Cantonese Dictionary

兩替

loeng5 tai3

exchange

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兩梳蕉

loeng5 so1 ziu1

Mandarin: liang3 shu1 jiao1

Simplified: 两梳蕉

to visit one without any gift

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兩棲

loeng5 cai1

Mandarin: liang3 qi1

amphibious; dual-talented; able to work in two different lines

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兩棲動物

loeng5 cai1 dung6 mat6

Mandarin: liang3 qi1 dong4 wu4

amphibian; amphibious animals

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兩棲類

loeng5 cai1 leoi6

Mandarin: liang3 qi1 lei4

[bio.] amphibian

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兩極

loeng5 gik6

Mandarin: liang3 ji2

[1] two extremes, [2] two ends of something (like the earth's north and south poles, magnetic poles, etc.)

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兩極分化

loeng5 gik6 fan1 faa3

Mandarin: liang3 ji2 fen1 hua4

polarization; division into two opposing extremes; polarize

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兩極管

loeng5 gik6 gun2

Mandarin: liang3 ji2 guan3

Simplified: 两极管

Diode

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兩樣

loeng5 joeng6

different

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兩次

loeng5 ci3

Mandarin: liang3ci4-

Simplified: 两次

twice [written and colloquial]

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兩用

loeng5 jung6

Mandarin: liang3 yong4

dual-use

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兩男一女得個嬲字

leong5 naam4 jat1 neoi5 dak1 go3 nau1 zi6

Mandarin: liang3 nan2 yi1 nv3 de2 ge4 niao3 zi4

Cantonese

two guys and one girl means trouble (anger)

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兩男夾女

loeng5 naam4 gaap3 neoi5

a "Chicken Sandwich"; a menage a trois

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兩當

loeng5 dong1

Mandarin: liang3 dang1

Liangdang (place in Gansu)

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兩百

loeng5 baak3

Mandarin: liang3 bai3

two hundred

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兩百萬

loeng5 baak3 maan6

Mandarin: liang3 bai3 wan4

two million

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兩相情願

loeng5 soeng1 cing4 jyun6

Mandarin: liang3 xiang1 qing2 yuan4

by mutual agreement; by the consent of two willing parties

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兩眼發直

loeng5 ngaan5 faat3 zik6

staring into space

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兩睇

loeng5 tai2

Mandarin: liang3 di4

Simplified: 两睇

Cantonese

depends (spoken)

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兩節棍

loeng5 zit3 gwan3

Mandarin: liang3 jie2 gun4

nunchaku (also sometimes called "nunchucks", "numchuks")

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兩粒

loeng5 nap1

Mandarin: liang3 li4

Simplified: 两粒

[measure word] two pieces

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兩粒一班

loeng5 nap1 jat1 baan1

Mandarin: liang3 li4 yi1 ban1

Simplified: 两粒一班

a senior police inspector [colloquial]

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兩粒花

loeng5 nap1 faa1

Mandarin: liang3 li4 hua1

Simplified: 两粒花

a police inspector [colloquial]

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兩粵

loeng5 jyut6

Mandarin: Liang3 Yue4

Simplified: 两粤

Two Yues, consist of East and West Yue, currently Guangdong and Guangxi Provinces

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兩老

loeng5 lou5

Mandarin: liang3 lao3

Simplified: 两老

one's parents; one's father and mother [written and colloquial]

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兩者

loeng5 ze2

Mandarin: liang3 zhe3

both sides

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兩肋插刀

loeng5 lak6 caap3 dou1

Mandarin: liang3 lei4 cha1 dao1

to attach a great importance to friendship, up to the point of being able to sacrifice oneself for it (lit., "knifes piercing both sides")

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兩脅插刀

loeng5 hip3 caap3 dou1

Mandarin: liang3 xie2 cha1 dao1

to risk one's life for a friend; to sustain two knife wounds for a friend, describes a loyal friend who will die for his friend

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兩腳一伸

loeng5 goek3 jat1 san1

Mandarin: liang3 jiao3 yi1 shen1

Simplified: 两脚一伸

to kick the bucket; to be dead [colloquial]

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兩邊

loeng5 bin1

both sides

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