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避暑勝地bei6 syu2 sing3 dei6a summer resort避車bei6 ce1to keep away from the car; to dodge away from the cars;避雨bei6 jyu5to take shelter from the rain避風塘bei6 fung1 tong4a place that can be taken as a shelter from strong wind or storms, often used to describe a 'family home' by the children whereby if the children encountered any challenges (strong wind or storm) in life when they are away from their home, they can always go back to their home (which is a shelter from all the challenges in life)避風塘bei6 fung1 tong4typhoon shelter; a haven避風頭bei6 fung1 tau4lie low; hide from attention (spoken)邀集jiu1 zaap6to invite… to meet together; to call together邁亞美maai6 aa3 mei5Miami, in the United States還可以waan4 ho2 ji5it's alright;still can; it's just about okay; it's good enough; it's borderline acceptable; that will do還可以waan4 ho2 ji5still okay; so-so (spoken)還得神落waan4 dak1 san4 lok6Thank god, as said when one has avoided trouble or calamity of some kind還沒waan4 mut6not yet還神waan4 san4returning of favour to gods or spirits (spoken)還waan4(verb) 1. pay back (money); 2. return (something)邊一個bin1 jat1 go3who; which one邊位bin1 wai2who's this? (spoken)邊便bin1 bin6which side邊個嘅bin1 go3 ge3whose邊個bin1 go3(pronoun) who邊判bin1 pun3linesman;sideline judge邊啲bin1 di1"which ones?"邊喥bin1 dou6where邊度bin1 dou6(pronoun) where邊旗bin1 kei4soccer linesman; sideline soccer referee邊日bin1 jat6which day邊有咁大隻蛤乸隨街跳bin1 jau5 gam3 daai6 zek3 gap3 naa2 ceoi4 gaai1 tiu3(literally: where would there be such a big toad hopping around the street?); a rhetorical question suggesting that a deal is too good to be true邊樣bin1 joeng6which one邊緣科學bin1 jyun4 fo1 hok6fringe science邊處bin1 syu3(pronoun) where邊bin1(adverb) 1. Where? 2. Which?; (noun) Hem邊遠地區bin1 jyun5 dei6 keoi1remote areas邊防戰士bin1 fong4 zin3 si6frontier guard;frontier soldiers