Cantonese Dictionary

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食
Mandarin: chi1
Simplified: 吃
Cantonese
to eat (Cantonese)
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食ｍｏｎｍｏｎ
Mandarin: shi2m o n m o n
baby talk telling baby to eat [colloquial]
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食ｍｕｍｍｕｍ
Mandarin: shi2m u m m u m
baby talk telling baby to eat [colloquial]
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食ｐｏｒｔ
Mandarin: shi2ｐｏｒｔ
to be the subject of a complaint [colloquial]
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食ｔｅａ
Mandarin: shi2ｔｅａ
to have tea | snack [colloquial]
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食七咁食
Mandarin: shi2 qi1 gan1 shi2
Cantonese
eating excessively or without manners (spoken)
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食七噉食
Mandarin: shi2 qi1 dan4 shi2
Cantonese
to engorge (eat to excess); to gobble; to devour ravenously
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食不言,寢不語
Mandarin: shi2 bu4 yan2 qin3 bu4 yu3
Don’t talk while eating, don’t speak after lying down for sleep
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食井水
Mandarin: shi2 jing3 shui3
(prostitutes) to get married; or women living on boats to get married to someone and live on dry land; to get married to someone of a higher social class and live comfortably
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食人唔ｌｕｒ骨
Mandarin: shi2ren2 wu2ｌｕｒ gu3
Cantonese
to be ruthless ; to be cold-blooded [colloquial]
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食人唔𦧲骨
Mandarin: Shi2 ren2 wu2 luo2 gu3
Cantonese
(to eat someone and not spit out the bones); be ruthless and avaricious
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食人族
Mandarin: shi2 ren2 zu2
the cannibals
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食人者
Mandarin: shi2ren2 zhe3
cannibal [written and colloquial]
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食人隻車
Mandarin: shi2 ren2 zhi1 che1
Simplified: 食人只车
to reap an excessively large profit from the other party in a deal
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食人魚
Mandarin: shi2 ren2 yu2
the red piranha / pirana, Pygocentrus nattereri (Serrasalmus nattereri) [Syn.] 水虎魚
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食住上
Mandarin: shi2 zhu4 shang4
seize the opportunity (spoken)
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食住條水
Mandarin: shi2 zhu4 tiao2 shui3
Simplified: 食住条水
seize the opportunity (spoken)
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食偏門
Mandarin: shi2 pian1 men2
Simplified: 食偏门
to make a living by not doing things properly | in a legit way (sometimes crimes are involved)
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食價
Mandarin: shi2 jia4
Simplified: 食价
price cheating; scalping (trading)
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食到盡
Mandarin: shi2 dao4 jin4
Simplified: 食到尽
to full exploit someone or a situation [colloquial]
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食力
Mandarin: shi2 li4
to support oneself by one's own labour
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食北姑
Mandarin: shi2 bei3 gu1
to have sex with a prostitute from Mainland China [colloquial]
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食和
Cantonese
(mahjong) to win, call to declare 'mahjong' and win the hand | Mandarin speakers typically use 和了
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食咗
Mandarin: shi2 zuo5
Cantonese
have eaten
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食咗屎
Mandarin: shi2 zuo5 shi3
Cantonese
to have gone cuckoo | bonkers; to have bad breath [colloquial]
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食咗火藥
Mandarin: shi2 zuo5 huo3 yao4
Simplified: 食咗火药
Cantonese
angry; hot tempered (spoken)
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食咗草龍
Mandarin: shi2 zuo5 cao3 long2
Simplified: 食咗草龙
Cantonese
to chirp or twitter all the time (in a good mood), like a bird
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食咗蒜頭
Mandarin: shi2 zuo5 suan4tou2
Simplified: 食咗蒜头
Cantonese
to be a big mouth; to be boastful [colloquial]
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食咗飯未呀
Mandarin: shi2 zuo5 fan4 wei4 ya5
Simplified: 食咗饭未呀
Cantonese
have you eaten yet? (spoken)
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食咗飯未呀
Cantonese
Lit. Have you eaten (rice) yet? - It's informally used to greet friends, instead of 你好 or 你點呀.
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