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開面hoi1 min6a face painting technique used for the applying make up on the actors in Cantonese opera; a traditional wedding custom for the Han Chinese ethnic group, which involves the plucking of a bride's fine facial hair and hair combing; the curving of the facial features on the statue of a god開頭hoi1 tau4to start or commence開飯喇hoi1 faan6 laa1it's time to have dinner: "dinner time!"開餐hoi1 caan1have a meal (spoken)開首hoi1 sau2in the beginning開齋hoi1 zaai1to break a drought (scoring the first point, closing the first deal, receive the first speeding ticket etc.)(Cantonese)閏日jeon6 jat6intercalary day; leap day閑情逸致haan4 cing4 jat6 zi3 in a leisurely and carefree mood閑日haan4 jat2an average day ; ordinary days (as distinguished from holidays, festivals, etc.)閑閑地haan4 haan4 dei2at least閒事haan4 si6other's business閒心haan4 sam1in a relaxed mood閒散haan4 saan3 loafing閒日haan4 jat6free time or off day閒言碎語haan4 jin4 seoi3 jyu5gossip閒閒地haan4 haan4 dei6at the least; minimally (spoken)閒雜haan4 zaap6someone or something not related or not of relevance; of no apparent purpose; having no fixed duties間中gaan3 zung1rarely; occasionally (spoken)間唔中gaan3 m4 zung1sometimes, from time to time; every now and then間尺gaan3 cek2(stationary) a ruler間格gaan3 gaak3layout of a house; room; flag (spoken)間條gaan3 tiu2stripe間線gaan3 sin3a dividing line; to underline間花腩gaan3 faa1 naam5streaky pork; pork belly間行gaan3 hong4interlace間間gaan1 gaan1each ; every (room ; property ; venue)間gaan1dimension; to layout or design; classifier for shops, office or buildings閔子騫man5 zi2 hin1Min Sun ; Ziqian, one of the disciples of Confucius閘住zaap6 zyu6(expression) literally: "stop it"; usually people say it in an attempt to prevent the unlucky things described ; predicted by other people from occurring in reality,similar to how "touch wood" is used in English閘側zaap6 zak1to tilt to one side閘門zaap6 mun4(noun) gateway閘zaap6(noun) gate or door gate