 Section 32 of English and Cantonese Dictionary. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information on the volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. English and Cantonese Dictionary by John Chambers, revised and enlarged by Thomas Kirkman Dili. Section 32. Polypods. Polypods. Polyps, Polyps, Polyps, Polyps. Polyps, Polyps. Polyps, Polyps, Polyps, Polyps, Polyps, Polyps, 河茶頭糕 河香發油 Pomegranate 石柳 Pomfret 蒼魚 White Pomfret 白蒼 Black Pomfret 黑蒼 Yellow Pomfret 黃立蒼 Small Pomfret 花蒼 Long Fint Pomfret 瓜子蒼 Pomfret to Pomfret 徐等 河打 Pomfret 繁華 Pomfret 價子大 Pomfret Fish Pomfret 池糖 河魚池 河魚糖 Lotus Pomfret 蓮糖 To drink a pomfret 乾糖 Ponder 墨賞 河 墨絲 河 墨念 河 心賞 河 世賞 Ponderous 重 河 重大的 河 淡淡重 A ponderous business 甚重大的事 Pomfret 祖 Pomfret 醜 Steve O'Rourke Pomfret 生醜 Soft Pomfret 熟醜 Real Pomfret 仿醜 Unlimited Pomfret 錦醜 Rust Colored Pomfret 樹梁醜 Pontiff 羅馬的教臥 Pomfret 西瓜扁船 Pomfret 少馬 Pomfret 池 Pomfret 水淡 A hole for tree planting 泥淡 King Wends Pomfret 凌晶 Pomfret 雪梅流 河 周後流 Pomfret 貧窮 Pomfret 貧寒 As poor as a church mouse 貧魚鼠 Absolutely profit is stricken 一貧魚洗 Extremely poor 貧刀夾 Contended though poor 安貧 Poor health 唔受用 Pop a sound Glocally Pop sound To pop out 伸出來 He popped his head out of the doorway 佢又門口伸出頭來 Pop 教皇 Poppy 唔叔 嗰 唔叔花 The white poppy 唔叔子 Imitative word for opium 嗰附用 Populous 雪紋 嗰白星 Popular 文愛 Population 戶口 嗰人丁 嗰人口 嗰人煙 Porcelain 慈 Porcelain wear 慈氣 嗰幽世慈氣 Porch 頭門拱 嗰拱棚 Poppy 箭豬 嗰山豬 Poise 毛孔 Poise 婆 白桥 Pop 豬肉 Pop 丑 豬排骨 Pop Tripping 豬肉油 Pigs Trotters 豬腳 Poppus 豬魚 婆 江豬 Porridge 脈粉羹 Featherly cooked oatmeal 煮熟脈粉 Coarse oatmeal 粗脈粉 Fine oatmeal 幼細脈粉 Pot A pot 港口 嗰浮頭 嗰海門 C pot 近海嘅浮 Free pot 不抽碎嘅浮 To go from pot to pot 過浮 Pot side 船左 Pot clearance 紅排 鵝 船出口子 Potent 空少 Potter Potter and a gate 安門宮 Meaning carrier 跳虎 Common street Potter 丹淡佬 A superior kind of Potter 丹州府 Potter 波打走 Bodicle 巡郎 嗰有郎 嗰門樓 嗰外郎 Portfolio 書甲 Portion 糞紙 嗰糞 嗰糞額 Potence cement 英禮 Most commonly known as 紅毛禮 Potely 肥妝 Portmanteau 背包 鵝 大皮袋 Here is a portmanteau containing a big sum of money 佢有大皮袋內在好多銀兩 Portrait 真 鵝 長 鵝 上 To paint a portrait 寫真 鵝 畫像 This is a portrait of my mother 呢個係我冇嘅像 I drew his portrait in pencil 我用原筆畫佢嘅像出嚟 Portrait 寫真 Portrait 安門府 Portugal 西洋鍋 葡萄牙鍋 Portugese 西洋人 Post To post 查文 Position 地位 鵝 景遇 鵝 位次 Man in your position 居理嘅地位 He is a man of eminent position 佢係居高位嘅人 Positively 一定 鵝 偏偏 Pussy 壯勇 Possess 有 鵝 常有 He possesses millions of dollars 佢有千百萬能源 He possesses great wealth and ability 佢有多才及多能 The spiritual possession of him 佢心失望 Possessed by a demon 鬼迷 Possessions 所有 British possessions 英國俗國 Possible 做得 鵝 做得嘅 鵝 能 鵝 得 Let me hear from you as speedily as possible 請有咁快得咁快通與我知 At the lowest possible price 嘉賓都極 As negative as possible 有咁得咁 It is possible 可以做得 Post meaning a pillar 知處 A stone post 石柱 A railway post 火車路嘅點頭 To hold a post 蕩職 The post has been filled 已經有人當此職 An easy post 簡決 An ordinary post 終決 A realism post 繁決 A good that is profitable post 好決份 One waiting for a post 後決 It applies for the post of fourth club in this office 佢入品求取第四寫字嘅決 Let the post 通書信 鵝 書信館 鵝 亦 Postage 信之 Poster 街招 Postman 大書信人 鵝 派信人 鵝 千里馬 Postman horse 快馬 Postmaster general 亦無詩 Post office 書信館 Post office order 書信館嘅回單 Postal note 書信館嘅字單 Posteria 後 鵝 後來 鵝 再後 Posterity 子孫 鵝 後裔 May your posterity increase like locusts 中詩演繫 Postbone 展援 鵝 改期 鵝 推遲 Postcript 再不 鵝 再說 鵝 再者 鵝 又及 鵝 再魂 Posture 形勢 Pot 湖 鵝 湖 Chamber pot 邊湖 鵝 野湖 To boil in pot 煲 Colocary 塔 Flower pot 花盆 Potage 餃 Potato 荷蘭薯 鵝 薯仔 Sweet potato 番薯 Potbelly 肥肚腩 鵝 金汁 Potbelly 豬包腩 Potency 勢力 鵝 功力 Potence 有力 鵝 有能 鵝 有權 Potful 一壺滿 A potful of tea 一壺茶 Potluck 邊飯 鵝 上飯 To take potluck 吃邊飯 Pot herb 湯茶 Pothouse 小酒店 Potage 湯 鵝 鵝 A mess of potage 一豆鵝 To make potage 煮熟墨粉 Pottery 鴨氣 鵝 Pottery kill 鴨腰 Pouch 狼 鵝 A good for nothing That is a beer, wine, skin and rice bag 走廊飯袋 Potra 賣雞姐 Potice 鵝蒼材料 Put on potice of rice 比爛飯鴨 Potry 雞鴨 Pounce upon 腸 To pounce upon the rocket sticks On a second day of a second moon 腸砲頭 Pound To pound as rice 中 To pound a whole rice 中米 To pound chutnam 中灰沙 Meaning rub and grind 類 Referring to the weight 磅 或十二兩 Referring to the money 一磅 或英國金仔 Pour out 針 或 賭出 Pour in 露 或 灌入去 He poured out the tea from the teapot 佢有湖 針茶出嚟 I poured water into the basin 我倒水入盤 The rain poured in torrents 大雨傾盆以下 Provisions