Cantonese Dictionary

鷹粟粉

jing1 suk1 fan2

Mandarin: ying1 su4 fen3

Simplified: 鹰粟粉

corn starch; cornflour

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鷹鉤鼻子

jing1 ngau1 bei6 zi2

Mandarin: ying1 gou1 bi2 zi5

an aquiline nose, a hooked nose

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鸚

jing1

Mandarin: ying1

parrot

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鸚哥鼻

jing1 go1 bei6

Mandarin: ying1 ge1 bi2

Simplified: 鹦哥鼻

a nose that is shaped like the beak of a parrot

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鸚鵡

jing1 mou5

a parrot

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鹽

jim4

Mandarin: yan2

Simplified: 盐

salt M: 粒lì [粒] | to treat with salt | # adapted from cc-cedict

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鹽倉土地

jim4 cong1 tou2 dei6

Mandarin: yan2 cang1 tu3 di5

Simplified: 盐仓土地

lustful (slang)

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鹽基

jim4 gei1

Mandarin: yan2 ji1

Simplified: 盐基

a chemical base

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鹽巴

jim4 baa1

Mandarin: yan2 ba1

salt | Dialectal Mandarin term; not Std. Chinese.

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鹽梟

jim4 hiu1

Mandarin: yan2 xiao1

Simplified: 盐枭

(in the past) gangs of armed personnel smuggling salt for a living

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鹽業

jim4 jip6

Mandarin: yan2 ye4

Simplified: 盐业

the salt industry

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鹽步

jim4 bou6

Mandarin: yan2 bu4

Simplified: 盐步

Yan Bu, a place in Guangzhou,China

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鹽水

jim4 seoi2

salt water; brine

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鹽滷

jim4 lou5

Mandarin: yan2 lu3

Simplified: 盐卤

bittern

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鹽漬法

jim4 zi3 faat3

Mandarin: yan2 zi4 fa3

salting

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鹽焗雞

jim4 guk6 gai1

Mandarin: yan2 ju2 ji1

Simplified: 盐焗鸡

baked salted chicken

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鹽花

jim4 faa1

Mandarin: yan2 hua1

Simplified: 盐花

the pornographic part | component of something

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鹽蛇

jim4 se4*2

Cantonese

gekko; lizard [Var.] 檐蛇 | Mand.: 壁虎

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鹽酸

jim4 syun1

Mandarin: yan2 suan1

hydrochloric acid; hydrochloride

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鹽醃

jim4 jip3/jim1

Mandarin: yan2 yan1

salting

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黝

jau2

Mandarin: you3

jet black | dark green | winding | long | blacken | suntan | dusk | # adapted from cc-cedict

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黝黑

jau2 hak1

Mandarin: you3 hei1

dark

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鼬

jau6

Mandarin: you4

weasel | # adapted from cc-cedict

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鼴

jin2

Mandarin: yan3

mole (animal)

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鼴鼠

jin2 syu2

Mandarin: yan3 shu3

mole (the small, insectivorous, burrowing mammals living mostly underground) | Note: Cantonese generally use 蘇鼠 or 盲蘇鼠.

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齧齒動物

jit6 ci2 dung6 mat6

Mandarin: nie4 chi3 dong4wu4

Simplified: 啮齿动物

rodent [written and colloquial]

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齬

jyu5

Mandarin: yu3

Simplified: 龉

irregular teeth | to disagree | # adapted from cc-cedict

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龠

joek6

Mandarin: yue4

ancient unit of volume (half a 合gě [合], equivalent to 50ml) | ancient flute | KangXi radical 214 | # adapted from cc-cedict

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㘈

jik6

Mandarin: yi4

a child being knowledgeable

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𨅝樓梯

jaang3 lau4 tai1

Cantonese

climb up the stairs

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