Cantonese Dictionary

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一無所有
Mandarin: yi1 wu2 suo3 you3
not own a thing in the world; not have a thing to one's name; penniless
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一無所缺
Mandarin: y1 wu2 suo3 que1
lack nothing
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一無是處
Mandarin: yi1 wu2 shi4 chu4
rubbish; without a single redeeming feature; devoid of any merit
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一片狼藉
a total mess
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一片空白
Mandarin: yi1 pian4 kong4 bai2
an all empty or totally blank space
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一物降一物
Mandarin: yi1 wu4 xiang2 yi1 wu4
there is always one thing to conquer another; everything has its vanquisher
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一猜嘢
Mandarin: yi1 cai1 ye3
Cantonese
one thousand bucks | dollars [colloquial]
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一班人
Mandarin: yi1 ban1 ren2
a group of people
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一班嘩鬼
Mandarin: yi1 ban1 hua1 gui3
Simplified: 一班哗鬼
a bunch of rowdy kids [colloquial]
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一理通，百理明
Mandarin: yi1 li3 tong1 , bai3 li3 ming2
being able to understand one logic, reveals complete sense to hundreds of reasons or factors
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一生
Mandarin: yi1 sheng1
lifetime, lifespan, a whole life
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一生一世
a common, fancier way to say 一生
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一生人
Mandarin: yi1 sheng1 ren2
A life time
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一番
Mandarin: yi1 fan1
for once (spoken)
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一畫
Mandarin: yi1 hua4
brushstroke
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一疋布咁長
Mandarin: yi1 pi3 bu4 gan1 zhang3
Simplified: 一匹布咁长
Cantonese
long; lengthy (spoken)
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一病不起
Mandarin: yi1 bing4 bu4 qi3
as soon as one is sick one is immediately bedridden; as soon as one gets sick one can get up
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一登龍門
Mandarin: yi1 deng1 long2 men2
Simplified: 一登龙门
to reach one's goal
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一發
Mandarin: yi1 fa1
Simplified: 一发
classifier for bullets
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一百
Mandarin: yi1 bai3
one hundred
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一百五十多年
Mandarin: yi1 bai3 wu3shi2 duo1nian2
more than one hundred and fifty years [written and colloquial]
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一百萬
Mandarin: yi1 bai3 wan4
Simplified: 一百万
one million
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一百萬美金
Mandarin: yi1 bai3 wan4 mei3jin1
Simplified: 一百万美金
one million US dollars [written and colloquial]
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一百零一
Mandarin: yi1 bai3 ling2 yi1
One hundred and one;101
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一皇兩后
Mandarin: yi1 huang2 liang3 hou4
Simplified: 一皇两后
a threesome with one man and two woman [written and colloquial]
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一皇多后
Mandarin: yi1 huang2 duo1 hou4
group sex with one man and many women [written and colloquial]
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一皇雙后
Mandarin: yi1 huang2 shuang1 hou4
Simplified: 一皇双后
a threesome with one man and two woman [written and colloquial]
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一皮
Mandarin: yi1 pi2
ten thousand dollars
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一皮嘢
Mandarin: yi1 pi2 ye3
Cantonese
ten thousand dollars
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一盅兩件
Mandarin: yi1 zhong1 liang3 jian4
Simplified: 一盅两件
the slang for 'to eat dim sum' (a common Chinese cuisine); a cup of tea and 2 pieces of dim sum; minimum order; minimum purchase
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