Cantonese Dictionary

好難講

hou2 naan4 gong2

Cantonese

hard to say; there's no telling; uncertain

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好頭好尾

hou2 tau4 hou2 mei5

Mandarin: hao3 tou2 hao3 wei3

Simplified: 好头好尾

good start and good ending

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好頸

hou2 geng2

Mandarin: hao3 jing3

Simplified: 好颈

good temper (slang)

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好食

hou2 sik6

Mandarin: hao3 shi2

tasty; delicious; yummy

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好食好住

hou2 sik6 hou2 zyu6

Mandarin: hao3 shi2 hao3 zhu4

good food and good accommodation, it means a comfortable life

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好食懶飛

hou3 sik6 laan5 fei1

Mandarin: hao3 shi2 lan3 fei1

Simplified: 好食懒飞

(adjective) to describe someone who acts like a parasite who is happy to partake but too lazy to do anything for it

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好食爭崩頭

hou2 sik6 zaang1 bang1 tau4

Mandarin: hao3 shi2 zheng1 beng1 tou2

Simplified: 好食争崩头

people see cheap things then they fight against each other for that

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好飲

hou2 jam2

Cantonese

good to drink; tasty

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好馬不吃回頭草

hou2 maa5 bat1 hek3 wui4 tau4 cou2

to never go back (relationship, jobs etc.)

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好骨子

hou2 gwat1 zi2

small but looks good

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好鬥

hou3 dau3

Mandarin: hao4 dou4

quarrelsome; pugnacious; truculent; argumentative; warlike; bellicose; belligerent

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好鬼

hou2 gwai2

Mandarin: hao3 gui3

very, so

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好鬼死

hou2 gwai2 sei2

Mandarin: hao3 gui3 si3

very, extremely

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好鬼衰

hou2 gwai2 seoi1

Mandarin: hao3 gui3 shuai1

so nasty [colloquial]

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好黃好暴力

hou2 wong4 hou2 bou6 lik6

Cantonese

describes sth that is cool and interesting (lit., "very pornographic, very violent") | [普]: 很黄很暴力

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好齋

hou2 zaai1

Mandarin: hao3 zhai1

Cantonese

鼎湖上素 — 好齋

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好𨶙得

hou2 lan2 dak1

Cantonese

"very fucking clever!" (荷蘭鴨 is a euphemism for this)

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好𨶙悲

hou2 lan2 bei1

Cantonese

"very fucking depressed" (荷蘭灣 is a euphemism for this)

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好𨶙悶

hou2 lan2 mun6

Cantonese

"very fucking bored" (荷蘭月 is a euphemism for this)

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好𨶙笨𨳍

hou2 lan2 ban6 cat6

Cantonese

an extremely stupid person (lit., "very fucking stupid prick") | 荷蘭銀行支票 "Holland Bank Cheque" is a euphemism for this

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妎

hai6 / gaai3

Mandarin: xi4

gaai3} | jealousy

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姣

haau4

Mandarin: jiao1

flirtatious | coquettish | promiscuous | sexy | slutty | horny | # adapted from cc-cedict

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姣到出汁

haau4 dou3 ceot1 zap1

Mandarin: jiao1 dao4 chu1 zhi1

to be very promiscuous; extremely flirtatious [colloquial]

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姣味

haau6 mei6

Mandarin: jiao1 wei4

(adjective) very feminine or flirty

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姣婆

haau4 po4

Mandarin: jiao1 po2

(noun) a flirtatious woman; a slut; a slattern; a coquette

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姣婆守唔到寡

haau4 po4 sau2 m4 dou2 gwaa2

Mandarin: jiao1 po2 shou3 n2 dao4 gua3

Cantonese

it means it is hard to change people's personality; literally: a sexually promiscuous woman can't remain a widow

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姣婆藍

haau4 po4 laam4

Mandarin: jiao1 po2 lan2

Simplified: 姣婆蓝

noun; Bright blue | violet blue color, generally, people think that wearing this color is flirtatious, the first two words " 姣婆" mean slut

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姣婆遇着脂粉客

haau4 po4 jyu6 zoek6 zi1 fan2 haak3

Mandarin: jiao1 po2 yu4 zhao2 zhi1 fen3 ke4

bitchy women and erotic men meet which is perfectly matched, which means fit in easily or get along well

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姣婆遇著脂粉客

haau4 po4 jyu6 zoek6 zi1 fan2 haak3

Mandarin: jiao1 po2 yu4 zhe5 zhi1 fen3 ke4

Simplified: 姣婆遇着脂粉客

when a flirtatious woman meet with a promiscuous man [colloquial]

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姣屍燉篤

haau4 si1 dan3 duk1

Mandarin: jiao1 shi1 dun4 du3

Simplified: 姣尸炖笃

describes a woman who is flirtatious | slutty [colloquial]

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