呢 nī this (Cantonese) / see also 哩[li1] syn 带 帶 dài band / belt / girdle / ribbon / tire / area / zone / region / CL:條|条[tiao2] / to wear / to carry / to take along / to bear (i.e. to have) / to lead / to bring / to look after / to raise 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 轮胎 輪胎 lún tāi tire / pneumatic tire syn 点心 點心 diǎn xin light refreshments / pastry / dim sum (in Cantonese cooking) / dessert syn 更换 更換 gēng huàn to replace (a worn-out tire etc) / to change (one's address etc) syn 疲倦 pí juàn to tire / tired syn 泄气 洩氣 xiè qì to leak (gas) / to be discouraged / to despair / (disparaging) pathetic / to vent one's anger / (of a tire) to be flat 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 车胎 車胎 chē tāi tire syn 翻新 fān xīn to revamp / a face-lift / to retread (a tire) / to refurbish (old clothes) / newly emerging syn 外带 外帶 wài dài take-out (fast food) / (outer part of) tire / as well / besides / into the bargain / outer zone syn 按揭 àn jiē a mortgage (loanword via Cantonese) / to buy property on a mortgage 撒气 撒氣 sā qì to leak (of air) / to go flat (of a tire) / to vent one's anger syn 乐此不疲 樂此不疲 lè cǐ bù pí to enjoy sth and never tire of it (idiom) syn 救生圈 jiù shēng quān life buoy / life belt / (jocular) flab / spare tire 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 气门 氣門 qì mén valve (esp. tire valve) / accelerator (obsolete term for 油門|油门) / stigma (zool.) / spiracle 米其林 mǐ qí lín Michelin (tire company) 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 不厌 不厭 bù yàn not to tire of / not to object to 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 煞气 煞氣 shà qì baleful look / inauspicious influence / (of a tire, balloon etc) to leak air syn 粤剧 粵劇 yuè jù Cantonese opera syn 备胎 備胎 bèi tāi spare tire / (slang) fallback guy (or girl) 烧腊 燒臘 shāo là barbecue (Cantonese style) 内胎 內胎 nèi tāi inner tube (of a tire) syn 吉列 jí liè breaded and fried cutlet (loanword via Cantonese) 普利司通 pǔ lì sī tōng Bridgestone (tire company) 牛腩 niú nǎn brisket (esp. Cantonese) / belly beef / spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs / erroneously translated as sirloin 补胎 補胎 bǔ tāi to repair a tire 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 胎 tāi fetus / classifier for litters (of puppies etc) / padding (in clothing or bedding) / womb carrying a fetus / (fig.) origin / source / (loanword) tire syn 曲奇 qǔ qí cookie (loanword via Cantonese 曲奇 kuk1 kei4) 噼 pī child's buttocks (esp. Cantonese) / (onom.) crack, slap, clap, clatter etc 里带 裡帶 lǐ dài inner tube (of tire) syn 防滑链 防滑鏈 fáng huá liàn snow chain (for a vehicle tire) 粤 粵 yuè Cantonese / short name for Guangdong 廣東|广东[Guang3 dong1] 乜 miē used in 乜斜[mie1xie5] / (Cantonese) what? syn 豉油 chǐ yóu soy sauce (chiefly in Cantonese and Hakka areas) 胶轮 膠輪 jiāo lún pneumatic tire / rubber tire 辋 輞 wǎng tire / wheel band 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 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) 腬 róu greasy (Cantonese) 軚 dài (Cantonese) steering wheel / (Cantonese) tire (car, bicycle) 爆胎 bào tāi flat tire / burst tire / blowout 胎面 tāi miàn surface of tire / tread (of tire) 粤语拼音 粵語拼音 yuè yǔ pīn yīn Cantonese romanization / Jyutping, one of the many Cantonese romanization systems 横滨轮胎 橫濱輪胎 héng bīn lún tāi Yokohama tire company 凡世通公司 fán shì tōng gōng sī Firestone tire company 累死累活 lèi sǐ lèi huó to tire oneself out through overwork / to work oneself to death syn 胎压 胎壓 tāi yā tire pressure 补胎片 補胎片 bǔ tāi piàn tire patch (for puncture repair) 车带 車帶 chē dài (vehicle) tire syn 轮箍 輪箍 lún gū tire 轮胎拆装机 輪胎拆裝機 tire-changer 凡世通 fán shì tōng Firestone (Tire and Rubber Company) 游泳圈 yóu yǒng quān swim ring / swim tube / (fig.) (coll.) spare tire (roll of fat around the waist) 凡士通 fán shì tōng Firestone (Tire and Rubber Company) 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) 啱 yān correct / suitable / to suit sb / just now (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] 