Cantonese Dictionary

山窮水盡

saan1 kung4 seoi2 zeon6

Mandarin: shan1qiong2shui3jin4

Simplified: 山穷水尽

(idiom) Someone is in a dead end and dire situation

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山窿

saan1 lung4*1

Cantonese

cave, tunnel (lit., "mountain hole") [華]: 山洞

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山窿

saan1 lung1

Mandarin: shan1 long2

a cave; a tunnel

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山窿山罅

saan1 lung1 saan1 laa3

Mandarin: shan1 long2 shan1 xia4

noun; complex terrain in the mountains

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山竹

saan1 zuk1

Mandarin: shan1 zhu2

mangosteen

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山竹果

saan1 zuk1 gwo2

Mandarin: shan1 zhu2 guo3

Mangosteen

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山竹牛肉

saan1 zuk1 ngau4 juk6

Mandarin: shan1 zhu2 niu2 rou4

steamed beef balls, a Cantonese dim sum dish

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山竹牛肉球

saan1 zuk1 ngau4 juk6 kau4

Mandarin: shan1 zhu2 niu2 rou4 qiu2

Steamed meatball, a Cantonese dim sum

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山綠豆

saan1 luk6 dau6*2

Phaseolus minimus (narrow-leaved kidney bean)

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山羊

saan1 joeng4

Mandarin: shan1 yang2

goat

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山羊座

saan1 joeng4 zo6

Capricorn - one of the twelve signs of the Zodiac (十二星座). (Lit. Mountain Goat constellation) (12-22/01-19)

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山羊星座

saan1 joeng4 sing1 zo6

Capricorn

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山羊鬍子

saan1 joeng4 wu4 zi2

Mandarin: shan1 yang2 hu2 zi5

Simplified: 山羊胡子

a goatee

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山羌

saan1 goeng1

Mandarin: shan1 qiang1

Reeves's Muntjac (Formosan barking deer) | [粵]: 黃猄

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山胞

saan1 baau1

Mandarin: shan1 bao1

aboriginal tribesman (e.g., 高山族)

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山胡桃木

saan1 wu4 tou4 muk6

Mandarin: shan1 hu2 tao2 mu4

hickory

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山胡椒

saan1 wu4 ziu1

Mandarin: shan1 hu2 jiao1

noun; spicebush

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山脈

saan1 mak6

Mandarin: shan1 mai4

mountain range

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山腰

saan1 jiu1

Mandarin: shan1 yao1

[1] mountain waist - halfway up a mountain, hillside, mountainside [2] (placename) Shan Yiu

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山芝麻

saan1 zi1 maa4

Helicteres angustifolia (helicteres)

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山茶

saan1 caa4

camellia

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山草藥

saan1 cou2 joek6

Mandarin: shan1 cao3 yao4

Simplified: 山草药

wild medicinal herbs

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山莊

saan1 zong1

Mandarin: shan1 zhuang1

mountain villa

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山葵

saan1 kwai4/3

Mandarin: shan1 kui2

[日] wasabi; (common misspelling) wasabe | Scientific name: Wasabia japonica

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山蜞

saan1 kei4*2

Cantonese

a leech

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山蜞

saan1 kei4

Mandarin: shan1 qi2

leeches

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山蝦

saan1 haa1

a scorpion

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山裡紅

saan1 leoi5 hung4

Mandarin: shan1 li5 hong2

Simplified: 山里红

Hawthorn

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山西

saan1 sai1

Mandarin: shan1 xi1

Shanxi province in China

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山西大學

saan1 sai1 daai6 hok6

Mandarin: shan1 xi1 da4 xue2

Shanxi University

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