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九龍水塘
Mandarin: Jiu3 long2 shui3 tang2
Simplified: 九龙水塘
Kowloon Reservoir
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九龍清真寺
Kowloon Mosque
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九龍清真寺
Mandarin: Jiu3 long2 Qing1 zhen1 si4
Simplified: 九龙清真寺
Kowloon Masjid and Islamic Centre
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九龍灣
Mandarin: jiu3 long2 wan1
Simplified: 九龙湾
the name of a place in Hong Kong: Kowloon Bay
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九龍醫院
Mandarin: Jiu3 long2 yi1 yuan4
Simplified: 九龙医院
Kowloon Hospital
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九龍醫院
Kowloon Hospital
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乾八爹
Mandarin: gan1 ba1 die1
ganbatte (がんばって), good luck
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乾冰
Mandarin: gan1 bing1
dry ice; carbon dioxide ice
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乾凈
Mandarin: gan1 jing4
Simplified: 干净
clean; tidy
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乾包
Mandarin: gan1 bao1
Simplified: 干包
dried jackfruit
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乾咖哩
rendang (dry curry)
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乾咳
dry cough
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乾噌噌
Mandarin: gan1 ceng1 ceng1
Simplified: 干噌噌
dry and bland (taste)
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乾塘
Mandarin: gan1 tang2
Simplified: 干塘
depleted; exhausted (can refer to running out of money | exhausted after sex)
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乾工
Mandarin: gan1 gong1
Simplified: 干工
Getting paid without working
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乾巴
Mandarin: gan1 ba5
Simplified: 干巴
Dry
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乾巴巴
Mandarin: gan1 ba1 ba1
dull and dry; insipid; dry as dust; dull as ditchwater
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乾手機
a hand dryer (device often found in public restrooms)
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乾手淨腳
Mandarin: gan1 shou3 cheng2 jiao3
Simplified: 干手淨脚
describes the feeling of no more worries and troubles; to describe a situation where all the 'loose ends' (i.e. troubles) are settled and taken care of, so one does not need to worry any further; to literally "clean hands, clean feet"
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乾撈
Mandarin: gan1 lao1
dry (cooked), as opposed to being served in soup. | e.g.: 乾撈麵
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乾撈麵
Mandarin: gan1 lao1 mian4
noodles in sauce (as opposed to being served in soup)
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乾旱
dry; arid; drought
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乾時緊月
Mandarin: gan1 shi2 jin3 yue4
Simplified: 干时紧月
Cantonese
Nervous
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乾果
Mandarin: gan1 guo3
dry fruit
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乾柴烈火
Mandarin: gan1 chai2 lie4 huo3
Simplified: 干柴烈火
lit. dry firewood fierce fire, meaning a couple strong desire for sex
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乾水
Mandarin: gan1 shui3
Simplified: 干水
game of mahjong | water or soup boiled for too long where no and very little liquid remains
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乾洗
Mandarin: gan1 xi3
to dry clean; a dry cleaning
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乾洗店
Mandarin: gan1 xi3 dian4
Simplified: 干洗店
dry cleaner and laundry
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乾涸
dried up (water, also finances).
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乾淨
Mandarin: gan1 jing4
Simplified: 干净
clean; neat
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