Cantonese Dictionary

阿婆髻

aa3 po4 gai3

Mandarin: a1 po2 ji4

a place in Guangdong, China; an old woman's top knot

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阿媽

aa3 maa1

Mandarin: ma1 ma5

Simplified: 妈妈

Cantonese

mother; mom (Cantonese)

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阿媽都唔認得

aa3 maa1 dou1 m4 jing6 dak1

Cantonese

hyperbole which emphasizes how bad something affects or will affect a person such that even his own mother wouldn't be able to recognize him

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阿嫂

aa3 sou2

Mandarin: a1 sao3

(n.) the appellation to address one's older brother's wife; (slang)the appellation to address the wife | girlfriend of one's friend to show respect; the girlfriend | wife of the leader in a gang.

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阿嫲

aa3 maa4

Mandarin: a5 ma2

Simplified: 啊嫲

grandmother; father's mother (spoken)

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阿嬷

aa3 maa4

Cantonese

paternal grandmother; father's mother. Alt. and Mand.: 奶奶. Formal: 祖母

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阿嬸

aa3 sam2

Mandarin: a1 shen3

Simplified: 阿婶

the way to address a middle age woman; the wife of husband's younger brothers; the wife of a paternal uncle

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阿孻

aa3 laai1

Cantonese

playname from parents to youngest child

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阿家

aa3 gaa1

husband's mother, auntie

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阿寶

aa3 bou2

Mandarin: a1 bao3

Simplified: 阿宝

Finn in the cartoon Aventure Time with Finn and Jake [written and colloquial]

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阿崩

aa3 bang1

Mandarin: a5 beng1

Simplified: 啊崩

an appellation to address someone with a front tooth missing or a harelip

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阿崩叫狗

aa3 bang1 giu3 gau2

Mandarin: a5 beng1 jiao4 gou3

Simplified: 啊崩叫狗

literally: ' the more you ask someone to come, the further they run'; to describe when something is done with despair, with the opposite outcome to what one has instructed; to describe a situation when one is unable to restrain somebody else or get them to follow their instructions; to describe what it is like to try and persuade a dogmatic person who is set in having their own way

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阿差

aa3 caa1

Mandarin: a5 cha1

Simplified: 啊差

Indian (spoken)

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阿巴嘎旗

aa3 baa1 gaa1 kei4

Mandarin: a1 ba1 ga1 qi2

Abaga qi (place in Inner Mongolia)

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阿拉

aa3 laai1

Allah

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阿拉丁

aa3 laai1 ding1

Mandarin: a3 la1 ding1

Aladdin

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阿拉丁神燈

aa3 laai1 ding1 san4 dang1

Mandarin: a3 la1 ding1 shen2 deng1

Aladdin's lamp (a fairy tale in the Arabian Nights tells about a boy who acquires a magic lamp and a magic ring with which the boy can summon two jinn to fulfill any desire)

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阿拉伯

aa3 laai1 baak3

Mandarin: a1 la1 bo2

Arabian, Arabic, Arab

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阿拉伯世界

aa3 laai1 baak3 sai3 gaai3

Mandarin: a1 la1 bo2 shi4 jie4

Arab world

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阿拉伯共同市場

aa3 laai1 baak3 gung6 tung4 si5 coeng4

Arab Common Market

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阿拉伯半島

aa3 laai1 baak3 bun3 dou2

Mandarin: a1 la1 bo2 ban4 dao3

Arabian Peninsula

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阿拉伯國家聯盟

aa3 laai1 baak3 gwok3 gaa1 lyun4 mang4

Mandarin: a1 la1 bo2 guo2 jia1 lian2 meng2

Arab League (League of Arab States)

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阿拉伯學者

aa3 laai1 baak3 hok6 ze2

Mandarin: a1 la1 bo2 xue2 zhe3

[n] Arabist

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阿拉伯數字

aa3 laai1 baak3 sou3 zi6

Mandarin: a1 la1 bo2 shu4 zu4

[n] Arabic numbers

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阿拉伯文

aa3 laai1 baak3 man4*2

Arabic (language)

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阿拉伯海

aa3 laai1 baak3 hoi2

Arabian Sea

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阿拉伯激進人士

aa3 laai1 baak3 gik1 zeon3 jan4 si6

Arab radicals

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阿拉伯語

aa3 laai1 baak3 jyu5

Arabic (language)

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阿拉伯語的

aa3 laai1 baak3 jyu5 dik1

Mandarin: a1 la1 bo2 yu3 de5

[adj] Arabic

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阿拉伯馬

aa3 laai1 baak3 maa5

Mandarin: a1 la1 bo2 ma3

[n] Arab

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