Can12 Flashcards

Question

烤

Answer 1

1] bake; roast; toast [2] get warmed or dried by a fire (haau)

Answer 2

``` roast duck (Syn: 燒鴨) (haau aap) ```

Answer 3

black sticky rice | hak no mai

Answer 4

He likes Japanese food, and you? | keoi zung ji sik jat bun coi, neih ne ?

Answer 5

I like both Chinese and Japanese food. | ngoh jau zung ji sik zung gwok coi, jau zung ji sik jat bun coi.

Answer 6

Mis Kim, do you like Chinese food? | Kam siu ze zung m zung ji sik zung gwok coi aa?

Answer 7

Could you please tell me your surname? | ceng man sin saang gwai sing aa ?

Answer 8

a longer time | noi di si gaan

Answer 9

please; make happy; gratify; rejoice | sai gou hing

Answer 10

[1] rapid; quickly; fast; soon; hasty; prompt [2] nearly; near [3] [v] hurry up; make haste [4] quick-witted; ingenious [5] sharp (blades,etc); keen [6] pleasant; happy; [v] make happy; pleasurable [7] used in combination [8] honest; straightforward (faai)

Answer 11

[n] octopus (cl: zek3 隻, tiu4 條) | syn.: 章魚/鱆魚 (formal); 八帶魚 | baat zaau jyu

Answer 12

no relationship with; nothing to with; unrelated | [粵]: 冇關係, 唔關事 (mou gwaan)

Answer 13

not worthwhile; not worth it; it doesn't pay | m faa syun

Answer 14

no need, need not 粵] 唔使 | bat jung

Answer 15

don't mention it; you're welcome | bat jung haak hei

Answer 16

How long do you need to finish it ? | neih gei noi zou hou ?

Answer 17

How long do we have to wait? | dang gei noih ?

Answer 18

to come home from school | fong hok

Answer 19

to call some one, ring someone up | daa din waa bei …

Answer 20

[v] to be sick or become ill | behng) + (zo

Answer 21

Is Mr. Cheung a student ? | ceung (sin) saang haih mh haih hohk saang aa ?

Answer 22

[1] [n] talent; natural abilities; gift; mental faculty [2] [n] gifted person; talented person; brilliant man; talent [3] people of a certain type [4] certainly; indeed [5] just; just now (coi)

Answer 23

are you kidding me? how could this be? what's wrong with you? [Var.] 有冇攪錯 (jau mou gaau co?)

Answer 24

[1] quick; quickly; with expedition [2] urgent; pressing; hurried; desperate [3] anxious; very eager; worried (gap)

Answer 25

In 5 minutes we can eat/dinner is ready | ngoh ng fan zung gaau dim

Answer 26

[1] [v] press from both sides; be wedged between [2] [n] clip; clamp; holder [3] [v] mix; mingle; intersperse (gaap)

Answer 27

U.S./American government | mei gwok zing fu

Answer 28

the Chinese government | zung gwok zing fu

Answer 29

[1] seat of government; state organs; government agency [2] mansion; residence; abode; domicile [3] [archaic] prefecture (fu)

Answer 30

[1] politics; political affairs/power [2] administrative affairs of a government department [3] affairs of a family or an organisation (zing)

Answer 31

government | zing fu

Answer 32

Paris - capital of France. | baa lai

Answer 33

[1] bite; gnaw; snap at [2] incriminate; implicate; accuse [3] articulate; pronounce; be nitpicking on words (ngaau)

Answer 34

soya sauce; soy sauce [Syn.] 白油, 抽油 | si jau

Answer 35

nothing to wear; no clothes to wear; no shirt to wear | mou saam zoek

Answer 36

octopus | Also: 八爪魚 (most popular); 八帶魚 [Var.] 鱆魚 | zoeng jyu

Answer 37

octopus | Also: 八爪魚 (most popular); 鱆魚 | baat daai jyu

Answer 38

salted fish | haam jyu

Answer 39

I know what you want | ngoh zi neih soeng dim

Answer 40

What is the time now? | ji gaa dei dim (zung) ?

Answer 41

[1] prepare dishes [2] [華]: 做菜 | zyu sung

Answer 42

snowing; to snow | lok syut

Answer 43

carry on a conversation; keep talking | gong haa

Answer 44

recently [粵]: 呢排, 頭先 | zeoi gan

Answer 45

[1] [v] change; transform; convert [2] [v] melt; dissolve; reduce [3] [v suffix] -ize; -ify; -ate; -en’ (forming verbs from nouns and adjectives) (faa)

Answer 46

[4] [n] customs and habits [5] [v] beg alms (faa)

Answer 47

What can I/we do? | dim syun hou ne?

Answer 48

is worth it, cost effective | faa syun

Answer 49

I don't know what to do either. | ngoh dou m zi dim syun

Answer 50

every; each; per | mui

Answer 51

general meaning (“best value" - 掋買) (di (daai))

Answer 52

best value | daai maai

Answer 53

novel; fiction Classifier: 本 (siu syut)

Answer 54

