Cantonese Dictionary

阿瓦提

aa3 ngaa5 tai4

Mandarin: a1 wa3 ti2

Awati (place in Xinjiang)

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阿生

aa3 saang1

Mandarin: a1 sheng1

Mister [colloquial]

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阿當

aa3 dong1

Adam, Adams

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阿福

aa3 fuk1

Mandarin: a1 fu2

stupid person (spoken)

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阿福阿壽

aa3 fuk1 aa3 sau6

Mandarin: a1 fu2 a5 shou4

Simplified: 阿福啊寿

'every Tom, Dick and Harry'

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阿米巴

aa3 mei5 baa1

amoeba

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阿米巴痢疾

aa3 mei5 baa1 lei6 zat6

Mandarin: a1 mi3 ba1 li4 ji5

amoebic dysentery

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阿米巴的

aa3 mai5 baa1 dik1

Mandarin: a1 mi4 ba1 de5

[adj] amoebic

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阿細

aa3 sai3*2

familiar name for father's concubine or second wife

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阿細

aa3 sai3

Mandarin: a1 xi4

Simplified: 阿细

an appellation to call someone who is little or the smallest (youngest or the concubine | mistress)

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阿羅漢

aa3 lo4 hon3

Mandarin: a1 luo2 han4

Arhat, Luohan, Buddhist saint, perfect man of Hinayana [common abbreviation ] 羅漢 [also] 十八羅漢

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阿耳茨海默氏病

aa3 ji5 ci4 hoi2 mak6 si6 beng6

Mandarin: a1 er3 ci2 hai3 mo4 shi4 bing4

Alzheimer's disease

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阿聯酋

aa3 lyun4 jau4

Mandarin: a1 lian2 qiu2

United Arab Emirates, abbreviation for 阿拉伯聯合酋長國

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阿聯酋航空公司

aa3 lyun4 jau4 hong4 hung1 gung1 si1

Mandarin: A1 lian2 qiu2 hang2 kong1 gong1 si1

Simplified: 阿联酋航空公司

Emirates Airlines

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阿聲

aa3 seng1

Mandarin: a5 sheng1

Simplified: 啊声

mister

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阿聾燒炮

aa3 lung4 siu1 paau3

Mandarin: a5 long2 shao1 pao4

Simplified: 啊聋烧炮

scattered; fizzled; to come to nothing; to fall through; to break up; to disband; to go separate ways

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阿聾送殯

aa3 lung4 sung3 ban3

Mandarin: a5 long2 song4 bin4

Simplified: 啊聋送殡

not listening to; turning a deaf ear to; refusing to take the advice of others and doing something in one's own way

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阿肥

aa3 fei2

Mandarin: a1 fei2

the appellation to refer to someone who is fat

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阿肥

aa3 fei4*2

a fat or obese person (lit., "Mister Fatty")

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阿肯色

aa3 hang2 sik1

Mandarin: a1 ken3 se4

Arkansas

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阿舅

aa3 kau5

Mandarin: a1 jiu4

brother of one's wife

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阿茂

aa3 mau6

Mandarin: a5 mao4

Simplified: 啊茂

stupid person (spoken)

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阿茂整餅

aa3 mau6 zing2 beng2

Mandarin: a5 mao4 zheng3 bing3

Simplified: 啊茂整饼

stupid person creating trouble for nothing (slang)

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阿茲台克

aa3 zi1 toi4 hak1

Aztec

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阿蓮鄉

aa3 lin4 hoeng1

Mandarin: a1 lian2 xiang1

Alien (village in Taiwan)

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阿蘭賣豬

aa3 laan4 maai6 zyu1

Mandarin: a1 lan2 mai4 zhu1

Simplified: 阿兰卖猪

bad bargain after losing out on an opportunity for a better deal; to be compelled to do a fire sale after losing out on the chance to sell something at a higher price

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阿蛇

aa3 se4

Mandarin: a5 she2

Simplified: 啊蛇

name for calling policemen (slang)

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阿蟲介紹嚟

aa3 cung4 gaai3 siu6 lai4

Mandarin: a1 chong2 jie4shao4 li4

Simplified: 阿虫介绍嚟

Cantonese

I've been sent here (without saying the name or someone who have invited themselves and turned up to an event or a place); no one sent me [colloquial]

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阿蟲介紹我嚟

aa3 cung4 gaai3 siu6 ngo5 lai4

Mandarin: a1 chong2 jie4shao4 wo3 li4

Simplified: 阿虫介绍我嚟

Cantonese

I've been sent here (without saying the name or someone who have invited themselves and turned up to an event or a place); no one sent me [colloquial]

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阿裡

aa3 lei5

Mandarin: a1 li3

Ali; Ali-, Ari (in transliterations)

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