Cantonese Dictionary

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誥
Mandarin: gao4
Simplified: 诰
to enjoin | to grant (a title) | to inform | to notify | to admonish | to order | # adapted from cc-cedict
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諫阻
Mandarin: jian4 zu3
Simplified: 谏阻
to admonish and dissuade someone not to do something
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講
Mandarin: jiang3
Simplified: 讲
to speak; to say; to tell
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講一套做一套
Mandarin: jiang3 yi1 tao4 zuo4 yi1 tao4
Simplified: 讲一套做一套
to talk in one way and act in another; to say one thing and does another; to not practice what one preaches; to go back on one's words
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講三字經
Mandarin: jiang3 san1zi4jing1
Simplified: 讲三字经
to swear [colloquial]
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講三講四
Mandarin: jiang3 san1 jiang3 si4
Simplified: 讲三讲四
gossiping
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講乜撚嘢
Mandarin: jiang3 mie1 nian3 ye3
Simplified: 讲乜撚嘢
Cantonese
what the fuck are you talking about; what are you bullshitting about [colloquial]
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講乜春呀
Mandarin: jiang3 mie1 chun1 ya5
Simplified: 讲乜春呀
Cantonese
what the fuck are you talking about; what are you bullshitting about [colloquial]
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講人事
Mandarin: jiang3 ren2 shi4
Simplified: 讲人事
to be particular about one's connections; it's all about contacts | relationships | networking
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講低
Cantonese
leave one's comments, leave a message [華]﹕留言
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講你老母
Mandarin: jiang3 ni3 lao3 mu3
Simplified: 讲你老母
just fucking shut up [colloquial]
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講假
Mandarin: jiang3 jia3
Simplified: 讲假
tell a lie
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講價
Mandarin: jiang3 jia4
bargain; haggle over the price; negotiate the terms
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講兩句
Mandarin: jiang3 liang3 ju4
say something, just say a few words [Syn.] 講幾句, 說兩句
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講到尾
Mandarin: jiang3 dao4 wei3
Simplified: 讲到尾
after all
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講到話
Mandarin: jiang3 dao4 hua4
Simplified: 讲到话
as for; with regards to
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講口唔講手
Mandarin: jiang3 kou3 wu2 jiang3 shou3
Simplified: 讲口唔讲手
Cantonese
all talk and no action [colloquial]
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講口齒
Mandarin: jiang3 kou3 chi3
Simplified: 讲口齿
to keep to one's words
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講古
Mandarin: jiang3 gu3
Simplified: 讲古
telling stories (spoken)
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講古仔
Mandarin: jiang3 gu3 zi3
Simplified: 讲古仔
to tell a story
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講句駁句
Mandarin: jiang3 ju4 bo2 ju4
Simplified: 讲句驳句
to keep talking back; to keep arguing back [colloquial]
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講吓
Cantonese
carry on a conversation; keep talking
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講吓笑
Mandarin: jiang3 xia4 xiao4
Simplified: 讲吓笑
to joke
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講吓講吓
Cantonese
carry on a conversation; keep talking
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講咁易咩
Mandarin: jiang3 gan1 yi4 mie1
Simplified: 讲咁易咩
Cantonese
Easy to talk about but hard to do; easier said than done
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講唔埋欄
Mandarin: jiang3 wu2 mai2 lazak
Simplified: 讲唔埋栏
Cantonese
to be unable to find common grounds for discussion [colloquial]
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講唔通
Cantonese
no excuse for; cannot be justified; cannot be explained away; unreasonable
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講嘢
Mandarin: jiang3 ye3
Simplified: 讲嘢
Cantonese
talking (spoken)
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講嘢呀
Mandarin: jiang3 ye3 ya5
Simplified: 讲嘢呀
Cantonese
you talking? (in a challenging | threatening | dismissive tone); that's bullshit [colloquial]
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講嘢唔算數
Cantonese
to go back on one's word
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