Cantonese Dictionary

貓樣

maau1 joeng6

Mandarin: mao1 yang4

Simplified: 猫样

ugly face (slang)

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貓機

maau1 gei1

Mandarin: mao1 ji1

Simplified: 猫机

a device used to detect mobile short wave radio used by taxi and truck drivers [colloquial]

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貓王

maau1 wong4

Mandarin: mao1 wang2

Elvis Presley [slang]

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貓眼

maau1 ngaan5

Mandarin: mao1 yan3

peephole

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貓眼石

maau1 ngaan5 sek6

Mandarin: mao1 yan3 shi2

a cat's eye (jewel), an opal

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貓竇

maau1 dau3

Mandarin: mao1 dou4

Simplified: 猫窦

a cat bed; a cat basket

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貓糧

maau1 loeng4

Mandarin: mao1 liang2

cat food

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貓紙

maau1 zi2

Mandarin: mao1 zhi3

Simplified: 猫纸

piece of paper written with tips and answers for cheating (slang)

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貓蝨

maau1 sat1

Mandarin: mao1 shi1

Simplified: 猫虱

cat flea

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貓蝨帶

maau1 sat1 daai3*2

a flea collar (for cats)

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貓街

maau1 gaai1

Mandarin: mao1 jie1

Simplified: 猫街

cat street (Japanese cartoon) ;Lascar Row (informally known as Cat Street), a street in Hong Kong known for selling stolen goods;

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貓頭鷹

maau1 tau4 jing1

Mandarin: mao1 tou2 ying1

owl

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貓鬚

maau1 sou1

Mandarin: mao1 xu1

Simplified: 猫须

cat's whiskers

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貓魚

maau1 jyu2

Mandarin: mao1 yu2

Simplified: 猫鱼

fishes used for feeding cats

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貓魚

maau1 jyu4*2

Mandarin: mao1 yu2

a small fish as cat's food

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貓鼬

maau1 jau6

Mandarin: mao1 you4

a mongoose

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買

maai5

Mandarin: mai3

Simplified: 买

to buy; to purchase

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買ｆｕｌｌ鐘

maai5 fu1 zung1

Mandarin: mai3ｆｕｌｌ zhong1

Simplified: 买ｆｕｌｌ钟

to pay to take night club hostess out of the night club [colloquial]

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買一送一

maai5 jat1 sung3 jat1

buy one get one free

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買位

maai5 wai2

Mandarin: mai3 wei4

Simplified: 买位

to pay for allocated places (usually in the context of social welfare, such as care homes, education etc., often used by the government as a temporary measure to fill a shortage in public amenitites by buying places from private organizations)

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買保險

maai5 bou2 him2

Mandarin: mai3 bao3 xian3

to insure (against); to buy an insurance policy

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買兇

maai5 hung1

Mandarin: mai3 xiong1

hire a killer

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買入

maai5 jap6

Mandarin: mai5 ru4

[formal] to buy in [antonym] 賣出

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買入匯率

maai5 jap6 wui6 leot6*2

Mandarin: mai3 ru4 hui4 lv4

[stock market] buying rate

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買全鐘

maai5 cyun4 zung1

Mandarin: mai3 quan2 zhong1

Simplified: 买全钟

to pay to take night club hostess out of the night club [colloquial]

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買單

maai5*4 daan1

Mandarin: mai3 dan1

call for the bill (US/AU: check) at restaurants. This is the Mandarin rendition of the Cantonese original 埋單 due to tonal differences, i.e. Mandarin 買 sounds closer to Cantonese 埋 than Mandarin 埋 does.

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買大

maai5 daai6

Mandarin: mai3 da4

Simplified: 买大

to bet on 'big' or 'over' in the common table game in casino called 'over-under or O | U'; to take a dump [colloquial]

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買大細

maai5 daai6 sai3

Mandarin: mai3 da4 xi4

Simplified: 买大细

to gamble at the common table game in casino called 'over-under or O | U'; to take a gamble at something risky and unpredicatable [colloquial]

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買好

maai5 hou2

Mandarin: mai3 hao3

to ingratiate oneself

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買定

maai5 ding6

Mandarin: mai3 ding4

Simplified: 买定

buy in advance; used in gambling to refer to a 'confirmed' bet where the decision cannot be reversed once the bet has been placed

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