Cantonese Dictionary

斷癮

tyun5 jan5

Mandarin: duan4 yin3

Simplified: 断瘾

noun; withdrawal from an addictgion, ie. drugs, cigarettes

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斷碼

tyun5 maa5

Mandarin: duan4 ma3

Simplified: 断码

remaining sizes available (when purchasing clothing or shoes)

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斷米路

tyun5 mai5 lou6

Mandarin: duan4 mi3 lu4

Simplified: 断米路

to ruin one's future | to ruin one's career

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斷絕

tyun5 zyut6

Mandarin: duan4 jue2

to sever; to break off

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斷續

tyun5 zuk6

Mandarin: duan4 xu4

[1] intermittent; interrupted [2] [legal] juncture

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斷裂

tyun5 lit6

Mandarin: duan4 lie4

break and split; split

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斷電

tyun5 din6

Mandarin: duan4 dian4

electrical power failure

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斷骨

tyun5 gwat1

Mandarin: duan4 gu3

bone break/fracture

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斷魂

tyun5 wan4

Mandarin: duan4 hun2

Simplified: 断魂

to feel like a lost soul from deep sorrow

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曇

taam4

Mandarin: tan2

Simplified: 昙

dark clouds | cloudy | overcast | # adapted from cc-cedict

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曇花

taam4 / faa1

Mandarin: tan2 / hua1

Dutchman's Pipe (Epiphyllum oxypetalum)'; broad leaf Epiphyllum flower

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曇花一現

taam4 faa1 jat1 jin6

Mandarin: tan2 hua1 yi1 xian4

lit. the night blooming cactus shows once / flash in the pan (idiom) / short-lived

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替

tai3

Mandarin: ti4

to substitute for | to take the place of | to replace | for | on behalf of | to stand in for | to decline | to discontinue | to supersede | to change | # adapted from cc-cedict

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替代

tai3 doi6

Mandarin: ti4 dai4

to replace; to substitute for

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替天行道

tai3 tin1 hang4 dou6

Mandarin: ti4 tian1 xing2 dao4

take retribution into one's own hands; right a wrong (in the place of the authorities)

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替工

tai3 gung1

Mandarin: ti4 gong1

temporary substitute worker

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替換

tai3 wun6

Mandarin: ti2 huan4

to exchange; to interchange; to take the place of; to substitute for; to replace; to switch; to displace; to shift

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替槍

tai3 coeng1

Mandarin: ti4 qiang1

Simplified: 替枪

ghostwriting

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替死

tai3 sei2

Mandarin: ti4si3

to take someone's place; to sacrifice oneself for others; to be a scapegoat for someone [colloquial]

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替死鬼

tai3 sei2 gwai2

Mandarin: ti4 si3 gui3

[colloquial] fall guy; scapegoat

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替罪羊

tai3 zeoi6 joeng4

Mandarin: ti4 zui4 yang2

scapegoat, fall guy

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替身

tai3 san1

Mandarin: ti4 shen1

scapegoat, stand-in, substitute, body double for films

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枱

toi2

Mandarin: zhuo1

Simplified: 桌

Cantonese

table; desk (Cantonese)

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枱布

toi2 bou3

Mandarin: si4 bu4

(noun) table cloth

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枱枱凳凳

toi2 toi2 dang3 dang3

Mandarin: si4 si4 deng4 deng4

tables and chairs

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枱枱櫈櫈

toi2 toi2 dang3 dang3

Mandarin: si4 si4 deng4 deng4

Simplified: 枱枱凳凳

tables and chairs

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枱波

toi4*2 bo1

billards, snooker, pool (also 桌球)

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枱波

toi2 bo1

Mandarin: si4 bo1

(sport) Pool (or known as cue sports)

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枱腳

toi2 goek3

Mandarin: si4 jiao3

Simplified: 枱脚

the table leg

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桃

tou4

Mandarin: tao2

peach | walnut | a surname | marriage | # adapted from cc-cedict

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