Cantonese Dictionary

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頂頭風
head-wind; contrary wind
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頂頸
Mandarin: ding3 jing3
Simplified: 顶颈
(slang) to argue; to quarrel; to debate; to dispute; to retort; to bicker; to talk back defiantly
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頂點
Mandarin: ding3 dian3
summit; peak
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頓
Mandarin: dun4
Simplified: 顿
part of a name | # adapted from cc-cedict
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頓悟
Mandarin: dun4 wu4
suddenly realize
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頓時
Mandarin: dun4 shi2
at once; immediately; forthwith
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頓號
Mandarin: dun4 hao4
caesura mark; enumeration mark (a type of comma that is used in lists: 、) -- Chinese has two types of commas, one used between clauses (逗號), and one used in lists (頓號)
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頓開茅塞
Mandarin: dun4 kai1 mao2 se4
Simplified: 顿开茅塞
to be suddenly enlightened
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頕
Mandarin: dan1
(Cant.) to raise the head | to look up | # adapted from cc-cedict
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頕天望地
Mandarin: dan1 tian1 wang4 di4
to be inattentive; to look around with nothing to do; to be distracted
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顛
Mandarin: dian1
Simplified: 颠
top (of the head) | apex | to fall forwards | inverted | to jolt | peak | to totter | to fall | to tumble | to trot | insane | summit | to upset | to topple | # adapted from cc-cedict
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顛倒是非
Mandarin: dian1 dao3 shi4 fei1
confound right and wrong; confuse truth and falsehood; turn things upside down
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顛倒過來
Mandarin: dian1 dao3 guo4 lai2
invert
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顛倒黑白
Mandarin: dian1 dao3 hei1 bai2
confuse right and wrong; turn facts upside down (mix up black and white)
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顛沛流離
Mandarin: dian1 pei4 liu2 li2
roam around; live a vagrant life; wander around
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顛簸
Mandarin: dian1 bo3
to shake; to jolt | [粵]: 撴
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顛覆
Mandarin: dian1 fu4
to subvert; to topple (i.e. knock over); to capsize; fig. to overturn (a regime)/ to undermine
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骶
Mandarin: di3
sacrum (anatomy) | bone forming the base of the spinal column | coccyx | # adapted from cc-cedict
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髧兜
Mandarin: dan4 dou1
idiot; describes someone who is very stupid [colloquial]
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髧落嚟
Mandarin: dan4 luo4 li2
Cantonese
to drop something [colloquial]
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髧落地
Mandarin: dan4 luo4di4
to drop something on the floor [colloquial]
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鬥力
a battle of strength
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鬥勁
Mandarin: dou4 jing4
Cantonese
to compete for who's the best; contest to see who's strongest
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鬥叻
Mandarin: dou4 le4
Simplified: 斗叻
to compete with each other to see who is smarter
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鬥咬
Mandarin: dou4 yao3
Cantonese
to fight and bite each other
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鬥嘥
Mandarin: dou4 sai1
Simplified: 斗嘥
Cantonese
to slander each other; to compete with each other on wastefulness
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鬥地主
Mandarin: dou4 di4 zhu3
Fight the Landlord (card game)
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鬥士
fighter; gladiator
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鬥大
Mandarin: dou4 da4
Simplified: 斗大
to compete and see who | which one is bigger; to compete for position | status; a type of poker game
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鬥家私
Mandarin: dou4 jia1 si1
Simplified: 斗家私
to make | assemble together furniture; furniture DIY
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