``` [1] [v] speak; talk; say; tell [2] [v] explain; clarify; make clear [3] [n] theory; teachings; doctrine [4] [v] criticize; scold; admonish (syut) ```

Answer 55

[5] [v] try to influence sb to do sth [6] [v] mean; refer to; indicate (syut)

Answer 56

shoe shop | haai pou

Answer 57

chrysanthemum | guk

Answer 58

chrysanthemum tea | guk faa caa

Answer 59

chrysanthemum | guk faa

Answer 60

[n]orchid; [adj] elegant, graceful | laan

Answer 61

orchid | laan faa

Answer 62

(v) pour out; tip; dump (garbage) | dou

Answer 63

[1] (v) turn upside down; invert; reverse [2] (adj) upside down; inverse; inverted [3] (v) move backwards; turn back [4] (adv) unexpectedly [5] (indicating contradiction) just; merely; only (dou)

Answer 64

[6] (indicating concession) although; but; all right [7] (indicating impatience) after all (dou)

Answer 65

v) [1] fall over; topple; overthrow [2] (business) fail; collapse [3] be spoiled; malfunction [4] change; shift; exchange [5] move around (dou)

Answer 66

[1] peak; summit; top [2] jolt; bump; jerk [3] fall; topple; upset (din)

Answer 67

confuse right and wrong; turn facts upside down (mix up black and white) (din dou hak baak)

Answer 68

black and white, right and wrong | hak baak

Answer 69

``` [1] black; dark [2] secret; shady; unlawful [3] wicked; sinister; evil [4] (of facial expression) gloomy; glum (haak) ```

Answer 70

black tea, literally "red tea," but English uses the term "black" to describe it (hung caa)

Answer 71

[1] a jar; pot; jug; wine vessel [2] any potbellied container with a small opening [3] a Chinese family name (wu)

Answer 72

teapot | caa wu

Answer 73

jasmine tea | hoeing pin

Answer 74

[1] flour [2] noodles [3] dough | min

Answer 75

[1] normal human relationships among people [2] [n] comparison; peer; match [3] classification [4] order; logic [5] regular; ordinary [6] [v] choose; choice (leon)

Answer 76

Toronto | do leon do

Answer 77

national; the entire country | cyun gwok

Answer 78

famous | ceot meng

Answer 79

[1] fall; drop; descend [2] lower; reduce; decline (gong)

Answer 80

calendar | jyut fan paai

Answer 81

landing site | gong lok dei dim

Answer 82

venue; place; spot; location; site | dei dim

Answer 83

Once you have the news then let me know. | neih jat jau siu sik zau tung zi ngoh laa

Answer 84

insignificant; irrelevant; indifferent | mou gwaan gan jiu

Answer 85

[1] way of looking at a thing, view [2] opinion, perception | tai faat

Answer 86

behaviour (US: behavior), practice (US: practice; practise), way of doing things (zou faat)

Answer 87

exciting; to excite | sai hing fan

Answer 88

excited; excitement; hyper | hing fan

Answer 89

[1] square; rectangular [2] honest; morally upright [3] [n] region; area; place [4] [n] prescription; recipe [5] [n] direction [6] occultism [7] just now; just then; just (fong)

Answer 90

[8] power (mathematics) [9] short for square meter or cubic meter (classifier) [11] [n] method; way [12] [n] aspect [13] one side [14] a Chinese family name (fong)

Answer 91

[1] profit; gains; gain; advantage; benefit; merit [2] sharp [3] [v] benefit; serve [4] surname (lei)

Answer 92

[1] convenient; easy [2] to facilitate [Syn.] 方便 | bin lei

Answer 93

convenient [Syn.] 便利 | fong bin

Answer 94

It will be Christmas soon | sing daan zit zau faai dou laa

Answer 95

