Cantonese Dictionary

帽子戲法

mou6 zi2 hei3 faat3

Mandarin: mao4 zi5 xi4 fa3

hat trick

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帽峰山

mou6 fung1 saan1

Mandarin: mao4 feng1 shan1

Maofengshan, place in Guangzhou, China

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帽檐

mou6*2 jam4

Mandarin: mao4 yan2

hat brim

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幔

maan6

Mandarin: man4

curtain | screen | tent | # adapted from cc-cedict

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幔子

maan6 zi2

Mandarin: man4 zi5

curtain; veil

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幕僚

mok6 liu4

Mandarin: mu4 liao2

aids and advisors of top official; confidant

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幕前

mok6 cin4

Mandarin: mu4 qian2

front stage, the opposite meaning of the back stage

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幕後

mok6 hau6

Mandarin: mu4 hou4

behind the scenes; behind closed doors; backstage; offstage; backroom; in the background

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幕後主腦

mok6 hau6 zyu2 nou5

Mandarin: mu4hou4 zhu3nao3

Simplified: 幕后主脑

the mastermind behind the scene [written and colloquial]

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廟

miu2

Mandarin: miao4

Simplified: 庙

temple | ancestral shrine M: 座zuò [座] | temple fair | imperial court | # adapted from cc-cedict

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廟嘴廟舌

miu2 zeoi2 miu2 sit6

Mandarin: miao4 zui3 miao4 she2

Simplified: 庙嘴庙舌

to curl the lip (in disdain or to show discontent | disapproval) [colloquial]

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廟宇

miu6 jyu5

Mandarin: miao4 yu3

temple; shrine

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廟祝

miu6 zuk1

Cantonese

temple incense warden; one whose responsibilty is to keep incense burning at a temple | also 廟祝公

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廟祝公

miu6 zuk1 gung1

Mandarin: miao4 zhu4 gong1

Simplified: 庙祝公

Keepers of the temples

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廟街

miu6 gaai1

Mandarin: miao4 jie1

Simplified: 庙街

noun; Temple Street, a street in Kowloon

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廡

mou5

Mandarin: wu3

Simplified: 庑

small rooms facing or to the side of the main hall or veranda | buildings and cov | # adapted from cc-cedict

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彌勒

mei4 lak6

Mandarin: mi2 le4

Mile (place in Yunnan)

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彌渡

mei4 dou6

Mandarin: mi2 du4

Midu (place in Yunnan)

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彌陀鄉

mei4 to4 hoeng1

Mandarin: mi2 tuo2 xiang1

Mito (village in Taiwan)

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微

mei4

Mandarin: wei1

tiny | miniature | profound | abtruse | to decline | one millionth part of | micro- | Taiwan pr. [wéi] | trivial | insignificant | slightly | # adapted from cc-cedict

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微不足道

mei4 bat1 zuk1 dou6

Mandarin: wei1 bu4 zu2 dao4

negligible; insignificant

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微乎其微

mei4 fu4 kei4 mei4

Mandarin: wei1 hu1 qi2 wei1

next to nothing; very little

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微信

mei4 seon3

Mandarin: wei1 xin4 (PRC), wei2 xin4 (TW)

WeChat (mobile communications tool)

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微光

mei4 gwong1

Mandarin: wei1 guang1

glimmer

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微利

mei4 lei6

Mandarin: wei1 li4

little profits

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微動

mei4 dung6

Mandarin: wei2 dong4 (Taiwan), wei1 dong4 (PRC)

fine motion; jiggle, tremble

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微博

mei4 bok3

microblogging, derived from 微型網誌/博客

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微型

mei4 jing4

Mandarin: wei1 xing2

tiny; miniature

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微型博客

mei4 jing4 bok3 haak3

microblog

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微型網誌

mei4 jing4 mong5 zi3

Mandarin: wei1 xing2 wang3 zhi4

Simplified: 微型网志

microlog

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