Cantonese Dictionary

湯匙領

tong1 ci4 leng5

Mandarin: tang1 chi2 ling3

scoop neck — a neckline style, somewhat more open than regular round neck, sometimes may also be called round neck 圓領

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湯圓

tong1 jyun4*2

Mandarin: tang1 yuan2

boiled balls of sweet glutinous rice flour, eaten during the Lantern festival

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湯寶如

tong1 bou2 jyu4

Mandarin: tang1 bao3 ru2

Simplified: 汤宝如

Karen Tong Po Yue, a Hong Kong actress and singer

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湯底

tong1 dai2

Mandarin: tang1 di3

Simplified: 汤底

soup base; stock

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湯殼

tong1 hok3

Mandarin: tang1 ke2

Simplified: 汤壳

a soup ladle

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湯水

tong1 seoi2

Mandarin: tang1 shui3

Simplified: 汤水

soup

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湯盈盈

tong1 jing4 jing4

Mandarin: tang1 ying2 ying2

Simplified: 汤盈盈

Angela Tong, a Hong Kong actress

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湯羹

tong1 gang1

Mandarin: tang1 geng1

Simplified: 汤羹

a spoon for drinking soup

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湯藥

tong1 joek6

Mandarin: tang1 yao4

tisane, decoction (Chinese medicine)

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湯藥費

tong1 joek6 fai3

Mandarin: tang1 yao4 fei4

Simplified: 汤药费

compensation for medical expenses

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湯鈞禧

tong1 gwan1 hei1

Mandarin: tang1 jun1 xi3

Kenneth Tong

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湯顯明

tong1 hin2 ming4

Mandarin: tang1 xian3 ming2

Simplified: 汤显明

Timothy Tong, a former commissioner in Hong Kong

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湯飯

tong1 faan6

Mandarin: tang1 fan4

rice soup

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湯麵

tong1 min6

Mandarin: tang1 mian4

Simplified: 汤面

(noun) noodles in soup

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溏

tong4

Mandarin: tang2

noncoagulative | pond | pool | not hardened | semi-soft | semi-fluid | half congealed | viscous | # adapted from cc-cedict

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溏心

tong4 sam1

Mandarin: tang2 xin1

half-cooked egg yolk

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滇

tin4

Mandarin: Dian1

abbr. for Yunnan Province 云南Yúnnán [云南] in southwest China | name of an ancient tribe | # adapted from cc-cedict

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滇池

tin4 ci4

Lake Dian (located close to Kunming City in Yunnan)

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滇省

tin4 saang2

Yunnan province

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滔

tou1

Mandarin: tao1

overflow | torrent-dash | filled with | haughty | # adapted from cc-cedict

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滔天

tou1 tin1

Mandarin: tao1 tian1

(adjective) Heinous; frightful; flagrant

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滔天大罪

tou1 tin1 daai6 zeoi6

Mandarin: tao1 tian1 da4 zui4

a heinous crime

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滔滔不絕

tou1 tou1 bat1 zyut6

Mandarin: tao1 tao1 bu4 jue2

(saying) (of speech) non-stop; unceasing; gushing; torrential

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潭

taam4

Mandarin: tan2

deep pool | pond | pit (dialect) | depression | lake | profound | hole in the ground | # adapted from cc-cedict

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潭仔

taam4 zai2

Mandarin: tan2 zi3

Tan Chai | Tan Tsai, a restaurant chain selling Yunnan rice noodles in Hong Kong

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潼

tung4

Mandarin: tong2

high | name of a pass | name of a place | lofty | damp | # adapted from cc-cedict

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濤

tou4

Mandarin: tao1

huge waves; billows

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灘

taan1

Mandarin: tan1

beach; bank; shoal; sandbar

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炭

taan3

Mandarin: tan4

wood charcoal | coal | carbon | # adapted from cc-cedict

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炭火

taan3 fo2

Mandarin: tan4 huo3

(noun) choke fire

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