Cantonese Dictionary

鵠立

huk6 lap6

Mandarin: hu2 li4

Simplified: 鹄立

standing upright

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鶴

hok6

Mandarin: he4

crane

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鶴嘴

hok6 zeoi2

Mandarin: he4 zui3

Simplified: 鹤嘴

Cape D'Aguilar | Hok Tsui, a place in Hong Kong; (鶴嘴鋤 a pickaxe)

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鶴嘴鋤

hok6 zeoi2 co4

Mandarin: he4 zui3 chu2

Simplified: 鹤嘴锄

pickaxe

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鶴山

hok6 saan1

Mandarin: he4 shan1

Heshan (city in Guangdong)

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鶴峰

hok6 fung1

Mandarin: he4 feng1

Hefeng (place in Hubei)

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鶴崗

hok6 gong1

Mandarin: he4 gang3

Hegang (city in Heilongjiang)

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鶴式

hok6*2 sik1

[yoga] Bakasana, Crane

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鶴慶

hok6 hing3

Mandarin: he4 qing4

Heqing (place in Yunnan)

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鶴洞大橋

hok6 dung6 daai6 kiu4

Mandarin: he4 dong4 da4 qiao2

Simplified: 鹤洞大桥

Hedong bridge, in Guangzhou, China

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鶴絨

hok6 jung4

Mandarin: he4 rong2

Simplified: 鹤绒

duck down

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鶴絨

hok6 jung4*2

Cantonese

eiderdown (down, or soft feathers, from the breast of the female eider duck)

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鶴針

hok6 zam1

cornetfish

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鶴髮童顏

hok6 faat3 tung4 ngaan4

Mandarin: he4 fa4 tong2 yan2

Simplified: 鹤发童颜

(literally: with white hair and youthful complexion); to describe an elderly people who has a ruddy complexion

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鹹

haam4

Mandarin: xian2

Simplified: 咸

salted | salty | pickled | dirty | grubby | pornographic | lewd | sexually explicit | lecherous | # adapted from cc-cedict

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鹹 碟

haam4 dip6*2

Cantonese

porn video disk (VCD, DVD)

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鹹味

haam4 mei6

Mandarin: xian2 wei4

Simplified: 咸味

salty taste;saline taste

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鹹味粥

haam4 mei6 zuk1

Mandarin: xian2 wei4 zhou1

a dirty joke (lit., "salty tasting gruel")

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鹹唥唥

haam4 lang3 lang3

over-salty

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鹹帶

haam4 daai2

Mandarin: xian2 dai4

Simplified: 咸带

video tape of a porn movie

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鹹帶

haam4 daai3*2

Cantonese

porn video cassette

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鹹書

haam4 syu1

Mandarin: jian3 shu1

Simplified: 鹹书

pornographic magazine

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鹹水

haam4 seoi2

salt water

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鹹水埠

haam4 seoi2 fau6

Mandarin: xian2 shui3 bu4

Simplified: 咸水埠

(alternate name) Vancouver

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鹹水大鱷

haam4 seoi2 daai6 ngok6

Mandarin: xian2shui3 da4e4

Simplified: 咸水大鳄

a foreign swindler [colloquial]

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鹹水妹

haam4 seoi2 mui6*1

Mandarin: xian2 shui3 mei4

prostitute from Guangdong (esp. one in Shanghai before the Revolution)

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鹹水樓

haam4 seoi2 lau4

Mandarin: xian2 shui3 lou2

Simplified: 咸水楼

buildings built using seawater (spoken)

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鹹水歌

haam4 seoi2 go1

Mandarin: xian2 shui3 ge1

Simplified: 咸水歌

folk song sung by fishermen (spoken)

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鹹水草

haam4 seoi2 cou2

Mandarin: xian2 shui3 cao3

Simplified: 咸水草

flatsedges, nutsedges, galingales

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鹹水角

haam4 seoi2 gok3

Mandarin: xian2 shui3 jiao3

Simplified: 咸水角

pork and vegetable deep fried puff

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