 Section 0 of English and Cantonese Dictionary. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. English and Cantonese Dictionary by John Chambers, revised and enlarged by Thomas Kirkman-Dilly. Section 0, English and Cantonese Dictionary by John Chambers, LLD. Seventh edition, revised and enlarged by T.K. Dilly, Queens College, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Kelly & Walsh Limited, Shanghai, Singapore, Yokohama. 1907, registered in accordance with the provisions of Ordinance No. 10 of 1888 at the offers of the Registrar General, Hong Kong. Preface to the seventh edition. The preparation of this edition of the late Dr. Chambers, English and Cantonese Dictionary, has engrossed the whole of my limited leisure during the past three years. The labor entailed has been peculiarly fascinating and with special significance for me, since it was partly under the distinguished and safe guidance of Dr. Chambers that I acquired my first quickening insight into the Chinese language, stripped and spoken. I still vividly retain very clear recollection of a periodical after dinner meeting which I was privileged to attend in the middle eighties as the former London Mission House where round the lamb-lighted table under the personal presidency of the then Venerable Head of the London Mission set the late Dr. Faber. Mr. J. H. Stuart Lockhart now is honored the Commissioner for Way Highway. Mr. now Doctor, G. H. Bateson Wright, Headmaster of Queens College, Mr. Eddies of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, the late Mr. A. Faulkner, Second Master of the Old Government Central School and others, eagerly discussing, adversely comparing, commenting on and revising translations of portions of a minor Chinese classic made since the previous section by individual members of the class. I hence regard it as a distinct honor to have been entrusted with the making and launching of a new edition of this dictionary which, when first issued, was one of the earliest first fruits of Dr. Chambers' arduous and varied labors in the wild field of psychology. I have interfered neither with the original method of transliteration highly praised by so competent and accepting a critic as Dr. Aito, formerly Inspector of Schools in this colony, nor with the system of tone marks adopted, both are possibly as effective and useful as any other of several in present use. If in any subsequent addition it is deemed advisable to change the mode of marking the pronunciation, such change, I think, should be made on the lines indicated in the reform movement for acquiring modern languages, now in active progress among the recognized leaders of phonetic reform in Europe. And with which, in Germany, Professor Victor, in France, Mercier Peer-Piercy and Monsieur Lebert Roussoul, the discoverer of the system of experimental phonetics, which, with his remarkable instruments of precision, brings to bear on the analysis of science the exactitude of microscopic examination, and in England, Mr. Walter Rittman are so closely and prominently connected, in which case it might be found necessary to adopt the aphabetic symbols authorized by the Atsun Siazion phonetic international. The change implied is not so radical as would seem. The difficulties in the way of such an enterprise are not as great as might at first sight be imagined. There can be no question about a careful study of phonetics being essential, both to the correct and fluent acquirements of any spoken foreign language, and to the checking and setting right of the male pronunciations of one's own mother town, to all teachers, but especially to such as I engaged in imparting a knowledge of English to foreigners, and intelligence grounding in phonetics seems an absolute sine qua noire. The study of this subject is still in its infancy, but at least one dictionary based on phonetic principles is already in existence. I have tried to remodel the entire book on the battles and Belgium's admirable French and English dictionary, and accordingly have placed exemplifying sentences after most vocables. Not only have many hundreds of such amplifying and illustrative phrases been packed into the book, but many extra words previously omitted have been inserted each in its due aphabetic place. Botanical expressions embodied in earlier editions as the suggestion I'm told of Mr. Charles Ford, ISO, the honorable Dr. Ho Chi, CMG, and the late Dr. Faber have been retained, and the number extended. Practically the whole of the newly incorporated matter is from my own manuscript, word and phrase books, slowly and gradually brought together during an unintermitted and ardent acquaintance with Cantonese covering clothes upon 23 years, which matter has been gleaned, shifted, and garnered from all imaginable sources, books classic and vulgar, dictionaries and vocabularies, magazines and pamphlets, the ephemeralities of daily newspapers and the many-sided actualities of galactoscopic street life. The total increase in this edition is represented by about 500 of its pages. It would have been quite easy with the unused