Cantonese Dictionary

窘

kwan3

Mandarin: jiong3

distressed | embarrassed | hard-pressed | improverished | poverty-stricken | to be in difficulty | to be afflicted | awkward | # adapted from cc-cedict

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崢

caang4

Mandarin: zheng1

Simplified: 峥

excel | lofty | towering | # adapted from cc-cedict

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首次

sau2 ci3

Mandarin: shou3 ci4

for the first time

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園

jyun2

Mandarin: yuan2

Simplified: 园

land used for growing plants | site used for public recreation | garden | orchard | plantation | park | # adapted from cc-cedict

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傳播媒體

cyun4 bo3 mui4 tai2

Mandarin: chuan2 bo1 mei2 ti3

Simplified: 传播媒体

Communications media

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瓢蟲

piu4 cung4

Mandarin: piao2 chong2

ladybird, ladybug

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氣胸

hei3 hung1

Mandarin: qi4 xiong1

a pneumothorax, or collapsed lung, is caused by accumulation of air or gas in the pleural cavity, which can occur as a result of disease, injury, or spontaneously.

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殃及

jeong1 kap6

Mandarin: yang1 ji2

be implicated in a disaster; bring disaster upon

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平面圖形

ping4 min6*2 tou4 jing4

Mandarin: ping2 mian4 tu2 xing2

[math.] plane figure

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質詢

zat1 seon1

interrogatory

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委

wai2

Mandarin: wei3

to entrust | to cast aside | to shift (blame etc) | to accumulate | roundabout | winding | dejected | listless | committee member | council | end | actually | certainly | indirect | to abandon | indeed | lower reaches of a river | to shift the blame on to | # adapted from cc-cedict

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草蓆

cou2 zek6

Mandarin: cao3 xi2

straw mat (also 草席)

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白藥

baak6 joek6

Mandarin: bai2 yao4

Simplified: 白药

a white Chinese medicine powder used to treat bleeding wounds

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殿

din6

Mandarin: dian4

palace | hall | temple | the last | a term of address for princes | # adapted from cc-cedict

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認得

jing6 dak1

Mandarin: ren4 de2

to recognise (US: recognize) | [粵]: 識得

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國務院新聞辦公室

gwok3 mou6 jyun6*2 san1 man4 baan6 gung1 sat1

Information Office of the State Council

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側向

zak1 hoeng3

Mandarin: ce4 xiang4

Simplified: 侧向

Side direction;crossrange

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來世

loi4 sai3

Mandarin: lai2 shi4

Simplified: 来世

Afterlife; Next Life

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錐體

zeoi1 tai2

Mandarin: zhui1 ti3

Simplified: 锥体

cone; pyramid

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二次方程式

ji6 ci3 fong1 cing4 sik1

Mandarin: er4 ci4 fang1 cheng2 shi4

[math.] quadratic equation

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司琴

si1 kam4

Mandarin: si1 qin2

to play piano at a ceremony or church etc.

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河口瑤族自治縣

ho4 hau2 jiu4 zuk6 zi6 zi6 jyun6

Mandarin: he2 kou3 Yao2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 xian4

Hekou Yaozu autonomous county (county in Yunnan)

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點燃聖火

dim2 jin4 sing3 fo2

Mandarin: dian3 ran2 sheng4 huo3

ignite the olympic flame

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分離

fan1 lei4

Mandarin: fen1 li2

Simplified: 分离

to split

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利率

lei6 leot6*2

Mandarin: li4 lv4

interest rate | See also 拆息

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染污

jim5 wu1

Mandarin: ran3 wu1

to soil; to contaminate

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閉關

bai3 gwaan1

Mandarin: bi4 guan1

to close the passes; to seal off the country; seclusion (monastic practice, e.g. of Chan Buddhists)

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鴨瘟病毒

aap3 wan1 beng6 duk6

duck plague virus

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半透明點

bun3 tau3 ming4 dim2

Mandarin: ban4 tou4 ming2 dian3

translucent spot

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摩門教

mo1 mun4 gaau3

Mandarin: Mo2 men2 jiao4

Simplified: 摩门教

noun;Mormonism

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