Cantonese Dictionary

嫲嫲

maa4 maa4

Mandarin: ma2 ma2

paternal grandmother

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嫵

mou5

Mandarin: wu3

Simplified: 妩

flatter | to please | charming | enchanting | # adapted from cc-cedict

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嫵媚

mou5 mei6

Mandarin: wu3 mei4

enchanting; charming; lovely

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嬤

mo5

Mandarin: ma1

Simplified: 嬷

ma | mamma | # adapted from cc-cedict

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嬷

maa1 maa4

Mandarin: ma1

granny; wet nurse

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孖

maa1

Mandarin: ma1

[1] twin; in pairs [2] [v] take along; join together; associate

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孖Ｑ

maa1 kiu1

Mandarin: ma1

double quinella in horseracing [colloquial]

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孖T

maa1 ti1

Mandarin: ma1 T

Double Trio, a term in horse racing gambling

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孖X

maa1 X

Mandarin: ma1 X

Cantonese

(mahjong) an alternate way of declaring the draw of twin flowers; twin X's, where X is a number between 1 and 4 representing the flower | cf. 孖花

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孖一

maa1 jat1

Cantonese

double ones

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孖七

maa1 cat1

Cantonese

double sevens

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孖三

maa1 saam1

Cantonese

double threes

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孖九

maa1 gau2

Cantonese

double nines

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孖二

maa1 ji6

Cantonese

double twos

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孖五

maa1 ng5

Cantonese

double fives

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孖仔

maa1 zai2

Mandarin: ma1 zai3

twins (boys)

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孖份

maa1 fan6*2

Cantonese

a partner

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孖份

maa1 fan2

Mandarin: ma1 fen4

verb; to act jointly; to form a partnership

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孖住上

maa1 zyu6 soeng5

Mandarin: ma1 zhu4 shang4

to partner up; to do something together

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孖住上

maa1 zyu6 seong5

Mandarin: ma1 zhu4 shang4

Cantonese

partner up; to do sth. together with another person

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孖八

maa1 baat3

Cantonese

double eights

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孖公仔

maa1 gung1 zai2

Mandarin: ma1 gong1 zai3

describes two people who always stick together, hang out together and do everything together such that they are practically inseparable; normally used to describe best friends | couple | siblings

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孖六

maa1 luk6

Cantonese

double sixes

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孖吉

maa1 gat1

Mandarin: ma1 ji2

the 14K triad gang [colloquial]

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孖咇

maa1 bit1

Mandarin: ma1 bi4

Cantonese

1. two police officers on the beat 2. of two people to go out shopping etc.

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孖四

maa1 sei3

Mandarin: ma1 si4

double fours; not to mind one's own business; to be a busybody; 4+4=8 "八卦" , which means gossip,

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孖女

maa1 neoi5*2

Cantonese

[1] twins (girl) [2] [華]: 女雙胞胎

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孖女

maa1 neoi2

Mandarin: ma1 nv3

twin (girls)

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孖寶

maa1 bou2

Mandarin: ma1 bao3

Simplified: 孖宝

Double, a term in horse racing gambling; twins; a pair

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孖寶兄弟

maa1 bou2 hing1 dai6

Mandarin: ma1 bao3 xiong1 di5

Simplified: 孖宝兄弟

Super Mario Bros

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