``` [1] [n] festival; holiday; season [2] [n] passage; paragraph; section [3] principle; integrity; fidelity; constancy; uprightness [4] [n] knot; node; joint (zit) ```

Answer 96

``` [5] seasons [6] beats (music); rhythm; time [7] [v] restrain; control; restrict [8] [v] curtail; economise (zit) ```

Answer 97

[1] [n] birthday; birth [2] [v] be born; come into being [2] [adj] absurb; fantastic (daan)

Answer 98

[1] holy; sacred [2] [n] sage | sing

Answer 99

soon | zau faai

Answer 100

shop/store (in general) specific kind of shop/store, e.g. grocer's shop, barber's shop, gold shop, etc. (pou)

Answer 101

shop; store | pou tau

Answer 102

[1] [n] step; pace [2] [v] walk; stroll; on foot [3] situation; state; degree [4] banks of rivers, ponds, etc. [5] fortune; doom [6] a unit in length in ancient China of about 5.5 feet [7] a Chinese family name (bou)

Answer 103

[1] [v] advance; make progress; go ahead; move forward; proceed [2] [v] improve; improvement; progress [3] [v] recommend; introduce [4] [v] offer (advice, presents, etc.) (zeon)

Answer 104

[5] [n] generation [6] income [7] rooms in a house divided by a courtyard; [n] courtyard [8] [v] eat; take; have [9] [v] enter [10] a Chinese family name (zeon)

Answer 105

to progress; progressive; to improve | zeon bou

Answer 106

my wife | ngo lou po

Answer 107

[1] duck | aap

Answer 108

``` roast duck (syn: 烤鴨) (siu aap) ```

Answer 109

getting more and more | jyut lai jyut

Answer 110

to pass the winter; to go through the winter; to endure the winter (jyut dung)

Answer 111

[1] [v] exceed; go beyond; transgress [2] [v] skip; climb over; cross over; go across [3] even more; the more [4] the name of an ancient state [5] a Chinese family name (jyut)

Answer 112

[1] winter [2] 11th lunar month; period from the 10th to the 12th month (dung)

Answer 113

winter | dung tin

Answer 114

summer | [粵]: also 熱天 | haa tin

Answer 115

[1] summer [2] great; grand; big; spacious [3] a big house; mansion [4] Cathay, the ancient name of China [5] a dynasty in Chinese history (2205-1782 B.C.) (haa)

Answer 116

to take a photograph together; group photo | hap jing

Answer 117

[1] [n] regulation; rule; something with which to compare; practice [2] [n] precedent [3] [n] example; instance [4] regular; routine (lai)

Answer 118

not in proportion | m hap bei lai

Answer 119

incomparable; beyond compare; cannot be matched | Std. Chin.: 無比 (mou dak bei)

Answer 120

cannot handle: things are not working out; having trouble taking care of the problem [Var.] 攪掂 (gaau m dim)

Answer 121

cannot handle: things are not working out; having trouble taking care of the problem [Var.] 搞唔掂 (gaau m dim)

Answer 122

to make a mistake | zou co

Answer 123

Last time I made a mistake. | soeng ci ngoh zou co yeh

Answer 124

a hundred times; a hundred fold | paak pui

Answer 125

[1] [v] double [2] (math) times (multiplier); (two, three, etc) -fold [3] exceptionally; particularly (pui)

Answer 126

still; nevertheless (Standard Chinese: 還是 (waan si) ) | zung hai

Answer 127

not yet; have yet to | Also written as 仲未 | sung mei

Answer 128

to be very noisy | cou dou caak lau

Answer 129

[1] tear open; take apart; undo [2] pull down; dismantle; demolish (caak)