poured in from all quarters 四樹有食物入嚟 He poured more oil into the lamb 加針油入燈 Or more wine in 露入多啲酒 Pound 英純 過 突嘴 Powder 粉 過 抹 根 powder 火藥 Medicine powder 藥傘 Tooth powder 牙粉 To grind to powder 磨傘 We may break stone to powder But the dust will remain 中石成粉 Power 材能 或 勢力 或 拳兵 The power of wine 酒力 Full power 全拳 In my power 我可能 Not in our power 我等唔能 To gain power 得拳兵 Powerful 大拳兵的 或 強的 He is a powerful prince 佢係拳世嘅王子 A powerful state 強國 Powerless 無財 或 無力量 Box Minincipitalist 生丁兵 或 金窗 Chicken pox hostels 豆窗 Small pox hostels 豆腩 Small pox 豆腩 Chicken pox 水斗 Spontaneous small pox 天行斗 或 出斗 Infected with small pox 鹽斗 Inoculate with small pox By blowing the virus through the nose 苗斗 Inoculate with lancet or by blowing 中斗 Small pox scape 豆家 或 豆鹽 Pox mark 豆花 或 豆皮 God or goddess of small pox 豆腩 Goddess of small pox Dao Mo Enough section 32 Section 33 of English and Cantonese Dictionary This is a LibriVox recording All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain For more information on the volunteer Please visit LibriVox.org English and Cantonese Dictionary By John Chambers Revised and enlarged by Thomas Kirkman-Deely Section 33 Practicable 可用 或 洗得 或 可以做得 Practical joke 整頓人的 A practical plan 可成的計 A practical sailor 熟手的水手 Practice 習練 Practice makes it natural 習慣成自然 Practice speaking 習口音 Praise 讚美 或 讚善 或 包獎 或 清善 Praise 跳 或 考來跑去 Praise 知知渣渣 或 網語 或 虛譚 Prato Glowkuli 意耀耀 或 啲啲 或 嘔耀 或 閒談 或 空言 Prance 名蝦 Dried prance 蝦米 Pray 祈禱 或 祈求 I pray you 請 To pray for rain 祈雨 To pray for an injunction 求觀出論 Pray a book 祈禱文嘅書 Prayer 討告 After prayer 討文之後 At prayers 祈禱之時 Morning prayers 朝早嘅討文 Preach 宣傳 或 講書 或 講道 To preach the gospel 講福音 To preach peace 講和 Truth has been preached for years 真道以孫講多年 He preached little sermons to his brothers and sisters 佢孫講短簡道理 於其輕媒聽 Precarious 險險得 Warning notice Danger 險樹 His house is very precarious 佢病勢十分險 He is at the present moment in hospital in a very precarious condition 佢如今喺醫院形勢甚險 Precaution 預防 Proceed 再先 Meaning go first 先行 Go ahead a little 你先行一步 或 佔先頭 To proceed another 先個別人 Presidents 先 或 前者 To take precedence 為首 或 為上 The order of presidents 為前罪 或 長有罪 To give him precedence 讓佢為首 To let him take precedence 讓佢先行 Presidents By seniority 罪詞 President 先起例 或 成安 或 前友嘅事 Preceding 先 或 先啲 The preceding month 上月 The preceding week 前個禮拜 Precept 教訓 或 規條 或 針規 Precession of the Equinosis 稅差 Presents 警戒 或 交戒 Precious 寶貝 或 珍寶 或 龜重的 Precious stone 寶石 Precious things 寶物 Precious 藝衙 或 山崖 Precipitation 忙促 To precipitate 傾頂 Precipitation 藝聳 或 衙 Precise 端方 或 端正 或 正經 或 端莊 或 正正的 Can you tell me the precise meaning of this word? 你可以將此字的正義解我之呢? Precisely 正 或 啱啱 I went out precisely at 12 o'clock noon 正正5時12點鐘我出去 Preclude 阻隔 或 免治 或 不比 He is precluded from any opportunity 使他沒有機會 To preclude any idea 隨意 或 免除 各意 Precautious 老辣 或 寧 或 少年老成 A precocious child 生子老成的童 Preconceive 如故 Predecessor 先任 或 上手 Predetermined 預定 Predicament 形勢 或 情形 He has got into a very odd word predicament 舉如其難的事 Predict 預言 或 預先話 I cannot predict how things will be in future 我不迫得後事如何 Predispose 先向 Predominate 贏過 Pre-eminent 出類 或 出眾 或 超群 或 超常 Pre-eminently 最好 或 超群的 Pre-eminently Virtuous 得幸個人 Pre-eminently Good 以善性人 Pre-eminently Wicked 以惡過人 Pre-emption 先買的權 Pre-engaged 先應 Preface 輸罪 A short preface 小人輸罪 To write a preface 作罪 或 寫小人 Prefect 支付 The Prefect of Chiu Chao 潮州府官 His Honor The Prefect 太府 或 府尊 Prefecture 府 或 郡 The Prefecture of Guang Chao 廣州府 From which Prefecture are you? 你係乜郡呢? The first Prefecture in the province 首郡 A prefecture exclusive of the prefectural city 府郡 Prefer 寧愛 或 寧願 或 更愛 I prefer tea to coffee 我鍾意查更多個咖啡 You prefer the waiting 舉寧願等候 Preferment 高貴嘅職貴 Prefigure 如影 Prefects 落起頭 或 落頭頂書 Pregnant 懷孕 或 有身己 或 駝胎 Glocule 大土婆 或 有土 或 有胎 或 有孕 或 有綠隔 A pregnant woman 孕婦 The lady is joyful That is pregnant 夫人有喜 Prejudice 偏見 I'm prejudiced against this form of religion 我不如只等教門 His conduct prejudiced me against him 佢嘅行為令我先珍護佢 To prejudice a person 害人 或 選人 To prejudice a business 無事 Preliminary 引起 或 引起嘅 I have taken the preliminary steps 我已經先行撤法 Preliminary ceremonies 初行嘅禮 Premature 太早 或 未熟 Premature birth 小產 Premature death 早死 Premeditated 預先上出 Premises 行 或 屋宇 或 住所 Premium 賞 Referring to money 賞銀 Preoccupied 先得到 或 先取 或 住先 Prepare 準備 或 整備 或 預備 或 整定 To prepare battleships