Cantonese Dictionary

雙重課稅

soeng1 cung4 fo3 seoi3

Mandarin: shuang1 chong2 ke4 shui4

double taxation

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雙關

soeng1 gwaan1

Mandarin: shuang1 guan1

a pun, a play on words

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雙關語

soeng1 gwaan1 jyu5

Mandarin: shuang1 guan1 yu3

pun; wordplay; phrase with double meaning

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雙雙

soeng1 soeng1

Mandarin: shuang1 shuang1

Simplified: 双双

in pairs

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雙非兒童

soeng1 fei1 ji4 tung4

Mandarin: shuang1 fei1 er2 tong2

shuangfei children, children delivered in Hong Kong by non-local parents, mostly mainland women. Hong Kong’s medical and educational resources face mounting pressure as more mainlanders give birth there.

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雙面

soeng1 min6

Mandarin: shuang1 mian4

double-faced, two-sided, reversible

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雙面人

soeng1 min6 jan4

Mandarin: shuang1 mian4 ren2

Simplified: 双面人

double-sides(character, identity, etc) person; a two-faced person

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雙面膠

soeng1 min6 gaau1

Mandarin: shuang1 mian4 hao2

Simplified: 双面膠

double sided adhesive tape

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雙音多頻

soeng1 jam1 do1 pan4

Mandarin: shuang1 yin1 duo1 pin2

dual-tone multi-frequency (DTMF), commonly known as Touch Tones on a telephone

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雙體船

soeng1 tai2 syun4

Mandarin: shuang1 ti3 chuan2

Simplified: 双体船

catamaran

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雙魚座

soeng1 jyu4 zo6

Mandarin: shuang1 yu2 zuo4

Pisces - one of twelve signs of the Zodiac (十二星座)。 (Lit. Two Fishies constellation) (02-19/03-20)

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雙魚星座

soeng1 jyu4 sing1 zo6

Pisces

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雙黃蓮蓉月餅

soeng1 wong4 lin4 jung4 jyut6 beng2

Mandarin: shuang1 huang2 lian2 rong2 yue4 bing3

double yolks lotus seed paste mooncake [also] 雙黃紅蓮蓉月餅, 雙黃白蓮蓉月餅

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雙龍出海

soeng1 lung4 ceot1 hoi2

Mandarin: shuang1 long2 chu1hai3

Simplified: 双龙出海

for a goal keeper to push the ball out of the goal with two hands [colloquial]

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雪

syut3

Mandarin: xue3

snow

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雪上加霜

syut3 soeng6 gaa1 soeng1

one disaster after another

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雪中送炭

syut3 zung1 sung3 taan3

Mandarin: xue3 zhong1 song4 tan4

giving assistance to others in their times of need

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雪人

syut3 jan4

Mandarin: xue3 ren2

[1] snowman - snow piled up and sculpted into the figure of a human in varying degrees of likeness; [2] yeti, the "abominal snowman" of the Himalayas

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雪冤

syut3 jyun1

Mandarin: xue3 yuan1

clear someone's name of a false charge

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雪凍

syut3 dung3

Mandarin: xue3 dong4

Simplified: 雪冻

to freeze | refrigerate (something)

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雪原

syut3 jyun4

Mandarin: xue3 yuan2

snowfield

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雪城

syut3 sing4

Mandarin: xue3 cheng2

Syracuse, New York

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雪堆

syut3 deoi1

Mandarin: xue3 dui1

snowdrift

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雪屐

syut3 kek6

Mandarin: xue3 ji1

roller skates

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雪山

syut3 saan1

Mandarin: xue3 shan1

jokul;snow mountain

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雪崩

syut3 bang1

avalanche (snow landslide)

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雪帽

syut3 mou6*2

snow capped

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雪帽

syut3 mou2

Mandarin: xue3 mao4

a trooper fur hat; a trooper winter hat; an ushanka-hat; a snow hat

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雪恨

syut3 han6

Mandarin: xue3 hen4

to avenge

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雪批

syut3 pai1

Mandarin: xue3 pi1

ice cream bar

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