Can02 Flashcards

Question

膽粗粗

Answer 1

bold, daring, adventurous | daam cou cou

Answer 2

careless | cou sam

Answer 3

careless; negligent | cou sam daai ji

Answer 4

rough; rash; gauche; boorish; unrefined; clumsy; rude | cou lou

Answer 5

roughness | ant: 幼度 | cou dou

Answer 6

``` [1] rough; coarse; crude [2] careless; negilgent; inattentive [3] roughly; slightly [4] thick; bulky; wide; large [5] gruff; husky; loud [6] rude; vulgar; unrefined (cou) ```

Answer 7

[7] [粵] [adv] almost; nearly [8] [國] [adj] acceptable; all right; okay [9] [國] [adj] capable; able; terrific to accomplish; to become; fully developed; entire; ready-made Jyutping sing4 is literary reading; seng4 is colloquial. (seng)

Answer 8

[1] [v] succeed; accomplish; complete/ 2] [n] achievement; result; success [3] [v] grow; develop; become; turn into [4] [v] amount to (a considerable number) [5] [n] one tenth; 10 per cent [6] [粵] [adj] whole; full Jyutping sing4 is literary reading; seng4 is colloquial. (seng)

Answer 9

to avoid the topic of discussion; to try to change the subject (lit. to look left and right, then talk of something else) (gu zo jau ji jin taa)

Answer 10

client, customer | gu haak

Answer 11

adviser, consultant | gu man

Answer 12

inconsiderate | m gu taa jan ge gam sau

Answer 13

[1] take care; be careful; look after | Mand.: 留意 [2] (same as 掛住) keep thinking about | (gu zyu)

Answer 14

to study slowly; Var: 慢慢讀 | hou maan gam duk

Answer 15

have read about it | duk gwo

Answer 16

canned food | gun tau sik mat

Answer 17

``` can opener (gun tau dou) ```

Answer 18

can; tin can | gun tau

Answer 19

sit for a while (sit a bit) | zo haa

Answer 20

style; type | sik joeng

Answer 21

hard to | naan ji

Answer 22

republic | gung wo gwok

Answer 23

[1] new; novel; fresh; up to date [2] beginning; starting [3] recent; modern [4] neo- (san)

Answer 24

``` imperial rolls (deep fried spring rolls) (zaa ceon gyun) ```

Answer 25

``` spring roll (sometimes also called egg roll) -- a fried roll featuring a light pastry wrap filled with minced vegetables and (optionally) meat -- also seen written as 春卷 (ceon gyun) ```

Answer 26

What do you like to eat? | neih jung-yi sihk mat-yeh aa?

Answer 27

Subject + jungly + Verb + mat yeh + Object + a? What kind of tea does Mr. Chan like? (to drink) (Chahn sin saang jung-yi yam mat-yeh chah aa?)

Answer 28

other; else

Answer 29

``` Cantonese subtitles (on TV , DVD) (gwon dong waa zi mok) ```

Answer 30

subtitle (on TV , DVD) | zi mok

Answer 31

to interrogate; to pursue a matter by intensive questioning | zeoi man

Answer 32

to pursue; to seek (a goal etc.) | zeoi kau

Answer 33

alarm clock | naau zung

Answer 34

monitoring; to listen in | gaam teng

Answer 35

to act recklessly | gaam cou

Answer 36

angry | nau nou

Answer 37

furious, wild with rage | kong nou

Answer 38

wake sb up from sleep | caau seng

Answer 39

to read a book; to study; to attend school or college | duk syu

Answer 40

not to have | mou

Answer 41

[4] excrement or urine; relieve onself [5] soon afterwards; then; in that case | [粵] 就 [6] even if; even though | often used as 即便 (bin)

Answer 42

Are you going to my home tomorrow for afternoon tea? | neih teng jat heoi m heoi ngoh uk kei jam haa ng caa aa?

Answer 43

``` afternoon tea ("High Tea") (haa ng caa) ```

Answer 44

extreme; extremely; highest; utmost; furthest; final; farthest; topmost (gik)

Answer 45

Are you coming to see (visit) me next week? | neih haa go lai baai lai m lai taam ngoh aa?

