Cantonese Dictionary

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揦手唔成勢
Mandarin: la2 shou3 n2 cheng2 shi4
Simplified: 揦手唔成势
Cantonese
in a dilemma; to be all over the place (spoken)
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揦脷
Mandarin: la2 li4
strong taste; too salty; too spicy (spoken) | expensive (spoken)
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揦苴
Mandarin: la2 ju1
adj; also written as "嗱喳", which means dirty
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揦茜
Mandarin: la2 qian4
rash; sloppy
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揦西
Mandarin: la2 xi1
careless (spoken)
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揦起塊面
Mandarin: la2 qi3 kuai4 mian4
Simplified: 揦起块面
verb; to pull a long face
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揦高肚皮
Mandarin: la2 gao1 du4 pi2
to describe the action of someone who exposes all their private matters | secrets for all to see and not caring whether other people actually want to know about it or not.
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揦鮓
Mandarin: la2 zha3
Simplified: 揦鲊
dirty (unclean, especially in the context of 'dirty tricks')
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揦鮓手段
Mandarin: la2 zha3 shou3duan4
Simplified: 揦鲊手段
dirty tricks [colloquial]
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揦鮓招
Cantonese
dirty trick
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搦
Mandarin: nuo4
(literary) to hold (in the hand) | to challenge | to provoke | to carry | to grasp | to seize | to press down | to knead | to suppress | to stroke | # adapted from cc-cedict
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搦住
Mandarin: nuo4 zhu4
to take; bring; hold in the hand
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搦得起，放得低
Mandarin: nuo4 de2 qi3 fang4 de2 di1
Cantonese
to be adaptable to circumstances; be flexible
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摙
Mandarin: lian3
to transport | to remove to take | # adapted from cc-cedict
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摙死
Cantonese
to strangle; stranglulate; strangulation
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摙車
Mandarin: lian3 che1
Cantonese
car racing
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摙車
Mandarin: lian3 che1
Simplified: 摙车
car racing
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摙骨
Mandarin: lian3 gu3
verb; massage
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摞
Mandarin: luo4
to pile up | to stack | a pile | a stack | # adapted from cc-cedict
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摟
Mandarin: lou3
Simplified: 搂
to collect | to drag | to extort | # adapted from cc-cedict
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撈
Mandarin: lao1
Simplified: 捞
to earn a living through dishonest means | to mix thoroughly | to make money | # adapted from cc-cedict
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撈世界
Mandarin: lao1 shi4 jie4
Simplified: 捞世界
(slang) to make a living; to earn a living (usually a relatively poor one, muddling along | living hand to mouth); profiteering; to make a living through crime
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撈亂
Mandarin: lao1 luan4
Simplified: 捞乱
to shuffle; to mix up [colloquial]
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撈仔
Mandarin: lao1 zi3
Simplified: 捞仔
guys from other regions, Cantonese people sometimes use this to refer to guys who migrated from the North
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撈偏
Mandarin: lao1 pian1
Simplified: 捞偏
to make a living from dishonest means [colloquial]
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撈偏門
Mandarin: lao1 pian1 men2
Simplified: 捞偏门
doing illegal business; to make a living from illegal means
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撈勻
Mandarin: lao1 yun2
Simplified: 捞匀
to thoroughly mix; to have tried out all types of professions
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撈唔埋
Mandarin: lao1 n2 mai2
Simplified: 捞唔埋
Cantonese
things that cannot be mixed together; unmixable; two people that just cannot get on with each other no matter what
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撈唔掂
Mandarin: lao1 wu2 dian1
Simplified: 捞唔掂
Cantonese
to struggle to make enough money [colloquial]
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撈嘢
Mandarin: lao1 ye3
Simplified: 捞嘢
Cantonese
work; a combo such as in a dessert where many items are mixed together
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