呢 nī this (Cantonese) / see also 哩[li1] syn 释放 釋放 shì fàng to release / to set free / to liberate (a prisoner) / to discharge syn 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 犯人 fàn rén convict / prisoner / criminal syn 囚犯 qiú fàn prisoner / convict syn 拘留 jū liú to detain (a prisoner) / to keep sb in custody syn 点心 點心 diǎn xin light refreshments / pastry / dim sum (in Cantonese cooking) / dessert syn 探视 探視 tàn shì to visit (a patient, prisoner etc) / to look inquiringly syn 战俘 戰俘 zhàn fú prisoner of war syn 拷打 kǎo dǎ to beat a prisoner (to obtain confessions) / to give sb the third degree / to torture 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}) 母鸡 母雞 mǔ jī hen / don't know (humorous slang mimicking Cantonese 唔知, Jyutping: m4 zi1) syn 放风 放風 fàng fēng to allow in fresh air / to allow a prisoner out for exercise / to give out information syn 探监 探監 tàn jiān to visit a prisoner (usu. a relative or friend) 死囚 sǐ qiú prisoner that awaits execution / convict sentenced to death / someone on death row syn 战俘营 戰俘營 zhàn fú yíng prisoner-of-war camp / POW camp 政治犯 zhèng zhì fàn political prisoner 按揭 àn jiē a mortgage (loanword via Cantonese) / to buy property on a mortgage 囚徒 qiú tú prisoner syn 转院 轉院 zhuǎn yuàn to transfer (a patient) to a different hospital / to transfer to hospital (e.g. a prisoner) 街市 jiē shì downtown area / commercial district / (chiefly Cantonese) wet market, i.e. a marketplace selling fresh meat, fish and vegetables etc 粤语 粵語 yuè yǔ Cantonese language 饮茶 飲茶 yǐn chá to have tea and refreshments / to have dim sum lunch (Cantonese) syn 粤菜 粵菜 yuè cài Cantonese cuisine 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 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 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) 追缉 追緝 zhuī jī to pursue / to be after / to hunt down (the perpetrator of a crime, an escaped prisoner etc) 牛腩 niú nǎn brisket (esp. Cantonese) / belly beef / spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs / erroneously translated as sirloin 保外就医 保外就醫 bǎo wài jiù yī to release for medical treatment (of a prisoner) 就擒 jiù qín to be taken prisoner 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 唔 wú oh (expression of agreement or surprise) / (Cantonese) not syn 佬 lǎo male / man (Cantonese) syn 哩 lī this (Cantonese) / see also 呢[ni1] / see also 哩哩羅羅|哩哩罗罗[li1 li1 luo1 luo1] syn 囚 qiú prisoner syn 曲奇 qǔ qí cookie (loanword via Cantonese 曲奇 kuk1 kei4) 开释 開釋 kāi shì to release (a prisoner) syn 噼 pī child's buttocks (esp. Cantonese) / (onom.) crack, slap, clap, clatter etc 虏 虜 lǔ prisoner of war / to capture / to take prisoner / (old) northern barbarian / slave syn 呔 tāi tie / necktie / tire (Cantonese) syn 俘 fú to take prisoner / prisoner of war syn 粤 粵 yuè Cantonese / short name for Guangdong 廣東|广东[Guang3 dong1] 槛 檻 jiàn banister / balustrade / cage for animal or prisoner / to transport caged prisoner on a cart syn 乜 miē used in 乜斜[mie1xie5] / (Cantonese) what? syn 豉油 chǐ yóu soy sauce (chiefly in Cantonese and Hakka areas) 缧 縲 léi (literary) thick rope used to restrain a prisoner 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 越狱犯 越獄犯 yuè yù fàn escaped prisoner 官非 guān fēi lawsuit (from Cantonese) 白斩鸡 白斬雞 bái zhǎn jī Cantonese poached chicken, known as "white cut chicken" 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) 槛花笼鹤 檻花籠鶴 jiàn huā lóng hè a flower in a cage, a crane in a basket (idiom) / prisoner 笼鸟槛猿 籠鳥檻猿 lóng niǎo jiàn yuán bird in a basket, monkey in a cage (idiom) / prisoner 腬 róu greasy (Cantonese) 战俘临时拘留所 戰俘臨時拘留所 prisoner-of-war cage / POW cage / prisoner-of-war collecting point 战俘收容站 戰俘收容站 prisoner-of-war cage / POW cage / prisoner-of-war collecting point 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) 良心犯 liáng xīn fàn prisoner of conscience 劫囚 jié qiú to break a prisoner out of jail 拘囚 jū qiú to imprison / prisoner 拘守 jū shǒu to hold tight / to cling to / to adhere / stubborn / to detain sb as prisoner 槛车 檻車 jiàn chē cart with cage, used to escort prisoner 禁足 jìn zú to forbid sb to go out / to confine to one location (e.g. student, soldier, prisoner, monk etc) / to ground (as disciplinary measure) / to gate / to curfew / restriction on movement / ban on visiting a place / out of bounds / off limits / caveat 程邈 chéng miǎo Cheng Miao, a jailer-turned-prisoner in the Qin dynasty who created the clerical style of Chinese calligraphy 系囚 繫囚 xì qiú prisoner 囚犯困境 prisoner's dilemma 被监禁者 被監禁者 prisoner 监狱强奸 監獄強奸 prisoner rape 狱内强奸 獄內強奸 prisoner rape 敌方战俘 敵方戰俘 enemy prisoner of war 战俘支营 戰俘支營 prisoner-of-war compound / POW compound 监外教改及其对剩余囚犯的影响 監外教改及其對剩余囚犯的影響 Deinstitutionalization of Corrections and the Implications for the Residual Prisoner 绑赴市曹 綁赴市曹 bǎng fù shì cáo to bind up and take to the market (idiom) / to take a prisoner to the town center for execution 游街示众 遊街示眾 yóu jiē shì zhòng to parade (a prisoner) through the streets 金瓜石 jīn guā shí Jinguashi, town in Ruifang District, New Taipei City, Taiwan, noted for its historic gold and copper mines, used as a prisoner-of-war camp by the Japanese (1942-1945) 瘐毙 瘐斃 yǔ bì to die of hunger or disease (of a prisoner) 瘐死 yǔ sǐ to die of hunger or disease (of a prisoner) 束手就擒 shù shǒu - jiù qín lit. to submit to having one's hands tied and being taken prisoner (idiom) / fig. to surrender without a fight syn 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) 