material I still have to have made the volume even bulkier. In Dr. Chamber's lifetime, each successive issue was considerably larger than its immediate forerunner. I can speak from frequent and grateful experience of the exceptional care taken under the trying circumstances of craftsmanship and tortured interpolations in the composing room of Messes, Kelly, and Warsh during the unavoidably long drawn-out period of reprinting. I also desire to acknowledge a deep debt of obligation to the late Mr. Zhang Chong, who, up to the time of his death, was Second Chinese Assistant Master at Queen's College for careful aid, chiefly given to revision of proofs. T. Kirkman Dili, Queen's College, June the 8th, 1907, note to the fourth edition. This edition of the Cantonese dictionary has been carefully revised throughout and fully one-third has been added to its size. The common characters M, G, and Mo, which are unauthorized and local, have been in most cases replaced by their class equivalents, but G and Mo, while the colloquial sounds have been retained. Expressions wholly put in parenthesis are not colloquial, but single syllables in parenthesis are more colloquial forms of those that they immediately follow. Thus under, about, would be found Zhang Gan, within parenthesis, kan, where Zhang Kan is the more colloquial. Adjectives may be formed as a pleasure by adding G to nouns and verbs. Verbs may also be formed by placing zheng or zhou, before adjectives as zheng ba, meaning to whiten. Note to the fifth edition. This edition of the Cantonese dictionary is in no important respect different from the last. Errors and inaccuracies have been corrected where noticed. It has lately been pointed out, note, Journal of the NCB of Royal Asiatic Society by E. H. Parker, a scholar of HBM consular service that there are nominally 18 and practically 12 tones in the spoken language of Canton. Some of the extra tones are what I have referred into previous editions as variations. One of them is the middle-entering tone introduced by Dr. Aito into his forthcoming dictionary. That the distinctions exist, and that they correctly increase the difficulty of the dialect, I have no doubt. But while they are still subcutacy, being in many cases of such a refined nature, that only the most delicate ear can detect them, it would be premature to attempt introducing them systematically into a work for beginners. Having heard the opinion of a judge in this case, we must wait for the verdict of a jury. Meantime the opinion is very valuable, and I recommend it to the attention of all capable students of the dialect and of all who wish to speak it with perfect accuracy as heard in Canton City. In the country, probably, a different class of variations might be discovered, or none at all. J.C. Canton, 13th December, 1878. Rules for pronouncing the Chinese. One. In this dictionary, the Chinese tones are distinguished from one another by means of two essence and two kinds of type, Italian and Roman. Citibals printed in italics must be pronounced on a key higher, always by a fourth, and sometimes by a sixth of the scale, than the corresponding ones in Roman letters. Two. Citibals which have no essence over them ought to be pronounced, whether they be on a high or on a low key, in the same easy and natural manner in which we speak our own language. Example in the sentence, do it now. The italicized word will most likely be uttered in the same tone as the Canton colloquial word for anger. Now, three. If a Citibal has the acute essence over it, there must be a plausible raising of the pitch in the act of enunciating it. In asking the question, shall I do it now, the voice rises in a somewhat similar manner and the tone of the Chinese word now to twist would be quite appropriate for the italicized now in this case. Four. The grave essence indicates a vanishing note which neither rises nor falls in pitch and might be physically termed the drawing or bleeding tone. It is occasionally heard in such a phrase as now, do be quiet. Five. Words ending in K, P, T and are considered by the Chinese as differing only in tone from those ending in NG, M and N but they are sufficiently distinguished by the spelling and need no other mark. Six. The system of spelling here used is adapted from that of Dr. Williams' tonic dictionary only dispensing with its diacritic marks for the sake of convenience in writing and printing and it is hoped also in using the dictionary. The vowels are to be pronounced as follows A A and A final as in father A not final as in company E as in day I as in machine but before NG and K as in king O final as in no and not final as in hope OH as in horn OM not O as in girder OO as in school U as in fun interchanged with short A UU nearly as in Bu UE as OM not U in troubner AI as Y in fly AAI as A with EA in far reaching AU as OW in now AAI as A with U in far ruling EU as EYO in beyond IU as EE with OU in seal OI as OY in boy UI nearly as in Lewis OOI as in cooling SZE or ADZ apostrophe is a mere buzz the vowel being scarcely heard 7. According to the above method of distinguishing