Cantonese Dictionary

招紙

ziu1 zi2

Mandarin: zhao1 zhi3

Simplified: 招纸

noun; label; poster; advertising; brand label

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招聘

ziu1 ping3

Mandarin: zhao1 pin4

job vacancies; situation vacant; hiring

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招聘公司

ziu1 ping3 gung1 si1

Mandarin: zhao1 pin4 gong1 si1

personnel recruiting company; headhunter (slang)

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招職

ziu1 zik1

Mandarin: zhao1 zhi2

Jiu Jik newspaper, an Hong Kong job ads free newspaper, published by South China Morning Post

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招股上市

ziu1 gu2 soeng5 si5

Mandarin: zhao1 gu3 shang4 shi4

initial public offering (IPO); stock market launch

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招股說明書

ziu1 gu2 syut3 ming4 syu1

Mandarin: zhao1 gu3 shuo1 ming2 shu1

prospectus

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招致

ziu1 zi3

Mandarin: zhao1zhi4

(verb) Beget

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招蜂引蝶

ziu1 fung1 jan5 dip6

Mandarin: zhao1 feng1 yin3 die2

use one's female beauty to flirt with men

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招財貓

ziu1 coi4 maau1

fortune cat

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招財進寶

ziu1 coi4 zeon3 bou2

Mandarin: zhao1 cai2 jin4 bao3

to bring in wealth and treasure

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招遠

ziu1 jyun5

Mandarin: zhao1 yuan3

Zhaoyuan (city in Shandong)

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招郎入舍

ziu1 long4 jap6 se3

Mandarin: zhao1 lang2 ru4 she4

take in a son-in-law to bear bride's family name; have the groom live with one's family after the marriage, uxorilocal marriage

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招降

ziu1 hong4

Mandarin: zhao1 xiang2

to summon surrender; to take in enemies who surrender; to recruit bad | evil people to do evil things together

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招領

ziu1 leng5

Mandarin: zhao1 ling3

announce the finding of lost property

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招魂

ziu1 wan4

Mandarin: zhao1 hun2

calling the spirit of the dead | the soul of a person who just passed away

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招𠔊買馬

ziu1 bing1 maai5 maa5

Mandarin: zhao bing1 mai3 ma3

Simplified: 招𠔊买马

to call on fellow members for support to strengthen one's forces; to get backup ready for a conflict [colloquial]

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拶

zaat3

Mandarin: zan3

to press or squeeze hard | to force | # adapted from cc-cedict

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指

zi2

Mandarin: zhi3

finger | to point at or to | to indicate or refer to | to depend on | to count on | (of hair) to stand on end | toe | # adapted from cc-cedict

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指事字

zi2 si6 zi6

Mandarin: zhi3 shi4 zi4

self-explanatory characters

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指令

zi2 ling6

Mandarin: zhi3 ling4

order; command; instruction

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指令名字

zi2 ling6 ming4 zi6

Mandarin: zhi3 ling4 ming2 zi4

command name

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指住

zi2 zyu6

Mandarin: zhi3 zhu4

to point at

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指住禿奴罵和尚

zi2 zyu6 tuk1 nou4 maa6 wo4 soeng2

Mandarin: zhi3 zhu4 tu1 nu2 ma4 he2 shang5

Simplified: 指住秃奴骂和尚

abuse a person by ostensibly pointing to someone else; a phrase to scold monks

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指使

zi2 si2

Mandarin: zhi3 shi3

to instigate; incite; put somebody up to something

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指冬瓜話葫蘆

zi2 dung1 gwaa1 waa6 wu4 lou2

Mandarin: zhi3 dong1 gua1 hua4 hu2 lu5

Simplified: 指冬瓜话葫芦

verb; literally: pointing at the winter melon but talk about gourd. It means abuse a person by ostensibly pointing to someone else

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指出

zi2 ceot1

Mandarin: zhi3 chu1

to point out; to indicate

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指北針

zi2 bak1 zam1

a compass (for determining direction, typically 指南針)

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指南

zi2 naam4

Mandarin: zhi3 nan2

guide (book); handbook; manual

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指南車

zi2 naam4 ce1

Mandarin: zhi3 nan2 che1

an ancient Chinese vehicle with a wooden mechanical compass always pointing south

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指南針

zi2 naam4 zam1

Mandarin: zhi3 nan2 zhen1

compass (for indicating direction)

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