Cantonese Dictionary

地頭蟲

dei6 tau4 cung4

Mandarin: di4 tou2 chong2

Simplified: 地头虫

(n.) local people; to describe someone who knows an area particularly well

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地頭鬼

dei6 tau4 gwai2

Cantonese

local ruffians/hoodlums who operate with an outside gang

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地頭龍

dei6 tau4 lung4

Mandarin: di4tou2 long2

Simplified: 地头龙

someone who holds powerful influence over a particular area [colloquial]

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地點

dei6 dim2

Mandarin: di4 dian3

venue; place; spot; location; site

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埞

deng6

Mandarin: di3

(Cant.) place | location | # adapted from cc-cedict

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埞方

deng6 fong1

Mandarin: di1 fang1

area; place; position

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堆填

deoi1 tin4

Mandarin: dui1 tian2

Landfill

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堆填區

deoi1 tin4 keoi1

Mandarin: dui1 tian2 qu1

Simplified: 堆填区

Landfill sites

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堆放場

deoi1 fong3 coeng4

Mandarin: dui1 fang4 chang3

dumping place; freight yard; stacking ground

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堆積

deoi1 zik1

Mandarin: dui1 ji1

[1] to accumulate; to pile up; to store up [2] congetion; stockpiling; storing; packing; accumulation

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堆積如山

deoi1 zik1 jyu4 saan1

mounting pile

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堆肥

deoi1 fei4

compost

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堆龍德慶

deoi1 lung4 dak1 hing3

Mandarin: dui1 long2 de2 qing4

Duilongdeqing (place in Tibet)

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堵塞

dou2 sak1

Mandarin: du3 se4

[1] to block; to block up; to gag; to choke; to jam; to stop up [2] blockage; jam; blocking; impassibility; congestion; occlusion

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堵截

dou2 zit6

Mandarin: du3 jie2

to intercept; to cut off

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墊支

din6 zi1

[1] to advance money [2] to pay for sb and get paid back later

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墊江

dip6 gong1

Mandarin: dian4 jiang1

Dianjiang (place in Sichuan)

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墊脚石

din3 goek3 sek6

Mandarin: dian4 jiao3 shi2

stepping stones, stones placed at intervals for people to walk on, for example across a stream or garden lawn. (Note: this is the Mandarin equivalent of 踏腳石)

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墩

dan1

Mandarin: dun1

block | gate pillar | pier | classifier for clusters of plants | classifier for rounds in a card game: trick | a sitting block | # adapted from cc-cedict

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墮

do6

Mandarin: duo4

fall; sink; slip into; degenerate

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墮入

do6 jap6

Mandarin: duo4 ru4

Simplified: 堕入

to fall into (a trap); to fall in (love)

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墮樓

do6 lau4*2

Mandarin: duo4 lou2

Cantonese

fall off a building

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墮胎

do6 toi1

abortion

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墮胎兒

do6 toi1 ji4

aborted fetuses

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墮落

do6 lok6

Mandarin: duo4 luo4

degenerate

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墮落雞

do6 lok6 gai1

Mandarin: duo4 luo4 ji1

Simplified: 堕落鸡

adj; term to abuse women, to have given up all confidence in oneself; abandon oneself to vice; be happy in one's own degeneration; dissolute; self-degradation

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墮角

do6 goek3

Mandarin: duo4 jiao3

Simplified: 堕角

adj; in the middle of nowhere, a place inconvenient to reach or get to

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墮軌

do6 gwai2

to fall into the path of a train

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多

do1

Mandarin: duo1

many; much; a lot

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多一事不如少一事

do1 jat1 si6 bat1 jyu4 siu2 jat1 si6

Mandarin: duo1 yi1 shi4 bu4 ru2 shao3 yi1 shi4

don't rock the boat, don't create troubles

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