Cantonese Dictionary

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插足
Mandarin: cha1 zu2
to participate | to put one's foot into something
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插針
Mandarin: cha1 zhen1
a contact pin; needling (form of torture/execution)
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插針都唔入
Mandarin: cha1 zhen1 dou1 wu2 ru4
Simplified: 插针都唔入
Cantonese
very tight | narrow; over crowded; describes a woman who is sexually unresponsive [colloquial]
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插銷
Mandarin: cha1 xiao1
to bolt/plug
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插隊
Mandarin: cha1 dui4
[1] to jump queue; to cut in line; to queue-jump; queue-jumping | Syn.: 插檔 [2](Communist Chinese Cultural Revolution) to join a production brigade; to go to the countryside (for "re-education")
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插頭
Mandarin: cha1 tou2
plug; jack | Cant.: 插蘇 (esp. electrical plug -- '插蘇' is confusingly used for both 'plug' and 'socket' -- '蘇' is from the English word 'socket')
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揣
Mandarin: chuai1
to put into (one's pockets, clothes) | Taiwan pr. [chuǎi] | to estimate | to speculate | to struggle | to strive hard | to hide in one's clothes | a surname | to thump | # adapted from cc-cedict
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揣摩
Mandarin: chuai3 mo2
guess; figure out; work out; surmise
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揣測
Mandarin: chuai3 ce4
guess; guessing
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搊
Mandarin: chou1
Simplified: 𫼝
pluck (stringed instrument) | to tighten | to support someone by the arm | to raise or turn over someone by applying force from under | # adapted from cc-cedict
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搊後腳
Mandarin: chou1 hou4 jiao3
Simplified: 搊后脚
twisting someone's words and using it against them
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搋
Mandarin: chuai1
to knead | to rub | to clear a drain with a pump | to conceal sth in one's bosom | to carry sth under one's coat | to thump | # adapted from cc-cedict
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搐
Mandarin: chu4
lead | pull | spasm | cramp | convulsion | twitch | # adapted from cc-cedict
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搐搦
Mandarin: chu4 nuo4
convulsions
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搐搦
Mandarin: chu4 nuo4
clonic convulsion, a convulsion in which the muscles alternately contract and relax
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搓
Mandarin: cuo1
to rub or roll between the hands or fingers | to twist | to pass a ball back and forth | # adapted from cc-cedict
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搓圓撳扁
Mandarin: cuo1 yuan2 qin4 bian3
Simplified: 搓圆揿扁
literally meaning 'make round and press flat', usually to describe someone who is easy going or can be easily swayed
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搓圓㩒扁
Mandarin: cuo1 yuan2 qin2 bian3
Simplified: 搓圆㩒扁
Cantonese
adj; too agreeable; able to be swayed, easy to follow other, not having their own points of view
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搓板
Mandarin: cuo1 ban3
a scrubbing board; washboard [Syn.] 搓衣板 ; 洗衫板
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搓波
Mandarin: cuo1 bo1
to warm up during exercise by hitting a ball back and forth
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搓衣板
Mandarin: cuo1 yi1 ban3
a scrubbing board; washboard [Syn.] 搓板 [粵]: 洗衫板
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搥打
Mandarin: chui2 da2
to beat; to bang; to thump [Var.] 捶打
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搶
Mandarin: qiang3
Simplified: 抢
chaos | name of a comet | # adapted from cc-cedict
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搶修
Mandarin: qiang3 xiu1
rush to repair
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搶先
Mandarin: qiang3 xian3
to rush; to do something urgently
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搶劫
Mandarin: qiang3 jie2
to rob
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搶劫犯
Mandarin: qiang3 jie2 fan4
Simplified: 抢劫犯
a robber
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搶包山
Mandarin: qiang3 bao1 shan1
Simplified: 抢包山
the bun scrambling competition, which is an annual traditional event in Cheung Chau Island in Hong Kong
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搶包山比賽
Mandarin: qiang3 bao1 shan1 bi3 sai4
bun scrambling competition (Lit. snatch bun montagne/hill competition)
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搶售
Mandarin: qiang3 shou4
sell like hotcakes; be a best-seller
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