Cantonese Dictionary

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挖洞
Mandarin: wa1 dong4
to dig a hole
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挖肉攞瘡生
Mandarin: wa1 rou4 luo1 chuang1 sheng1
Simplified: 挖肉攞疮生
asking for trouble
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挖苦
Mandarin: wa1 ku5
speak sarcastically or ironically (lit., "scoop out bitterness")
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挖角
to recruit talents from other corporations or businesses
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挽
Mandarin: wan3
to pull | to draw (a cart or a bow) | to roll up | to coil | to carry on the arm | to lament the dead | (fig.) to pull against | to recover | to pull back | # adapted from cc-cedict
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挽回
Mandarin: wan3 hui2
to rescue a situation
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挽手
Mandarin: wan3 shou3
hands in hands
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挽救
Mandarin: wan3 jiu4
to save; to recue; to remedy
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挽留
Mandarin: wan3 liu2
urge (or persuade) sb. to stay; detainment
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挽鞋
Mandarin: wan3 xie2
verb; literally: carry the shoe; Metaphor, look down on someone; or, to serve someone
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掝
Mandarin: huo4
to split open
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換
Mandarin: huan4
Simplified: 换
to change; to exchange; to swap
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換元法
Mandarin: huan4 yuan2 fa3
[math.] method of substitution
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換取
Mandarin: huan4 qu3
give something and get something in return
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換句話說
Mandarin: huan4 ju4 hua4 shuo1
in other words
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換句話講
Mandarin: huan4 ju4 hua4 jiang3
Cantonese
in other words
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換帖
be sworn brothers by exchange of papers bearing name, surname, year of birth, horoscope, etc.
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換性者
Mandarin: huan4 xing4 zhe3
a transsexual (more commonly 變性人)
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換房
change room
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換波
Cantonese
(motoring) change gear. Mand.: 換檔
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換片
Mandarin: huan4 pian4
Simplified: 换片
to change diapers
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換片
Mandarin: huan4 pian4
Cantonese
change diapers
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換班
a change in leadership; a Changing of the Guard
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換畫
Mandarin: huan4 hua4
Simplified: 换画
changing of partner (slang) | switching of movie in screening
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換畫快過打針
Mandarin: huan4 hua4 kuai4 guo4 da3 zhen1
Cantonese
be quick to break up with old girlfriends and meet new ones; literally to show new movies faster than it takes to get a shot
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換置
Mandarin: huan4 zhi4
displace
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換衫
Mandarin: huan4 shan1
Simplified: 换衫
changing of clothes
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換購
conditionally buy (spend X, get Y at discount)
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換轉
Mandarin: huan4 zhuan3
Simplified: 换转
noun; Exchange. Swapping, Change, transformation.
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換錢
Mandarin: huan4 qian2
to exchange currency
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