Cantonese Dictionary

草花頭

cou2 faa1 tau4*2

Mandarin: cao3 hua1 tou2

Cantonese

Kangxi radical 140 (艸) in its component form 艹

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草花頭

cou2 faa1 tau2

Mandarin: cao3 hua1 tou5

Simplified: 草花头

the Kangxi radical 140 in Chinese writing, visibly similar to two crosses lining up in a row

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草莓族

cou2 mui4 zuk6

Mandarin: cao3 mei2 zu2

strawberry generation; stawberry generation is a term coined to describe Taiwanese generation y youth and young adults primarily born between the 80's and 90's. Similar to strawberries that are cultivated in a sheltered green house, they are easily bruised when under pressure. Their defining traits include unreliability; materialistic; narcissitic; individualistic; uncompliant; unstable and academic credentials but lacking in practical experience and abilities.

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草莓番石榴

cou2 mui4*2 faan1 sek6 lau4*2

Psidium littorale (strawberry guava)

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草菇

cou2 gu1

straw mushroom

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草蓆

cou2 zek6

Mandarin: cao3 xi2

straw mat (also 草席)

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草蜢

cou2 maang5*2

Mandarin: cao3 meng3

Cantonese

grasshopper

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草蜢

cou2 maang5

Mandarin: cao3 meng3

(celebrity) The Grasshopper, a former bang in Hong Kong

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草蝦

cou2 haa1

black tiger prawn

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草頭王

cou2 tau4 wong4

Mandarin: cao3 tou2 wang2

Simplified: 草头王

bandit chief;

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草食性動物

cou2 sik6 sing3 dung6 mat6

Mandarin: cao3shi2 xing4 dong4wu4

Simplified: 草食性动物

herbivore [written and colloquial]

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草魚

cou2 jyu4*2

grass carp; Chinese ide (fish)

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草龍

cou2 lung4

Mandarin: cao3 long2

Simplified: 草龙

grass lizard; a cigarette spiked with heroin

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草龍

cou2 lung4*2

a cigarette spiked with heroin (lit., "grass dragon")

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莿

ci3

Mandarin: ci4

thorn

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莿桐鄉

ci3 tung4 hoeng1

Mandarin: ci4 tong2 xiang1

Tzutung (village in Taiwan)

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菖

coeng1

Mandarin: chang1

Acorus calamus | sweet sedge or sweet flag | iris | sweet flag | # adapted from cc-cedict

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菜

coi3

Mandarin: cai4

vegetable; dish; cuisine

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菜乾

coi3 gon1

Mandarin: cai4 gan1

Simplified: 菜干

dried vegetables

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菜圃

coi3 pou2

Mandarin: cai4 pu3

vegetable garden; vegetable farm

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菜園

coi3 jyun4

a vegetable garden

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菜子

coi3 zi2

Mandarin: cai4 zi3

vegetable seed; rapeseed

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菜式

coi3 sik1

cuisine

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菜心

coi3 sam1

Cantonese

choy sum; choi sum; Chinese flowering cabbage

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菜心樖

coi3 sam1 po1

Mandarin: cai4 xin1 ke1

the tender flower stalk of vegetables harvested being maturing

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菜欄

coi3 laan1

Mandarin: cai4 lan2

Simplified: 菜栏

wholesale vegetable market

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菜汁

coi3 zap1

Mandarin: cai4 zhi1

food sauce remaining on a finished dish (spoken)

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菜油

coi3 jau4

cooking oil

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菜牌

coi3 paai4

Mandarin: cai4 pai2

menu

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菜牌

coi3 paai4*2

Mandarin: cai4 pai2

Cantonese

variant of 餐牌

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