Cantonese Dictionary

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理髮師傅
a barber
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理髮店
Mandarin: li3 fa4 dian4
barbershop
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琉
Mandarin: liu2
precious stone | sparkling stone | glazed | opaque | # adapted from cc-cedict
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琉球群島
Mandarin: liu2 qiu2 qun2 dao3
the Ryukyu islands (Japan)
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琉璃
Mandarin: liu2 li5/li2
coloured glaze
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琍
Mandarin: li2
(phonetic character used in transliteration of foreign names) | Taiwan pr. [lì] | variant of 璃lí [璃], glass | # adapted from cc-cedict
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琳
Mandarin: lin2
gem | beautiful jade | # adapted from cc-cedict
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瑯
Mandarin: lang2
(gem) | tinkling of pendants | pearl-like jade | pure and white | onomatopoeia for the sound of reading aloud | kind of white cornelian | # adapted from cc-cedict
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瓏
Mandarin: long2
Simplified: 珑
tinkling of gem-pendants | a gem carved with dragon design | to describe a jade that is bright and clear | dry and arid | clear and bright | # adapted from cc-cedict
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瓴
Mandarin: ling2
concave channels of tiling | a long-necked jar | # adapted from cc-cedict
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甩
Mandarin: shuai3
to throw | to fling | to swing | to leave behind | to throw off | to dump (sb) | to discard | to throw away | to lose | to get rid of | to cast away | to abandon | to wag (tail) | to know the mahjong tils by touch to know whether to keep or rid of it | to like | to love | to enjoy | # adapted from cc-cedict
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甩嘴
Mandarin: shuai3 zui3
(verb) to make lip sync mistakes; (noun) lip sync fails
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甩大牙
Mandarin: shuai3 da4ya2
to lose one's molars ('if you tell lies you will lose your molars', an expression used to express the importance of honesty) [colloquial]
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甩底
Mandarin: shuai3 di3
(phrasal verb) to stand someone up; not turning up for a date or appointment; to break a promise; to fail to so something as promised; to have a secret exposed; to mess up something; to have the base (usually of a container) falling off.
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甩手
refuse to do; swing one's arm
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甩拖
Mandarin: shuai3 tuo1
to break off a romantic relationship
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甩掉
Mandarin: shuai3 diao4
to get rid of, to throw off | [粵]: 撇甩
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甩期
Mandarin: shuai3 ji1
Simplified: 甩朞
(verb) unpunctual; delay; late
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甩漏
Mandarin: shuai3 lou4
Cantonese
omit; leave out by accident
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甩牙
Mandarin: shuai3 ya2
(verb) loss a tooth; or (slang) someone is slurring
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甩甩ｃｕｔｃｕｔ
Mandarin: shuai3 shuai3c u t c u t
dissonant; broken (language); not fluent; not smooth | flowing (speech) [colloquial]
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甩甩離
Mandarin: shuai3 shuai3 li2
Simplified: 甩甩离
not attached well; to describe something that is on the verge of falling off
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甩皮
Mandarin: shuai3 pi2
to shed one's skin; to strip [colloquial]
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甩皮甩骨
Mandarin: shuai3 pi2 shuai3 gu3
to be in a bad shape; to have fallen apart; to have fallen into pieces
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甩繩馬騮
Mandarin: shuai3 sheng2 ma3 liu2
Simplified: 甩绳马骝
describes a person (usually a child) who has regained freedom after being restrained and is now acting up; literally 'a monkey whose rope has been untangled '; someone who is unruly or out of control
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甩肺
Mandarin: shuai3 fei4
very serious (spoken)
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甩色
Mandarin: shuai3 se4
a phenomenon where the color is fading; discoloration
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甩褲
Mandarin: shuai3 ku4
Simplified: 甩裤
falling pants (spoken)
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甩賣
Mandarin: shuai3 mai4
to mark down (the price of goods); to sell off cheap
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甩身
Mandarin: shuai3 shen1
(v.) to finally end your painful relationship with someone or something, such as a job or a lover; to escape (from something or someone); to get out of an undesirable situation; to get out of trouble.
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