Cantonese Dictionary

五湖四海

ng5 wu4 sei3 hoi2

Mandarin: wu3 hu2 si4 hai3

all corners of the land

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五爪

ng5 zaau2

Mandarin: wu3 zhua3

Wuzhua (lit., "five claws"), type of python

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五爪金龍

ng5 zaau2 gam1 lung4

Mandarin: wu3 zhao3 jin1 long2

Simplified: 五爪金龙

monitor lizard

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五男二女

ng5 naam4 ji6 neoi5

Mandarin: wu3 nan2 er4 nv3

with many offspring - an indicator of good fortune

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五百

ng5 baak3

Mandarin: wu3 bai3

five hundred

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五百萬

ng5 baak3 maan6

Mandarin: wu3 bai3 wan4

five million

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五福臨門

ng5 fuk1 lam4 mun4

Mandarin: wu3 fu2 lin2 men2

five different kinds of blessings or good luck arrive at one's door step

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五禽戲

ng5 kam4 hei3

Mandarin: wu3 qin2 xi4

Five Animal Sports; Five Animal Frolics; Frolics of the Five Animals; Wu Qin Xi -- a set of 氣功 exercises which imitate the actions of animals based on the habits of the tiger, deer, bear, monkey and bird; developed by 華佗 (Hua Tuo)

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五稜鏡

ng5 ling4 geng3

Mandarin: wu3 leng2 jing4

Simplified: 五棱镜

Pentaprism

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五窮六絕

ng5 kung4 luk6 zyut6

Mandarin: wu3 qiong2 liu4 jue2

Simplified: 五穷六绝

to become desperate

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五糧液

ng5 loeng4 jik6

Mandarin: wu3 liang2 ye4

[1] Wuliangye, a major Chinese beverage company [2] the drink Wuliangye made from broomcorn, rice, glutinous rice, wheat, and corn.

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五絃琴

ng5 jin4 kam4

Mandarin: wu3 xian2 qin2

pentachord (musical instrument)

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五結鄉

ng5 git3 hoeng1

Mandarin: wu3 jie2 xiang1

Wuchieh (village in Taiwan)

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五經

ng5 ging1

the Five Classics (compiled by Confucius)

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五線譜

ng5 sin3 pou2

Mandarin: wu3 xian4 pu3

five-line musical staff [a form of musical notation]

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五聲

ng5 sing1

Mandarin: wu3 sheng1

[Music] pentatonic (Lit. five sounds/tones) [Syn.] 五音, 五音階

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五聲調式

ng5 sing1 diu6 sik1

Mandarin: wu3 sheng1 diao4 shi4

pentatonic scale

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五聲音階

ng5 sing1 jam1 gaai1

Mandarin: wu3 sheng1 yin1 jie1

pentatonic scale

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五股鄉

ng5 gu2 hoeng1

Mandarin: wu3 gu3 xiang1

Wuku (village in Taiwan)

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五花八門

ng5 faa1 baat3 mun4

Mandarin: wu3 hua1 ba1 men2

myriad; all kinds of; all sorts of

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五花肉

ng5 faa1 juk6

Mandarin: wu3 hua1 rou4

streaky pork, belly pork;

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五花茶

ng5 faa1 caa4

Mandarin: wu3 hua1 cha2

mixed herbal tea made of five different kinds of flowers

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五華

ng5 waa4

Mandarin: Wu3 hua2

[n] Wuhua (place in Guangdong)

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五萬

ng5 maan6

Mandarin: wu3 wan4

50 thousand

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五蓮

ng5 lin4

Mandarin: wu3 lian2

Wulian (place in Shandong)

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五號

ng5 hou6

Mandarin: wu3 hao4

the fifth; fifth day of a month

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五蛇羹

ng5 se4 gang1

Mandarin: wu3 she2 geng1

snake soup cooked with five types of snakes

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五行

ng5 hang4

Mandarin: wu3 xing2

represents the five elements (金木水火土)

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五行欠屌

ng5 hang4 him3 diu2

Cantonese

to go looking for trouble (lit., "of the 5 elements, somebody is missing a beating/scolding")

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五行欠打

ng5 hang4 him3 daa2

Mandarin: wu3 xing2 qian4 da3

someone who does some behaviors and make people so mad that he | she deserves some beatings

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