for war 預備戰船開戰 To prepare fully 備齊 To prepare medicine 炮製藥 To prepare for a journey 預備起程 To prepare rice 煮飯 To be prepared for 防備 Prepare 先交銀 Preponderate 月寵 Proposition 家管治 Preposterous 荒唐 或 唔入里 或 乖丹 Prepose 羊物前皮 Pirogative 篤拳 Presage A presage 肖頭 Presbyter 教會的長老 或 會長 Presbyterian 長老的 The Presbyterian Church 長老教會 Prescription 藥方 To write out prescriptions 開藥方 To compound a prescription 合藥 或 執藥 Presence 面前 Presence of mind 淡定 或 定見 In your presence 在你面前 In the presence of the emperor 雨前 Presence chamber 內朝 或 內庭 Present Presence time 今 To be present 在 A present 禮物 To present 宋 或 獻上 Present or journey 戰行禮 I have brought you a present of two melons 我買兩個瓜來 送過你 Who are present 或 學禮 A present made in return 答禮 或 答謝 A liberal present 後禮 The present dynasty 本朝 The present year 今年 At the present time 今日 或 今世 To present a petition 帝品 Presently 就家 或 就來 Preserve 守住 或 保存 或 存下 To make up her mind to remain unmarried 居立心守節 To preserve in sugar 用糖煎 Sugar images carried in possessions at weddings 享堂 Preserves 糖果 To preside over 掌管 或 為掌 To preside at a meeting 為會掌 President 回頭 President of a republic 總統 Vice president 副總統 Press  oppress Press 貴 Press oil 炸 Printing press 印書盤 The representatives of the press 新聞指管暴使人 Press to press 押住 或 壁 或 炸 或 銀 To press sugar cane 炸謝 To press steadily 押住 To press solid 押實 Pressing 急切 Prestige 聲勢 Loose prestige 失體面 Presume 膽敢 或 請 或 感當 或 善 Presume on 此 或 已此 I don't presume to say much 我不敢多言 How can I presume? 起敢 To presume on oneself 自此 To presume on one's relations 此有手足 To presume to act 善自作為 Presumative 無根的望 或 網自 Presumative hope 虛妄 Pretend 托言 或 遮掩 或 揚為 A pretence of authority 揚為有權 Pretend 炸 或 揚 或 貌為 或 自稱 或 自己話 To pretend not to see That is to wink at 炸不見 To pretend to sleep 炸睡 To pretend to be foolish 炸鬼炸馬 To pretend ignorance 揚作不知 It pretends to be mad 炸煉 To pretend to be ill 炸病 或 炸作有病 Pretest 托孤 或 托者 或 直孤 To get up a pretest to cause trouble 直端生事 Excuse oneself by a pretest 直孤推遲 Practise 一掌 或 審視 Pretty 好看 或 靚 或 美 或 月目 Pretty well 幾好 See if it be pretty or not 睇靚唔靚 As pretty as an orange 金頭咁靚 This kind is the prettiest 知靚係咁 Thank you Pretty well 好話 麻麻地 End of Section 33 Section 34 of English and Cantonese Dictionary This is a LibriVox recording All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain For more information on the volunteer please visit LibriVox.org English and Cantonese Dictionary by John Chambers Revised and enlarged by Thomas Kirkman-Dilly Section 34 Preveal Yeah Meaning a bound 風聲 To prevail on one to come 雪人來 To prevail on one by words 講服 Prevailant 性行 或 多 或 通行 For many centuries Buddhism has been the most prevalent form of religion 有許多百年 佛教 講行 天下 Pervaricate 唔講心 或 閃縮 或 粒三粒四 或 口是心非 Prevent 左 或 免治 或 唔比 I prevented his coming 我免治他來 To prevent trouble 免和 或 免路 或 省市 It was prevented by illness from coming 因有病他冇黎 There is nothing to prevent him entering 冇嘢阻止佢入 Previously 預先 Price 價錢 或 價 Only one price 真不易價 True or real That is fixed price 實價 Hold on to your price You will sell eventually That is wait till you are appreciated 代價已估 The market price 市價 The current price 市價 The price is exorbitant 價錢重 To hold out for a higher price 高台時價 To sell under price 估價太賤 What price did it fetch? 新過幾多銀 Prick 慘刺 A prick 條刺 或 管刺 He pricked me with a pin 佢以大頭針刺我 To prick up the years 新高對議 Pricking 斜 Prickles 立 或 刺 Prickly heat 熱沸 或 沸子 Pride 傲氣 To display pride 起傲氣 Pride of India 心目 或 苦練 Priest Jewish 濟師 Buddhist 或 想 Vagali Known as 無渣瀨 That is nothing to lay hold of on account of their shaven heads Taoist 道士 Roman Catholics 神父 Alarm priest 喇嘛針 To turn priest 替發修行 Prim 於父 Prime 第一 或 首 或 上等 Prime cost 本錢 Prime minister 拜上 或 再上 Primitive 原本 Primrose 年慶花 Prince 君 或 親王 The head apparent 太子 The imperial prince 王子 The prince and his ministers 皇大臣 或 君臣 Princess 公主 或 皇帝的女 或 國君的女 A sovereign princess 君主 Principal 頭一個 或 Principal thing 根本 Principal money 本錢 The principal of a school 掌教 To be the principal 為頭 或 為手 The principal idea 最重要的意義 Principal actor 正生 The principal wife and concubine 齊切 The principal gate 正門 或 頭門 Principality 幫國 Principally 大改 或 大約 或 多 Principles 道理 或 理 He is a man of high principles 他是定見的人 The principal of nature 聖理 Every man his own principles 國執己見 The principal of human nature 人性的你 Print 