Cantonese Dictionary

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借啲意
Mandarin: jie4 di1 yi4
Cantonese
to be opportunistic; to take advantage of a situation; to make an excuse to
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借啲意
Cantonese
take the opportunity
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借女
Mandarin: jie4 nv3
literally: to borrow a girl, often used to refer to the borrowing of prostitutes between brothels [written and colloquial]
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借宿
Mandarin: jie4 su4
stay overnight at someone's place; sleep over; put up for the night
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借尿遁
Mandarin: jie4 niao4 dun4
escape or avoid responsibility by faking the urge to urinate (slang)
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借屎遁
Mandarin: jie4 shi3 dun4
using going to the restroom as an excuse to escape from an undesired situation
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借意
Mandarin: jie4 yi4
to excuse
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借據
Mandarin: jie4 ju4
I owe you (document/paper)
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借故
Mandarin: jie4 gu4
to find an excuse
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借書
Mandarin: jie4 shu1
Simplified: 借书
Borrow a book
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借書證
Mandarin: jie4 shu1 zheng4
library card
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借機
Mandarin: jie4 ji1
to seize the opportunity
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借款
Mandarin: jie4 kuan3
loan
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借此機會
Mandarin: jie4 ci3 ji1 hui4
take this opportunity [formal]
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借歪
Mandarin: jie4 wai1
"excuse me" (asking someone to make way); to give way
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借歪啲
Mandarin: jie4 wai1 di1
Cantonese
excuse me (rudely); step or move aside
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借殼
Mandarin: jie4 ke2
Simplified: 借壳
reserve takeover, a terminology in business administration
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借水遁
Mandarin: jie4 shui3 dun4
use water as cover to escape, a term which is mostly used in Chinese martial arts fiction
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借用
Mandarin: jie4 yong4
to use something for another purpose; to borrow
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借用語
Mandarin: jie4 yong4 yu3
loanword [Syn.] 借用詞, 借語, 借詞, 外來語, 外來詞
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借給
Mandarin: jie4 gei3
to lend to somebody
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借花敬佛
Mandarin: jie4 hua1 jing4 fo2
borrow a flower and offer it to the Buddha, which means taking something given by others as a present for somebody else
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借詞
Mandarin: jie4 ci2
loanword; loan word or transliteration (from English or other languages) [Syn.] 外來詞, 外來語, 借語, 借用語
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借貸
Mandarin: jie4 dai4
debit and credit; lending
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借貸利息
Mandarin: jie4 dai4 li4 xi1
loan interest
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借貸成本
borrowing costs
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借過
Cantonese
excuse me, please (please scoot, step aside) [Syn.] 借借 , 借歪 , 借開 [華]: 讓一讓 , 讓一下
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借過橋
Mandarin: jie4 guo4 qiao2
Simplified: 借过桥
to use something or someone as an excuse; to make use of someone to get to something or to get out of something [colloquial]
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借酒澆愁
Mandarin: jie4 jiu3 jiao1 chou2
to drown one's sorrows
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借錢
to borrow money
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