才然 纔然 cái rán just recently / just a moment ago / just now 正好 zhèng hǎo just (in time) / just right / just enough / to happen to / to chance to / by chance / it just so happens that syn 甫 fǔ (classical) barely / just / just now syn 适间 適間 shì jiān just now / just a moment ago 够味 夠味 gòu wèi lit. just the right flavor / just right / just the thing / excellent 基 jī (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 粤语拼音 粵語拼音 yuè yǔ pīn yīn Cantonese romanization / Jyutping, one of the many Cantonese romanization systems 軚 dài (Cantonese) steering wheel / (Cantonese) tire (car, bicycle) 一会儿 一會兒 yī huì r a moment / a while / in a moment / now...now... / also pr. [yi1 hui3 r5] syn 一直以来 一直以來 yī zhí yǐ lái in the past always / for a long time now / until now 忽而 hū ér suddenly / now (..., now...) syn 菰 gū Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia), now rare in the wild, formerly harvested for its grain, now mainly cultivated for its edible stem known as 茭白筍|茭白笋[jiao1bai2sun3], which is swollen by a smut fungus / (variant of 菇[gu1]) mushroom syn 生米做成熟饭 生米做成熟飯 shēng mǐ zuò chéng shú fàn lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom) / fig. it is done and can't be changed / It's too late to change anything now. / also written 生米煮成熟飯|生米煮成熟饭 安南 ān nán Annam (Tang Dynasty protectorate located in what is now northern Vietnam) / Annam (autonomous kingdom located in what is now northern Vietnam, 10th-15th century) / Annam (central part of Vietnam during the French colonial period) / old name for Vietnam / Annan District in Tainan 臺南|台南[Tai2 nan2], Taiwan / Kofi Annan (1938-2018), UN secretary-general 1997-2006 作辍 作輟 zuò chuò now working, now stopping 后日 後日 hòu rì the day after tomorrow / from hence / from now / from now on / henceforth 忽隐忽现 忽隱忽現 hū yǐn hū xiàn intermittent / now you see it, now you don't 时至今日 時至今日 shí zhì jīn rì (idiom) up to the present / even now / now (in contrast with the past) / at this late hour syn 生米熟饭 生米熟飯 shēng mǐ shú fàn abbr. for 生米煮成熟飯|生米煮成熟饭, lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom) / fig. it is done and can't be changed / It's too late to change anything now. 直到现在 直到現在 zhí dào xiàn zài even now / until now / right up to the present 忽冷忽热 忽冷忽熱 hū lěng hū rè now hot, now cold / (of one's mood, affection etc) to alternate 刚才 剛纔 gāng cái just now (variant of 剛才|刚才[gang1 cai2]) syn 方才 fāng cái just now / then syn 适才 適才 shì cái just now / a moment ago (often used in the early vernacular) syn 才 纔 cái (variant of 才[cai2]) just now / (variant of 才[cai2]) (before an expression of quantity) only syn 适 適 shì to fit / suitable / proper / just (now) / comfortable / well / to go / to follow or pursue syn 却才 卻才 què cái just now 坎坎 kǎn kǎn (dialect) just now 顷者 頃者 qǐng zhě just now / a short while ago 刚刚 剛剛 gāng gang just recently / just a moment ago syn 恰到好处 恰到好處 qià dào hǎo chù it's just perfect / it's just right syn 正巧 zhèng qiǎo just by chance / to happen to (just at the right time) / opportune syn 方 fāng square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter syn 当 當 dāng to be / to act as / manage / withstand / when / during / ought / should / match equally / equal / same / obstruct / just at (a time or place) / on the spot / right / just at syn 适值 適值 shì zhí just at that time / as it happens / by good luck, just then syn 临 臨 lín to face / to overlook / to arrive / to be (just) about to / just before syn 犹 猶 yóu as if / (just) like / just as / still / yet syn 寥寥可数 寥寥可數 liáo liáo kě shǔ just a very few (idiom) / tiny number / just a handful / not many at all / You count them on your fingers. syn 刚一 剛一 gāng yī to be just about to / to have just started to 算老几 算老幾 suàn lǎo jǐ just who do (you) think (you) are? (or "just who does (she) think (she) is?" etc) 粤语 粵語 yuè yǔ Cantonese language 点心 點心 diǎn xin light refreshments / pastry / dim sum (in Cantonese cooking) / dessert syn 按揭 àn jiē a mortgage (loanword via Cantonese) / to buy property on a mortgage 饮茶 飲茶 yǐn chá to have tea and refreshments / to have dim sum lunch (Cantonese) syn 母鸡 母雞 mǔ jī hen / don't know (humorous slang mimicking Cantonese 唔知, Jyutping: m4 zi1) syn 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 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}) 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) 粤菜 粵菜 yuè cài Cantonese cuisine 广东话 廣東話 guǎng dōng huà Cantonese language 街市 jiē shì downtown area / commercial district / (chiefly Cantonese) wet market, i.e. a marketplace selling fresh meat, fish and vegetables etc 粤剧 粵劇 yuè jù Cantonese opera syn 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 呢 nī this (Cantonese) / see also 哩[li1] syn 叫鸡 叫雞 jiào jī rooster / cock / (slang) (Cantonese) to visit a prostitute 大黄鱼 大黃魚 dà huáng yú Croceine croaker (Pseudosciaena crocea), a fish popular in Cantonese cooking syn 豉油 chǐ yóu soy sauce (chiefly in Cantonese and Hakka areas) 哩 lī this (Cantonese) / see also 呢[ni1] / see also 哩哩羅羅|哩哩罗罗[li1 li1 luo1 luo1] syn 粤 粵 yuè Cantonese / short name for Guangdong 廣東|广东[Guang3 dong1] 唔 wú oh (expression of agreement or surprise) / (Cantonese) not syn 佬 lǎo male / man (Cantonese) syn 噼 pī child's buttocks (esp. Cantonese) / (onom.) crack, slap, clap, clatter etc 呔 tāi tie / necktie / tire (Cantonese) syn 乜 miē used in 乜斜[mie1xie5] / (Cantonese) what? syn 腩 nǎn brisket / belly beef / spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs / see 牛腩[niu2 nan3] esp. Cantonese / erroneously translated as sirloin 瞓 xùn to sleep (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 睡[shui4] 瞓 fèn to sleep (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 睡[shui4] 脷 lì (cattle) tongue (Cantonese) 篼 dōu bamboo, rattan or wicker basket / sedan chair for mountain use (Cantonese) 腬 róu greasy (Cantonese) 屌 diǎo penis / (slang) cool or extraordinary / (Cantonese) to fuck 鬼佬 guǐ lǎo foreigner (Cantonese) / Westerner 鬼婆 guǐ pó Caucasian woman (Cantonese) 咁 gān so (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 這樣|这样[zhe4 yang4] 冇 mǎo to not have (Cantonese) (Mandarin equivalent: 沒有|没有[mei2 you3]) 奶昔 nǎi xī milkshake (Note: 昔[xi1] is loaned from English "shake" via Cantonese 昔, pr. sik1) 佢 qú (Cantonese) he, she, it 㗂 shěng variant of 省[sheng3] / tight-lipped / to examine / to watch / to scour (esp. Cantonese) 㗎 jià sentence-final particle, contraction of "嘅呀" (Cantonese) / see also 嘅[kai4] 乜嘢 miē yě what? (Cantonese) (Mandarin equivalent: 什麼|什么[shen2 me5]) 九声六调 九聲六調 jiǔ shēng liù diào nine tones and six modes (tonal system of Cantonese and other southern languages) 乪 nāng a bend in a river (Cantonese) 乸 nǎ feminine suffix (Cantonese) / postfix indicating feminine 仆街 pū jiē drop dead! / go to hell! / fuck you! (Cantonese) 八婆 bā pó meddling woman / nosy parker (Cantonese) 利事 lì shì (Cantonese) same as 紅包|红包[hong2 bao1] 北佬 běi lǎo northerner, person from Northern China (Cantonese) 唔好睇 wú hǎo dì unattractive (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 不好看[bu4 hao3 kan4] 唞 dǒu to take a rest (Cantonese) 啲 dī some / few / a little (Cantonese) 啽 án to speak (Cantonese) 喥 dù used in location words (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 裡|里[li3] 喺 xǐ to be at, in or on (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 在[zai4] 嗰 gě that (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 那[na4] 嘅 kài possessive particle (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 的[de5] 嘢 yě (Cantonese) thing / matter / stuff 