Cantonese Dictionary

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搭霎
Cantonese
dependable; peace of mind; steady; practical; anxiety-free; at ease
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搭霸王車
Mandarin: da1 ba4 wang2 che1
Simplified: 搭霸王车
noun; fare evasion, turnstile jumping
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搭順風車
Mandarin: da1 shun4 feng1 che1
Simplified: 搭顺风车
hitchhiking; to take a free ride
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搭順風車者
a hitchhiker
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搭食
Mandarin: da1 shi2
to partner up together; to join others' eating groups
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搭𨋢
Mandarin: da1 li4
Cantonese
to take the lift (U.S.: elevator); to ride the lift | [華]: 乘電梯 | Syn.: 搭升降機; 搭電梯 | Often a hybrid is used in speech: 搭 lift
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撉
Mandarin: den4
variant form of 撴
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撉
Mandarin: dun1
to strike with the fist | to thump | to jolt | # adapted from cc-cedict
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撴
Mandarin: dun1
to jolt | to thump | to shake something out | to tug | # adapted from cc-cedict
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撻朵
Mandarin: ta4 duo3
Simplified: 挞朵
Some people take the initiative to announce their identity or status to the others, to make himself respected and take benefit
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撻朶
Cantonese
to reveal one's identity; to name drop (in order to invoke the power of someone)
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擉背脊
Mandarin: chu4 bei4 ji3
to stab someone in the back; to talk badly of someone behind their back
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擋
Mandarin: dang3
Simplified: 挡
to arrange | # adapted from cc-cedict
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擋住
Mandarin: dang3 zhu4
to shield, to obstruct, to block
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擋泥板
a fender
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擋災
Mandarin: dang3 zai1
Simplified: 挡灾
to ward off mishaps
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擋煞
Mandarin: dang3 sha1
Simplified: 挡煞
verb; to block off any evil or unlucky happenings
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擋箭牌
an excuse or pretext
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擋風玻璃
Mandarin: dang3 feng1 bo1 li2
windshield
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擔
Mandarin: dan1
Simplified: 担
a unit of weight | two buckets full | a load of, a quantifier | a carrying pole with its load | # adapted from cc-cedict
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擔仔麵
Mandarin: dan4 zai3 mian4
Simplified: 担仔面
Dan zai noodles  |  tan-tsu noodles which originated from Taiwan
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擔任
Mandarin: dan1 ren4
Simplified: 担任
to hold the position of
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擔保
Mandarin: dan1 bao3
Simplified: 担保
to assure
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擔保企業
Mandarin: dan1 bao3 qi3 ye4
guarantor enterprise
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擔保信
Mandarin: dan1 bao3 xin4
Simplified: 担保信
a letter of guarantee
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擔保書
Mandarin: dan1bao3 shu1
Simplified: 担保书
a letter of gurantee [written and colloquial]
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擔大旗
Mandarin: dan1 da4 qi2
Simplified: 担大旗
describes the situation where a person has to be the leader to show the way
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擔子
Mandarin: dan1 zi5
load; a carrying pole and the loads on it
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擔屎唔偷食
Mandarin: dan1 shi3 m2 tou1 shi2
Simplified: 担屎唔偷食
Cantonese
literally: not take the shit; In fact, to describe this man as a very honest person, rigid, not flexible, not to be taken advantage of
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擔屎都唔偷食
Mandarin: dan1 shi3 dou1 n2 tou1 shi2
Simplified: 担屎都唔偷食
Cantonese
literally: not take the shit; In fact, to describe this man as a very honest person, rigid, not flexible, not to be taken advantage of
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