the 8 tones they will stand thus 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 it is well to keep in mind that the 5th and 6th of those tones take the aspirate whenever the initial emits of 8 while the 7th never takes it thus we have CHUI CHUI POU BOU etc but not CHU CHU BOU BOU POU etc it is also a rule with some exceptions that syllables beginning with L, M or N are in lower tones in colloquial discourse many common words when they end clauses or sentences are pronounced with a rising tone which does not properly belong to them thus the sentence is called YI TOU a Buddhist priest or a monk etc otherwise in peculiar positions have a variation of tone as FAN to sleep which is pronounced FAN when used alone to denotes that a person is asleep directions for using the English and Cantonese dictionary the system of spanning here used is adapted from that of Dr. Williams' only dictionary only dispensing with his diacritic marks for the sake of convenience in writing and printing and it is hoped also in using the dictionary the vowels are to be pronounced as follows A A and A final as in father A not final as in company E as in day I as in machine but before NG and K as in king O final as in know and not final as in hope OH as in horn OM not O as in girther OO as in school U as in fun interchanged with short A UU nearly as in Bu UE as OM not U in troubner AI as Y in fly AI as A with EA in far reaching AU as OW in now AAU as A with U in far ruling EU as EYO in beyond AU as EE with OU in seal OI as OY in boy UI nearly as in Lewis OOI as in queen SZE or at Z apostrophe is a mere buzz with scarcely any vowel sound the use of short U in many cases where the other dictionaries have short A is to prevent a habit which English learners are very liable to get into or pronouncing for example man people exactly the same as the English word man father UDA the same as the English word fat etc. the broader scotch A is little nearer the Cantonese but fun is in any case not fan but fun the W is a little different from OO Kaolun KAULON should be written KAULUNG the second syllable being indeed quite different from the English LUNG yet not by any means the same as the scotch L-O-O-N words ending in U-E or OM-LOG-U often very in Canton so as to be not distinguishable from words ending in U-I but it is an exaggeration to make H-R-I-M with SUI the only vowel used with a diacritical mark is OM-LOG-O and it is of rare occurrence I cannot accept even under authority of Mr. Parker this vowel as a substitute for E-U in S-H-E-U-N-G or S-H-E-U-K etc. there is some truth in the suggestion but if S-H-E-U-N-G gives too much of a diphthong S-H-O-M-LOG-U-N-G gives too little considering that L-O-N-G and L-E-U-N-G rhyme with each other in the universal language of China it would seem almost better to write the Cantonese sounds L-O-N-G and L-E-O-N-G than to introduce the peculiar O-O-O which after all does not represent the Cantonese perfectly however students may take with the both S-H-O-M-LOG-U-N-G or L-O-M-LOG-U-N-G etc. as a warning not to exaggerate the diphthong the eight tones there are only eight regular tones in the Chinese language and even these are not all found in many dialects the upper series of tones is printed in italics and the lower series in roman letters syllables printed in italics must always be pronounced on a higher key than the others one syllables without any tonal mark are in the even tone two those with a tonal mark on the upper left corner are in the rising tone three those with a tonal mark on the upper right corner are in the going tone four and word ending in K, P or T are in the abrupt tone that is to say they end in a close consonant which cannot be summed out it seems to me that the first tone might more properly be called the natural and the third the even tone for the third or going tone resembles a note of music which continues at the same pitch it begins rather lower than the first but does not drop at all the following is an example of the eight tones applied to what the Chinese regard as one syllable T being only a modification of N Ping, even upper series one lower series one Xiang, rising upper series one lower series one Hui, going upper series one lower series one Yap, abrupt upper series what lower series what additional tones we are indebted to Mr. E. H. Parker for first calling attention to other tones besides the above eight which occur in canton colloquial first there are three even tones instead of two the uppermost one being a sort of cry a typical case is Mao, a cat the name being an imitation of his cry these uppermost even tones are distinguished in this edition of the Cantonese dictionary by a tone note mark on the lower left corner of the syllable in addition to its being printed in italics I have been guided entirely by a Cantonese teacher in this and the following distinctions of tones second there are three abrupt tones instead of two the middle one being about as much lower than the one above as the upper going tone is lower than the upper even this lowering of the upper fourth tone takes place almost