印 The print for gratuitous distribution 印送 Printed color codes 印化部 He is the printer and publisher of the 鍾愛新報 他是鍾愛新報印字館主 Printing office 印書館 Prior Meeting Buddhist abbot 方丈 或 第二位和尚頭 Prison 監房 A prison for females 女監獄 He is in jail doing hard labor 他坐監作虎工 Commit to prison 禁入監內 Prisoner 監犯 Prisoner of war 虎 或 虎頭 Private 私家 Meaning secret 物 或 秘密 或 人 A private gentleman 居事 Private conversation 私談 Private effects 家私 For private use 為私家用的 My private account 我私家掃墓 His private opinion 舉自己私密的意見 Private Legislum lucidum 山水鄉 Privilege 臭巧 Private counsel Private counsel 內閣 Private A private 刺坑 To go to the private 去出工 Private seal 國王的私隱 Price A price 賞 或 賞次 或 賞號 To win the price Yeah A valuable price is awarded 賞次貴重嘅賞物 To gain a price 得賞物 Price up 票起 Probably 或者 Most probably 大概 或 派掛 Probation 試驗 Prove Approve 針 或 Prove A silver probe 銀探針 Prove scissors 開傷口嘅展 To probe 俾針探下 Problem 索文嘅語 或 未定真假嘅事 Problematical 或有或冇 Proposals 賬筆 或 賬臂 Procedure 所行嘅事 或行為 或法子 Proceed 前進 或 上前去 Proceed from 出 或 出乎 I quickly proceeded to the hotel 我即時去酒店 The man proceeded to work 個人去做功夫 Process 法子 The process of colonization 開復嘅法 Now in process of construction 現時見開美元 In process of time 將來 The process of making paper 制止嘅法 Procession Adulteress Procession 菩薩出油 To hold a procession 出匯 A procession of Buddhist priests 一群和尚出行 Proclaim 宣傳 或 曉雨 或 告示 To proclaim the gospel 宣傳福音 To proclaim for general information 出示曉雨 To proclaim by voice 口酸 Proclamation A proclamation 告示 Imperial proclamation 宣告 Confirm nobility by proclamation 告否 To confer for filmers' honors by proclamation 告證 Proclamation decreased conferring rank from 1st to 5th degrees 告明 To issue a proclamation 出告示 Proclivity 篇桂一扁 Procrastinate 推遲 過路過列 第一條 Put up from day to day 日推一日 Procurator 承辦人 Procure 穩得 或 得到 或 拿到 Prodigal 車話 或 浪費 A prodigal 浪子 Prodigous 最大 或 奇異 或 極大 A prodigous mass of water 一片大水 A mountain of prodigous height 個高高的山 A lion of prodigous size 一巨大的獅子 Prodigy 征怪 Produce 出 或 生出 或 產 Product 產物 或 口產 The product of prison labor 監犯所做的物 Profane 威蝕 Professor 明鏡 或 自稱 Profession Meaning a calling 業 或 事業 或 腳色 Literary profession 學業 Medical profession 醫業 He is a doctor by profession 他的業是行醫 By profession, he is a teacher 他是教學的師 He is a member of the medical profession 他入醫生學 Professional 事業的 He is a professional boxer 他常以打拳腳為生 A professional actor 以造氣為生 He is a professional juggler 他以赤髮為生 Professor 教師 或 先生 或 書院大教師 或 學師 Professorship 學師的職 Profession 放 或 問人要否 或 求收 或 求收 Profession 半邊面 或 半邊相 或 半面象 Profession 利益 Profession 贊 或 利 或 得利益 Profession Profession provides 依你嘅指示而取 Survey Make a Large profit 或 大利 Leaving you handsome prophet 洗你多窩利 declared 毛德贊OSS 贊 A Good prophet 係 Strong on present prices On the present period 包圍 100% profit 就是 100% profit 大利 對見你,我,對合你 Profitable 有益,我,有贊 Provocate 散蕩花燒 惡浪費 惡放蕩 Provocate 敗家仔 Profound 心,我,心沉 Profound knowledge 學問心 Profusion 太多 Here we observed flowers in profusion 我哋見哩樹有許多美花 Progeny 子孫 惡,後裔 To die with our progeny is the most unfilial act 死而無後乃最大,不孝 A numerous progeny 子孫槍性 Prognosticate 占卜 惡,占卦 惡,卜卦 惡,打卦 Hence teeth chattering with cold That is rattling like a fortune teller's ivory stick skew When he is about to use them professionally 牙齒打卦 Program 如定丹目 惡,齒聚丹 The program of the procession 如定丹 Theater play bill or program 氣丹 Progress 前進 惡,上進 惡,進益 Prohibit 禁介 惡,禁止 Smoking prohibit it 禁止食煙 Project 突出嚟 惡,發 Prolabs 罪,落 End of Section 34 Section 35 of English and Cantonese Dictionary This is a LibriVox recording All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain For more information on the volunteer please visit LibriVox.org English and Cantonese Dictionary by John Chambers revised and enlarged by Thomas Kirkman-Dealy Section 35 Prominent 罪,惡,忍 Prolific 善生 惡,罪多生的 Prologue 小忍 惡,思嘅罪 Prologue 拖長 惡,整長 惡,阻耐 Prominent 遊行嘅外地 Prominent 突 Prominent 突出 Prominent 突出 Promissory Note 結單 Promiscuous Mixing 混雜 亂雜 Promiscuous Use 共用 同用 Promiscuous Intercourse 云合 Promise 應成 Promise 食然 惡,失送 惡,反口 惡,吾依口齒 Full of Promise 大有可望 Promotory 海表 惡,生嘴 Promote 助 Promote a man 提拔 He is promoted to the first rank 佢升上一品 Promoted in rank 升官 Promoted to a high post 高升 Promotion and degradation 升降 Prompt 快節 To Prompt 提醒 個指引 Promotor Gate 波揚 個全港 偏向 惡,會 Pronounce 講出黎 話出 Pronunciation 口音 口欠 Incorrect pronunciation 口音吾證 Correct pronunciation 口音合 Proof 憑句 Print a Proof 打稿 Thank you for this proof of your confidence in me. 