Answer 46

playing football | tek zuk kau

Answer 47

an expert in his/her field; a master / an address for service workers | eg. 電腦師傅 computer technician (si fu)

Answer 48

``` very bad (yat di dou mh hou) ```

Answer 49

one (portion) | jat go

Answer 50

It should be note that Cantonese only uses "啲" for "some" when it modifies a Noun in the Objective case. 學校有啲日本人. (There are some Japanese in the school.)

Answer 51

陣先生唔嚟我學校.

Answer 52

thousand | cin

Answer 53

Is Miss Lee going to school today?

Answer 54

[3] common or customary ways; rules; regulations [4] [v] plan; arrange; regulate; rule; manage; deal in; engage (ging)

Answer 55

[v] classic works; religious scriptures; books of significant value [2] [n] warp of a fabric; things running lengthwise (ging)

Answer 56

[1] [v] fish (with a hook and a line); angle [2] [v] lure; tempt [3] [n] fishhook (diu)

Answer 57

[1] [v] look at; look around; look behind [2] [v] look after; attend to; take into consideration [3] [v] visit; call on; patronize [4] [n] customer; patron; client [5] [n] a Chinese family name (gu)

Answer 58

[1] [pron] oneself; one's own; personal | gei

Answer 59

oneself; self (i.e. 我自己 = myself) | zi gei

Answer 60

``` [1] [n] taste; flavour; delicacy [2] [n] smell; odour; scent [3] [n] interest; relish; mood [4] [v] reflect on; ponder/chew over [5] [classifier] ingredient (herbs); dish (food) (mei) ```

Answer 61

taste, flavour, smell | [粵]: also 味 | mei dou

Answer 62

[1] [n, classifier] pocket; bag; sack; pouch[2] [粵] [v] put sth into pocket (doi)

Answer 63

[1] [v] smile; laugh; grin; giggle; snicker; titter; chuckle [2] [v] ridicule; deride; jeer (siu)

Answer 64

``` [1] mutually; reciprocally; with each other [2] [prep] toward [1] appearance; looks; posture [2] appraise; assess; examine [3] prime minister; premier (soeng) ```

Answer 65

photo; picture; image (Classifier(s): 張 (for photo)) (soeng)

Answer 66

[1] shield; shield-shaped object | teon

Answer 67

spear; pike; lance | maau

Answer 68

very clumsy | leon leon zeon zeon

Answer 69

[1] [v] decide; determine; conclude; judge [2] [v] brust; break (dike) [3] certain; sure; definite [4] [v] put someone to death; execute a person (kyut)

Answer 70

1] [v] debate; dispute; argue [2] [v] discuss; discourse; comment on; appraise; evaluate; talk about [3] [n] theory; system of thoughts; dissertation; essay [4] [v] mention; regard; consider [5] by; in terms of (leon)

Answer 71

[1] exhaust; use up [2] deplete [3] entirely; totally; completely (zeon)

Answer 72

[1] [v] order; book; subscribe | [variant] 訂 [2] [n] deposit; downpayment | [variant] 訂 (deng)

Answer 73

[1] [adj] stable; calm; composed [2] [v] decide; fix; set; settle [3] [adv] surely; certainly; definitely (ding)

Answer 74

to decide; decision | kyut ding

Answer 75

[1] [n] sense of completeness; perfection [2] [v] be equipped with [3] [v] get ready [4] [v] prepare against [5] fully; in every possible way (bei)

Answer 76

[1] short; brief [2] [v] be deficient; want; lack; owe; lacking [3] shortcomings; faults; mistakes (dyun)

Answer 77

[1] [v] live; reside; stay; dwell; inhabit [2] stop; cease [3] verb particle marking the extensional aspect (zyu)

Answer 78

``` [1] [n] wish; hope; desire; aspiration [2] [v] be willing; be ready; wish to [3] [n] vow (made before Buddha or a god) (Classifier(s): 個) (jyun) ```

Answer 79

to be willing (to do something) | jyun ji

Answer 80

[1] [n] dream; visionary [2] [v] dream; see visions [3] wishful thinking; wishful (mung)

Answer 81

[1] read; pronounce; read aloud [2] attend school; study | duk

Answer 82

[1] [n] tree [2] wood; lumber; timber [3] made of wood; wooden [4] simple; honest [5] senseless; benumbed; dull [6] [n] coffin (muk)

