Cantonese Dictionary

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俗世
Mandarin: su2 shi4
the secular world
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俗例
Mandarin: su2 li4
customary rule
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俗名
Mandarin: su2 ming2
common name, local name, popular name
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俗品
Mandarin: su2 pin3
unworthy; tacky; vulgar product
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俗套
Mandarin: su2 tao4
conventional pattern; convention
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俗字
Mandarin: su2 zi4
vulgar variant character, cf. 正字
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俗氣
Mandarin: su2 qi4
vulgar; clichéd; tacky; inelegant; in poor taste; banal
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俗稱
Mandarin: su2 cheng1
be commonly referred to as
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俗話
Mandarin: su2 hua4
common saying; proverb
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俗語
Mandarin: su2 yu3
Simplified: 俗语
slang
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俗語有話
as the saying goes
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俗語話齋
Mandarin: su2 yu3 hua4 zhai1
Cantonese
as the saying has it [also] 俗語有話 in Cantonese or 俗語有云 in Mandarin
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俗骨
Mandarin: su2 gu3
tacky; old-fashioned
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俗體字
Mandarin: su2 ti3 zi4
common form of Chinese character (versus the etymologically correct form)
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俟
Mandarin: qi2
to wait for | to wait until | as soon as | # adapted from cc-cedict
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俟機
Mandarin: si4 ji1
wait for an opportunity
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俟機行事
Mandarin: si4 ji1 xing2 shi4
wait for an opportunity to take action
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倀
Mandarin: chang1
Simplified: 伥
a child, especially referring to those who are used to chase away ghosts | # adapted from cc-cedict
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借
Mandarin: jie4
to lend | to borrow | by means of | to take (an opportunity) | to make use of | # adapted from cc-cedict
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借一借
Mandarin: jie4 yi1 jie4
"excuse me" (asking someone to make way); to borrow
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借住機會
take this opportunity [formal]
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借借
Mandarin: jie4 jie4
"excuse me" (asking someone to make way)
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借債
Mandarin: jie4 zhai4
to borrow money; to raise a loan
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借出
Mandarin: jie4 chu1
lend
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借助
Mandarin: jie4 zhu4
to enlist help; to get help
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借勢
Mandarin: jie4 / shi4
to borrow sb's authority; to seize an opportunity
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借口
Mandarin: jie4 kou3
excuse; pretext [Syn.] 藉口
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借咗聾耳陳隻耳
Mandarin: jie4 zuo5 long2 er3 chen2 zhi1 er3
Simplified: 借咗聋耳陈只耳
Cantonese
turn on a deaf ear; pretend not to hear (slang)
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借問
Mandarin: jie4 wen4
May I ask...
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借問聲
Mandarin: jie4 wen4 sheng1
Simplified: 借问声
Excuse me. Could you tell me…?
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