Cantonese Dictionary

左鄰右里

zo2 leon4 jau6 lei5

Cantonese

neighbours

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左鎮鄉

zo2 zan3 hoeng1

Mandarin: zuo3 zhen4 xiang1

Tsochen (village in Taiwan)

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左閃右避

zo2 sim2 jau6 bei6

Mandarin: zuo3*2 shan3 you4 bi4

dodge; avoid; try to hide from someone

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左雲

zo2 wan4

Mandarin: zuo3 yun2

Zuoyun (place in Shanxi)

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左面

zo2 min6

Mandarin: zuo3 mian4

the left side

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左騰右騰

zo2 tang4 jau6 tang4

Mandarin: zuo3 teng2 you4 teng2

Simplified: 左腾右腾

rushing around [colloquial]

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左㕭

zo2 jaau1

Mandarin: zuo3 ao4

adj; left-handed

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左𠰋

zo2 jaau1

Mandarin: Zuo3 qiu1

left handed

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巳蛇

zi6 se4

Mandarin: si4 she2

Year 6, Year of the Snake (2013)

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市井

zi5 zeng2

Mandarin: shi4 jing3

marketplace

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席

zik6

Mandarin: xi2

woven mat | seat | banquet | place in a democratic assembly | classifier for banquets, conversations etc | post | an office | a surname | to be seated | to take advantage of | # adapted from cc-cedict

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席不暇暖

zik6 bat1 haa6 nyun5

Mandarin: xi2 bu4 xia2 nuan3

literally, not to sit long enough to warm the seat, which means very busy, did not had time to sit; to be constantly on the go

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席位

zik6 wai6

Mandarin: xi2 wei4

seat (at a conference, in a legislative assembly, etc)

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席卷一空

zik6 gyun2 jat1 hung1

Mandarin: xi2 juan3 yi1 kong1

to take everything; to steal everything

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席地

zik6 dei6

Mandarin: xi2 di4

regarding the ground as a mattress (and sit); on the ground

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席捲

zik6 gyun2

Mandarin: xi2 juan3

Often used to describe storms such as typhoons, hurricanes, cyclones, blizzards etc. Could also be economical instability, epidemics etc.

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席次

zik6 ci3

Mandarin: xi2 ci4

Seats sequence; seat arrangement

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席豐履厚

zik6 fung1 lei5 hau5

Mandarin: xi2 feng1 lv3 hou4

Simplified: 席丰履厚

rich inheritance; good life

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席間

zik6 gaan1

Mandarin: xi2 jian1

Simplified: 席间

During the meeting; during the banquet; during the feast; at the dinner table

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帳

zoeng3

Mandarin: zhang4

Simplified: 帐

covering veil | canopy | screen | tent | variant of 账zhàng [账] | accounts | account book | debt | mosquito net | # adapted from cc-cedict

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帳單

zoeng3 daan1

Mandarin: zhang4 dan1

bill; check

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帳帘

zoeng3 lim4/lim4*2

Mandarin: zhang4 lian2

drapery

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帳幕

zoeng3 mok6

Mandarin: zhang4 mu4

tent

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帳戶

zoeng3 wu6

Mandarin: zhang4 hu4

(bank, computer, etc.) account

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帳篷

zoeng3 pung4

Mandarin: zhang4 peng5

tent; wigwam

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帳號

zoeng3 hou6

Mandarin: zhang4 hao4

account number

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帳面

zoeng3 min2

Mandarin: zhang4 mian4

Simplified: 帐面

Book, accounts

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幀格式

zing3 gaak3 sik1

Mandarin: zheng4 ge2 shi4

frame format

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幛

zoeng3

Mandarin: zhang4

large, oblong sheet of silk or cloth with an appropriate message inscribed on it, presented at a wedding, birthday or funeral

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幢

zong6

Mandarin: chuang2

block of, a quantifier for buildings | # adapted from cc-cedict

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