Cantonese Dictionary

水過鴨背

seoi2 gwo3 aap3 bui3

Mandarin: shui3 guo4 ya1 bei4

Simplified: 水过鸭背

describes a situation where someone has not paid any serious attention in learning or studying or in what he | she is saying and eventually cannot recall anything afterwards; to be forgetful

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水道

seoi2 dou6

aqueduct

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水都

seoi2 dou1

wet city

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水酒

seoi2 zau2

Mandarin: shui3 jiu3

watery wine (usually only said out of a modest gesture by the host rather than the wine being actually watery in reality)

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水銀

seoi2 ngan4

mercury

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水銀氣壓計

seoi2 ngan4 hei3 aat3 gai3

Mandarin: shui3 yin2 qi4 ya1 ji4

mercury barometer

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水銀溫度計

seoi2 ngan4 wan1 dou6 gai3

Mandarin: shui3 yin2 wen1 du4 ji4

mercury thermometer

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水門

seoi2 mun4

Mandarin: shui3 men2

Simplified: 水门

a floodgate; a sluice gate

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水門事件

seoi2 mun4 si6 gin6*2

Mandarin: shui3 men2 shi4 jian4

Watergate scandal [politics] [Syn.] 水門醜聞

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水險

seoi2 him2

Mandarin: shui3 xian3

Simplified: 水险

marine insurance

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水雉

seoi2 zi6

Mandarin: shui3 zhi4

pheasant-tailed jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus)

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水雷

seoi2 leoi4

Mandarin: shui3 lei2

naval mine

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水電

seoi2 din6

Mandarin: shui3 dian4

[1] hydroelectric [2] water and electricity - the basic utilities

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水電費

seoi2 din6 fai3

Mandarin: shui3 dian4 fei4

Simplified: 水电费

utility bills

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水靜河飛

seoi2 zing6 ho4 fei1

Mandarin: shui3 jing4 he2 fei1

Simplified: 水静河飞

quiet like still water (slang)

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水靜鵝飛

seoi2 zing6 ngo4 fei1

Mandarin: shui3 jing4 e2 fei1

Simplified: 水静鹅飞

(idiom) business is slow or very quiet

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水面

seoi2 min6*2

Mandarin: shui3 mian4

water surface

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水靴

seoi2 hoe1

Mandarin: shui3 xue1

wellies; wellington boots

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水鞋

seoi2 haai4

Mandarin: shui3 xie2

rain boots

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水頭

seoi2 tau4

Mandarin: shui3 tou2

Simplified: 水头

money

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水頭足

seoi2 tau4 zuk1

Mandarin: shui3tou2 zu2

Simplified: 水头足

a large amount of money [colloquial]

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水飯房

seoi2 faan6 fong4

Mandarin: shui3fan4 fang2

Simplified: 水饭房

the punishment block in prison [colloquial]

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水餃

seoi2 gaau2

Mandarin: shui3 jiao3

steamed dumplings

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水體

seoi2 tai2

water column

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水鬥水

seoi2 dau3 seoi2

Mandarin: shui3 dou4 shui3

Cantonese

low level competition

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水鬼升城隍

seoi2 gwai2 sing1 sing4 wong4

Mandarin: shui3 gui3 sheng1 cheng2 huang5

describes a person who was in a low ranking position (in work or life) who is now intoxicated with success; a small man having greatness thrust upon him

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水鬼隊

seoi2 gwai2 deoi2

Mandarin: shui3 gui3 dui4

Simplified: 水鬼队

(noun) Water Assault Team

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水魚

seoi2 jyu2

Mandarin: shui3 yu2

Simplified: 水鱼

(noun) (animal) Trionychidae (soft-shelled turtle); (slang) a dupe | a patsy | an easy mark | a chump (a wealthy person who can be tricked by others easily)

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水鴨

seoi2 aap3

Mandarin: shui3 ya1

Simplified: 水鸭

anatinae; dabbling ducks

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水鴨

seoi2 aap3*2

Mandarin: shui3 ya1

Cantonese

a wild duck | [普]: 野鴨

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