Cantonese Dictionary

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妙語
Mandarin: miao4 yu3
Simplified: 妙语
noun; witticism
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妙語解頤
Mandarin: miao4 yu3 jie3 yi2
Simplified: 妙语解颐
to say something interesting to make people laugh
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妙語連珠
Mandarin: miao4 yu3 lian2 zhu1
Simplified: 妙语连珠
it describes someone who always makes witty and clever remarks
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妙論
Mandarin: miao4 lun4
Simplified: 妙论
an intriguing opinion
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妙齡少女
Mandarin: miao4 ling2 shao4 nv3
Simplified: 妙龄少女
Young girls
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妹
Mandarin: mei4
younger sister | term of address for a young woman or girl | # adapted from cc-cedict
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妹丁
saucy little miss
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妹丁
Mandarin: mei4 ding1
little girl; little miss
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妹仔
Mandarin: mei4 zi3
(n. | appellation) (a dated term) a young housemaid; a servant girl; a young girl.
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妹仔
Mandarin: mei4 zai3
[1] a girl [2] a slave servant girl
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妹仔丁
Cantonese
a young maid
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妹仔丁
Mandarin: mei4 zi3 ding1
little girl; little miss
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妹仔大過主人婆
Cantonese
to have one's priorities wrong (lit., "a maidservant is more imporant than one's mistress"); to treat a minor issue as a major one and vice-versa
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妹仔大過主人婆
Mandarin: mei4 zi3 da4 guo4 zhu3 ren2 po2
Simplified: 妹仔大过主人婆
describes a situation where a person in an inferior position seems to have more authority than his | her superior; literally 'the maid is superior to her lady boss'; acting above one's place; to get one's priorities wrong
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妹夫
Mandarin: mei4 fu5
younger sister's husband
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妹妹
Mandarin: mei4 mei5
younger sister | Cant. also '細妹'
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妹妹
Mandarin: mei4 mei5
younger sister
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妹妹仔
Mandarin: mei4 mei5 zi3
little girl
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妹妹仔
Cantonese
girl, Miss
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妹釘
Mandarin: mei4 ding1
Simplified: 妹钉
(noun) (of teasing tone) saucy little girl; bold and lively little miss
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姆
Mandarin: mu3
woman who looks after small children | (old) female tutor | child's governess | matron | babysitter | nanny | housemaid | nursemaid | # adapted from cc-cedict
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姆囊炎
Mandarin: mu3 nang2 yan2
bunion (also 腳孤拐)
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姆巴巴納
Mandarin: mu3 ba1 ba1 na4
Mbabane (capital of Swaziland)
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姏
Mandarin: man2
old women
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姥
Mandarin: lao3
old woman | husband's mother | # adapted from cc-cedict
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娓
Mandarin: wei3
active | comply with | comply | agreeble | tirelessly | # adapted from cc-cedict
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娓娓而談
Mandarin: wei3 wei3 er2 tan2
Simplified: 娓娓而谈
talk fluently, passionately
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娩
Mandarin: mian3
to give birth to a child | # adapted from cc-cedict
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婺
Mandarin: wu4
beautiful | used as part of place names | # adapted from cc-cedict
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婺源
Mandarin: wu4 yuan2
Wuyuan (place in Jiangxi)
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