Cantonese Dictionary

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炒貴刁
Mandarin: chao3 gui4 diao1
Simplified: 炒贵刁
char kway teow, type of stir-fried rice noodle
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炒買炒賣
Mandarin: chao3 mai3 chao3 mai4
Simplified: 炒买炒卖
speculation
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炒賣
Mandarin: chao3 mai4
to resell at a high profit (e.g., on the black market)
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炒賣
Mandarin: chao3 mai4
Simplified: 炒卖
'flipping', to buy and resell assets quickly to make profits
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炒賣黃金
Mandarin: chao3 mai4 huang2 jin1
to speculate in gold
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炒起
Mandarin: chao3 qi3
to fight; to beat up; to kick someone [colloquial]
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炒車
Mandarin: chao3 che1
Simplified: 炒车
car crash (spoken)
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炒過的
Mandarin: chao3 guo4 de5
[adj] parched
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炒金
Mandarin: chao3 jin1
(verb) to buy | sell gold
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炒鍋
Mandarin: chao3 guo1
wok; frying pan
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炒鑊
Mandarin: chao3 huo4
Simplified: 炒镬
a wok; to pan fry
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炒鑊勁
Mandarin: chao3 huo4 jin4
Simplified: 炒镬劲
to have a big fight; to have a major argument [colloquial]
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炒飯
Mandarin: chao3 fan4
fried rice
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炒魷
Mandarin: chao3 you2
Simplified: 炒鱿
to be dismissed or fired from work (spoken)
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炒魷魚
Mandarin: chao3 you2 yu2
Simplified: 炒鱿鱼
(food) stir-fried squid
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炒魷魚
Mandarin: chao3 you2 yu2
Cantonese
get the sack; to be fired; (literally: to fry squid)
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炒麪
Mandarin: chao3 mian4
stir-fried noodles
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炒麵
Mandarin: chao3 mian4
fried noodles; chow mein
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炒黃牛
Mandarin: chao3 huang2 niu2
Simplified: 炒黄牛
ticket touting
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炒黃金
to speculate in gold
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焯
Mandarin: chao1
to blanch (cooking) / to scald
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煪
Mandarin: qiu2
smoked; burn with fire
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熾
Mandarin: chi4
Simplified: 炽
to burn | to blaze | splendid | illustrious | burning hot | intense | # adapted from cc-cedict
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熾熱
Mandarin: chi4 re4
blazing hot; passionate
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燥
Mandarin: zao4
dry | parched | impatient | arid | quick temper | # adapted from cc-cedict
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燥底
Mandarin: zao4 di3
to have excessive inner heat
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燥火
Mandarin: zao4 huo3
(noun internal heat; heat
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燥熱
Mandarin: zao4 re4
Simplified: 燥热
excessive internal heat
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燦
Mandarin: can4
Simplified: 灿
glorious | bright | brilliant | lustrous | resplendent | country bumpkin | # adapted from cc-cedict
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燦仔
Mandarin: can4 zi3
Simplified: 灿仔
new immigrants from mainland China
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