Cantonese Dictionary

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牛刀小試
Mandarin: niu2 dao1 xiao3 shi4
Simplified: 牛刀小试
(idiom) a master just shows off a little bit his | her great talent or skill
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牛力
Mandarin: niu2 li4
great strength
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牛噉眼
Cantonese
to stare at someone like a cow, with wide-open eyes, without even blinking
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牛噍牡丹
Mandarin: niu2 jiao4 mu3 dan5
good food wasted by one who does not appreciate (spoken)
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牛嚼牡丹
Mandarin: niu2 jue2 mu3 dan5
to not have the palate for refined food
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牛圈
cattle ring
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牛奶
Mandarin: niu2 nai3
Cow's milk, specifically, lactic secretions from female bovine creatures. Tastes nice in tea.
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牛奶咖啡
Mandarin: niu2 nai3 ka1 fei1
coffee with milk; (café) latte | Also: 鮮奶咖啡; [漢] 拿鐵咖啡; 咖啡拿鐵; 拿鐵
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牛奶糖
toffee; caramel
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牛奶糖
Mandarin: niu2 nai3 tang2
a chewy milk candy
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牛子
Mandarin: niu2 zi3
bull testes (as food)
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牛尾
Mandarin: niu2 wei3
an oxtail
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牛屄
Mandarin: niu2 bi1
awesome, lit., "cow cunt" possibly influenced by 吹牛屄, sometimes seen as 牛逼 or 牛B
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牛屎
Mandarin: niu2 shi3
(noun) bullshit
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牛市
Mandarin: niu2 shi4
a bull market (as opposed to 熊市)
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牛年
Mandarin: niu2 nian2
the Year of the ox (one of the 12 year cycle of animals 十二生肖 in the Chinese calendar and zodiac)
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牛心椗
Cantonese
cow aorta (as food in hot pot) | also 牛心蒂
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牛心蒂
Cantonese
cow aorta (as food in hot pot) | also 牛心椗
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牛房
Cantonese
an illegal gambling den
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牛扒
Mandarin: niu2 pa2
(noun) (food) a beefsteak
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牛排
Mandarin: niu2 pai2
beefsteak, beef steak [粵]: 牛扒
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牛柏葉
Mandarin: niu2 bai3 ye4
Simplified: 牛柏叶
(food) ox tripe
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牛柳
Mandarin: niu2 liu3
beef, beef fillet, beef tenderloin
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牛橋
Mandarin: niu2 qiao2
Oxbridge; Cambridge and Oxford
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牛欄
Mandarin: niu2 lan2
欄4*1: bullpen, byre; 欄4: (placename) Ngau Lan
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牛毛
Mandarin: niu2 mao2
tiny; minute (dialect)
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牛池灣
Mandarin: niu2 chi2 wan1
Simplified: 牛池湾
Ngau Chi Wan, a bay in Hong Kong
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牛河
Mandarin: niu2 he2
stir-fried beef rice noodle
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牛油
Mandarin: niu2 you2
Cantonese
butter, made from churned cow's milk | Literal translation, cow grease | Std. Chin.: 奶油; 黃油
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牛油刀
Mandarin: niu2you2 dao1
a butter knife [colloquial]
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