Answer 83

``` [1] tent; canopy [2] curtain; screen [3] office of a commanding general [4] act of a play; scene (mok) ```

Answer 84

[粵] lek1 - Cantonese only[adj] smart; clever; competent | lek

Answer 85

[1] search for; look for | [variant] 抄 | caau

Answer 86

[粵] caau3 - Cantonese only rummage; search slovenly | [variant] 摷 (caau - search for) (caau)

Answer 87

``` [1] copy; transcribe; duplicate [2] plagiarize; pirate; crib [3] ransack; raid; seize [4] take a shortcut; cut corners [5] fold (one's arms) (caau) ```

Answer 88

[1] milk [2] woman's breasts [3] grandma; nurse [4] [v] feed with milk; [v] breast-feed; nurse (naai)

Answer 89

[1] [n] social custom; rites; ceremony [2] [n] manners; courtesy; propriety; decorum; politeness; civility; etiquette [3] [n] gift; present [4] a Chinese family name (lai)

Answer 90

[1] chicken; hen; cock; domestic fowl[2] a prostitute or a woman in a sexual capacity (gai)

Answer 91

[n] street; road; thoroughfare (Classifier(s): 條) (gaai)

Answer 92

``` [1] [v] supervise; inspect; watch [2] [n] prison; jail; gaol [3] [v] put in jail; take into custody [4] [粵] [v] compel; coerce; force (gaam) ```

Answer 93

[1] gold [2] metal; metals in general [2] [n] money; wealth [4] weapons; arms [5] precious; excellent; fine [6] golden [7] durable [8] name of the Tungusic dynasty (1115-1234), which dominated Manchuria and North China [9] a Chinese family name (gam)

Answer 94

return; come/go back; restore | faan

Answer 95

[n] unit of length (centimeter), area, weight, money (one cent), interest rate, time (one minute), etc [n] unit to express fractions and percentages (fan)

Answer 96

[1] [n] opening; gap; break [2] [v] separate; alternate; partition [3] [v] sow discord; drive a wedge (gaan)

Answer 97

[1] [n] space between; relationship among; interval [2] [n] (within) a definite time or space [3] [n] room; cubicle; workshop [4] classifier for shop, house, bedroom, etc (gaan)

Answer 98

P1] [n,v] anger; fury; take offence [2] vigorous; raging; surging; scolding (nou)

Answer 99

[1] [v] teach; instruct; educate [2] [n] religion; teaching; instruction [3] [v] [colloquial] cause; make (oneself) (gaau)

Answer 100

``` [1] uncooked/hulled/husked rice [2] shelled/husked seed [3] grain-like things [4] metre (unit of length) (mai) ```

Answer 101

[1] west(ern); the west [2] Western; the West; European; American; Occidental; foreign [3] a Chinese family name (sai)

Answer 102

[1] [v] cry; shout; hail; scream [2] [v] be called; known as [3] [v] call; summon [4] [v] cause (giu)

Answer 103

[1] [v] go out; come out [2] [v] produce; reproduce | ceot

Answer 104

``` [1] [adj] famous; celebrated; prominent [2] [v] write; compile; record [3] [n] writing; book; literary work [4] [n] aboriginal; aborigine (zyu) ```

Answer 105

sugar candy; sweets (tong)

Answer 106

[v] deliver; put in; apply - Cantonese only | lok

Answer 107

1] green (color) | luk

Answer 108

[1] [n] flower; blossom [2] a flowering plant [3] [n] prostitute; prostitution [4] used in smallpox [5] varicolored [6] fireworks [7] [v] spend; expend (faa)

Answer 109

[7] as a result; after [8] [v] pass through; pass by [9] [v] stand; bear; endure [10] longitude [11] a Chinese family name(ging)

Answer 110

1] [v] eat; have a meal | [2] [n] food; meal; (poultry) feed [3] [n] sth edible; sth used for cooking (sik)

Answer 111

1] [n] abbreviated form for calorie [2] [n] lorry; truck [3] [n] checkpoint; customs barrier; roadblock [4] [v] get stuck; be jammed; choke [n] card (phone ~, bank ~, birthday ~, etc) (kaat)

Answer 112

[1] [v] sign one's name; put down one's signature; subscribe; endorse [2] bamboo slips used for drawings lots or divinations [3] [n] label (cim)

Answer 113

card (such as bank ~, credit ~, birthday ~, etc) | kaat

Answer 114

[1] slow; sluggish [2] negligent [3] haughty; rude; disrespectful; arrogant; supercilious [4] [v] postpone; defer (maan)

Answer 115

cough | kat

Answer 116

[1] [v] ask; inquire [2] [v] ask about; inquire after [3] [v] interrogate; examine [4] [v] hold responsible (man)

Answer 117

[1] [n] heart [2] mind [3] conscience; moral nature [4] intention; idea; ambition; design [5] [n] core; middle; center; inside [6] one of the 28 constellations (sam)

Answer 118

