Cantonese Dictionary

民間外交

man4 gaan1 ngoi6 gaau1

Mandarin: min2 jian1 wai4 jiao1

people-to-people diplomacy

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民間故事

man4 gaan1 gu3 si6

Mandarin: min2 jian1 gu4 shi5

[n] folk story; folktale

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民間監察世貿聯盟

man4 gaan1 gaam1 caat3 sai3 mau6 lyun4 mang4

Hong Kong People's Alliance on WTO

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民間組織

man4 gaan1 zou2 zik1

Mandarin: min2 jian1 zu3 zhi1

non-governmental organization (NGO)

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民間藝術

man4 gaan1 ngai6 seot6

Mandarin: min2 jian1 yi4 shu4

folk art

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民間資本

man4 gaan1 zi1 bun2

Mandarin: min2 jian1 zi1 ben3

private capital

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民間音樂

man4 gaan1 jam1 ngok6

Mandarin: min2 jian1 yin1 le4

folk music

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民防

man4 fong4

Mandarin: min2 fang2

civil defence

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民雄鄉

man4 hung4 hoeng1

Mandarin: min2 xiong2 xiang1

Minhsiung (village in Taiwan)

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氓

mong5

Mandarin: mang2

rogue | hoodlum | gangster | immoral behaviour | common people | migrants | # adapted from cc-cedict

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汆

mei6

Mandarin: cuan1

to dive | # adapted from cc-cedict

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汆水

mei6 seoi2

Mandarin: cuan1 shui3

to dive

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汶

man6

Mandarin: Wen4

Wen River in northwest Sichuan (same as 汶川) | classical name of river in Shandong, used to refer to Qi 齐国 | # adapted from cc-cedict

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汶萊

man4 loi4

Brunei

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沐

muk6

Mandarin: mu4

to bathe | to cleanse | to receive | to be given | a surname | # adapted from cc-cedict

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沐浴

muk6 juk6

Mandarin: mu4 yu4

have (or take) a bath; bathe, immerse

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沐浴露

muk6 juk6 lou6

Mandarin: mu4 yu4 lu4

shower gel

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沒

mei6

Mandarin: mei2

Simplified: 没

(negative prefix for verbs) | have not | not | to be inferior to | to sink | to submerge | to rise beyond | to confiscate | to disappear | to come to an end | # adapted from cc-cedict

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沒世不忘

mut6 sai3 bat1 mong4

Mandarin: mo4 shi4 bu4 wan4

Literally: end.life.not.forget. [1]never to forget: Even if one dies, one will never forget. [2]never be forgotten: Even if one dies, (one/something one did) will never be forgotten.

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沒事兒

mut6 si6 ji4

Mandarin: mei2 shir4

(idiom) to be free from work; (idiom) never mind; it's nothing

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沒人住

mut6 jan4 zyu6

Mandarin: mei2 ren2 zhu4

unoccupied

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沒吃沒穿

mut6 hek3 mut6 cyun1

Mandarin: mei2 chi1 mei2 chuan1

(idiom) to be without food and clothing; be very poor

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沒問題

mut6 man6 tai4

Mandarin: mei2 wen4 ti2

no problem

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沒多久

mut6 do1 gau2

Mandarin: mei2 duo1 jiu3

Simplified: 没多久

not too long; soon

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沒女

mut6 neoi2

Mandarin: mei2 nv3

nowhere girl - refers to women who have no looks, sharply bodies, academic qualifications, money or propects

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沒完沒了

mut6 jyun4 mut6 liu5

Mandarin: mei2 wan2 mei2 liao3

there's no end to (sth.); endless; never-ending

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沒心沒肺

mut6 sam1 mut6 fai3

Mandarin: mei2 xin1 mei2 fei4

heartless | [粵]: 冇心肝

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沒心眼

mut6 sam1 ngaan5

Mandarin: mei2 xin1 yan3

(derogatory) inconsiderate

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沒意思

mut6 ji3 si1

Mandarin: mei2 yi4 si5

[idiom] unable to put forward an opinion; have no idea; [adj] not interesting; boring [粵]: 冇癮; [adj] not worth talking about

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沒找到

mut6 zaau2 dou3*2

Mandarin: mei2 zhao3 dao4

didn't find

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