Cantonese Dictionary

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食咗饭未呀
Mandarin: shi2 zuo5 fan4 wei4 ya5
Cantonese
have you eaten yet? (a common way of greeting a friend instead of saying "How are you?" in Canton culture)
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食品
Mandarin: shi2 pin3
food
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食品工業
Mandarin: shi2 pin3 gong1 ye4
Simplified: 食品工业
the food industry
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食品店
Mandarin: shi2 pin3 dian4
a food store
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食品廠
Mandarin: shi2 pin3 chang3
Simplified: 食品厂
a food factory
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食品衛生
Mandarin: shi2 pin3 wei4 sheng1
Simplified: 食品卫生
food hygiene; food sanitation
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食品衛生法
Mandarin: shi2 pin3 wei4 sheng1 fa3
Food Hygiene Law of People's Republic of China
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食唔晒
Mandarin: shi2 wu2 shai4
Cantonese
unable to finish eating something [colloquial]
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食唔曬
Mandarin: shi2 wu2 shai4
Simplified: 食唔晒
Cantonese
unable to finish eating something [colloquial]
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食嗮
Cantonese
to finish up
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食四方飯
Mandarin: shi2 si4fang1 fan4
Simplified: 食四方饭
to make one's living by whatever way possible [colloquial]
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食坊
Mandarin: shi2 fang2
Cantonese
food court
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食埋
Mandarin: shi2 mai2
to finish eating (something) also
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食堂
Mandarin: shi2tang2
(noun) Cafeteria or canteen
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食塞米
Mandarin: shi2 sai1 mi3
(phrase) describes someone who is so stupid and useless that it is a waste of food and money to raise him; describes someone who is undersized and doesn't appear to grow in size
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食塵
Mandarin: shi2 chen2
Simplified: 食尘
to be exposed to dust; to lag behind
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食夜粥
Mandarin: shi2 ye4 zhou1
practiced kung fu | martial arts
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食大煙
Mandarin: shi2 da4yan1
Simplified: 食大烟
to smoke opium [colloquial]
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食大茶飯
Mandarin: shi2 da4 cha2 fan4
Simplified: 食大茶饭
to do big business | big deal, through unrighteous | illegit means; to live sumptuously from ill-gotten gains | pelf
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食夾棍
Mandarin: shi2 jia1 gun4
Simplified: 食夹棍
to take a profit from both sides of a deal, often through trickery; to suffer an attack from both sides
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食字
Mandarin: shi2" zi4
playing with words; paronomasia; pun
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食字邊
Mandarin: shi2 zi4 bian1
Cantonese
Kangxi radical 184 (食) in its component form 飠 (simplified: 饣)
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食完
Mandarin: shi2 wan2
to finish eating [written and colloquial]
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食客
Mandarin: shi2 ke4
dependant, freeloader, sponger; prof scholar kept by wealthy families
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食宵夜
Mandarin: shi2 xiao1 ye4
to have supper | midnight snack
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食家
Mandarin: shi2 jia1
food critic
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食少啖多覺瞓
Mandarin: shi2 shao3 dan4 duo1 jue2 fen4
Simplified: 食少啖多觉瞓
Cantonese
some risks are not worth taking (especially dangerous | unrighteous | illegit activities), it's better to be able to sleep well at night without feeling guilty
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食尾糊
Mandarin: shi2 wei3 hu2
the last to reap the benefits or profits (slang)
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食屎
Mandarin: shi2 shi3
eat shit; piss off
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食屎大
Mandarin: shi2 shi3 da4
to have shit for brains [colloquial]
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