Cantonese Dictionary

鬼食泥噉聲

gwai2 sik6 nai4 gam2 seng1

Mandarin: gui3 shi2 ni2 dan4 sheng1

Simplified: 鬼食泥啖声

Cantonese

murmuring

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鬼馬

gwai2 maa5

Mandarin: gui3 ma3

Simplified: 鬼马

(adjective) funny; hilarious; comical; sly

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鬼馬事

gwai2 maa5 si6

Mandarin: gui3 ma3 shi4

Simplified: 鬼马事

a shameful matter; something which gives one a guilty conscience

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鬼鬼地

gwai2 gwai2 dei6*2

Cantonese

[1] seems westernized, have a non-chinese look [2] [華]: 長得像洋人

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鬼鬼崇崇

gwai2 gwai2 sung4 sung4

Mandarin: gui3 gui3 chong2 chong2

sneaky; sneakily; furtive; stealthy [written]

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鬼鬼祟祟

gwai2 gwai2 seoi6 seoi6

Mandarin: gui3 gui3 sui4 sui4

(adj.) sneaky; stealthy; furtive; (adv.) sneakily; stealthily; furtively | Cant.: 鬼鬼鼠鼠; 鬼鼠

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鬼鬼鼠鼠

gwai2 gwai2 syu2 syu2

Mandarin: gui3 gui3 shu3 shu3

(adjective) sneaky; sneakily; furtive; stealthy

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鬼魂

gwai2 wan4

Mandarin: gui3 hun2

ghost, spirit, apparition

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鬼魅

gwai2 mei6

Mandarin: gui3 mei4

ghosts and goblins; forces of evil

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鬼點子

gwai2 dim2 zi2

Mandarin: gui3 dian3 zi5

wicked idea; trick

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鬼鼠

gwai2 syu2

Mandarin: gui3 shu3

(adjective) sneaky; sneakily; furtive; stealthy

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鮫

gaau1

Mandarin: jiao1

shark

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鮭

gwai1

Mandarin: gui1

Simplified: 鲑

trout | salmon | spheroides vermicularis | # adapted from cc-cedict

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鮭魚

gwai1 jyu4*2

Mandarin: gui1 yu2

salmon -- most Cantonese speakers say 三文魚 instead [Syn.] 沙門魚

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鯁唔落

gang2 m4 lok6

Mandarin: geng3 n2 luo4

Simplified: 鲠唔落

Cantonese

can not swallow; not willing to bear; unable to stomach something

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鯁嚫

gang2 can3

Mandarin: geng3 chen4

Simplified: 鲠嚫

Cantonese

to choke on something

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鯁骨

gang2 gwat1

Mandarin: geng3 gu3

Simplified: 鲠骨

to choke on bones | fishbones

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鯤

gwan1

Mandarin: kun1

Simplified: 鲲

fry (newly hatched fish) | legendary giant fish that could transform into a giant bird 鹏Péng [鹏] | # adapted from cc-cedict

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鰥

gwaan1

Mandarin: guan1

Simplified: 鳏

widower | a hugh fish | a bachelor | # adapted from cc-cedict

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鰥夫

gwaan1 fu1

Mandarin: guan1 fu1

widower

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鰥寡

gwaan1 gwaa2

Mandarin: guan1 gua3

Simplified: 鳏寡

surviving spouse; widowers and widows

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鰥寡孤獨

gwaan1 gwaa2 gu1 duk6

Mandarin: guan1 gua3 gu1 du2

widowers, widows, orphans, and the childless; incapacitated and helpless people

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鰹

gin1

Mandarin: jian1

Simplified: 鲣

bonito | skipjack | # adapted from cc-cedict

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鱀

gei6

Mandarin: ji4

Chinese river dolphin (Lipotes vexillifer) | # adapted from cc-cedict

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鳩嗚

gau1 wu1

Mandarin: jiu1 wu1

Simplified: 鸠呜

homophonic transliteration of "gou wu"(shopping) in mandarin

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鳩噏

gau1 ap1

Mandarin: jiu1 xi1

Simplified: 鸠噏

to talk nonsense; to bullshit [colloquial]

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鳩屎

gau1 si2

Mandarin: jiu1 shi3

Simplified: 鸠屎

an expression used to curse someone who is arrogant and thinks he | she is the best

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鳩支孖碌

gau1 zi1 maa1 luk1

Mandarin: jiu1 zhi1 ma1 lu4

Simplified: 鸠支孖碌

a rude way to describe someone who is annoying | troublesome | stupid [colloquial]

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鳩毛

gau1 mou4

Mandarin: jiu1 mao2

Simplified: 鸠毛

a man's pubic hair [colloquial]

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鳩毛放紙鷂

gau1 mou4 fong3 zi2 jiu2

Mandarin: jiu1 mao2 fang4 zhi3 yao4

Simplified: 鸠毛放纸鹞

a vulgar way to say 'to take a big risk | gamble' [colloquial]

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