|
 
|
|
冷火雞
laang5 fo2 gai1
|
||
|
(literal translation) cold turkey: [1] blunt; straight to the point [2] a complete and abrupt cessation in receiving, or partaking in, any substance or habit that one might be addicted to | often used with 療法 or 法; i.e. "冷火雞療法" "cold turkey treatment" | see also 吊癮  Additional PoS:  Level: 3 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
||
| 冷火雞 / 冷火鸡 | ||
|
This word has been viewed 1618 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 29th Dec 2008 19:55 |
||
|
||
|
Learn Chinese | Learn Chinese in China | Learn Mandarin in China | Chinese School | Mandarin lessons in London |
||
Characters in this word:冷 laang5 laang5*1 - cold; cool; chilly火 fo2 - fire 雞 gai1 - chicken |
||
Forum Code to link to this word:
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/49145/]冷火雞[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/49145/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">冷火雞</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 冷火雞
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/49145/]冷火雞[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/49145/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">冷火雞</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 冷火雞
This page shows, from top to bottom:
- a large version of the word in a traditional script font which you may need to install
-
: the Cantonese pronunciation of the word in jyutping.
Also, CantoDict uses a unique "asterisk (*)" convention, to show readings such as jyu4*2. For more information please see CantoDict Tone Conventions.
- : the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin (only if present).
- the meaning of the word, typed in by our volunteer editors
- guidelines on whether the word can only be used in Spoken Cantonese etc (if nothing is present the word may be used in both Cantonese and Mandarin)
- our arbitrarily assigned difficulty level
- a smaller version of the character in a computerised, printed font
- a list of each of the characters for the word, showing jyutping and meaning (if our dictionary contains that character)
We would really appreciate new volunteers to add some more compound words to the database so please see this thread if you would like to spend 10 mins or so helping.
Rows returned from database=4
CantoDict v1.4.2 is a collaborative Chinese Dictionary project started in November 2003. Entries are added and mistakes corrected by a team of kind volunteers from around the world.
Copyright Adam Sheik 2003-2024.