invariably in connection with long or broad vowels the first tone of exercise familiar to most beginners affords an example of it sin, sin, sin, sin the I being long equivalent to Yi, Yi the fourth tone follows the cadence of the third so that this middle fourth tone is appropriately marked like the third what is probably the normal upper fourth tone is heard where the vowel is short as in sin, sin, sin, sin third all the tones except perhaps the upper even and the upper abrupt are liable to be changed into an exaggerated rising tone the initial letter always following the proper tone of the word and the raising of the voice commencing from that pitch whatever it may be this exaggerated rising tone is indicated by an asterisk on the upper left side of the syllable for example the character near has three pronunciations according to the shades of meaning gun, gun, and gun the last is to commence like the first and has no aspirate but it rises even more than the second it is well to keep in mind that's the lower even and the lower rising tones always take the aspirate after ch, k, p, t, and ts while the lower going tone never takes it and the lower abrupt tone seldom there is some little help in this to a foreigner in distinguishing so many tones more than 9 tenths of the characters given as equivalence of English words in this dictionary will answer equally well for the general language of China and I have thought it well with this in view to substitute authorised characters for n, ge, mou, or lai etc in many cases while retaining the colloquial sounds it seems a little absurd to write lai for lai to come when the proper character loi is pronounced lai in other dialects this sort of thing like the multiplication of easy when li versions of the scriptures will in the end only multiply difficulties this dictionary was from the first intended for English people rather than Chinese and those who consulted are requested if they fail to find any particular English words to look for a synonym or an approximate synonym and to learn to form parts of speech themselves from the material given thus adjectives may be formed at the pleasure by adding ge to nans and verbs verbs may often be formed by placing zheng or zhou before adjectives as zheng ba to waiten sometimes an alternative pronunciation of a syllable is given in parenthesis which will generally be found equally or more colloquial for example under a joint fu gan kan within parenthesis is an abbreviated way of saying fu gan or fu kan jc hong kong 28th march 1891 end of section 0 section 1 of English and Cantonese dictionary this is a LibriVox recording all LibriVox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit LibriVox.org English and Cantonese dictionary by John Chambers revised and enlarged by Thomas Kirkman Dilly section 1 a or n meaning 1 yat the numerals or classifiers are given after a or n under different nouns the most common of all numerals is ko as yat ko ya one man or a man but where other numerals are given they must be used in connection with the clauses of nouns to which they respectively belong as yat jak sao a beast yat tiao yu a fish apicus sunpun an apicus yat ko sunpun a beft hyeong sun may a bandun se hei a bait gam si o abby in buddhism fat ti an abby yat gan fat ci in Taoism dou guon in Roman Catholics sou dou yuan abbot in buddhism fong chang an abbot yat wei fong chang in Taoism dou chang abbreviate gam duan abbreviation as in writing gam budd a beft fong chang abhor zheng yim abby ju sus or ju ha or noi ability chui nang or or nang guan ab ju er si yuan ju abo nang or abbot jai suan shang or hei suan chu abolish fei chui abominable bap ga zheng abominate ci zheng aborigines tou yan aborigines of china miao zi aboption do tai or xiao chan abbot chu chu dou do or fong chang abbot in the round about zhou wei meaning more or less shang ha or zuo yao about to jang gen meaning concerning lun abov shang abreast bing kien bap yat pa abridge gan leo or jing gan leo abrot oi abrogate fei abrupt dat ngat abruptly dat yin abscess chuan do be abscon with money hei mei chu absence mu zai absolutely bich ding absolve seh absolve soh hui abstain from gai abstracted mong yin or shang yab shan extrude sum o absurd dun mu hap li oi wun chang abundant fong fau abuse in abuse of things lun yong abuse of people li ma or chan hai abyss sum yun acacia gam fong or xing sik pha accept soh nao assess jau khan lo accidental yi ai or 偶然 acclimation chai xing heo chai acclimated fok sui tou aclivity che bo accommodate chong sum feng bian or yi accompany hong mai or hui accomplice chong fa accomplice chong fan accomplish xing accord shang huo according to jiao yi accordingly gam jau account of money so mu or jang mu accountable si man accountant jang gui accumulate jap mai accumulation chong chong dip dip accurate mou chong accusation go zong accuse superior accustomed guan suok ache tong achieve xing zhao achievement xing gong exit xun acknowledge yin acon seh luat acquaintance suk sik acquire de duo or war acquit yi mu zui or sum mu zui acre Chinese acre mou six and a half mou