Cantonese Dictionary

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開信刀
Mandarin: kai1 xin4 dao1
Simplified: 开信刀
a letter opener
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開倉
Mandarin: kai1cang1-
Simplified: 开仓
to set up an account with a broker [colloquial]
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開倉價
Mandarin: kai1 cang1 jia4
special warehouse price; selling at special price
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開個唱
Mandarin: kai1 ge4 chang4
to start a personal singing show
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開價
make a price
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開出
Mandarin: kai1 chu1
Simplified: 开出
to issue; to offer; (of vehicle) to depart from
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開刀
Mandarin: kai1 dao1
Simplified: 开刀
(verb) o undergo a surgery
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開功臣
Cantonese
an elder: an employee who has been around for a long time; one who has been around since company conception
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開卷有益
Mandarin: kai1 juan4 you3 yi4
reading is beneficial
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開原
Mandarin: kai1 yuan2
Kaiyuan (city in Liaoning)
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開去
Mandarin: kai1 qu4
Simplified: 开去
(of vehicle) to head for; to dimiss (someone from their job)
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開口
Mandarin: kai1 kou3
Simplified: 开口
to request or ask for
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開口及着脷
Mandarin: kai1 kou3 ji2 zhe5 li4
Simplified: 开口及着脷
(literally: to open one's mouth and bite one's tongue); to be consistently saying the wrong thing
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開口及著脷
Mandarin: kai1kou3 ji2 zhe5 li4
Simplified: 开口及着脷
to put one's foot in one's mouth; to keep on saying the wrong or inappropriate things whenever one speaks [colloquial]
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開口埋口
Mandarin: kai1 kou3 mai2 kou3
Simplified: 开口埋口
to talk about something always
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開口埋口都話
Cantonese
whenever one speaks, one (always) says that...
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開口夢
Mandarin: kai1 kou3 meng4
Simplified: 开口梦
to talk aloud whilst dreaming, to sleep talk; to talk nonsense
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開口夾著脷
Mandarin: kai1 kou3 jia1 zhe5 li4
Simplified: 开口夹着脷
to say something that is not supposed to be talked about or something that causes embarrassment or that will offend others
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開口子
Mandarin: kai1 kou3 zi5
(of a dyke) to break, to burst; to chap (lips)
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開口有話
Mandarin: kai1 kou3 you3 hua4
Simplified: 开口有话
as the saying goes…..
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開口棗
Mandarin: kai1 kou3 zao3
Simplified: 开口枣
deep fried sesame balls, a type of snack
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開口銷
Mandarin: kai1 kou3 xiao1
a cotter pin
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開古
Mandarin: kai1 gu3
Simplified: 开古
reveal the answer for a riddle or puzzle
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開句
Mandarin: kai1 ju4
[math.] open sentence
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開合跳
Mandarin: kai1 he2 tiao4
jumping jacks
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開啟
Mandarin: kai1 qi3
to open
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開啲
Mandarin: kai1 di1
Simplified: 开啲
Cantonese
further away; further apart [colloquial]
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開單
Mandarin: kai1dan1
to bill; to open a tab
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開嚟
Mandarin: kai1 li2
Simplified: 开嚟
Cantonese
open it (spoken)
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開嚟
Cantonese
to move away from something and come here
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