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現眼報jin6 ngaan5 bou3a way of saying 'the retaliation of Karma' (Buddhist perspective); 'what goes around, comes around'現職jin6 zik1present job; current post; present employment現金王jin6 gam1 wong4(noun) a person with a lot of cash現鈔jin6 caau1cash; banknotes現銀jin6 ngan4cash (old slang)球場kau4 coeng4ball court (of any ball sports)球手kau4 sau2a golfer; a player球kau4a million (Cantonese)球莖kau4 ging3a corm ; bulbo-tuber ; bulbotuber球衣kau4 ji1(noun) jersey球證kau4 zing3a referee球類運動kau4 leoi6 wan6 dung6ball games理屈lei5 wat1indefensible; to find oneself bested in argument; to be unable to appeal to good reasoning理論上lei5 leon6 soeng6(adverb) theoretically琴日kam4 jat6(noun ; adverb) yesterday琴晚kam4 maan5(noun ; adverb) last night琴晚黑kam4 maan5 hak1(noun) last night琴聲kam4 sing1the sound of the piano琵琶仔pei4 paa4 zai2(noun) a child prostitution in ninety century琵琶別抱pei4 paa4 bit6 pou5to abandon an old lover to go for a new lover琵琶蝦pei4 paa4 haa1bay lobster; slipper lobster琵琶襟pei4 paa4 kam1Pipa Jin, a type of cheongsam ; mandarin gown for woman瑒coeng3the name of a jade瑕瑜互見haa4 jyu4 wu6 gin3one's weakness and strength are obvious to the eye瑚璉wu4 lin5to describe someone who is very talented and can be trusted in a role with major responsibilities瑞士雞翼seoi6 si6 gai1 jik6swiss wings, sweet soy-sauced flavored chicken wings瑣碎so2 seoi3trivial瑤柱jiu4 cyu5dried scallops瑤臺jiu4 toi4a magnificent balcony ; pavilion made from jade; a flamboyant palace building瑪莉maa5 lei6(name) Mary瑪麗醫院maa5 lai6 ji1 jyun2(hospital) Queen Mary Hospital, which is located in Pok Fu Lam Road in Hong Kong璇璣syun4 gei1the North Star; the throne; the name of a jade ware