equals to one English acre acreate la across wang go act jau heng jau si gong acting officer Chu yam actions heng wei action at law zong chi actionable hó go phat active act actor play actor acute jam yui meaning clever Ling li Adam's apple Hau lau adapt hap at ga or team addition the rule of addition ga phat adult war address address a person team full address a letter seh son pay an address son pay adapt rou so etiquette gau si oa lang gau at here nim gen oa yi sat adhesive chi aduo ho hap oa mong li ho lo a john phu gen oa kun a john ding qi oa ding qi zai hui adjust jing qi oa do gui yi adjutant phu jang oa heap tai a minister zong guan admiral soi si thai do admire zan sen admit hui jun oa bai yu oa wan jun admonish hui gai adu si zou oa si gau adopt a son lap yi zi oa lap ming ling adopted adopted personally kai adopted father or mother kai ye kai la meaning by a second marriage gai aduo zong bai adon mung sik oa jing sik yu lau adroad xian jing adult jang dai xing yin oa dai yin adulterate kou zap ga fo adultery gan yong advance jun advance of money yu xian giao chut oa zi meaning goods on credit se advantage ye oa yik adventure heng hien adversary doi tou oa doi dik adverse kong oa bacheng oa yik oa ngak oa zi adverse to thai hi advertise thong bo oa bo ko meaning by posting bills tip gai jiao advisable hao sai sik advice ban advocate to advocate doi sou ed pun yong lian hap heng gong yong lis fong shun affordable hou xiang yu affair si gong affect gam wan affectation jing seng zha leung affectionate sum ching affiance ding chun affinity yin chun affirm wa hai afflict mou fu afflictions chua affluent fong sheng afford gong qup can afford mai de pi affront chong zong oa yuk affloat fow afforset go di chien yin shuang min so kong afraid hong pa after something hou something after birth hou yun oa toi yi oa bao yi afternoon ha ng oa ngan jau hou afterwards yin hou oa mai hou oa hou lai again jau fuk oa yau shi against shang fan oa yik oa ya over against doi min to rub against kwang chun agate ma no age lian gyi what is your age li yu ji do sui I'm saying it politely kui gung le the age shi aged go shou oa lau dai agent doi ban yin aggravate jing gung gwan hi oa jing chong aggressor xin ha shou oa xin gung yin agitate yuk dong agitated pang wang ago chien agate fu kik agree wo hap agreeable wan wo meaning willing phuan qi meaning to one's liking hap sam sui agreement yue oa hap tong oa qi yue agriculture gan jong oa rung shi aground gok chien oa kong sui ague phat lang beng ah ha ah ha ah ha ahead zai chien tou to go ahead chien hui ah hoi wai aid bong zo adicum shou be aim hang zun air hei to air liang oa geng lan airy liang ssang alarm zhan geng meaning to a route geng shing alarm clock lao zong alas aia el house jau dim alert alias bieh meung alien oai guok rin oa rung ssang oa ta rin di oa rin di ge alight lao alight ssang ci oa yiang alive ssang huo gai oa lung zong oa han ba lang oa do hai oa before nans zong oa maan oa ba oa lao yi lu alay zi yu yiang alliance git chan oa rin mao alligator oa yu alert jiao fun oa fun pie alaw zong alight meaning base metal gam dai aloy kao allure yin yau allusion ngam zi almanic tong su omite mao so bap lang element heng yin almost cha bap do se alos lou hui oa alung oa along along length wise dim oa zi along with tong mai alongside jai po hao mai allowed dai seng already chan ging oa yi ging also yi oa do oa yau allure jai tan oa shan tai allure alternate wu shang tai dai alternately meaning in succession lun nau meaning every second one lam la alternatives liang yang yam gian although sui yin altogether zong gong alam bap fan always shi shi oa shang shi am i am oa hai amaze geng zhau ambassador shi shan an ambassador yi wai shi shan jai po wu pa ambitious jai go n of section one section two of English and Cantonese dictionary by John Chambers this is a LibriVox recording all LibriVox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit LibriVox.org English and Cantonese dictionary by John Chambers revised and enlarged by Thomas Kurtman Dilley section two ambush fuk bing amend guai jing amaze to make amaze pui bo america america oa pha qi guok amiable hong ai amaze wu wu zi ammunition fo yuok chong zi amang jai sum ure jong amorous do qing amange gong gai amore ching tou amoi gong gai amuse gai sum ure zi qia amuse a child tam amusement wansha amuseing chui analyze chat sut ure hao gau anarchy ancestor zhuxin zhuzhong tai gong anger tib nao ding to anger wuan entropy source yu gai ancient gu and kup gong oa yau anecdote an anecdote a dun gu si angel tian si anger nao oa hannou angle guok tou to angle diao yu angry oa laulu animal sungling oa kamsou to animate shung hi animation jingsun animosity han oa shou anesit hui heng angle guok anan guat an axe jie chuk oa ga annihilation gui mu anniversary lian qi yat zi first anniversary doi lian anoy fan yu an yu mui lian anoint anonimous as in anonimous play card pak thiep another bith ko or dai yi oa ta oa ngau answer tak yin oa hui yung meaning such chok sai and an end yat zhe ngai anti sin oa zhengfeng zi sin antelope ling yang antennae