Cantonese Dictionary

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難民
Mandarin: nan4 min2
refugee
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難為
Mandarin: nan2wei5
Simplified: 难为
(verb) Make a hard time on someone
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難為
be a hard job to; embarrass
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難為情
Mandarin: nan2 wei2 qing2
embarrassing, embarrassed; awkward; shy; bashful
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難相與
Mandarin: nan2 xiang1 yu3
Simplified: 难相与
hard to work with; incompatible (spoken)
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難看
Mandarin: nan2 kan4
ugly; unsightly; unpleasant-looking | 粵: 難睇; 醜樣; 肉酸
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難睇
Mandarin: nan2 di4
Simplified: 难睇
Cantonese
disgusting (spoken)
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難耐
Mandarin: nan2 nai4
Simplified: 难耐
hard to bear
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難聽
Mandarin: nan2 ting1
unpleasant to hear (of discordant and ugly sounds, offensive or coarse language, or shocking news and scandals)
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難能可貴
rare and valuable
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難講
Mandarin: nan2 jiang3
Simplified: 难讲
difficult to tell; hard to say; uncertain
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難逃法網
Mandarin: nan2 tao2 fa3 wang3
it is hard to escape the long arm of the law; crime does not pay (lit., "it is difficult to jump the net of justice")
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難過
Mandarin: nan2 guo4
Simplified: 难过
feel sorry
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難道
Mandarin: nan2 dao4
could it be that...? (often used in sarcastic or speculative questions) (Cantonese: 唔通)
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難開下道
Mandarin: nan2 kai1 xia4 dao4
Simplified: 难开下道
a street in Kowloon Tong well known for its hourly love hotel in Hong Kong, used as a pun when talking about women who are reluctant to have sex [colloquial]
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難關
Mandarin: nan2 guan1
difficult point; crisis
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難頂
Mandarin: nan2 ding3
Simplified: 难顶
(slang) intolerable; unable to stand something; unbearable; unendurable
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難題
Mandarin: nan2 ti2
difficult problem
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難食
Mandarin: nan2 shi2
Simplified: 难食
taste bad; hard to eat; unpalatable
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霓
Mandarin: ni2
secondary rainbow; coloured cloud
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霓虹燈
Mandarin: ni2hong2deng1
Simplified: 霓虹灯
(noun) Neon light sign
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靄
Mandarin: ai3
Simplified: 霭
mist | haze | cloudy sky | calm | peaceful | # adapted from cc-cedict
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靉
Mandarin: ai4
Simplified: 叆
misty | cloudy sky | dark | obscure | luxuriant | # adapted from cc-cedict
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鞍
Mandarin: an1
saddle | # adapted from cc-cedict
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韌
Mandarin: ren4
Simplified: 韧
annealed | pliable but strong | tough | tenacious | resilient | # adapted from cc-cedict
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韌
Mandarin: ren4
tenacious; tough; strong yet pliable
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韌皮
bast
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韌皮
Mandarin: ren4 pi2
Simplified: 韧皮
normally describes a child who is naughty and not obliging; thick-skinned
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韌皮纖維
Mandarin: ren4 pi2 xian1 wei2
[botany] bast fiber
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韌黐黐
Mandarin: ren4 chi1 chi1
Simplified: 韧黐黐
tough
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