Cantonese Dictionary

三鞭丸

saam1 bin1 jyun4*2

sanpien pills: supposedly cure untimely senility, neurasthenia, sores wait and back, overburdens of the brain, anemia, dizziness, poor memory, involuntary perspiration, insomnia, pale faeces, poor appetite, etc.

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三項式

saam1 hong6 sik1

Mandarin: san1 xiang4 shi4

[math.] trinomial

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三項鐵人

saam1 hong6 tit3 jan4

Mandarin: san1 xiang4 tie3 ren2

Simplified: 三项铁人

Triathlon

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三頭兩日

saam1 tau4 loeng5 jat6

Mandarin: san1 tou2 liang3 ri4

Cantonese

all the time; constantly

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三頭唔埋兩日

saam1 tau4 m4 maai4 loeng5 jat6

Mandarin: san1 tou2 wu2 mai2 liang3 ri4

Cantonese

all the time; constantly

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三頭肌

saam1 tau4 gei1

triceps

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三顧茅廬

saam1 gu3 maau4 lou4

Mandarin: san1 gu4 mao2 lu2

seeking help humbly and with earnestness and perseverance

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三體問題

saam1 tai2 man6 tai4

Mandarin: san1 ti3 wen4 ti2

the three-body problem (math. phys.)

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三魂唔見七魄

saam1 wan4 m4 gin3 cat1 paak3

Mandarin: san1 hun2 wu2 jian4 qi1 po4

Cantonese

to be freaked out; to be scared out of one's wits; to have the living daylights scared out of oneself

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三鳥

saam1 niu5

Mandarin: San1 niao3

Simplified: 三鸟

three birds | ambassadors | collective term for chicken, duck, goose

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三點三

saam1 dim2 saam1

Mandarin: san1 dian3 san1

Simplified: 三点三

Cantonese

three point three; a quarter past three, which also means afternoon tea

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三點半

saam1 dim2 bun3

Mandarin: san1 dian3 ban4

3:30; half past three

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三點式

saam1 dim2 sik1

Mandarin: san1 dian3 shi4

Simplified: 三点式

Cantonese

Bikini

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三點式泳衣

saam1 dim2 sik1 wing6 ji1

a bikini (lit., "three points style bathing suit")

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三點水

saam1 dim2 seoi2

Mandarin: san1 dian3 shui3

Kangxi radical 85 (水) in its component form 氵

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三點畢露

saam1 dim2 bat1 lou6

Mandarin: san1 dian3 bi4lu4

Simplified: 三点毕露

Cantonese

full frontal nudity [colloquial]

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三點盡露

saam1 dim2 zeon6 lou6

Mandarin: san1 dian3 jin4 lu4

Simplified: 三点尽露

Cantonese

full frontal nudity [colloquial]

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三點鐘

saam1 dim2 zung1

Mandarin: san1 dian3 zhong1

Simplified: 三点钟

Cantonese

Three o'clock

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上

soeng6

Mandarin: shang4

on top | upon | above | upper | previous | first (of multiple parts) | superior, highest | # adapted from cc-cedict

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上一個

soeng6 jat1 go3

Mandarin: shang4 yi1 ge4

the last; the previous; the last one; the previous one; prior

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上一個嘅

soeng6 jat1 go3 ge3

Mandarin: shang4yi1ge5 ge3

Simplified: 上一个嘅

Cantonese

of the previous one [colloquial]

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上上

soeng5 soeng5

before last; the very best

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上上下下

soeng6 soeng6 haa6 haa6

Mandarin: shang4 shang4 xia4 xia4

everything within

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上上下下

soeng6*5 soeng6*5 haa6*2 haa6*2

high and low (agree, praise, etc.)

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上下

soeng6 haa6*2; soeng6 haa6

Mandarin: shang4 xia4

下6*2: top and bottom, more or less, approximately; 下6: (placename) Sheung Ha

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上下九

soeng6 haa6 gau2

Mandarin: shang4 xia4 jiu3

Shangxiajiu-A place in Guangzhou

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上下文

soeng6 haa6 man4

Mandarin: shang4 xia4 wen2

(textual) context

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上乘

soeng6 sing6

Mandarin: shang4 cheng2

first class

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上交

soeng5 gaau1

Mandarin: shang4 jiao1

to hand in to; to hand over; to give in to higher authority

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上任

soeng5 jam6

Mandarin: shang4 ren4

to assume a new position; to take office

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