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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, .