``` [1] [n] book; writings [2] [n] document; certificate; letter [3] [v] write; describe [4] [n] style of calligraphy; script (syu) ```

Answer 119

summon; dress up beautifully, doll up; still, quiet, tranquil[粵] nice, good, excellent, esteemed, beautiful (leng)

Answer 120

1]path; way; road; street [2]method; theory; doctrine; skill; art; craft [3]Tao [4]place [5]say; speak [6](administrative district in old China) [7]govern; lead [8]think; suppose [9](surname) (dou)

Answer 121

[1] proud; haughty; overbearing; defiant [2] [v] disdainful; to despise; to look down upon; contemptuous [3] rash and impatient (ngou)

Answer 122

[1] arrogant; conceited; proud [2] fierce; intense; severe [3] spoiled; favourite; untamed (giu)

Answer 123

[1] electricity; electric; lightning [2] short for cable or telegram (din)

Answer 124

[1] self; private; personal [2] from [3] natural; naturally | zi

Answer 125

[1] snow [2] [粵]: man made ice and ice products [3] [v] wipe away; wash away; clean (syut)

Answer 126

``` [1] same; similar; identical [2] together; in common [3] with; as; like [4] and; as well as [5] [粵] for; on behalf of (tung) ```

Answer 127

[1] change; convert; transform [2] revise; correct; amend [3] switch over to; turn to; change to (goi)

Answer 128

[1] [adj] disorderly; messy; riotous [2] [adj] upset; perturbed; confused [3] [adv] indiscriminately; arbitrarily; at random [4] [v] jumble up; throw into chaos; confuse (lyun)

Answer 129

order; subscribe to; book; reserve [1] conclude; draw up; agree on; fix [2] revise; edit; amend; make corrections (deng)

Answer 130

advertisement; ad (Cantonese also uses 告白) | gwong gou

Answer 131

``` [1] send; deliver; dispatch; convey [2] give (as a gift); present [3] see sb off/out; accompany sb to; take/drive sb to [4] lose; waste (sung) ```

Answer 132

[1] [n] heel [2] [v] follow [3] [v] attend upon [4] and; with (gan) (e.g. 我跟你)

Answer 133

[1] high; tall [2] lofty [3] of a high level or degree; above the average (gou)

Answer 134

[1] fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic; balmy [2] tasty; delicious [3] fair; beautiful [4] incense; spice; balm (hoeng)

Answer 135

to look after; to care for; to consider | ziu gu

Answer 136

[1] dance; dancing [2] brandish; wield; wave [3] play with; engage in (mou)

Answer 137

younger sister | Cant. also '細妹’ | mui mui

Answer 138

[2] tiny; small; little (often used in spoken Cantonese to describe objects or animals) [3] slender; thin; tall but lean; slim [4] petty; trifling; detailed [5] precise; exquisite; delicate (workmanship, etc.) (sai)