多謝你嘅深信於我 Tangible proof 執拒 Mere words are not proof 口說無憑 There is proof 有憑 Prop to Prop 頂起 Or 處 Prop 調撐 This old house is shot up with props. Props Props Props Props This old house is shot up with props. Props Props Props Props Props Props Props Props Props Props Props Props Props propel, 推切, or 洗 something, 行, propensity, 偏向, or, 迫性, proper, 着, or 合, or 合當, or 合而, the proper way to do it, 合而的法, not proper for you to do.不合理做, his proper name is Wang Ming, 佢精明係王明, you are a proper fool, 你真係外人, property, 產業, or 家業, or 財, meaning nature, 性, or 性格, personal property, 自己嘅業. This quote is my property, 呢件衫係我嘅物, prophecy, 講未來事, or 未 book 先知, prophet, 先知, prophetess, 女先知, propitiate, 和返, or 玩會, propitous, 自長. propitous time, etc., 格, or 好, proportion, rule of proportion, 比例, or 配法, only a very small proportion, 不過一小份, due proportion, 合配, in due proportion, 照法, or 依法. plainness and ornament are in due proportion, 文質相配, proposal, 所說嘅話, or 指陳的事, to make a proposal to a lady, 問女肯配人否, propose, 陳說, or 出主意. What do you propose to yourself? 理立意若何, I propose to go today, 我肉今日去, respectfully propose, 驚陳, proprietor, 原主, or 原人, propriety, 禮數, or 禮儀, contrary to propriety, 背禮, prosecute, go, meaning pursue, 趕起, or 追, or 拿, prosecutor, 原告, proselyte, 原教, or 新入教者, or 改教者, prospect, 光景, prospect for go, 探金, prosper, 慶望, or, prosper, 光景, prospect for go, 探金, prosper, 慶望, or 發達, may I prosper throughout the four seasons, 四季慶農, may I prosper throughout the year, 周年皇上, prosperity, 吉昌, or 歷史, prosperity in all things, 萬事順利, prosperity in all things, prosperous, 長勝, or 萬事聖意, a prosperous man, 發達的人, a prosperous voyage, 一路平安, a prosperous business, 生意興旺, prosperous both in family and purse, 丁財兩旺, prostitute, 倡婦, or 民偶, prosperity in both families and purse, to buy a free person, to be a prostitute, 買良為倡, to prostitute, 浪用, to lead a life of prostitution, 當倡, prostrate, 傾倒, prostrate oneself, 撲倒樹, or 撫腹, to prostrate on the ground, 復地, protect, 保佑, or, 萬哨, prosperity, 所照顧, protest, 告訴, or 話心吾復, Protestant, in Christianity, 耶穌教, protect, torture, to project from day to day, 一言一日, to project payment, 言教, Protestant, 特, or, 特出, Protestant,  eye, 特眼, proud, 驕傲, a proud exposition, 驕盛, proud, that is, kindness, flesh, 欲欲, proof, 證實, meaning verify, 精嚴, proverb, 俗語, or 成語, or 針言, everyone knows that his patience is proverbial, 人人皆知佢係罪能忍嘅人, death is proverbially uncertain, 照俗語運人死無定期, provide, cup, or 預備, provide against, 提防, to provide against, 防備, to provide against family, 防機, to provide beforehand, 欲防, to provide with, 功, to provide with food, 功善, a shop that provides entertainments, 包辦館, 貫管, Providence, 化身保養, 鵝, 天命, 鵝, 造化主, Divine Providence watched over him, 有神力保佑他, Providencial, 天主定, Province, 省, Native Province, 本省, China is divided into 18 provinces, 中國分18省, Province in sense of authority, 權衡, 我本份, It is not within the province of this court to issue a warrant, 指揚本無權出票, It is quite outside my province to do this, 這件事吾入我本份做, Provincial, 省城, Provincial Authorities, 省獻, The 10th Governor or Provincial Treasurer, 保靜史詩, 鵝, 凡詩, Provincial Judge, 聶詩, The 2 Chief Commissioners of the Provincial Government, 凡聶兩詩, The Provincial Government, 督府詩道, Provisions, 涼草, 鵝, 口糧, Dry Provisions, 乾糧, White Provisions, that is rice, 白糧, To provision a ship, 公船伙食, The Provisions of a treaty, 條約, The Provisions of this ordinance, 此例嘅定款, Or 此例各款, Provincial, 若內嘅條款, Provoke, 野, 鵝, 激, To provoke rebellion, 激反, Proud, 船頭, Proud, 出野, 鵝, 暗中獄取, 鵝, 走東走西, Proxy, 代理, 鵝, 代辦, Prudence, 智慧, Prudence, 會思量, 鵝, 口打算, Prune to prune, 省之業, prunes, 梅子, dried prunes, 乾梅, pressure, 報國, Prussian blue, 陽電, Pride, 歸貪, To pry into, 似貪, Sam's, 聖詩, Samodhi, 長聖詩嘅法, Sotr, 聖詩嘅書, Psoriasis, 乾瘤, Puberty for female, 天貴, For male, 成酮, Volgalee, 發生, Public, 公, Public, 百姓, Public granary, 宜昌, Public debt, 國債, Public expenditure, 公費, Public office, 衙門, Public business, 公事, Public opinion, 眾議, Public school, Public garden, 公眾遊樂嘅花園, PWD, 公務司, Public duties, 國家所辦嘅事, Public use, 通用, Publicin, 開酒店主人, Publication, 印書嘅事, public spirit 公心 義氣 publish books etc. 