anantie yik oa doi miin anticipate yu liu antidote gui si antiquity sheng gu antelope nga gok anus gong muon involver expression shi phat an yu tie zheng anxious fong zheng pat ha oa choose for not any mou luan bien go oa mut ye meaning some the anywhere bien chu oa bien chu do ho apart lii hoi di an apartment yat gan fong apathy mou gam dong ape ma lou apparent heng se yue aperture gong chu oa ho oa long apex bien ding a peace hui yi go apologize gai sui oa sui hoi oa hui li apoplexie lou hui zhong fong oa lou sui zhong fong apostatize bui gao aposto si tou apparatus oa hei go a complete set of apparatus yat fu ying dong apro yi fuk apparition hien zhik oa guai mud appeal hong go oa shang hong appear chut hien appearance appease sik hei appease ping sik appendix bau wei appetite wei hou upload oa choy apople pinguo apply zhe oa yong in meaning ask etc kou oa hong appoint chit lak appraise gu ga apprehend meaning to seize chuk do apprehend mentally hieu oa gu apprentice tou dei approach jau gan oa jau khan oa jang gan appropriate meaning take shien chui meaning fit hap sei approve zhong yi apricot heng april ying sei yue april wei kwan apt apts 2 wei aquiline nose ang go pei arbitrate gong duan arbitrator wo tou oa zhong yi arbitrate yang hui arch gong oa wang gong archer jian shou architect dai jang used in hong kong wak jik ge ardent meaning hot yin ar hei in in hei argyu bian bo hei aristocracy sei ga arithmetic sun fa arm upper arm so be fore arm so jau oa so gua the whole arm gian pang armory guan hei guo armpits gat lap dai arms bing hei army sam guan oa luk guan aromatic heng around jau wei around guo arrange oan pai oa jing chai oa tiao ting arir tou him arrest juk arrive do arrogant giao ngou arrogant qian fun guan hei guo ascenic sun sek oa yin yin arson phong pho art ei oa gong ei adamis ei archery hueh muk guan art fo archical gian oa gian artifice guai gai artificial yin sao zong artillery dai pao artilleryman pao sao artisan zhang yin oa zou gong yin oa sao meaning painter wah si artist loudun oa sun jik as ou chi oa jik yu oa yau jifu as a fitter oa ei asbestos ascent shuang oa shuang hui oa xing oa dung ascent way of ascent shuang hui zi lu oa shuang lu ascertain cha ming oa cha zhen ascetic sou liin ascribe ascribe to guai yu ashamed gian sao chi oa pao ashes fo hui ashore ai an shang to go ashore shang an aside soo mai ask mun meaning invite qing meaning beg for kao asland chae oa chae asleep fun asparagus tian muntung hui aspect ging sik oa mao oa guang ging asbestos guang wai aspirate pun qi aspire shuang shuang jun oa tam dae as leu zhik leu agrid as daibun jang asel gong asesin ci ha asalt gong da asalt as robbers da ge guat asae hao yim oa yim go asab assembly hui ascent oa heng oa wun aset oa hai oa lik yin ases gu sui ases wei yip oa wei tan haan ding asein tu ding gui assist bong zo oa ziao gu assistant yi shou assistant in government fu asise guan yi ga associeate shang yu guang lai an associate thong bun association hui asalt oa anpai asway gai asum yi wei oa ga zhe asuman name muu ming xian zi assurance in faith duk sun meaning presumption dam assure dam bo assured li guo yin asma hei chuan astonish ging zhe astound zhao ha astray dong sut astringent so sub yue liu astrology sing ho astronomy tian min asylum yuen asylum for children yuk ying thong zai oa hai at last zhut zi oa gau ging a first wa muu shang di zhe eklis di tou su atmosphere tian hi atum mii mod at once jik si ai su oa shi di oa zhou wo tou atrocity chan yin zi shi attach thiep ging oa thiep ging oa shang liin attachment thiep sum attack gong da oa gong gik attain dek do oa dek zi oa kap zi attempt si wei oa si zhao ha attend to lou sum attend at zai attend a point si fung oa fuk si meaning manage da li attendance gan ban attentive dim dim oa si sum attest zhok zheng attire zong ban attitude oa zhong mao attorney zong si oa xiao zhong si to act as attorney daai ban attorney general gong ga luat jeng si attract zhiao yin open oa sik auction tou mai meaning sell hame ye lan audacious go gam oa dai dam auditor auditor general hau sou si augment ga zheng oa tim august ying bai yu august wong aunt paternal aunt maternal aunt yi mao auspicious gut austere guk sok author zhou zu oa zhu zu zi yin oa zhu zu ge yin oa zhok ga authority kuen optimum chau tian avail avail oneself of chan oa seng oa chan si meaning be of use yau yik avarice tam chai oa tam la avenge bo chou average lai chia suan averse mu zhong yi oa mu lai fan avoid tui min oa be avouch ying zhan avow zhik wa await a week fen seng oa seng wild a week seng ding aware zi do away hui oa li oa wei gui outward chou lu oa mu yip si oa jui oa yu yi zhe jang oa bo jang harai mea x fu tou exo juan zhok hai loo oa hai acelia dou kuen fa acua chong sik bebo lu chou oa chou chao bebla chou chao ge yin baby asou zi bachelor mei chui the bag hui oa turn back fan oa hui juan behind one's back hui hao bin end of section 2 section 3 of English and Cantonese Dictionary this is a Librebox recording all Librebox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit Librebox.org English and Cantonese