Cantonese Dictionary

曬蕉

saai3 ziu1

Mandarin: shai4 jiao1

Simplified: 晒蕉

Cantonese

to show off; to boast [colloquial]

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曬行馬

saai3 hang4 maa5

Mandarin: shai4 xing2 ma3

Simplified: 晒行马

Cantonese

to make a big show of force by triad gangs to show one's strength in numbers for fighting [colloquial]

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曬衫

saai3 saam1

Mandarin: shai4 shan1

Simplified: 晒衫

Cantonese

to hang the laundry out to dry in the sun

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曬馬

saai3 maa5

Cantonese

to make a show of force/fighting strength (as with a triad). (Also 晒馬 as 晒 is common simplification used for 曬.)

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曬馬檻

saai3 maa5 laam2

Mandarin: shai4 ma3 kan3

Simplified: 晒马槛

Cantonese

to visit a brothel | prostitute; to go to a hourly love hotel [colloquial]

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曬馬纜

saai3 maa5 laam6*2

Cantonese

to visit a brothel; to go to an hourly hotel (for sex)

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曬黑

saai3 hak1

Mandarin: sha4 hei1

suntanned

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曬黑沙龍

saai3 hak1 saa1 lung4

Mandarin: sha4 hei1 sha1 long2

a tanning salon

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書

syu1

Mandarin: shu1

Simplified: 书

book

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書中自有黃金屋

syu1 zung1 zi6 jau5 wong4 gam1 uk1

Mandarin: shu1 zhong1 zi4 you3 huang2 jin1 wu1

saying that promotes the underprivileged to study and become successful (lit., "one can fine a house of gold in a book")

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書信

syu1 seon3

Mandarin: shu1 xin4

epistle

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書信體

syu1 seon3 tai2

Mandarin: shu1 xin4 ti3

epistolary style

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書刊

syu1 hon1/1*2

Mandarin: shu1 kan1

books and magazines

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書到用時方恨少

syu1 dou3 jung6 si4 fong1 han6 siu2

Mandarin: shu1 dao4 yong4 shi2 fang1 hen4 shao3

Simplified: 书到用时方恨少

to regret not having studied harder in the past and only realising now that you need to use that knowledge

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書包

syu1 baau1

Mandarin: shu1bao1

Simplified: 书包

(noun) Backpack (of students for carrying textbooks)

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書友

syu1 jau5*2

old term for classmate, schoolmate

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書友

syu1 jau2

Mandarin: shu1 you3

Simplified: 书友

(noun) a school friend; a classmate

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書名號

syu1 ming4 hou6

title brackets; punctuation used in Chinese to denote a title 《》

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書商

syu1 soeng1

bookseller

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書報

syu1 bou3

Mandarin: shu1 bao4

books and newspapers

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書報攤

syu1 bou3 taan1

newsagent

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書寫

syu1 se2

Mandarin: shu1 xie3

to write | Note: Somewhat formal; normally people just use 寫 in everyday language

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書寫不能症

syu1 se2 bat1 nang4 zing3

Mandarin: shu1 xie3 bu4 neng2 zheng4

agraphia

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書寫符號

syu1 se2 fu4 hou6*2

Mandarin: shu1 xie3 fu2 hao4

writing symbol

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書寫語言

syu1 se2 jyu5 jin4

Mandarin: shu1 xie3 yu3 yan2

written language

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書局

syu1 guk6*2

bookstore; bookshop

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書局街

syu1 guk6*2 gaai1

"Bookstore Street" off exit A2 from the North Point MTR

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書展

syu1 zin2

Mandarin: shu1 zhan3

Simplified: 书展

book fair

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書店

syu1 dim3

Mandarin: shu1 dian4

bookstore; bookshop

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書房

syu1 fong4*2

Mandarin: shu1 fang2

den; study room

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