出賣 to publish the list of successful 書寨 graduates 出圈 poker 咒賣 poker the mouth 咪賣口 pudding puddle iron puddle 炒鐵 muddy watertight 整泥辦底 a puff a puff of smoke a puff of yin a puff of wind a puff of wind a puff of breath 口氣 to puff puffed up 自門 puny judge phonipsy puh wah wah puh to puh to puh a bell or a punker man to puh a rickshaw lie or a chair to puh down ta to puh off to puh out manchang to puh tight man gen to puh apart man saw to puh the punker man fong sin to puh up chieh hei puh up your shoes but hei hai won't puh out a hair that is won't spend anything but to puh down a house cha nguk to puh to pieces cha sai how shall we puh it to pieces that is how shall we get out of the difficulty yam ma chak phat puh lech gei zai or gei hong puh li luat lo puh li block cha ga puh nong the puh of fruits guo yong puh pit gong sui thai puh of lentils doh the puh muh the puh in the wrist muh muan to feel the puh on muh guo ba muh guo thai muh to hit a pulse that is a vital spot dim muh the geomantic pulse subterranean water courses dei muh pulverize fen sui end of section 35 section 36 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 Dilley section 36 pumice fau se pumidu bo lu or yau zi or lo yau pum sok thong or wun sui hei ko sui dim to pump sok or da sui or cha sui shuang li pumpkin dong gua flat yellow pumpkin fan gua pun shuang guan chui xiao punch a punch tie zhong or gyi an zhok punctilious zhap shi punctil yi qi or yi zheng qi or hap zheng shi punctuate dim duan or dim sui puncture zham punctuant la punctuant remarks li hai ge yu punctuant taste red pepper la jiao fun shuang or zhap shuang to punish severely ha la shuang to punish with a whip bin that or bin chi or bin boi to punish with decapitation zheng fa punishment yin fat the five punishments wong yin both of punishments yin boi light punishment fun yin punishment of whipping through the streets you yin punishment by branding and mutilation yu yin subject one to punishment by torture ga yin or heng yin or yong yin puncture fun shen to put a puncture dim man fun shen to put up a puncture fun go fun shen to take down a puncture chui hui fun shen puny wai shai or shai xiao bup geu zi pupil of the eye thong yin meaning scholar man sang or bup geu zi show gui zi hee or mok gong zi hee verb line lan mong or bun ma purchase mai purchase money mai ga pure qing gie pure silver pure wine qing jiu pure water qing sui pure love pure and simple gui yin hee or jing jing hee or shab juk hee purgative se yue a mild purgative heng se yue reduce fever by a purgative se fo purgatory lian yu purify shi dik or gie jing or jing guan jeng this medicine will purify the blood lady yue xing len qing hui purple puu tou qing purpose ju yi or yi or lap yi or lap yi I come here on purpose wo yi sum lai lei shu for the purpose of yi wei for what purpose wei mai gu purposeless sum buk heung for the purpose of amusing himself lap yi luok zi gie ge sum purposely dap dung or gu yi purse purse ho bao or si chap or 銀袋 purse proud 本身同籌 a well lined purse 何包暗諒 purse 船上寫字人 purse len 豬仔菜 or ma chi yin or yi排菜 or ga yin chai or yin chai pursuance jiao yi or an jiao in pursuance of etc. etc. an jiao mao mao in pursuance of order number 5 in the circular jiao yi bou jang daing un phuon pursuance 2 is equivalent to in pursuance of pursuance 2 by law number 2 by law number 2 按照小禮的第二節 pursuance to the king's order jiao wang ming pursu 追趕 or 做 to pursue a study step by step 逐小進步 to pursue one's application 行本分析 to pursue and overtake 追到 pursuit him unsuccessfully 追不上囉 hurry him back 追他回來 to pursue and capture 追拿 or 追獲 pursuit 事業 in a new pursuit 生事業 in the pursuit of riches 夠菜 follow mercantile pursuits 做貨物 purvey 扮火食 puss 濃 or 濃水 or 魚狼 a discharge of puss from the eyes 眼中流濃水 push 推 or 推 push along as a row of types etc. to push forward 推前 I gave him a push or 推他一推 to push against 推著 to push open the door 推開門 to push down or push over 推倒 to push away to push aside 推開 at the last push 即時 or 時急 the army pushed on 兵士向前直進 push him 拱住他 push off a bit 拱開點 push on 拱去 give a push 推拱 push the enemies puss to 放 or 自 push down put on 著 or on put in 插 or 入 push out 出 put past 收埋 push away or 脫 put to one side 指在一邊 to push down 放下 or 自下 put as a note or record 