstruct the revolution of the earth); to be in the way; to hamper
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阻住地球轉
Mandarin: zu3 zhu4 di4 qiu2 zhuan3
Cantonese
throw a spanner in the works; hold up the train
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阻你一陣
Mandarin: zu3 ni3 yi1 zhen4
Simplified: 阻你一阵
"can I have a few minutes of your time please?"; "can you spare a moment please?"
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阻力
Mandarin: zu3 li4
obstruction; obstacle; hindrance; resistance
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阻埞
Mandarin: zu3 di1
to be a hindrance; being a waste of space; blocking the way
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阻塞
Mandarin: zu4 se4
to block
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阻定
Mandarin: zu3 ding4
obstruction; in one's way (spoken)
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阻截
to intercept; to stop; to block
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阻手阻腳
Mandarin: zu3 shou3 zu3 jiao3
Simplified: 阻手阻脚
obstruction; in one's way (spoken)
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阻撓
Mandarin: zu3 nao2
obstruct; hinder
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阻撚鳩柒住晒
Mandarin: zu3 nian3 jiu1 qi1 zhu4 shai4
Simplified: 阻撚鸠柒住晒
to be in the effing way; to be an effing nuisance [colloquial]
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阻擋
Mandarin: zu3dang3
Simplified: 阻挡
(verb) Block (sunlight etc.)
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阻攔
Mandarin: zu3 lan2
to stop; to obstruct; to block | [粵]: 拃住
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阻斷
Mandarin: zu3 duan4
to block, obstruct; interdiction
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阻止
Mandarin: zu3 zhi3
(verb) to stop
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