"good-looking (Cantonese)" Chinese-English Dictionary

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hǎo good / appropriate / proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close / on intimate terms / (after a personal pronoun) hello syn
this (Cantonese) / see also 哩[li1] syn
精神 jīng shen vigor / vitality / spirited / good-looking syn
晚安 wǎn ān Good night! / Good evening!
看法 kàn fǎ way of looking at a thing / view / opinion / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
(bound form) base / foundation / (bound form) radical (chemistry) / (bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese) syn
好看 hǎo kàn good-looking / nice-looking / (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good / in an embarrassing situation syn
点心 點心 diǎn xin light refreshments / pastry / dim sum (in Cantonese cooking) / dessert syn
眼光 yǎn guāng gaze / insight / foresight / vision / way of looking at things syn
眼熟 yǎn shú familiar-looking / to seem familiar syn
美貌 měi mào good looks / beauty / good-looking syn
好坏 好壞 hǎo huài good or bad / good and bad / standard / quality / (coll.) very bad syn
夏娃 xià wá Eve, the first woman (transcription used in Protestant versions of the Bible) (from Hebrew Ḥawwāh, probably via Cantonese 夏娃 {Haa6waa1})
保养 保養 bǎo yǎng to take good care of (or conserve) one's health / to keep in good repair / to maintain / maintenance syn
求之不得 qiú zhī bù dé lit. seek but fail to get (idiom) / fig. exactly what one’s been looking for syn
母鸡 母雞 mǔ jī hen / don't know (humorous slang mimicking Cantonese 唔知, Jyutping: m4 zi1) syn
面熟 miàn shú to look familiar / familiar-looking syn
善恶 善惡 shàn è good and evil / good versus evil
无益 無益 wú yì no good / not good for / not beneficial syn
瘪三 癟三 biē sān (Wu dialect) bum / wretched-looking tramp who lives by begging or stealing syn
按揭 àn jiē a mortgage (loanword via Cantonese) / to buy property on a mortgage
良药 良藥 liáng yào good medicine / panacea / fig. a good solution / a good remedy (e.g. to a social problem)
自爱 自愛 zì ài self-respect / self-love / self-regard / regard for oneself / to cherish one's good name / to take good care of one's health syn
良方 liáng fāng good medicine / effective prescription / fig. good plan / effective strategy syn
伯乐 伯樂 bó lè Bole (a man who lived during Spring and Autumn Period, reputed to be able to spot a good horse) / a person who is good at spotting talent
美名 měi míng good name / good reputation syn
急功近利 jí gōng jìn lì seeking instant benefit (idiom) / shortsighted vision, looking only for fast return syn
街市 jiē shì downtown area / commercial district / (chiefly Cantonese) wet market, i.e. a marketplace selling fresh meat, fish and vegetables etc
怪里怪气 怪里怪氣 guài lǐ guài qì eccentric / odd-looking / peculiar syn
前瞻性 qián zhān xìng farsightedness / perspicacity / prescience / forward-looking syn
美誉 美譽 měi yù good name / good reputation syn
良策 liáng cè good plan / good idea syn
善用 shàn yòng to be good at using (sth) / to put (sth) to good use syn
粤语 粵語 yuè yǔ Cantonese language
彩头 彩頭 cǎi tóu good omen / good luck (in business etc) / profits (gained in gambling, lottery etc) syn
饮茶 飲茶 yǐn chá to have tea and refreshments / to have dim sum lunch (Cantonese) syn
风姿 風姿 fēng zī good looks / good figure / graceful bearing / charm syn
杀气腾腾 殺氣騰騰 shā qì téng téng ferocious / murderous-looking syn
水灵 水靈 shuǐ líng (of fruit etc) fresh / (of a person etc) full of life / healthy-looking / (of eyes) moist and bright / lustrous syn
丰韵 豐韻 fēng yùn charm / fine-looking (woman) syn
前瞻 qián zhān forward-looking / prescient / foresight / forethought / outlook syn
粤菜 粵菜 yuè cài Cantonese cuisine
英姿飒爽 英姿颯爽 yīng zī sà shuǎng (of a person) valiant and formidable-looking / to carry oneself tall syn
横肉 橫肉 héng ròu fierce-looking
按图索骥 按圖索驥 àn tú suǒ jì lit. looking for a fine horse using only a picture (idiom) / fig. to do things along rigid, conventional lines / to try and find sth with the help of a clue syn
那个人 那個人 nà gè rén lit. that person / fig. the person you have been looking for / Mr Right / the girl of one's dreams
看不懂 kàn bu dǒng unable to make sense of what one is looking at
无厘头 無厘頭 wú lí tóu silly talk or "mo lei tau" (Cantonese), genre of humor emerging from Hong Kong late in the 20th century
相中 xiāng zhòng to find to one's taste / to pick (after looking at) / Taiwan pr. [xiang4 zhong4] syn
埋单 埋單 mái dān to pay the bill (in a restaurant etc) (loanword from Cantonese) / (fig.) to bear responsibility
广东人 廣東人 guǎng dōng rén Cantonese (people)
广东话 廣東話 guǎng dōng huà Cantonese language
