Cantonese Dictionary

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食街
Mandarin: shi2 jie1
food street
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食衣住行育樂
the necessities of life (food, clothing, housing, transportation, education, and entertainment)
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食西北風
Mandarin: shi2 xi1 bei3 feng1
Simplified: 食西北风
describes the situation of financial difficulty and having no money for food; literally 'to eat the northwest wind'
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食言
to break one\'s promise
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食詐和
Mandarin: shi2 zha4 hu2
Cantonese
to mistakenly announce good news (from 詐和 in mahjong)
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食詐和
Mandarin: shi2 zha4 he2
Simplified: 食诈和
declaring a false win in Mahjong game; to be extremely certain of a sure success, only to proven wrong in the end
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食詐糊
Mandarin: shi2 zha4 hu2
Simplified: 食诈糊
to announce good news by mistake, often used while playing majong when a person mistakenly thinks that he | she has won the game
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食譜
Mandarin: shi2 pu3
recipe; cookbook; diet
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食豆腐
Mandarin: shi2 dou4 fu5
handsy with female (spoken)
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食豬
Mandarin: shi2 zhu1
Simplified: 食猪
to have sex with a virgin [colloquial]
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食貓面
Mandarin: shi2 mao1 mian4
Simplified: 食猫面
to be scolded | told off by someone, normally used in the workplace where a staff member that has made mistakes is being told off by his | her superior
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食貓麵
Mandarin: shi2 mao1 mian4
Simplified: 食猫面
to be told off by someone, normally used in workplace where a staff member that has made mistakes is being told off by his | her superior
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食軟飯
Mandarin: shi2 ruan3 fan4
Simplified: 食软饭
describes the situation where a man who doesn't work hard in life takes the easy way out by solely relying on a woman to survive (especially in the financial aspect); literally 'to eat soft rice'
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食辣嘢
Cantonese
to have hot (spicy) food
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食過
Mandarin: shi2 guo4
Simplified: 食过
have eaten
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食過夜粥
Mandarin: shi2 guo4 ye4 zhou1
Simplified: 食过夜粥
to have studied martial arts before; to have some skills (martial art)
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食過夜粥
Mandarin: shi2 guo4 ye4 zhou1
Cantonese
to have learned kung fu before; to have studied martial arts
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食過返尋味
Mandarin: shi2 guo4 fan3 xun2 wei4
Simplified: 食过返寻味
back for more due to its good value or quality (spoken)
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食道
Mandarin: zhi2 dao4
oesophagus, esophagus (or gullet)
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食道語
esophageal speech
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食量
Mandarin: shi2 ​liang4​
quantity of food
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食錢機
Cantonese
cash deposit machine (CDM), immediate deposit machine (IDM)
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食錯藥
Mandarin: shi2 cuo4 shuo4
Simplified: 食错藥
taking the wrong medication | acting unreasonable (spoken)
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食鏍絲
Mandarin: shi2 luo2 si1
Simplified: 食鏍丝
to stutter; to be tongue-tied [colloquial]
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食長糧
Mandarin: shi2 chang2 liang2
Simplified: 食长粮
rely on pension after retirement (spoken)
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食長齋
Mandarin: shi2 chang2 zhai1
Cantonese
1. adopt a long term vegetarian diet 2. to refrain from doing sth. on a long term basis
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食陀地
Mandarin: shi2 tuo2 di4
to make a living from collecting protection money in an area which is under the control of one's gang [colloquial]
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食雜
Mandarin: shi2 za2
Simplified: 食杂
grocery (store); to eat meat
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食雪糕
Mandarin: shi2 xue3gao1
literally: to eat icecream; to perform fellatio [colloquial]
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食電
Mandarin: shi2 dian4
Cantonese
(of an appliance) consume electricity
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