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zukˉ¹粥
Pinyin: zhou1
Translations
nounrice gruel; congee; porridge
bouˉ¹煲mouˎ₄無maiˏ₅米zukˉ¹粥
简 煲无米粥
Pinyin: bao1 wu2 mi3 zhou1
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nounto waste time planning sth; discuss something that will amount to nothing
nounplans never realised or confirmed (slang)
bouˉ¹煲dinˍ₆電waaˊ²話zukˉ¹粥
简 煲电话粥
Pinyin: bao1 dian4 hua4 zhou1
Translations
nounlong telephone chat (as long as cooking (煲) rice porridge (粥), it seems). An attribute which mostly, but not exclusively, teenagers are known for.
noun(slang) long phone chat
haamˎ₄鹹meiˍ₆味zukˉ¹粥
简 咸味粥
Pinyin: xian2 wei4 zhou1
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nouna dirty joke (lit., "salty tasting gruel")
cingˉ¹清zukˉ¹粥
Pinyin: qing1 zhou1
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nounplain congee (congée); plain rice porridge
zangˉ¹僧doˉ¹多zukˉ¹粥siuˊ²少
Pinyin: seng1 duo1zhou1 shao3
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nountoo few jobs for too many people (lit., "many monks, little gruel")
maiˏ₅米zukˉ¹粥
Pinyin: mi3 zhou1
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nouncongee; rice gruel; porridge
jyuˎ₄魚saangˉ¹生zukˉ¹粥
简 鱼生粥
Pinyin: yu2 sheng1 zhou1
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nounrice gruel with thin raw fish slices
nounporridge with thin slices of raw fish
ciuˎ₄潮zauˉ¹州zukˉ¹粥
Pinyin: chao2 zhou1 zhou1
Translations
noun(food) Chiu-Chow style congee
sikˍ₆食zukˉ¹粥sikˍ₆食faanˍ₆飯
简 食粥食饭
Pinyin: shi2 zhou1 shi2 fan4
Translations
nouncould be good or could be bad (lit., "whether we eat porridge or rice...")
noun(literally: whether one eats porridge or rice); whether good or bad; whether success or failure
jatˉ¹一wokˍ₆鑊zukˉ¹粥
简 一镬粥
Pinyin: yi1 huo4 zhou1
Translations
noun一鍋粥
noun一鑊泡, 大鑊
nouna wok of congee
nounin a complete mess; in an awful/chaotic state; confusion ensues
nounmake a mess of (slang)
bouˉ¹煲zukˉ¹粥
Pinyin: bao1 zhou1
Translations
nounto talk for hours on the telephone [Syn.] 煲電話粥
nounboil congee [華]: 煮稀飯
nouncooking congee; to have a long chat on phone
mouˏ₅冇maiˏ₅米zukˉ¹粥
Pinyin: mao3 mi3 zhou1
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nounno outcome or results (slang)
meiˍ₆味zukˉ¹粥
Pinyin: wei4 zhou1
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nounFlavor congee
tengˏ₅艇zaiˊ²仔zukˉ¹粥
Pinyin: ting3 zi3 zhou1
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nounsampan rice porridge
sikˍ₆食zukˉ¹粥
Pinyin: shi2 zhou1
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nounto eat rice porridge / congee
timˎ₄甜zukˉ¹粥
Pinyin: tian2 zhou1
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nounsweet congee / porridge [colloquial]
kapˍ₆及daiˊ²第zukˉ¹粥
Pinyin: ji2 di4 zhou1
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nouncongee with pig's liver and kidneys
nouncongee with lean pork, liver and kidney
bouˉ¹煲nungˉ¹燶zukˉ¹粥
简 煲㶶粥
Pinyin: bao1 nong2 zhou1
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nounto overcook and burn rice porridge
baakˍ₆白zukˉ¹粥
Pinyin: bai2 zhou1
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nounporridge; plain congee; rice gruel [華]: 稀飯
hakˉ¹黑maiˏ₅米zukˉ¹粥
Pinyin: hei1 mi3 zhou1
Translations
noundessert made with purple rice
sikˍ₆食gwo˗₃過yeˍ₆夜zukˉ¹粥
简 食过夜粥
Pinyin: shi2 guo4 ye4 zhou1
Translations
nounto have learned kung fu before; to have studied martial arts
nounto have studied martial arts before; to have some skills (martial art)
bouˉ¹煲mouˏ₅冇maiˏ₅米zukˉ¹粥
Pinyin: bao1 mao3 mi3 zhou1
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nounto waste time planning sth; discuss something that will amount to nothing
noundescribes the act doing something that has no positive outcome or where there is no chance of success; all talk and no trousers; to waste time discussing something that will amount to nothing
peiˎ₄皮daanˊ²蛋zukˉ¹粥
Pinyin: pi2 dan4 zhou1
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nounpreserved egg congee; century egg congee
ngouˎ₄熬zukˉ¹粥
Pinyin: ao1 zhou1
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nounmake porridge; (slang) to talk for hours on the telephone (lit., "boil congee");
nounto boil porridge; to talk for a long time on the phone