不知好歹 bù zhī hǎo dǎi unable to differentiate good from bad (idiom) / not to know what's good for one / unable to recognize others' good intentions
粤剧 粵劇 yuè jù Cantonese opera syn
找对象 找對象 zhǎo duì xiàng to seek a marriage partner / looking for a mate
烧腊 燒臘 shāo là barbecue (Cantonese style)
吉列 jí liè breaded and fried cutlet (loanword via Cantonese)
牛腩 niú nǎn brisket (esp. Cantonese) / belly beef / spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs / erroneously translated as sirloin
秀外慧中 xiù wài huì zhōng good-looking and intelligent (idiom) syn
不求甚解 bù qiú shèn jiě lit. not requiring a detailed understanding (idiom) / only looking for an overview / not bothered with the details / superficial / content with shallow understanding syn
以德报怨 以德報怨 yǐ dé bào yuàn to return good for evil (idiom) / to requite evil with good syn
喁喁 yóng yóng (literary) looking up expectantly syn
由表及里 由表及裡 yóu biǎo jí lǐ to proceed from the outside to the inside / to see the essence merely by looking at the superficial appearance
待价而沽 待價而沽 dài jià ér gū to sell only for a good price (idiom) / to wait for a good offer syn
青面獠牙 qīng miàn liáo yá ferocious-looking (idiom) syn
叫鸡 叫雞 jiào jī rooster / cock / (slang) (Cantonese) to visit a prostitute
贼眉鼠眼 賊眉鼠眼 zéi méi shǔ yǎn shifty-eyed / crafty-looking (idiom) syn
大黄鱼 大黃魚 dà huáng yú Croceine croaker (Pseudosciaena crocea), a fish popular in Cantonese cooking syn
oh (expression of agreement or surprise) / (Cantonese) not syn
lǎo male / man (Cantonese) syn
shàn good (virtuous) / benevolent / well-disposed / good at sth / to improve or perfect syn
this (Cantonese) / see also 呢[ni1] / see also 哩哩羅羅|哩哩罗罗[li1 li1 luo1 luo1] syn
liàng attractive / good-looking
qiào good-looking / charming / (of goods) in great demand / (coll.) to season (food) syn
容光焕发 容光煥發 róng guāng huàn fā face glowing (idiom) / looking radiant / all smiles syn
曲奇 qǔ qí cookie (loanword via Cantonese 曲奇 kuk1 kei4)
child's buttocks (esp. Cantonese) / (onom.) crack, slap, clap, clatter etc
凯子 凱子 kǎi zi (slang) rich, good-looking guy
yáo handsome / good-looking
tāi tie / necktie / tire (Cantonese) syn
宝刀不老 寶刀不老 bǎo dāo bù lǎo lit. a good sword always remains sharp (idiom) / fig. (of one's skills etc) to be as good as ever / the old man still has it syn
yuè Cantonese / short name for Guangdong 廣東|广东[Guang3 dong1]
好好儿 好好兒 hǎo hāo r in good condition / perfectly good / carefully / well / thoroughly syn
miē used in 乜斜[mie1xie5] / (Cantonese) what? syn
níng fierce-looking
豉油 chǐ yóu soy sauce (chiefly in Cantonese and Hakka areas)
昂昂 áng áng high-spirited / brave-looking syn
nǎn brisket / belly beef / spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs / see 牛腩[niu2 nan3] esp. Cantonese / erroneously translated as sirloin
hái still / still in progress / still more / yet / even more / in addition / fairly / passably (good) / as early as / even / also / else syn
zuò to make / to produce / to write / to compose / to do / to engage in / to hold (a party etc) / (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc) / to become (husband and wife, friends etc) / (of a thing) to serve as / to be used for / to assume (an air or manner) syn
可以 kě yǐ can / may / possible / able to / not bad / pretty good syn
不错 不錯 bù cuò correct / right / not bad / pretty good syn
宝贝 寶貝 bǎo bèi treasured object / treasure / darling / baby / cowry / good-for-nothing or queer character syn
nán difficult (to...) / problem / difficulty / difficult / not good syn
měi beautiful / very satisfactory / good / to beautify / to be pleased with oneself syn
帮忙 幫忙 bāng máng to help / to lend a hand / to do a favor / to do a good turn syn
fēn to divide / to separate / to distribute / to allocate / to distinguish (good and bad) / (bound form) branch of (an organization) / sub- (as in 分局[fen1 ju2]) / fraction / one tenth (of certain units) / unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm / minute (unit of time) / minute (angular measurement unit) / a point (in sports or games) / 0.01 yuan (unit of money) syn
不行 bù xíng won't do / be out of the question / be no good / not work / not be capable syn
不好 bù hǎo no good syn
zhěng (bound form) whole / complete / entire / (before a measure word) whole / (before or after number + measure word) exactly / (bound form) in good order / tidy / neat / (bound form) to put in order / to straighten / (bound form) to repair / to mend / to renovate / (coll.) to fix sb / to give sb a hard time / to mess with sb / (dialect) to tinker with / to do sth to syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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