GLOSSARY 02092011

詞彙 JI WOEI
Glossary .

餘 Yü: Surplus, excess. Enough. Left over. Remainder.
陞 Sing: To rise, ascend.
魚 Yü: Fish.
生 Sang: Alive. Living. To give birth to. Activity.
撈 Lo: To haul up, dredge.
起 Hei: Rise, raise; begin, start; risen; one of a class.
鴻 Hong: Goose; great, large; enormously.
運 Wan: Move, transport; fortunate, lucky.
當 Dong: Suitable, fitting, proper; should, ought.
頭 Tau: Head, first.
步 Bou: Step, pace; advance.
高 Gou: High, lofty, elevated.
升 Sing: To rise, ascend (same as 陞). 青 Cheng: Blue, green, black, young, fresh.
春 Chun: Spring.
青春 Cheng chun: youth.
常 Seung: Common, normal.
駐 Chu: Reside, occupy; to halt.
常駐 Seung chu: Resident, to be stationed.
大 Taai: Great, big, vast.
吉 Kat: Auspicious, propitious.
利 Lei: Gain, advantage, profit.
招 Chiew: Beckon, summon, invite.
財 Choi: Wealth, richness.
進 Jeun: progress towards, advance.
寶 Bou: Treasure, jewels: precious.
多 Do: Many, much; again.
油 Yau: Oil.
水 Soei: Water, liquid; money flowing, homonym for payments.
金 Kam: Gold; funds.
銀 Ngaan: Silver.
满 Mun: To fill, to be full up, replete.
屋 Ok: Residence, house.
生 Sang: Alive. Living. To give birth to. Activity.
意 Yi: Idea, meaning, thought; intend, anticipate.
生意 Sang yi: Doing business, engaged in commerce.
興 Hing: Flourish, prosper; excited.
隆 Lung: Prosperous, grand, intensive.
興隆 Hing lung: Prosperous, thriving.
翩 Pin: Speed aloft, fly fast.
地 Dei: Earth, land; intensifying particle.
黄 Wong: Yellow, golden hued.
金 Kam: Gold; funds.
年 Nien: Year.
有 Yau: To have; there is, there are.
餘 Yü: Surplus, excess. Enough. Left over. Remainder.
甜 Tim: Sweet.
蜜 Mat: Honey.
越 Yuet: Exceed, over, surpassed; Vietnam and Canton, etcetera.
碌 Lok: Record, write down; employ, utilize, hire.
有 Yau: To have; there is, there are.
薄 Pok: Thin, slight, weak, stingy, poor.
脆 Cheui: Crisp, fragile, brittle.
薄脆 Pok cheui: Thin and crispy.
餅 Beng: Cookie, cracker, biscuit, pastry.
乾 Gon: Dry; penetrating, generative principle.
餅乾 Beng gon: Biscuit, cracker.
字 Ji: Character, letter; word.
彙 Woei: Collect, compile; assembly; hedgehog. Also written 匯 and 滙. 字彙 Ji woei: Glossary, lexicon; vocabulary.
南 Naam: South, southern.
乳 Yü: Breast, teat, milk; dairy product; creamlike substances, tofu products.
南乳: Naam yü: Red fermented tofu; tofu matured with rice-wine yeast.
春 Chun: Spring.
節 Jit: Festival, holiday; node, joint, section; classifier for segmented things.
春節 Chun jit: Spring festival, Chinese New Year.


NOTE: Pok-cheui