Cantonese Dictionary

兩重性

loeng5 cung4 sing3

Mandarin: liang3 chong2 xing4

Simplified: 两重性

Ambiguity

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兩難

loeng5 naan4

to be in a dilemma (lit., "two difficult situations")

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兩面三刀

loeng5 min6 saam1 dou1

Mandarin: liang3 mian4 san1 dao1

say one thing and do another; be cunning and deceitful

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兩頭

loeng5 tau4

both ends; both sides

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兩頭受氣

loeng5 tau4 sau6 hei3

both ends suffer wrong (one can't do anything right if one is meant to be the target of abuse. lit., "two headed scapegoat")

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兩頭唔到岸

loeng5 tau4 m4 dou3 ngon6

Mandarin: liang3 tou2 n2 dao4 an4

Simplified: 两头唔到岸

Cantonese

an idiom which describes the situation of getting stuck in the middle of nowhere in life; to fall between two stools

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兩頭蛇

loeng5 tau4 se4

Mandarin: liang3 tou2 she2

Simplified: 两头蛇

(n.) literally: a snake with a head at each end; a disloyal, two-faced person who usually tries to take advantage of different sides; a Chinese chess tactic

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兩頭騰

loeng5 tau4 tang4

Mandarin: liang3tou2 teng2

Simplified: 两头腾

to rush around here and there [colloquial]

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兩點

loeng5 dim2

Mandarin: liang3 dian3

Simplified: 两点

Cantonese

Two points | two o'clock

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兩點式

loeng5 dim2 sik1

Mandarin: liang3 dian3 shi4

[math.] two-point form

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兩點水

loeng5 dim2 seoi2

Mandarin: liang3 dian3 shui3

Kangxi radical 15 冫

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六九

luk6 gau2

Mandarin: liu4 jiu3

69 (sex position) [colloquial]

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六個字

luk6 go3 zi6

Mandarin: liu4 ge4 zi4

Simplified: 六个字

six words or characters

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六六六

luk6 luk6 luk6

Mandarin: liu4 liu4 liu4

666, one of the most widely recognized symbols for the devil

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六十

luk6 sap6

Mandarin: liu4 shi2

sixty

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六十一

luk6 sap6 jat1

Mandarin: liu4 shi2 yi1

sixty-one; 61

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六十七

luk6 sap6 cat1

Mandarin: liu4 shi2 qi1

sixty-seven; 67

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六十三

luk6 sap6 saam1

Mandarin: liu4 shi2 san1

sixty-three; 63

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六十九

luk6 sap6 gau2

Mandarin: liu4 shi2 jiu3

sixty-nine; 69

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六十二

luk6 sap6 ji6

Mandarin: liu4 shi2 er4

sixty-two; 62

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六十五

luk6 sap6 ng5

Mandarin: liu4 shi2 wu3

sixty-five; 65

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六十八

luk6 sap6 baat3

Mandarin: liu4 shi2 ba1

sixty-eight; 68

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六十六

luk6 sap6 luk6

Mandarin: liu4 shi2 liu4

sixty-six

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六十四

luk6 sap6 sei3

Mandarin: liu4 shi2 si4

sixty-four; 64

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六十年代

luk6 sap6 nin4 doi6

Mandarin: liu4 shi2 nian2 dai4

in the 60's

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六十後

luk6 sap6 hau6

Mandarin: liu4 shi2 hou4

the people who was born during the 60's [also see] 七十後 (70's), 八十後 (80's), etc...

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六千

luk6 cin1

Mandarin: liu4 qian1

six thousand

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六千萬

luk6 cin1 maan6

Mandarin: liu4 qian1 wan4

sixty million; 60,000,000

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六合

luk6 hap6

Mandarin: lu4 he2

Luhe (place in Jiangsu), Luk Hop

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六合彩

luk6 hap6 coi2

Mandarin: liu4 he2 cai3

Mark Six Lottery; lotto; lotteries fund

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