Cantonese Dictionary

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捂
Mandarin: wu3
to enclose | to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears) | to cover up (an affair) | contrary | to contradict | to resist | # adapted from cc-cedict
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捏
Mandarin: nie1
to pinch (with one's fingers) | to knead | to make up | to mold | to bring together | to fabricate | to cook up | to clench | # adapted from cc-cedict
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捏一把冷汗
Mandarin: nie1 yi1 ba3 leng3 han4
break out in a cold sweat (due to fear, tension or nervousness)
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捏合
Mandarin: nie1 he2
[1] to mediate; to act as a go-between [2] to have illicit sex (with sb.)
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捏合機
Mandarin: nie1 he2 ji1
[chem.] kneading machine
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捏造
Mandarin: nie1 zao4
fabricate; trump up; fake [粵]: 生安白造
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捱世界
Mandarin: ai1 shi4 jie4
Simplified: 挨世界
(slang) to endure difficulties in life for living and surviving; to persevere through a hard working life
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捱夜
Mandarin: ai1 ye4
Simplified: 挨夜
Cantonese
(verb) to stay up late; to stay up all night; to burn the midnight oil
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捱夜
Cantonese
stay up late/all night; burn the midnight oil
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捱得
Mandarin: ai1 de5
Simplified: 挨得
high endurance
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捱時間
Mandarin: ai2 shi2 jian1
dawdle; stall; procrastinate
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捱更抵夜
Mandarin: ai2 geng1 di3 ye4
Cantonese
[1] stay up all night [2] go to bed late and get up early
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捱更抵夜
Mandarin: ai1 geng4 di3 ye4
Simplified: 挨更抵夜
(verb) to stay up late working; ) to work overtime; to work all day and night
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捱生捱死
Mandarin: ai1 sheng1 ai2 si3
Simplified: 挨生捱死
bear the pain and hardship (spoken)
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捱穀種
Mandarin: ai1 gu3 zhong3
Simplified: 挨谷种
to survive on one's saving
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捱義氣
Mandarin: ai1 yi4 qi5
Simplified: 挨义气
noun; it means sense of honour, the spirit of brotherhood, they do me a huge favor
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捱餓
Mandarin: ai2 e4
Simplified: 挨饿
to endure hunger
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捱騾仔
Mandarin: ai1 luo2 zi3
Simplified: 挨骡仔
working slavishly
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捱麵包
Mandarin: ai1 mian4 bao1
Simplified: 挨面包
lit. to survive on bread; meaning one has to save on food cost for living and survival
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捳
Mandarin: yue4
 ok6} | to grab
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捵
Mandarin: chen1
(Cant.) to hold between the fingers and thumb | # adapted from cc-cedict
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捺
Mandarin: na4
(downwards-right concave character stroke) | press down firmly | to restrain | # adapted from cc-cedict
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捻
Mandarin: nian3
to nip with fingers | # adapted from cc-cedict
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捻死
Mandarin: nian3 si3
to crush something (typically something small) to death with one's fingers
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掗
Mandarin: ya4
Simplified: 挜
to occupy | to seize | hold | to hold on to | to block | # adapted from cc-cedict
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掗埞
Mandarin: ya3 di1
Simplified: 挜埞
waste of space; to take up a lot of space
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掗拃
Mandarin: ya3 zha2
Simplified: 挜拃
(slang) to describe something which is a hindrance because it takes up too much space; bulky or cumbersome (such as in clothing), making it difficult for one to move freely; overbearing; swaggering; domineering
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揞住
Mandarin: an3 zhu4
to cover up
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揞住嘴笑
Mandarin: an3 zhu4 zui3 xiao4
to cover up one's smile | laugh with their hand
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揞住良心
Mandarin: an3 zhu4 liang2xin1
to go against one's conscience [colloquial]
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