Cantonese Dictionary

山東菜肉餃

saan1 dung1 coi3 juk6 gaau2

Mandarin: shan1 dong1 cai4 rou4 jiao3

Shandong vegetable and meat dumplings

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山枇杷

saan1 pei4 paa4

Mandarin: shan1 pi2 pa2

Eriobotrya fragrans (wild loquat)

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山林

saan1 lam4

Mandarin: shan1 lin2

a montane forest; a mountain forest

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山林隱逸

saan1 lam4 jan2 jat6

Mandarin: shan1 lin2 yin3 yi4

retire to the seclusion of the wooded hills; live in obscurity

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山核桃

saan1 hat6 tou4

Mandarin: shan1 he2 tao5

[botany] hickory; [botany] hickory nut

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山棯

saan1 nim1

Mandarin: shan1 ren3

noun; Rose Myrtle; Rhodomyrtus tomentosa

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山椒魚

saan1 ziu1 jyu4*2

Mandarin: shan1 jiao1 yu2

cryptobranchoidea, salamander

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山楂

saan1 zaa1

Mandarin: shan1 zha1

hawberry - of the hill haw, type of fruit.

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山楂糕

saan1 zaa1 gou1

Mandarin: shan1 zha1 gao1

hawberry cake - sweet delicacy made of hawberries with a sweet and sour flavour in a jelly-like block.

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山楂餅

saan1 zaa1 beng2

Mandarin: shan1 zha1 bing3

Simplified: 山楂饼

noun; haw flakes, a traditional Chinese fruit snack

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山橙

saan1 caang4*2

mountain orange (Melodinus suaveolens)

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山歌

saan1 go1

folk song (lit., "mountain song")

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山水

saan1 seoi2

Mandarin: shan1 shui3

landscape

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山水有相逢

saan1 seoi2 jau5 soeng1 fung4

Mandarin: shan1 shui3 you3 xiang1 feng2

(proverb) people will meet again at some point eventually, it implies not to treat others badly in order to avoid future revenge; 'paths will cross again someday'

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山水牛

saan1 seoi2 ngau4

Bubalus quarlesi (mountain anoa)

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山水相連

saan1 seoi2 soeng1 lin4

Mandarin: shan1 shui3 xiang1 lian2

Simplified: 山水相连

literally: mountains and rivers joining together; describes the interconnection of something

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山河

saan1 ho4

Mandarin: shan1 he2

[1] the hills and rivers - general topography of a place [2] the territory of a country

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山泉

saan1 cyun4

Mandarin: shan1 quan2

Mountain springs, mountain water

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山泥

saan1 nai4

Mandarin: shan1 ni2

mountain soil

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山泥傾瀉

saan1 nai4 king1 se3

landslide, landslip

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山洞

saan1 dung6

Mandarin: shan1 dong4

a cavern; cave; a grotto [Syn.] 洞穴 [粵]: 山窿

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山洪暴發

saan1 hung4 bou6 faat3

Mandarin: shan1 hong2 bao4 fa1

Simplified: 山洪暴发

Flash floods; Mountain torrents

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山海關

saan1 hoi2 gwaan1

Mandarin: shan1 hai3 guan1

Shanhaiguan, Shanhai Pass (situated between the Yanshan Mountains and the Bohai Sea)

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山海關區

saan1 hoi2 gwaan1 keoi1

Mandarin: shan1 hai3 guan1 qu1

Shanhaiguan (area in Hebei)

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山溝

saan1 kau1

Mandarin: shan1 gou1

valley; gulley; ravine | [粵]: 山坑

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山澗

saan1 gaan3

Mandarin: shan1 jian4

a mountain stream | [粵]: 山坑水

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山火

saan1 fo2

forest fire in the mountains

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山珍海味

saan1 zan1 hoi2 mei6*2

delicacies

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山田

saan1 tin4

Mandarin: shan1 tian2

hillside plot; (placename) Shan Tin

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山盟海誓

saan1 mang4 hoi2 sai6

Mandarin: shan1 meng2 hai2 shi4

a solemn pledge of love; (lit.) "to swear by the mountains and the seas"

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