Cantonese Dictionary

白癡

baak6 ci1

Mandarin: bai2 chi1

Simplified: 白痴

(adjective) retarded; idiot

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白癡佬

baak6 ci1 lou2

Cantonese

a crazy or stupid person [Var.] 白痴佬

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白白

baak6 baak6

Mandarin: bai2 bai2

In vain, to no purpose, for nothing

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白皙

baak6 sik1

Mandarin: bai2 xi1

fair-complexion; white-skinned [Syn][粵]白淨

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白皮

baak6 pei4

Mandarin: bai2 pi2

(mahjong) an alternate name for the white dragon; more commonly 白板

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白皮書

baak6 pei4 syu1

white paper

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白眉拳

baak6 mei4 kyun4

Mandarin: bai2 mei2 quan2

pak mei Kung fu / white eyebrows Kung fu, a traditional southern Kung fu style created by a taoist monk of the same name 白眉道人 [Syn.] 白眉功夫 , 白眉派

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白眉道人

baak6 mei4 dou6 jan4

Mandarin: bai2 mei2 dao4 ren2

the taoist monk pak mei / bai mei / white eyebrows; one of the five elders of the Shaolin temple 少林寺, creator of the pak mei Kung fu style 白眉拳 [Syn.] 白眉上人

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白石

baak6 sek6

Mandarin: bai2 shi2

Pak Shek, place in Hong Kong; lapis albus

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白種人

baak6 zung2 jan4

Mandarin: bai2 zhong3 ren2

Simplified: 白种人

(noun) Caucasian

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白米

baak6 mai5

Mandarin: bai2 mi3

white rice; husked rice

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白粉友

baak6 fan2 jau5*2

Mandarin: bai2 fen3 you3

Cantonese

heroin addict

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白粥

baak6 zuk1

Mandarin: bai2 zhou1

porridge; plain congee; rice gruel [華]: 稀飯

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白糖

baak6 tong4

Mandarin: bai2 tang2

white sugar; granulated sugar; fine/refined sugar

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白糖糕

baak6 tong4 gou1

Mandarin: bai2 tang2 gao1

(food) Chinese Style white sugar steamed cake

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白紋伊蚊

baak6 man4 ji1 man1

Mandarin: bai2 wen2 yi1 wen2

asian tiger mosquito; aedes albopictus (vector of the dengue fever 登革熱)

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白紙

baak6 zi2

Mandarin: bai2 zhi3

Simplified: 白纸

blank paper

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白紙扇

baak6 zi2 sin3

Mandarin: bai2zhi3 shan4

Simplified: 白纸扇

white paper fan, someone who acts as an advisor in a triad gang [colloquial]

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白細胞

baak6 sai3 baau1

Mandarin: bai2 xi4 bao1

white blood cell; white corpiscle; leucocyte

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白羆

baak6 bei1

Mandarin: bai2 pi2

ancient term for panda bear

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白羊座

baak6 joeng4 zo6

Aries - One of the Zodiac Signs (十二星座). It is the one represented by the sheep. (03-21/04-19)

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白羊星座

baak6 joeng4 sing1 zo6

Aries

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白老鼠

baak6 lou5 syu2

Mandarin: bai2 lao3shu3

a guinea pig, a person or thing used as a subject for experiment [written and colloquial]

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白肉

baak6 juk6

Mandarin: bai2 rou4

(noun) (of meat) White meat

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白色

baak6 sik1

Mandarin: bai2 se4

white (color)

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白色恐怖

baak6 sik1 hung2 bou3

Mandarin: bai2 se4 kong3 bu4

White Terror, the suppression of political dissidents in Taiwan following 二二八事件 (the 228 Incident)

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白色情人節

baak6 sik1 cing4 jan4 zit3

Mandarin: bai2 se4 qing2 ren2 jie2

White Day (a Japanese holiday celebrated on March 14, one month after Valentine's Day 情人節)

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白色污染

baak6 sik1 wu1 jim5

Mandarin: bai2 se4 wu1 ran3

White pollution (plastic pollution)

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白色農業

baak6 sik1 nung4 jip6

Mandarin: bai2 se4 nong2 ye4

white agriculture ([micro]biological cells)

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白色體

baak6 sik1 tai2

Mandarin: bai2 se4 ti3

leucoplast

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