登記 to push forth energy 出力 to push into practice 用 or 後 or 洗 to put a stop too to put by 安置 to put him in mind 提醒他 to push to death 殺 to push on clothes 著衣服 to push in 放入 to push more too 加多 to push on a cap 帶帽 to push out a lamp 識燈 to push off till tomorrow 燃到明日 to push out to sea 出揚 to push up with 忍 to put one to trouble 難為 to put to flight 趕走 to push to my account 入我手內 to push before 明告 or 告知 to put down in writing 以致寫明紙上 to put off his long coat 舉脫去見長衫 to put on another 推脫 to put on another 不足 木香 to put on another 腐爛 or 臭爛 to put on another 同遊灰 puzzle a puzzle 難古之物 or 難古嘅嘢 a toy puzzle 灑圖 pyrolyse 憂悶 pyramid 尖方形 or 金字塔 or 高而尖的石碑 let it kill quack a quack 撞包先生 or 撞包箱 or 容衣 quack doctors kill people 容衣殺人 quack to quack 鴨鴨 quadrangular 四方 or 四方嘅 quadrant or sextant 梁天赤 quadrilateral 四面皆平嘅 quadruped 酒瘦 or 四腳瘦 quadruple 四倍嘅 quaff 飲 quack a quack umchun a huge flock of quack daikun umchun a fighting quack that is caged quack 龍鴨 quack to quack 失智 quaint 古怪 quick 震動 earthquake 地震 qualified being able now in a qualified sense 可以 qualified for office 可以試 to qualify once itself 學到能作 quality 等 or 品 or 腳色 quality of things 色 or 性格 the first quality 上等 goods of the second quality 此等 for goods of inferior quality 下等 for the quality of an article for sick quarm of conscious 良心自責 quantity 數量 what quantity 多少 a small quantity 少 a large quantity 多 a fixed quantity 咁多 produces large quantities of raw silk 產好多生屍 quarantine 禁止船上人登案 quarantine this vessel is subject to the restrictions of quarantine 這一艘船禁要監禁 quarantine in Hong Kong 在香港被禁 quarrel 爭 or 鬧交 what is the quarrel about 爭什麼 a quarrel about a tribal 爭利豪 what is the quarrel about 買什麼 tend to one is a quarrel about money 十挨九張銀 have no intention of quarrelling with you 鬧你無主意 quarry 取石山 or 石山 quat a quat 一斤 quarter a quarter 四份之一 or 一個 quarter of an hour 一刻 quarter of the year 怪 quarter of the body 之 quarter meaning to lodge hit so official quarters 公館 head quarters 大社自留 or 總社自留 to seek quarters 投宿 or 頭點 quats 白火石 or 石英 quats 拉倒 or 撲滅 quasia 白木 quay 碼頭 or 上落課的碼頭 or 海旁路 quain 皇后 quain heaven goddess of seafaring folk 天后 queer 奇怪 or 立特 queer-shaped fields 古怪形的田地 quail 滅 quench 滅 or 舊式 quench thirst 解 quench thirst 止渴 to quench fire 滅火 query 文化 quest 沉 question 問 a question 問話 mean doubt see the point in question 所論的事 the main question you see question and answer 問答 out of the question 沒用講的 question him 問過他 quibble 盤筋問底 or 結納 or 爭言語 quick fire meaning sharp ma li meaning clever meaning lively wood put quicker the quicker the better come quickly fire ma li quicken in the womb toy do quick lime san hui quick sand fau sa quick silver 水銀 quiet be quiet 靜靜 be quiet a quiet lake 平湖 quiet retirement 行居 extremely quiet 靜到料不得 quietly nursing one's self 靜養 the quiet of the night 夜靜 quietness 平安 quilt 我無筆 quilt 免皮 or 免胎 quilted coat 免納 quince 木瓜 or 萬壽果 甘雞納瘦 quinquennu 五里一池 end of section 36 section 37 of English and Cantonese dictionary this is a LibriVox recording all LibriVox recordings are in the public domain for more information on the volunteer please visit LibriVox.org English and Cantonese dictionary by John Chambers revised and enlarged by Thomas Kirkman Dilly section 37 quince 生我喉 我喉龍通 我喉病 quintessence 蒸 我物嘅罪精書 the quintessence of a book 書嘅要略 quip 機次 do acquire quirk quiskwellers quince quid quid hold 放手 or 甩手 or 行事 or 辦職 quid yourselves like a man 係仲呼一仰勇於行事 to quid Hong Kong forever 永別香港 I am quitting your service 我要除去你嘅公 to quid the world 去世 you must quid a society 你必要與佢斷交 I shall quid my house 我將由我嘅屋簽去 to be quid of a business 推立生意 I shall quid my house 推立生意 Quit 坤平 鵝 平過 鵝 和好 Let us both shake hands and cry quit. 等我兩個人揸手大家平過彼此和好 Quite 十分 鵝 曬 鵝 完 Not quite 差點 Quite right 冇錯 Quite wrong 錯曬 鵝 大錯 Quite enough 足用 鵝 進救 That is quite a large number of students. 有甚多學生 You are quite right 理極俠 Quitence 收單 Quitver 戰此嘅袋 To quiver 鎮 His lip quivered 舉口唇鎮 Made the beams of the roof quiver 令屋梁鎮動 Key weave 係乜誰 鵝 邊個喺樹 He is now on the key weave 舉現先是預防 Quit 試探 鵝 嘲笑 鵝 講口角 鵝 機縫 Come I won't stand this That is you are quizzing me 你機縫我 Quit That is jail 監獄 關頭 先前 鵝 往事 Quorum 多半 鵝 大半 鵝 足可理事 鵝 定數 Quotation 所引嘅句 鵝 時家 Quote To quote 引 鵝 開裂 鵝 引術 To quote a passage 引句 To quote from the laws 引律例 To quote from the classics 引經 Letter R Rabbit To rabbit 入樓 Rabbit 白兔 鵝 兔子 鵝 家兔 Our man in the moon 仙兔 鵝 玉兔 Rebel 下樓 鵝 一群愚民 Rabbit 鵝 鵝 你 To race 跑 The black rays 黑 毫 A mixed rays 集 總 白種 The human race 人類 A race of giants 一種英雄 When do the races come off? 