Answer 139

younger sister | sai mui

Answer 140

wonderful; fantastic | kei miu

Answer 141

``` 1] [adj] strange; rare; queer; unusual [2] [adj] unexpected; unpredictable [3] [v] surprise; astonish; wonder [4] [adv] very; extremely; extraordinarily (kei) ```

Answer 142

[1] [adj] odd (number) | [2] [n] fractional amount; remainder (gei)

Answer 143

[1] wonderful; excellent; fantastic [2] ingenious; subtle; intriguing (miu)

Answer 144

remorse; repent; regret doing something. | hau fui

Answer 145

[1] behind; rear; at the back of [2] afterwards; [v] come after [3] descendents; posterity [4] an auxiliary verb to indicate 'then' or 'afterwards' [5] a Chinese family name (hau)

Answer 146

[v] repent; remorse; regret | fui

Answer 147

to hold a meeting; to attend a meeting; to have a meeting | hoi wui

Answer 148

goodbye; see you soon eg: "下星期再見" - see you next week (zoi gin)

Answer 149

[1] again; repeated; re-; in addition; once more; more [2] still; further; then (zoi)

Answer 150

should, ought to | [粵]: also 應份 | jing goi

Answer 151

``` 1] should; ought to; must; need [2] promise; consent; agree [1] answer; respond to; echo [2] grant; accept [3] deal with; cope with; handle [4] suit; confirm a Chinese surname (jing) ```

Answer 152

[1] should; ought to; need to; obliged to [2] fated to; preordained [3] [v] owe [4] that; the said (person, matter, place, etc.) [5] [v] be somebody's turn to do something [6] [v] deserve [7] inclusive; complete (goi)

Answer 153

``` [1] inform; notify; report to [2] proclaim; declare; announce [3] prosecute; sue; accuse [4] complain about; tell on [5] ask for; request; solicit (gou) ```

Answer 154

[1] white; clear; pure; unblemished; bright; clean; plain [2] empty; blank [3] in vain; for nothing [4] free of charge; gratis [5] the spoken part in an opera, etc. [6] [v] state; explain [7] a Chinese family name (baak)

Answer 155

computer | din nou

Answer 156

[1] advertisement; ad (Cantonese only; Standard Chinese: 廣告) [2] public statement (both Cantonese and Standard Chinese) (gou baak)

Answer 157

the brain | nou

Answer 158

[1] [n] vegetables; greens [2] food eaten with rice or alcoholic drinks [3] [n] dish; course; 4) food category (coi)

Answer 159

[1][n] fish (Classifier(s): 條) (jyu)

Answer 160

[1] [n] crowd; group; multitude; mass [2] [adj] multitudinous; numerous [3] [classifier] group; flock; herd; swarm (kwan)

Answer 161

trousers; pants (Classifier(s): 條) (fu)

Answer 162

[1] [v] disturb; agitate; trouble [2] [v] experience; suffer (disasters, sickness, etc.) [3] noisy; uproarious; stormy; clamorous [4] [粵] to scold, to blame (naau)

Answer 163

1] [v] lose; be deprived of; die [2] [v] be disappointed; be disheartened (song)

Answer 164

[1] credit card [2] [粵]: 信用咭 | seon jung kaat

Answer 165

``` [1] [v] waste; squander; ruin [2] [adj] wasteful; extravagant [3] [v] miss; let go; lose (a chance) [4] [v] debase; vilify; taunt (sb) / to waste (saai) ```

Answer 166

[1] spring; first of the four seasons [2] sensuality; lustful; lewd; pornographic [3] alive; vitality; living [4] joyful [5 youth [6] wine (especially in the Tang dynasty) (ceon)

Answer 167

1] chase; run after; pursue [2] seek; go after; hunt for [3] court (a female); woo; chase after [4] trace; look into; get to the bottom of [5] recall; think back; do sth retroactively (zeoi)

Answer 168

[1] [v] blow; puff [2] brag; boast; praise in exaggerated words [3] [v] break up (ceoi)

Answer 169

[1] [n] bow (archery) [2] curved; arched; bent [3] a measure of length (equal to five Chinese feet) (gung)

Answer 170

a can; metal container; pot; jar; pitcher (used as a classifier for beer; Coke - 罐啤酒) (gun)

Answer 171

advise; counsel; admonish | gou

Answer 172

[1] [v] fall; drop; decline / [2] [v] descend; go down; let fall / [3] [v] settle down; cease; finish [4] [v] get; have; receive / [5] [v] lag behind; fall behind / [6] [n] settlement; village; tribe [adj] natural and poised (lok)

Answer 173

proud; arrogant; conceited | giu ngou

Answer 174

to contradict oneself | zi soeng maau teon

Answer 175

Well, how about you?

Answer 176

Japanese person