The Cantonese Made Easy Vocabulary/Q

by James Dyer Ball

Q

Quake,

v.

1. 振動, chan꜄ tung꜅.

Quaker,

n.

1. 規格, ꜀k‘wai kák˳.
   Class. 個, ko꜄; 位, wai^⊇*.

Quality,

n.

1. 性質, n. sing꜄ chat꜆.

Quantity,

n.

1. 多少, ꜀to ꜂shíú.
   A large quantity, 多, .
   A small quantity, 少, .

Quarantine,

n.

1. 因傳染病拘留, .

Quarantine office

n.

1. 查染症局, .

Quarrel,

n.

1. ⿰口隘交, .
   To have idle quarrels, 爭閒氣, .

Quarry,

n.

1. 石礦, .
   Class. 個, .

Quarry, To,

v.

1. (stone), v. 採石, .

Quarter,

n.

1. (generally), 四分之一, .
2. (the quarter of a year), 季, kwai꜄.
3. (of an hour), 嗗, kwat꜆.
   A quarter past eight o'clock, 八㸃一個嗗, , or 八㸃過一(個)嗗, .

Quarters,

n.

1. (arch.) 間木企身, .
   Class. 條, .

Queen,

n.

1. 皇后, .
   Class. 個, ko꜄; 位, .

Queen-post,

n.

1. (arch.), 小工字, .
   Class. 個, ko꜄.

Queen-post truss,

n.

1. (arch.), 金字架, .
   Class. 個, ko꜄.

Quell,

v.

1. 滅, mít꜇.

Quench,

v.

1. 滅, mít꜇; 救熄, kaú꜄ sik꜆.
   2. (thirst), 解, ꜂kái.

Quest, To go in,

v.

1. 尋, .

Question,

v.

1. 問, ; 問話, .
2. (to doubt), 思疑, .

Queue,

n.

1. 辮, .
   Class. 條, .
   To plait the queue, 捹辮, .

Quick,

n.

1. 生, .

Quick,

adj.

1. 快, ; 急, .
   急急, ; 急速, .

Quicken,

v.

1. (in the womb), 胎動, .

Quicker,

adj.

1. 快啲, .
   The quicker the better, 越快越好, .
   Still quicker, 重快, ; 越快, .

Quickly,

adv.

1. 快啲, ; 急啲, .
   Come quickly, 快啲嚟, .
   He has come quickly, or he has come more quickly, (than another, or others understood), 佢嚟得快, .
   Go quickly, 快去, .
   Quickly take me to see it, 快帶我去睇, . Still quicker, 重快, ; 越快.

Quicksand,

n.

浮沙, .
Class. 笪, ; 處, .

Quicksilver,

n.

1. 水銀, .

Quiet,

adj.

1. 靜, .
2. (as the sea), 平, .
   Be quiet, 咪嘈, ; 咪出聲, ; 靜靜, .

Quietly,

adv.

1. 靜靜, .
   To sleep quietly, 安睡, .

Quietness,

n.

1. 平安, .

Quill pen,

n.

1. 鵝毛筆, .
   Class. 支, .

Quilt,

n.

1. 棉胎, .
   Class. 張, .

Quilted,

adj.

1. 衲, .

Quilted coat,

n.

1. 棉衲, ; 夾衲, , or some .
   Class. 件, .

Quinine,

n.

1. 金鷄納霜, .

Quire of paper,

n.

1. 刀, .

Quite,

adj.

1. 十分, .
   Not quite, 爭啲, .

Quorum,

n.

1. 成會數, .

Quote,

v.

1. 引, ; 引述, .