何時跑馬? This year's race meeting 今年跑馬的會 Race course 跑馬地 To run a food race 逗走 Rack referring to the engine 凝聚 凝聚 Referring to the frame 加 A tower rack 面跟駕 To rack the radio 股價太高 To rack a criminal 用刑迫犯人 Racking 輔助 Radiate 射 或光射 或熱射 Radicals Referring to the characters 自暴 Referring to the roots 跟 Under what radical is the character 師? 師至屬物暴 Radical change 改善心腸 Radically done away with 隨盡 Radish 紅蘿蔔 Radius 復仙 Or Radicals 半經線 Within the radius of 50 miles from Shanghai 在上海50英里之內 Raffle 牛式 Raffed 牌 A bamboo raft 竹牌 A timber raft 木牌 Raffed 國 Or 行國 Or 屋行 Rack My clothes are in racks 我衣衫破爛 Boiled to racks 滾爛 Rack a muffin 裸裸仔 Rage 憤怒 Here is in a towering rage 舉大怒 A furious rage 承怒 Rage of fashion 時款 Racket 男女 Racket Rack men 換爛布 Rale to rail 犁麻 Referring to a bird 捉雞 To rail in a sesson 馬不絕口 To rail at superior 擅上 To rail at one another 上馬, railing, 蘭干, railway, 鐵路, 火車路, rain, 雨, to rain, 下雨, rainwater, 雨水, light rain shower, 過雲雨, an April shower, 白撞雨, a drizzling rain, 眉絲雨, it is raining, 有雨落, wet by the falling rain, 比雨突濕, heavy rain, 大雨, excessive rain, 九雨, a slight fall of rain, 一陣微雨, the rain dashed in, 果啲雨撇入泥, it is raining slightly, 落雨尾, what a heavy downpour, 落咁大雨, during seizes, 雨指, rainy weather, 雨水天使, during the season, 落大雨嘅時候, rainbow, 天降, 鵝, 鴻拱, raise, 起, 鵝舉起, he raised his hand, 舉張手, 舉高, he raised his voice, 舉晉聲高叫, he raised his head, 舉舉高頭, to raise the price, 升價, 鵝起價, my pay was raised $4, 我公金升多四元, to raise cattle, 養牛養, to raise wheat, 粽物, to raise soldiers, 招兵, to raise a smile, 發眉銷來, to raise a rebellion, 作戀, to raise the debt, 起死回生, raised figures, 突發, raisins, 乾蒲提子, rally, rally troops, 合翻埋, meaning to ridicule, 嘲笑, Rick, referring to a man, 花花公子, or 煙花朗子, referring to a tool, 爬, or 爬鵝, ram, a ram, 羊骨, or 羊公, to ram, 粽, ramble, 遊行, or 去逛, or 了, rambling thoughts, 猶依, or 不定嘅依, a rambling discourse, 遊說, to ramble over hills, 遊山, rampant, 曹閘, or 高興, ramparts, 城場, or 城基, ramrods, 鳥昌札, or 通條, rancid, 聲臭, rancid in oil, 翼, a fishy reputation, same one, it becomes a rancid, 變為臭遊聲, rancid oil, 臭翼嘅遊, rancor, 軟毒, rancorous abuse, 毒馬, or 毒口, random, 無意中, or 亂為, a random guess, 亂鼓, to talk at random, 亂講, to ramble at random, 亂遊, range in rows, 一行行列開, rank, meaning order, 等級, or 品, meaning merit, 公名, rank with, 同理, a rank of soldiers, 一行兵, rank and file, 兵丁, or 兵士, to raise from the ranks, 行五出身, what rank, or 品級, the first rank, 一品, an officer of the fourth rank, 四品官, or ranks of the people, 各等地位嘅人, rank in growth, 貿, in taste, 騷, or 聲騷, Rancor in the breast, 心滾, or 到心滾, random, 熟, rent, 狂變, rap, pop, globally, pop, pop, rape, 強姦, rapid, 急速, rapids, 貪, a pilot for the rapids, 貪屍, rapids, rapture, 極起, rare, 欺喊, or 欺棋, rarely seen, 罕見, rarities, 奇物, rascals, 爛仔, or 奸仔, slippery rascals, 滑賊, raise, 賊平, or, 洗平, rash, 冒險, or 粗暴, racer, 一薄塊, I have some rashes of bacon for breakfast, 我有幾塊薄豬肉做朝餐, Raspberry, 蛇譜能, red, 老鼠, to smell a rat, 心有所疑, or 屍疑, a bamboo rat, 竹鼠, a water rat, or vo, literally, a soil rat, 渠鼠, the rat fell into the scales that is self praise, 老鼠跌落天平, red trap, 老鼠籠, rate, in price, 價, of motion, 行法, first rate, 頭等, or 頂好, at the same rate, 一色, or 同一樣, first rate, 第一等, rate per catty, 論根, the death rate, 人死的數, police rates and taxes, 猜響, to pay a higher rate of fridge, 交多啲水腳, at proportionate wholesale rates, 照大幫價計取價錢, to be rendered at the rate of $3 per day, 每日取租三大元, at any rate, 無論點樣都好, rather, 略略, or 破, meaning in preference, 寧可, or 更好, I would rather live than die, 我寧願生不願死, I'd rather not go, 我願唔去, rather over much, 略多, rather long, 破九, or 破長, rather doubt it, 破而知, rather doubt it, 破而知, ratified, 批准, or 證實, the pressing convention shall be ratified, 將現立若章程定實照行. I ratified what was done by my agent, 我待你人所辦的事,今我穩肯作為實事. Rational 合情理 man is a rational being 人哪有知識有想像的做物也 A rational creature 有想像的人 Rations 糧食 Daily rations 日糧 Do issue rations 官糧 or 法糧 Rations of rice 白糧 To rate for rations that is metaphoric, keep low Army rations, one low To stop rations, guard low End of section 37