Answer 130

``` to overcharge (sau gwai) ```

Answer 131

to speak quickly | hou faai gam gong

Answer 132

by the way, incidentally, while we're on this subject... [Syn.] [粵]: 話時話 (gong hoi jau gong)

Answer 133

it's cheap and looks good | jau peng jau leng

Answer 134

happy | [粵]: 開心 | gou hing

Answer 135

very clever person; a mastermind | zi lek sing

Answer 136

a clever girl, a clever young woman | lek neoi

Answer 137

clever | [粵]: also 精叻, 叻 | cung min

Answer 138

a little bit; a little. Mand.: 一點兒 | siu siu

Answer 139

more or less; to some extent | do do siu siu

Answer 140

a lot much; many. / Mand. equiv. 很多 | hou do

Answer 141

[7] particle marking experiential aspect 過 gwo is used to mean ‘more (adjective) than (noun)’. (gwo)

Answer 142

to be born; to be reborn; to enter the world | ceot sai

Answer 143

[1] [n] wisdom; resourcefulness; wit [2] [adj] clever; bright; intelligent (zi)

Answer 144

to sign one's name, to autograph; signature | cim meng

Answer 145

[4] [adj] foster; adoptive; adopted [5] [v] [國] give birth to (joeng)

Answer 146

to inform; to notify | tung zi

Answer 147

[Cantonese] classroom; | baan fong

Answer 148

[1] [pron] such; like this/that; in this way; in that case [2] [prep] like; looking like; similar to [3] [adv suffix] in the manner of [4] [verb/adj suffix] up to certain level (gam)

Answer 149

nearly, almost, missing a bit, or missing by a small amount | caa siu siu

Answer 150

instant noodles | faai suk min

Answer 151

tuition; school fee | hok fai

Answer 152

wonton (dumplings) noodles | wan tan min

Answer 153

two kittens | loeng zek maau zai

Answer 154

ancient; antiquated, archaic | gu gau

Answer 155

No, I'm not going to see (visit) Mr. Chan today. | m hai, ngoh gam jat m heoi taam zan sin saang.

Answer 156

I have something to do this afternoon. Are you free tomorrow afternoon? (ngoh gam jat aan zau jau si. Neih teng jat aan zau dak m dak haan aa?)

Answer 157

so-so, not very much | mah-ma-dei / maa maa dei

Answer 158

Thai food | taai gwok coi

Answer 159

I am neither American nor Japanese. | ngoh yauh mh haih mei gwok yahn, yauh mh haih jat bun yahn.

Answer 160

Neither … nor… | yauh mh haih … yauh mh haih …

Answer 161

``` I am (both) Chinese and Hongkongese. (ngoh yauh haih zung gwok yahn, yauh hai hoeng gong yahn.) ```

Answer 162

Both … and … | yauh haih … yauh haih …

Answer 163

when two similar Positive or Negative Statements have the same Subject (yauh … yauh …)

Answer 164

I am not American and not Japanese either. | ngoh mh hai mei gwok yahn, dou mh haih jat bun yahn

Answer 165

I am Chinese and also Hongkongese. | ngoh haih zung gwok yahn, dou haih goeng gong yahn

Answer 166

to drink tea (have Dim Sum / chin. breakfast) | yam caa

Answer 167

It is usually cold and snowing in winter. | dung tin tung soeng jau dung jau lok syut

Answer 168

``` [1] [v] reach (destination); arrive at [2] extremely; very; to indicate the superlative degree; the most [3][粵] only then (shortened for 先至) [4][粵] most; extremely [華]: 最 (zi) ```

Answer 169

a few days later | ci gei jat

Answer 170

佢下個星期嚟探我.

Answer 171

Are the school big or small?

Answer 172

學校唔係幾大.

Answer 173

返 --> to return 返嚟 --> come back 返去 --> to go back to

Answer 174

Shut up, you're making a lot of noise! | sau seng laa, cou dou caak lau gam

Answer 175

shut up; keep quiet | sau seng

Answer 176

[1] [v] draw together; gather; collect [2] [v] contain [3] [v] receive; accept; take [4] [v] end; come to a close [5] [v] retrieve; take back; put away (sau)

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