Cantonese Dictionary

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煠下煠下
Mandarin: ye4 xia4 ye4 xia4
slow-witted; dim-witted; dorky [colloquial]
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煠吓煠吓
Mandarin: ye4 xia4 ye4 xia4
slow-witted; dim-witted; dorky [colloquial]
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煠蛋
Mandarin: zha2 dan4
Cantonese
hard-boiled eggs
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煠蛋
Mandarin: ye4 dan4
hard boiled egg
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煽
Mandarin: shan1
to fan into a flame | to incite | to instigate | to fan | to agitate | to stir up | to provoke | # adapted from cc-cedict
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煽動
instigate; blow the coals; agitation; fan; foment; lash; stir up; whip up
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煽動的
provocative
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煽情
egg on; rabblerouse
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煽風點火
Mandarin: shan1 feng1 dian3 huo3
Simplified: 煽风点火
Cantonese
(idiom) to agitate and inflame other people; to incite; to rouse someone
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熄
Mandarin: xi1
to switch off
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熄匙
Mandarin: xi1 chi2
to turn off the engine for a car
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熄匙
Cantonese
to switch off / turn off a vehicle engine
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熄機
Mandarin: xi1 ji1
Simplified: 熄机
(verb) (of computers, cellphones) switch off; turn off
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熄滅
Mandarin: xi1 mie4
to extinguish; to die out; (of fire) to go out
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熄燈
Mandarin: xi1 deng1 (PRC), xi2 deng1 (Taiwan)
to turn off the lights [Syn.] 關燈
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熟
Mandarin: shu2
cooked (of food) | ripe (of fruit) | mature (of seeds) | familiar | skilled | done | also pr. [shóu] | processed | deep | thorough | # adapted from cc-cedict
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熟人
Mandarin: shu2 ren2
a person one knows well; good acquaintance
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熟人買破鑊
Mandarin: shou2 ren2 mai3 po4 huo4
Simplified: 熟人买破镬
to be tricked by someone who is supposed to be a friend
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熟口熟面
Mandarin: shu2 kou3 shu2 mian4
a familiar face
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熟口面
Mandarin: shu2 kou3 mian4
face looks familiar (spoken)
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熟唔透
Cantonese
underdone; undercooked
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熟地方
Mandarin: shu2di4 fang1
a familiar place [written and colloquial]
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熟客
Mandarin: shu2 ke4
regular customer; frequent visitor
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熟客仔
Mandarin: shou2 ke4 zi3
loyal customers (spoken)
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熟性
Mandarin: shu2 xing4
(adjective) (of person) worldly; seasoned; to know the ways of the world; to describe someone who knows how to deal with people tactfully; to do as others have instructed
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熟悉
Mandarin: shu2 xi1
to know (sth./sb.) well; intimacy
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熟手
Mandarin: shu2 shou3
skilled person; an experienced hand
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熟架步
Mandarin: shu2 jia4 bu4
to know one's way round; to know what one is doing [colloquial]
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熟檔
Mandarin: shu2 dang4
Simplified: 熟档
to know something well; to be the expert in something
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熟油
Mandarin: shu2 you2
cooked oil
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