Cantonese Dictionary

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戲服
Mandarin: xi4 fu2
Simplified: 戏服
drama, opera costume
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戲棚
Mandarin: xi4 peng2
Simplified: 戏棚
noun; scaffolding stage, matshed theater
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戲橋
Mandarin: xi4 qiao2
Simplified: 戏桥
story plot (spoken)
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戲橋
Cantonese
a (plot) synopsis
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戲肉
Cantonese
climax (of drama); highlight (of event)
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戲肉
Mandarin: xi4 rou4
Simplified: 戏肉
the climax of the movie | drama | story
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戲迷
Mandarin: xi4 mi2
Simplified: 戏迷
movie fans
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戲院
Mandarin: xi4 yuan4
theatre (UK); theater (US); cinema [華]: 電影院
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戲院
Mandarin: xi4 yuan4
Simplified: 戏院
(noun) movie theater
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戲飛
Mandarin: xi4 fei1
Simplified: 戏飞
movie ticket
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扻
Mandarin: kan3
[1] hole; pit [2] bank; ridge [3] one of the Eight Trigrams [4] [ 粵 ] knock against; run against; to strike
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扻頭埋牆
Cantonese
a bad idea to be suggested as an alternative to let out frustrations (lit., "hit one's head against the wall")
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扻頭埋牆
Mandarin: jie2 tou2 mai2 qiang2
Simplified: 扻头埋墙
to hit one's head against the wall, to punish, degrade oneself
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拫
Mandarin: hen2
to pull | to drag | to stop | rev | with tension | up to maximum | # adapted from cc-cedict
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拷
Mandarin: kao3
to beat | to flog | to examine under torture | to torture and interrogate | # adapted from cc-cedict
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拷
Mandarin: kao3
flog; beat; torture
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挈
Mandarin: qie4
to raise | to lift | to take along (e.g. one's family) | to assist | to lead by hand | # adapted from cc-cedict
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挾
Mandarin: xie2
Simplified: 挟
to coerce | to cherish | # adapted from cc-cedict
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挾持
Mandarin: xie2 chi2
abduct; kidnap; hold sb under duress; seize sb by force
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挾持
Mandarin: xie2 chi2
Simplified: 挟持
to hold hostage
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捍
Mandarin: han4
defend; guard against; ward off; resist
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捍衛
Mandarin: han4 wei4
defend, uphold, safeguard
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捍衛者
Mandarin: han4 wei4 zhe3
proponent, supporter, upholder
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捍衞
Mandarin: han4 wei4
Simplified: 捍卫
to defend; to safeguard
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掀
Mandarin: xian1
to lift (a lid) | to rock | to convulse | to stir up | to set up | to topple | to blow off | to overthrow | # adapted from cc-cedict
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掀起
Mandarin: xian1qi3
(verb) Start
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掀起高潮
raise to a climax
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掐
Mandarin: qia1
to pick (flowers) | to pinch | to nip | to pinch off | to clutch | (slang) to fight | a pinch of, a quantifier | to choke | # adapted from cc-cedict
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掐住
Mandarin: qia1 zhu4
to choke
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控
Mandarin: kong4
to control | to accuse | to charge | to sue | to invert a container to empty it | (suffix) (slang) buff | enthusiast | devotee | -phile or –philia | to draw a bow | # adapted from cc-cedict
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