Dictionary by John Chambers revised and enlarged by Thomas Kurtman Deely section 3 section 3 back bite back bone back bone back door back slide back slide back stitch backward backward backward backward backward backward bacon bacon bad I I bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad low bad bad stupid bad wo i om bad bad bad bad bad bad bad Base 粗大尼, bake 烘 鵝 焗 Balance a balance 天平 meaning still yard 把呈 a small balance 尼等 to balance 底 鵝 箱底 鵝平對 the balance 淨銀 bold 光 鵝 粒 bald head 光頭 bell a bell bow to bell water 敷水 ball a ball 球 meaning cannon 砲子 鵝 bat 砲馬 ballad 曲 鵝 a ballad 一枝野 ballast 雜在 balloon 興起球 bosom a kind of flower 紫甲花 or 鳳鮮花 bamboo 粥 a bamboo bamboo 條粥 bamboo shoots 粥筍 banana 椒 band meaning tie 帶 meaning company 一對 or 一般 bandage a bandage 前帶 or 前帶 to bandage 前 bandbox 紙盒 bandage 擦火 or 匪黨 bandage legs 曲徑 or 八指腳 or 棒筆 bang 毒 bang 碰 or 棒 or 棒 bangle a banyan 熔樹 banish 衝棍 or 文官 bank of a river 河岸 or 海邊 bank for money 銀行 bankrupt 賭行 or 賭罩 banner 棋 a large banner 大圖 bannerman 棋下 banquet 酒席 banter 灰鞋 or 激笑 baptism 洗禮 baptize 施洗 be baptized 受洗 or 領洗 bar of a door moun san or 橫額 bar of a cage 橫籠 or 玩 barbarous 蠻 or 蠻宜 babo ga yu babo 梯頭人 bear 裸 or 赤 or 光 to bear mok or 坦 or 裂 bare face mou liem bargain to bargain gong ga settle a bargain gong ding ga chien bark of a tree 樹皮 bark to bark fei bali daimak pearl bali yi mai ban tian zong barometer 風雨浸 barren 藍著 bark 兩支半圍船 barracks 冰鵝 barrel 羊酒桶 barren of guam zek toi barren land zek too barricade san lan barrier 雜 or 保障 or 阻礙 barrister 帶狀詩 barrel 首車 barter 兌換 base meaning bottom 底 or 等 or 肌 or 腳 base meaning mean 皮柳 meaning bad 帶 basement 地牢 or 等 bashful 怕醜 basil sweet basil 紫蘇 basin 半 a small basin 碗 basket 藍 or 蘿 or 香 or 框 or 粒 or 泥 bastard 野仔 in abusive language 跪仔 based clothes 貪衣服 bastionado 打板子 bat 飛鼠 a bat 一隻飛鼠 bathe 洗身 battery 炮台 battle a battle 打仗一陣 body hose 腸療 or 腸療 bow 呼喊 bay of the sea one or old bayonet 槍頭劍 be 係 be in 喺 or 在 beach 海邊 beacon 煙燈 bead 豬 a string of beads 一串豬 a bead 一粒豬 big 嘴 beam a beam 涼木 or 調陣 to beam 發光 bean 斗 long or stringed bean 鬥角 French bean 邊鬥 or 面斗 bean sprouts 牙菜 bean curd 豆腐 bear meaning carry on the shoulder 擔 carry between two persons 台 bear on the back 咩 meaning endure 抵住 or 受 bearing a child 生 a bear a bear a bear bear bear bear bear bear bear bear bear bear bear bear bear bear bear bear bear bear bear bear bear 打, beat up x, etc. 花, meaning defeat 打敗, beautiful 大雅觀, beautiful 美, or 好看, or 好養, or 標誌, or 歪, female beauty, sick, beaver, 海雷, becomes 無風洗, or 聽風, because 因為 Mr. Mayor, 海森, backhand, 手招, or 入, become 成, or 為, or 做, meaning to grow, 生成, becoming, meaning fit, 合色, bad, 藏, a bad, 牛肉扒, beer, 啤酒, beat, 紅燕菜, beetroot, 紅菜頭, beetle, 甲蟲, before, 先, or 前, meaning formally, 從前, or 先時, before hand, 如先, befriend, 照顧, or 體恤, back, 刻, or 刻球, beget, 生, beger, 刻意, or 花子, begin, 初做, or 開手, or 埋手, or 起手, or 輕工, beginning, 始初, or 手, or 頭, be gone, 扯落, begoneer, 春海堂, be girl, 黑, or 黑話, be half, in behalf, 替代, behave, 行, behave towards, 代, behavior, 品行, behead, 斬頭, or 殺頭, behind, 後, to be behind, 喺後頭, behold, 顧住, or 體, similar to the low expression, 體, behoove, 利益, behoove, 應該, being, meaning existence, 有, or, 有者, belch, 打哀棄, globally, 若棄來, or 若, believe, 信, belch, 中, or 靈, hanging bell flower, 釣中花, belladonna, 顛茄, bellows, 風箱, or 皮牌, belly, 土, or 福, belong, 屬, or 關屬, beloved, 愛, or 所愛, below, 下, or 底下, or, 下底, or 下底, belt, 腰帶, or 帶維, bemon, 悲哀, bench, 板凳, magistrate's bench, 公安, bend, to bend, what hook, or, what hook, or 整 hook, or, 禮, a bend, one hook, beneath, 再下, or 喺下邊, or 喺下邊, benefactor, 因主, beneficent, 肯周率, benefit, 益, meaning grace, 恩責, to benefit, 智益, benevolence, 人愛, or 人, or 人德, united, 居客暗中, bend, cook, or cook, or 咬料, or 咬腰, bench of mind, 志氣, or 志向, bequeath, 流落, or 為足, bereaved, bereaved of 喪失, birth, 防偉, besiege, 肯求, beset, 為主, beside, 側邊, besides, 令外, besiege, 違困, besotted, 分迷, bespeak, 定, or 講定, best, 第一好, or 自好, or 頂好, or 十分好, bestow, city, or, cup, bet, 書賭, betel nut, that is, Carica Catatru, 賓羅, hence the expression, 君子賓羅, 刻意燕, that is, betel nut for the rich man, and tobacco for the beggar, betel pepper leaf, 老葉, betray, 賣婦, or 黑陷, betroth, of man, 定親, of women, 許平, better, 更好, a little better, 好啲, quite better, 好曬, between, 中間, or, something, and something, 之間, be well, I hope, beware, 提防, or, 關顧下, be wilted, 心亂, or 入迷路, or, 仿佛, bewitched, 鬼迷, beyond, somewhere 之外, or, somewhere 外, to go beyond, 過, bezoa, a kind of cow, 牛王, bias, pen, bit, 口水見, or, 口水溜, Bible, 聖經, bit, meaning order, 足付, meaning invite, 請, meaning offer, 出, bide, 等,過,內, beer, 混光架, big, 大, magnolia, 零消化, begot it, 固執, 過,來, or, 黎住本教, bio, 膽汁, bill, meaning big, 嘴, paper bill, 張單, bill of exchange, 回單, bill of lighting, 攬再子, billiard, 波, to play billiard, 打波, billiard room, 波樓, billows, 波浪, bind, 摘, or, 綁, or, 綁住, meaning agree, 約, binding books, 釘, or, 釘莊, binding of clothes, 捆編, or, 捆條, or, 緣, biography, 行藏, birch, 華木, bird, 鳥, or, 蕉鳥, small bird, 蕉仔, a bird, 一隻鳥, bird and beast, 禽獸, bird lime, 刺膠, bird's nest, edible bird's nest, 燕窩, birth, 生, birthday, 生日, biscuit, 餅乾, bit, of a bridal, 馬口鉗, meaning a piece, 塊, bitch, 狗毛, or, 狗喇, bite, 咬, a bite, 一淡, bitter, 腐, bitter, bitten, 豬爐, bitumen, 力清, by rough, 顯學, black, 黑, or, 黑色, black guard, 鋼棍, or, 爛仔, or, 爛口, blacking, shoe blacking, 鞋墨, black leg, 老家仔, blackmail, to blackmail, 石頭, blacksmith, 打鐵匠, bladder, 鳥包, animals bladder, 小桃, blade, blade of grass, 草葉, blade of a knife, 刀肉, shoulder blade, 飯匙骨, end of section 3. Section 4 of English and Cantonese Dictionary. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. English and Cantonese Dictionary by John Chamos, revised and enlarged by Thomas Kurtman Dilly. Section 4, blade of knife, 3 blade of knife, 三開刀, blame, 血黃色, blame, 罪, to blame, 彈, or, 怪, or, 紮, blameless, 無罪, blamange, 牛魚刀, blank, 空白, blanket, 白箭, less film, 褻毒, or, 磅毒, blast rocks, 打石炮, blaze, 火焰, or, 火光, or, 火氣, or, 火猛, bleach, 漂白, bleed, 咩, or, 咩聲, bleed, 流血, blamage, 污點, or, 病, or, 毛病, or, 下痴, blend, 和魂, or, 搞魂, blast, 足, or, 足福, blight, 殘, or, 閉, blind, 瞞眼, blind man's buff, 捉迷猛, or, 摸麻, blinds, 黏, vanishing blinds, 白葉腸, blank, 閃, blank the eyes, 啞, meaning, elude sight, 閃個眼, blitz, 覆, blister, 水泡, or, 水泡, to blister, 發水泡, blotted, 浮種, block, block of wood, etc., 頭, or 舊, block for printing, 板, pulley block, 鋁鑼, blockade, 左塞廣口, o, 左塞尊要, block head, 木偶人, 鵝, 矮腦, blood, 血, bloom, to bloom, 開花, blood, 桃污, blood out, 桃沫, 鵝, 茶. block, 酒渣, blow, meaning strike, 打, a blow, 打一下, blow as wind, 吹, blow the nose, 腎臂, blow out, 吹滅, blue, 藍色, 鵝, 電, blunder, 錯誤, blunt, 盾, 鵝, 短, 鵝, 癡外. blur, 蒙, 鵝, 模糊, lush, 發紅亂面, 鵝, 含羞, bluster, 吐布, bower constrictor, 網舍, 鵝, 鑄弓, board, board of wood, 木板, a board, 一塊板, meaning department, 布, board, meaning to eat with, 銅食, 鵝, 搭食, board oneself, 食自己, board a ship, 上船, boat, 京花, 鵝, 花, boat, 艇, 鵝, 三板, 鵝, 船, bob, 鵝, boarders, 門空, board kins, 鵝鵝, body, 士, 圦, 看, 鵝, 半池, bow, to boil 煲 or 撒p boiled 熟 boiling 滾 boiling with rage 心滾 boils 蒼 boiler 鍋 or 塔p or 煲 boisterous 煲 or 猛 bold bold 大膽 or 光偽 boister 大床寒 boat 扁 摘 樹 or 鐵棺 boat of a door 門山 boat 山 环 開花豹 colloquially �rhombthail 磅璧 flex 魚乾 磅 藥單 Money bond 借單 Meaning band 大 Bond servant 勞褲 蜂 骨 Bonnet 女母 蜂蜜 惡人 個 大頭蝦 Book 書 A book 一部書 個 寶 Bookcase 書櫃 Book binder 丁書人 Bookworm 道語 Metaphorically Referring to a student Boom 凡崗 Boomer 蠻村佬 Boot Her Booth 茅屋 鵝 Pa Bootpip 裝咬 Borax 磅沙 Boarder 邊 河 界 河 邊境 Boar 轉 河 村 Bond 生 河 出世 Borrow 借來 河 假借 Bottom 空懷 Botany 草木殼 Boach 弊家火 Both 兩個 Boarder 繁繞 鵝 露 Boarder 煙門 Boarder 樽 Boarder 腳 胡佬 Bottom 底 板 I'll bounce 跳 Boundary 交界 Boundless 無限 Boundiful 厚重 包 土包 打工 鵝 作一 煲 工 阿煲 一把工 Bowels 牆 鵝 土 煲 碗 Bowels 船頭筆 Box 箱 To box 拳打 鵝打拳頭 Boy 男仔 7 boy 時仔 鬼稱 Boy 時仔 Bracelet 手鴨 Bracelet 腹帶 Black 跨大 Bracket 跨口 Bread 難干 To braid 偏跡 鵝 奔 Bring 腦張 Bramble 經濟 鵝 蜡 Brand 脈烘 Branch 枝 Brand A brand 火把 鵝 鐵駱 To brand 駱印 Brandish 母 鵝 手母 Brandy 芭蘭地酒 Brass 銅 鵝 黃銅 Brassica 白菜 Brave 勇敢 Bravo 好 Brow 鬧膠 Brave 雷鳴 Bracen face 無念 Bracier 打銅人 鵝 奪銅人 Bridge loader 後堂炮 Bread 麵包 鵝 面頭 Bread 闊道 Break 打爛 鵝 整爛 鵝 鵝 鵝 節 Break off 斷 Break out 發 Break the law 飯飯 Break the bread 麥餅 Break wind 放屁 鵝 打屁 Breakfast 早飯 鵝 朝餐 Cream 邊魚 鵝 防雨 Breast 空前 Breast plate 湖心鏡 Breasts 奶 Breath 口氣 鵝 氣息 Breathe 頭氣 鵝 呼吸 Breathless 氣都絕 Bridge The bridge 團 鵝的 usage 篤 鵝 屎佛等 Bridges 撫 Breathe To breathe 生產 鵝 生 鵝 觸揚 Breathe Light breeze 風仔 Breath in 兄弟 Brew 釀 Breathe 撫路 鵝 買粥 Brewery 前神用事 Break 鵝 Common break 青磚 Break layer 泥水匠 鵝 泥水爐 Bright 新娘 鵝 新舖 鵝 深舖 Bright groom 新郎 Bridge 橋 A bridge 一道橋 Bridge of the nose 悲良 Bride of 薑 鵝 籠駱 Breathe 短 Break 兩支為船 Bright 光明 Brilliant 光朗 Green 鏡 Brimful 滿刀鏡 Brimstone 流亡 Bride 鹹汁 鵝 鹹水 Bring 淋 something 泥 鵝 淋 something 泥 鵝 帶 something 泥 Brindle 茄 鵝 鮮瓜 Brink 邊 鵝 膠芥 On the brink 將近 鵝 蚊 Briscuit 梅玉 Bristles 豬中毛 鵝 煎毛 Brittle 翠 Brot Food 鵝 廣闊 Broadcloth 帶泥 鵝 大用 Brocade 花短 鵝 焗短 Broccoli 白菜 Broc 土壇 Broil 燒热 Broker 經紀 Branko笑 鵝厚 Bronze 古童式 Broch A broch 鏗頭針 鵝 心口針 Brute 伏輪 鵝 布彈 Brook 溪 鵝 溪間 鵝 山水坑 Broom 把掃 鵝 掃把 Brother 老舉仔 鵝 腸寮 鵝 記管 Brother Elder brother 兄 鵝 哥 鵝 大佬 Younger brother 弟 鵝 小佬 Brother-in-law Her husband's brother-in-law 妻舅 A wife's brother-in-law 大伯 鵝 細叔 Brothers or sisters 姐夫 鵝 妹夫 鵝 鴝 鵝 beat 黑箔 鵝 中式 鵝 朱干式 Bruce Bruce the powder 燃爛 Bruce with a foot 踩 鵝 踩 Bruce due to hurt 雨傷 鵝 雨彩 Brush 刷 鵝 撒 A brush 一個撒 Brute 琴 瘦 Brutus 瘦 心 Bubble 浮 浦 Bubble up 噴 賞 Bubble 魚口 Buck 鹿公 Bucket 桶 A hanging bucket That is a well bucket 吊桶 Buckle 扣帶環 個 帶扣 Buck wheat 三角麥 Bud 牙 鵝 木 Flower bud 嵝 土筆 發牙 鵝 豹木 鵝 出嵝 Buddhism 佛教 Buffalo 水牛 Buffoon Mel Buffoon 南丑 Female Buffoon 女丑 Buffoonery 雜腳 Buck 木室 Build 起 鵝 建造 鵝 捉 包 頭 Buck To break bulk 開窗 Bucket 太大 鵝 大個 布 牛公 Bullet 子彈 鵝 馬 Bullock 線牛 Bullock's branch 牛腦 Bulley 蝦 Bullock's 蘭南 鵝 蘭維 Bullock's of a city 鵝 Fort 城門 Bum 屯 鵝 屯燈 鵝 屁股 鵝 尾督 Bum boat 雜貨艇 Bum To bum 碰著 Bum down 燈 鵝 燈 Bum shoes 礦牌 Bunch A bunch 一把 鵝 一強 鵝 一球 鵝 一舊 奔到 包 鵝 紮 鵝 粥 Bum 粥 鵝 質 Bungler 劣工人 Boy 撈飄 鵝 撈桶 To boy 浮起 鵝 浮起 Burden 丹頭 鵝 負印 Burgary 夜蝕 鵝 打明火 Burmer 緬甸 Burn To burn Seal 鵝 燒壞 Burn with an iron Not Burnish 磨光 Burrow 爬地窿 Burst 包 鵝 紮 Bursting To eat to bursting 抑肚吐包 Bursting with rage 紮頸 Burry 埋葬 鵝 壯山 Bush 小樹 鵝 蜜蟲 鵝 枝葉 Busho 鵝 pack 斗 English Busho 七斗 Business 事幹 Meaning trade 生意 Meaning a calling 事業 鵝 頭腦 Business like 合屎例 Busho 忘束 鵝 貧能 Busy 未閒 鵝 視望 鵝 有事 Meaning diligence 勤力 Busy body 故事之人 But 但 鵝 但係 鵝 為係 Meaning accept 徐曉 鵝 屠夫 鵝 屠戶 To butcher 湯 Butcher bird 百僚 Butler 管家 End of Session 4