Cantonese Dictionary

拎

ling1

Mandarin: ti2

Simplified: 提

Cantonese

to carry; to hold (Cantonese)

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拎住

ling1 zyu6

Mandarin: lin1 zhu4

to hold (an item)

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拎走

ling1 zau2

Mandarin: lin1 zou3

noun; takeaway

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拿拿冧

laa4 laa4 lam4

Mandarin: na2 na2 lin2

quickly; hurry [colloquial]

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拿林

laa4 lam4

Mandarin: na2 lin2

faster; quickly [colloquial]

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拿渣

laa5 zaa2

Mandarin: na2 zha1

despicable; corrupt; dirty (unclean, especially in the context of 'dirty tricks') [colloquial]

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拿渣嘢

laa4 zaa2 je5

Mandarin: na2 zha1 ye3

Cantonese

trickeries; underhand tricks; dirty dealings [colloquial]

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捋

lyut6

Mandarin: lv3

to smooth or arrange sth using one's fingers | to stroke | to hold something long and run one's hand along it | to rub | to scrape off | to pluck | # adapted from cc-cedict

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捋高衫袖

lyut3 gou1 saam1 zau6

Mandarin: lv3 gao1 shan1 xiu4

Cantonese

to roll/pull up the sleeves; to be ready to do sth

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捋鬍鬚

lyut3 wu4 sou1

Mandarin: lv3 hu2xu1

Simplified: 捋胡须

to stroke one's beard [colloquial]

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捩

leoi6

Mandarin: lie4

to tear | to twist | to turn | to snap | # adapted from cc-cedict

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捩

lit6 lai2

Mandarin: lie4

twist; turn

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掄

leon4

Mandarin: lun1

Simplified: 抡

to swing (one's arms, a heavy object) | to wave (a sword, one's fists) | to fling (money) | to choose | # adapted from cc-cedict

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掕

ling4

Mandarin: ling2

bags; stuff

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掠

loek6

Mandarin: lve4

to take over by force | to rob | to plunder | to brush over | to skim | to sweep | to pass by | # adapted from cc-cedict

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掠低

loek1 dai1

Mandarin: lve4 di1

to kill [colloquial]

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掠取

loek6 ceoi2

Mandarin: lve4 qu3

[v] to plunder; to pillage; to loot

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掠奪

loek6 dyut6

Mandarin: lve4duo2

Simplified: 掠夺

(verb) Ransack

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掠影

loek6 jing2

Mandarin: lve4 ying3

glimpses (often used in titles)

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掠水

loek6*1 seoi2

Cantonese

to squeeze money from people

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掠水

loek6 seoi2

Mandarin: lve4 shui3

to scam or rip-off money

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掠水王

loek1 seoi2 wong4

Mandarin: lve4 shui3 wang2

someone who is an expert in making money through dishonest means | trickery [colloquial]

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掠錢

loek1 cin2

Mandarin: lve4 qian2

Simplified: 掠钱

'daylight robbery' by charging an excessive and unreasonable prie for something [colloquial]

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揦

laa5

Mandarin: la4

to destroy | to rip | to tear open | to grab | to grasp | irritate (one's skin) | to marinate | dirty | # adapted from cc-cedict

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揦住

laa2 zyu6

Mandarin: la2 zhu4

verb; hold of; grip; capture

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揦埋

laa2 maai4

Mandarin: la2 mai2

to combine; generally speaking; to make a sad face; to gather, pack

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揦埋口面

laa2 maai4 hau2 min6

Mandarin: la2 mai2 kou3 mian4

noun; hard face, bitter face, unhappy

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揦屎上身

laa2 si2 soeng5 san1

Cantonese

to bring trouble to oneself; asking for trouble | Synon.: 自己攞嚟衰; 捉蟲入屎窟 | Mand.: 自找麻煩

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揦屎上身

laa2 si2 soeng6 san1

Mandarin: la2 shi3 shang4 shen1

asking for trouble (spoken)

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揦手

laa2 sau2

Mandarin: la2 shou3

verb; difficult to deal with. When we say "揦手唔成勢", which means unable to deal with problem

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