Cantonese Dictionary

絕不

zyut6 bat1

Mandarin: jue2 bu4

never ever; absolutely not; no way

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字母系統

zi6 mou5 hai6 tung2

Mandarin: zi4 mu3 xi4 tong3

alphabet, alphabetic system

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契哥

kai3 go1

Mandarin: qi4 ge1

god brother

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奧國

ou3 gwok3

Austria | also 奧地利

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新豐

san1 fung1

Mandarin: xin1 feng1

Xinfeng (place in Guangdong)

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放炮

fong3 paau3

Mandarin: fang4 pao4

to fire a gun; to shoot; to fire; blowout; to blast

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古根海姆

gu2 gan1 hoi2 mou5

Mandarin: gu3 gen1 hai3 mu3

Guggenheim (name)

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韃靼語

taat3 daat3 jyu5

Mandarin: Da2 da2 yu3

Simplified: 鞑靼语

the Tatar language

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閃避

sim2 bei6

Mandarin: shan3 bi4

to dodge quickly

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sàahn

85

Mandarin: all

chan2

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煞

saat3

Mandarin: sha1

to terminate | to cut short | to squeeze | to tighten | to reduce | extremely | malignant deity | baleful | noxious | to strike dead | # adapted from cc-cedict

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越南法國麵包

jyut6 naam4 faat3 gwok3 min6 baau1

Mandarin: yue4 nan2 fa3 guo2 mian4 bao1

Bánh mì (lit., "Vietnamese baguette") is a Vietnamese baguette made with both wheat and rice flour, but more popularly known as a type of sandwich traditionally made with this type of baguette [source: Wikipedia]

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置諸度外

zi3 zyu1 dou6 ngoi6

Mandarin: zhi4 zhu1 du4 wai4

Simplified: 置诸度外

ignore it; to not care or pay attention to something; to not take something to heart

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死肥佬

sei2 fei4 lou2

Mandarin: si3 fei2 lao3

fat bastard [colloquial]

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吹大風

ceoi1 daai6 fung1

to blow a strong wind

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單詞

daan1 ci4

Mandarin: dan1 ci2

word; simple word; individual word; standalone word; single-morpheme word

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fui

72

Mandarin: all

hui4

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斷根

tyun5 gan1

Mandarin: duan4 gen1

to be completely cured; to effect a permanent cure | [粵]: 斷尾

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急症室

gap1 zing3 sat1

Mandarin: ji2 zheng4 shi4

emergency room

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淘氣

tou4 hei3

Mandarin: tao2 qi4

naughty; bad | [粵]: 調皮/跳皮, 百厭, 反斗

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開路

hoi1 lou6

Mandarin: kai1 lu4

plough; to open up, open a new road, lead the way

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聊天兒

liu4 tin1 ji4

Mandarin: liao2 tian1 er5

to chat | [粵]: 傾偈

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太難

taai3 naan4

Mandarin: tai4 nan2

Simplified: 太难

too difficult

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功業彪炳

gung1 jip6 biu1 bing2

Mandarin: gong1 ye4 biao1 bing3

glorious achievements

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吊兒郎當

diu3 ji4 long4 dong1

to dilly-dally; take a careless and casual attitude

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黯然銷魂

am2 jin4 siu1 wan4

Mandarin: an4 ran2 xiao1 hun2

depressed; dejected; downcast

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呔夾

taai1 gip6*2

a tie clip (as loanword)

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毒株

duk6 zyu1

Mandarin: du2 zhu1

(virus) strain

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銀鱈魚

ngan4 syut3 jyu4

Mandarin: yin2 xue3 yu2

Simplified: 银鳕鱼

cod fish

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白費心機

baak6 fai3 sam1 gei1

Mandarin: bai2 fei4 xin1 ji1

Simplified: 白费心机

waste of effort or hardship (idiom)

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