Cantonese Dictionary

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扶助
Mandarin: fu2 zhu4
to assist
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扶手
Mandarin: fu2 shou3
handrail; bannisters; handhold; armrest
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扶手電梯
Mandarin: fu2 shou3 dian4 ti1
Simplified: 扶手电梯
noun; escalator
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扶持
Mandarin: fu2 chi2
to help; to assist
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扶搖直上
Mandarin: fu2 yao2 zhi2 shang4
soar on the wings of a cyclone; rise steeply; skyrocket
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扶梯
Mandarin: fu2 ti1
ladder
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扶植
Mandarin: fu2 zhi2
foster; support
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扶正
Mandarin: fu2 zheng4
verb; give a concubine the status of legitimate wife; set upright or straight (pose)
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扶正
recognize as wife proper (e.g., concubine after wife's death)
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扶溝
Mandarin: fu2 gou1
Fugou (place in Henan)
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扶疏
Mandarin: fu2 shu1
luxuriant
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扶綏
Mandarin: fu2 sui2
Fusui (place in Guangxi)
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扶翅
Mandarin: fu2 chi4
the internal organs of poultry
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扶老攜幼
Mandarin: fu2 lao3 xie2 you4
holding the old by the arm and the young by the hand; bringing along the old and the young
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扶貧
helping the poor
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扶靈
Mandarin: fu2 ling2
carry a coffin
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扶風
Mandarin: fu2 feng1
Fufeng (place in Shaanxi)
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拂曉
Mandarin: fu2 xiao3
dawn; daybreak
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拊
Mandarin: fu3
pat | to clap | to tap | to slap | handle of a vessel | an alternative form to撫, to comfort | # adapted from cc-cedict
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拊膺切齒
Mandarin: fu3 ying1 qie4 chi3
to beat the breast and gnash one's teeth (in anger)
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拊髀
Mandarin: fu3 bi4
to slap the thigh
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捹頭丸
Mandarin: ben4 tou2 wan2
Cantonese
common name for MDMA (亞甲二氧基甲基安非他明) — type of amphetamine, also known as ecstasy, common cantonese names are 捹頭丸, E-仔, 忘我, 亞當, 狂喜. The name 捹頭丸 literally means "pill that makes you fling your head about"
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揮
Mandarin: hui1
Simplified: 挥
to wave | to brandish | to command | to conduct | to scatter | to disperse | to direct | to squander | to compete against | to challenge | to fight with | # adapted from cc-cedict
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揮之不去
Mandarin: hui1 zhi1 bu4 qu4
linger on
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揮動
Mandarin: hui1 dong4
wave, brandish
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揮手
Mandarin: hui1 shou3
to wave one's hand
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揮春
Mandarin: hui1 chun1
Simplified: 挥春
noun; Red banners, lucky messages, Red Couplets, Year couplets
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揮發
Mandarin: hui1 fa1
volatile; to vaporize
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揮發器
Mandarin: hui1 fa1 qi4
vaporizer
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揮發油
Mandarin: hui1 fa1 you2
naphtha
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