Cantonese Dictionary

越南人

jyut6 naam4 jan4

Mandarin: Yue4 nan2 ren2

Vietnamese (people)

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越南共和國

jyut6 naam4 gung6 wo4 gwok3

Mandarin: Yue4 nan2 gong4 he2 guo2

Simplified: 越南共和国

Republic Of Vietnam

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越南共產黨

jyut6 naam4 gung6 caan2 dong2

Mandarin: yue4 nan2 gong4 chan3 dang3

Communist Party of Vietnam

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越南國家航空

jyut6 naam4 gwok3 gaa1 hong4 hung1

Mandarin: Yue4 nan2 guo2 jia1 hang2 kong1

Simplified: 越南国家航空

Vietnam Airlines

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越南太平洋

jyut6 naam4 taai3 ping4 joeng4

Pacific Airlines

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越南山龍眼

jyut6 naam4 saan1 lung4 ngaan5

Helicia cochinchinensis (cochin-china helicia)

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越南戰爭

jyut6 naam4 zin3 zang1

Mandarin: yue4 nan2 zhan4 zheng1

Vietnam war; Vietnam conflict

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越南法國麵包

jyut6 naam4 faat3 gwok3 min6 baau1

Mandarin: yue4 nan2 fa3 guo2 mian4 bao1

Bánh mì (lit., "Vietnamese baguette") is a Vietnamese baguette made with both wheat and rice flour, but more popularly known as a type of sandwich traditionally made with this type of baguette [source: Wikipedia]

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越南生春卷

jyut6 naam4 saang1 ceon1 gyun2

Mandarin: yue4 nan2 sheng1 chun1 juan3

Gỏi cuốn (summer rolls)

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越南白話

jyut6 naam4 baak6 waa6*2

Mandarin: yue4 nan2 bai2 hua4

Vietnamese Cantonese vernacular (spoken by Hoa, 越南華僑)

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越南航空

jyut6 naam4 hong4 hung1

Mandarin: Yue4 nan2 Hang2 kong1

Vietnam Airlines

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越南船民中心

jyut6 naam4 syun4 man4 zung1 sam1

Centres for Vietnamese Migrants

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越南菜

jyut6 naam4 coi3

[n] Vietnamese cuisine

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越南華僑

jyut6 naam4 waa4 kiu4

Mandarin: yue4 nan2 hua2 qiao2

Hoa (ethnic Chinese in Vietnam)

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越南話

jyut6 naam4 waa6*2

[n] Vietnamese (language)

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越南話

jyut6 naam4 waa2

Mandarin: Yue4 nan2 hua4

Simplified: 越南话

Vietnamese (the language)

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越嚟越

jyut6 lai4 jyut6 / jyut6 lei4 jyut6

Mandarin: yue4 li2 yue4

Cantonese

jyut6 lei4 jyut6} | more and more; increasingly

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越嚟越

jyut6 lai4/lei4 jyut6

Cantonese

getting more and more | Std. Chin.: 越來越

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越國

jyut6 gwok3

Mandarin: yue4 guo2

the state of Yue

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越幫越忙

jyut6 bong1 jyut6 mong4

Mandarin: yue4 bang1 yue4 mang2

making things worse (lit., "the more help one gets, the busier he becomes")

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越戰

jyut6 zin3

Mandarin: yue4 zhan4

the Vietnam War

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越早越好

jyut6 zou2 jyut6 hou2

[exp] the earlier the better

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越橘

jyut6 gwat1

cowberry; lingonberry; tangleberry; whortleberry; cranberry

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越洋

jyut6 joeng4

Mandarin: yue4 yang2

overseas [Syn.] 海外; 國外; 外國; 外地

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越獄

jyut6 juk6

Mandarin: yue4 yu4

jailbreak (as in iOS devices such as iPhone, iPod Touch)

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越秀公園

jyut6 sau3 gung1 jyun4*2

Mandarin: yue4 xiu4 gong1 yuan2

Yuexiu Park (largest park in downtown GZ)

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越秀公園

jyut6 sau3 gung1 jyun2

Mandarin: Yue4 xiu4 gong1 yuan2

Simplified: 越秀公园

Yuexiu Park; a popular park in Guangzhou, China

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越秀公園站

jyut6 sau3 gung1 jyun4 zaam6

Mandarin: Yue4 xiu4 gong1 yuan2 zhan4

Simplified: 越秀公园站

Yuexiu Park Station, a metro station in Guangzhou, China

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越秀山

jyut6 sau3 saan1

Mandarin: yue4 xiu4 shan1

Yuexiu Hill, a place in Guangzhou, China

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越窮越見鬼

jyut6 kung4 jyut6 gin3 gwai2

Mandarin: yue4 qiong2 yue4 jian4 gui3

Cantonese

when one is in bad luck it just seems to get worse

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