Cantonese Dictionary

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一套
Mandarin: yi1 tao4
[1] a suit, [2] a set
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一套杯碟
a cup and saucer
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一如往昔
Mandarin: yi1 ru2 wang3 xi1
Like always
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一如既往
Mandarin: yi1 ru2 ji4 wang3
[adv] just as in the past; as before
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一妻制
Mandarin: yi1 qi1 zhi4
monogamy
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一妻多夫
Mandarin: yi1 qi1 duo1 fu1
one wife and multiple husbands, polyandry
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一妻多夫制
Mandarin: yi1 qi1 duo1 fu1 zhi4
Polygamy
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一姐
Mandarin: yi1 jie3
The female leader
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一姐
Cantonese
number one (female film star)
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一字不識
Mandarin: yi1 zi4 bu4 shi4 (TW) / shi2 (PRC)
illiterate; unable to read even on character (word)
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一字之差
Mandarin: yi1 zi4 zhi1 cha1
a difference of a single word or character
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一字兒
Mandarin: yi1 zi4 r5
in a row; in a line
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一字千金
Mandarin: yi1 zi4 qian1 jin1
one word is worth a thousand taels of gold
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一字咁淺
Mandarin: yi1 zi4 gan1 qian3
Simplified: 一字咁浅
Cantonese
as simple as the word "one"
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一字咁淺
Mandarin: yi1zi4 gan1 qian2
Simplified: 一字咁钱
Cantonese
as easy as ABC and 123 [colloquial]
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一字批
Mandarin: yi1 zi4 pi1
Cantonese
slotted screwdriver; slot-type screwdriver
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一字樓
first floor
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一字角
Mandarin: yi1 zi4 jiao3
Corner
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一字馬
Mandarin: yi1 zi4 ma3
Simplified: 一字马
a split (with both legs straight flat on ground)
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一官半職
Mandarin: yi1 guan1 ban4 zhi2
Simplified: 一官半职
A position in the government
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一定
Mandarin: yi2 ding4
[1] definite; fixed; certain; specified; regular [2] for sure; surely; certainly; necessarily [3] given; certain; particular [4] proper | [粵]: also 一實
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一定會
Mandarin: yi1 ding4 hui4
Simplified: 一定会
Must be
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一定要
Mandarin: yi1 ding4 yao4
must
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一家之主
Mandarin: yi1jia1 zhi1 zhu3
the head of the family
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一家人
of the same family; of one family; a household
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一家便宜兩家著
Mandarin: yi1jia1 bian4yi2 liang3 jia1 zhe5
Simplified: 一家便宜两家着
a win win situation [colloquial]
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一家大細
Mandarin: yi1 jia1 da4 xi4
Simplified: 一家大细
the whole family, which includes the adults (parents and | or grandparents) and children
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一家富貴
the whole family prospers - exactly what it says on the tin, however, there is a variation that is a derogratory term. Better play it safe and not use this.
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一實
Mandarin: yi1 shi2
Simplified: 一实
certainly; definitely [colloquial]
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一審
first instance; trial of first instance
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