Cantonese Dictionary

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發過豬啼
Mandarin: fa1 guo4 zhu1 ti2
Simplified: 发过猪啼
to get very rich; to make | win a lot of money [colloquial]
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發達
Mandarin: fa1 da2
Simplified: 发达
(verb) 1. to be rich; 2. to have fortunes
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發達國家
Mandarin: fa1 da2 guo2 jia1
developed nations; developed world; rich countries
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發還
Mandarin: fa1 huan2
return sth (to one's subordinate); give (or send) back
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發郎黎
Cantonese
get angry, lose temper, get mad, get rude, to get tough with sb | [華]:發脾气
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發酒寒
Mandarin: fa1 jiu3 han2
Simplified: 发酒寒
cold shivers after drinking alcohol
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發酒癲
Mandarin: fa1 jiu3 dian1
Simplified: 发酒癫
to act silly | stupid after getting drunk
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發酵
Mandarin: fa1 xiao4 (Taiwan), fa1 jiao4 (PRC)
ferment | [粵]: also just 發, or 醱酵
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發錢寒
Mandarin: fa1 qian2 han2
Simplified: 发钱寒
(slang) to go crazy about money; to be preoccupied or obsessed with money
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發錢寒
to be obsessed with money
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發錯音
Mandarin: fa1 cuo4 yin1
to mispronounce; mispronunciation
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發開口夢
Mandarin: fa1 kai1 kou3 meng4
Simplified: 发开口梦
(verb) to sleep-talk; to talk nonsense
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發雞瘟
Mandarin: fa1 ji1 wen1
Simplified: 发鸡瘟
sick chicken; one with tantrum attack (spoken)
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發雞盲
Mandarin: fa1 ji1 mang2
Simplified: 发鸡盲
(verb) to have night blindness; (slang) to describe someone who has failed to see or notice something, often used as a way of scolding others with a similar meaning to "are you blind or something?" | "look where you are going!"
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發電
Mandarin: fa1 dian4
[1] to generate electricity; to generate power; to furnish power; electric power generation [2] (archaic) to send a telegram [3] (short for 發電郵) to send an e-mail; to e-mail
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發電器
dynamo
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發電機
a dynamo
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發電機效應
Mandarin: fa1 dian4 ji1 xiao4 ying4
[電] dynamo effect
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發電站
Mandarin: fa1 dian4 zhan4
power station
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發電郵
Mandarin: fa1 dian4 you2
to e-mail; to send an e-mail
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發青光
Mandarin: fa1 qing1 guang1
Simplified: 发青光
an illness of eye(s) – glaucoma; a way of scolding others with a similar meaning to "are you blind or something?" | "look where you are going!"
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發音
Mandarin: fa1 yin1
to pronounce; pronunciation
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發風
Mandarin: fa1 feng1
Simplified: 发风
(verb) go insane or crazy
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發風發出面
Mandarin: fa1 feng1 fa1 chu1 mian4
Simplified: 发风发出面
not try to hide something; the exposure of scandals
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發飆
Mandarin: fa1 biao1
1. go nuts; go crazy 2. dispaly one's prowess
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發高熱
to have a (high) temperature/fever
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發麻
Mandarin: fa1 ma2
feel numb; have pins and needles; go to sleep
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發𤷪𤺧
Cantonese
get fretful; become irritable; fret and fume
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瞓
Mandarin: xun4
Cantonese
to sleep (Cantonese) | Mandarin equivalent: 睡shuì [睡] | to lie down | sleepy | # adapted from cc-cedict
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瞓低
Mandarin: fen4 di1
Cantonese
lie down
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