Cantonese Dictionary

鵃

zau1

Mandarin: zhou1

Simplified: 鸼

an ancient name for a type of bird

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鵲

zoek3

Mandarin: que4

magpie

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鵲局

zoek3 guk6

Mandarin: que4 ju2

Simplified: 鹊局

a mahjong game

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鵲巢鳩佔

zoek3 caau4 kau1 zim3

Mandarin: que4 chao2 jiu1 zhan4

seizing another's place, land, etc; taking other people's efforts and reaping the profits [literal] the turtle-dove occupies the magpie's nest

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鵲鳥

zoek3 niu5

Mandarin: que4 niao3

magpie

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鷓

ze3

Mandarin: zhe4

partridge; francolin

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鷓鴣

ze3 gu1

Mandarin: zhe4 gu1

francolin; partridge

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鷙

zi3

Mandarin: zhi4

Simplified: 鸷

fierce | brutal | bird of prey | hawk | vulture | # adapted from cc-cedict

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鷲

zuk6

Mandarin: jiu4

black eagle; vulture; condor

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鸇

zin1

Mandarin: zhan1

Simplified: 鹯

sparrow hawk | # adapted from cc-cedict

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黏

zim1

Mandarin: nian2

sticky | glutinous | to adhere | to stick | to glue | to paste | to talk on and on | # adapted from cc-cedict

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黜

zyut3

Mandarin: chu4

to dismiss from office | to expel | to demote | to downgrade | to rebuke | # adapted from cc-cedict

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黜

zeot1 ceot1

Mandarin: chu4

[literary] dismiss; remove sb from office; expel

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黜免

zeot1 min5

Mandarin: chu4 mian3

dismiss (an official); remove sb from office

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黜陟

zyut6 zik1

Mandarin: chu4 zhi4

demotion and promotion

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黢

zeot1

Mandarin: qu1

black | dark | # adapted from cc-cedict

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黹

zi2

Mandarin: zhi3

embroidery | needlework | # adapted from cc-cedict

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齊

zi1

Mandarin: qi2

Simplified: 齐

hem of robe | # adapted from cc-cedict

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齋

zai1

Mandarin: zhai1

Simplified: 斋

to fast or abstain from meat, wine etc | vegetarian diet | study room | study building | to give alms (to a monk) | to be celibate | # adapted from cc-cedict

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齋啡

zaai1 fe1

Mandarin: zhai1 fei1

Simplified: 斋啡

(noun) (of beverage) a coffee without milk and sugar: a black coffee

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齋噏

zaai1 kap1

Mandarin: zhai1 xi1

Simplified: 斋噏

empty talk; all talk and no action [colloquial]

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齋堂

zaai1 tong4*2

private study; room for observing religious abstinence before worship

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齋姑

zaai1 gu1

Mandarin: zhai1 gu1

Simplified: 斋姑

a 'vegetarian recluse', a woman who has gone through the Refuge rite of Buddhism without shaving off her hair

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齋擺唔賣

zaai1 baai2 m4 maai6

Mandarin: zhai1 bai3 n2 mai4

Simplified: 斋摆唔卖

Cantonese

only for display not for sale

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齋校

zaai1 haau6

Mandarin: zhai1 xiao4

Simplified: 斋校

a single-sex school

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齋滷味

zaai1 lou5 mei2

Mandarin: zhai1 lu3 wei4

Simplified: 斋卤味

vegeterian mock meat

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齋睇唔買

zaai1 tai2 m4 maai5

Mandarin: zhai1 di4 wu2 mai3

Cantonese

window shopping; just to look but not buy

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齋腸

zaai1 coeng4*2

vegetarian rice roll

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齋舖

zaai1 pou3*2

Cantonese

vegetarian shop / store

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齋舖

zaai1 pou3

Mandarin: zhai1 pu4

Simplified: 斋铺

a vegetarian store

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