Cantonese Dictionary

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搵快錢
Mandarin: wen3 kuai4 qian2
Simplified: 揾快钱
Cantonese
to make a fast buck [colloquial]
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搵我笨賊
Cantonese
to take me for a stupid fool; to rip me off
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搵我笨𨳍
Cantonese
to take me for a stupid prick or fool; to rip me off
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搵日
Mandarin: wen3 ri4
Simplified: 揾日
Cantonese
another day; some other day; find another day; on another day [colloquial]
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搵朝唔得晚
Mandarin: wen3 chao2 n2 de5 wan3
Simplified: 揾朝唔得晚
Cantonese
verb; metaphor for not enough income to maintain daily expense
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搵條命仔較飛
Mandarin: wen3 tiao2 ming4 zi3 jiao4 fei1
Simplified: 揾条命仔较飞
Cantonese
to put one's life at risk [colloquial]
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搵水
Mandarin: wen3 shui3
Simplified: 揾水
Cantonese
to make money; to make a living [colloquial]
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搵着數
Mandarin: wen3 zhao1 shu4
Simplified: 揾着数
Cantonese
looking for bargain or specials (spoken)
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搵窿捐
Mandarin: wen3 long2 juan1
Simplified: 揾窿捐
Cantonese
to find a hole for hiding, it means one is very embarrassed
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搵笨
Mandarin: wen3 ben4
Simplified: 揾笨
Cantonese
(v.) to take advantage of someone; to con | cheat someone; (adj.) to take someone for a fool (to describe a failed attempt to con someone)
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搵米路
Mandarin: wen3 mi3 lu4
Simplified: 揾米路
Cantonese
to find the way to earn money or to make a living
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搵老婆
Mandarin: wen3 lao3 po5
Simplified: 揾老婆
Cantonese
to find a wife
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搵老襯
Mandarin: wen3 lao3 chen4
Simplified: 揾老衬
Cantonese
(v.) to take advantage of someone; to fool someone; to take someone for a ride
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搵腳
Mandarin: wen3 jiao3
Simplified: 揾脚
Cantonese
to find an extra person for a team | game, normally used when looking for people to play Mahjong
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搵苦嚟辛
Cantonese
ask for trouble [Syn.] 攞苦嚟辛
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搵著數
Mandarin: wen3 zhao1 shu4
Simplified: 揾着数
Cantonese
looking for bargain or specials (spoken)
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搵返
Mandarin: wen4 fan3
Cantonese
recover; get back sth that was lost or stolen
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搵銀
Mandarin: wen3 yin2
Simplified: 揾银
Cantonese
to earn money
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搵銀
Cantonese
to earn money; to make a living
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搵錢
Cantonese
just another way to express "make money"
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搵錢
Mandarin: wen4 qian2
Simplified: 揾钱
Cantonese
to make a profit
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搵食
Cantonese
to earn a living; to look for food
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搵餐晏仔
Mandarin: wen4 can1 yan4 zai3
Cantonese
to make a living; to earn one's keep; to maintain one's livelihood
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搵鬼幫手
Mandarin: wen3 gui3 bang1shou5
Simplified: 揾鬼帮手
Cantonese
describe a situation where it is impossible to find someone to help [colloquial]
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搵鬼幫襯
Mandarin: wen3 gui3 bang1chen4
Simplified: 揾鬼帮衬
Cantonese
describes a shop or a restaurant which is doomed to fail as a result of not getting enough customers [colloquial]
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搵鬼買
Mandarin: wen3 gui3 mai3
Simplified: 揾鬼买
Cantonese
describes a shop or a restaurant which is doomed to fail as a result of not getting enough customers [colloquial]
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撶
Mandarin: hua2
to row a boat
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攉
Mandarin: huo1
to shovel | to beckon | to urge | # adapted from cc-cedict
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斡
Mandarin: wo4
wat3} | to turn | to revolve | to rotate | # adapted from cc-cedict
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斡旋
Mandarin: wo4 xuan2
to mediate; to act as a go between
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