Cantonese Dictionary

胡椒噴霧

wu4 ziu1 pan3 mou6

Mandarin: hu2 jiao1 pen1 wu4

pepper spray (defensive weapon, classified as a firearm in HK)

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胡椒粉

wu4 ziu1 fan2

Mandarin: hu2 jiao1 fen3

pepper | Also known as 古月粉

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胡歌

wu4 go1

Mandarin: hu2 ge1

Hu Ge

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胡混

wu4 wan6

Mandarin: hu2 hun4

fool or loaf around

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胡狼

wu4 long4

Mandarin: hu2 lang2

jackal [Syn.] 狐狼, 豺狼

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胡胡混混

wu4 wu4 wan6 wan6

Mandarin: hu2 hu2 gun3 gun3

ordinary; plain; time-wasting (spoken)

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胡言亂語

wu4 jin4 lyun6 jyu5

Mandarin: hu2 yan2 luan4 yu3

talk nonsense; rave at; babble a bunch of malarkey

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胡說

wu4 syut3

Mandarin: hu2 shuo1

talk nonsense | [粵]: 發噏風, 亂噏, 亂講

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胡說八道

wu4 syut3 baat3 dou6

Mandarin: hu2 shuo1 ba1 dao4

talk nonsense | Cant.: 發噏風; 亂噏

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胡軍

wu4 gwan1

Mandarin: hu2 jun1

Hu Jun

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胡辛

wu4 san1

Hu Xin (exotic pavilion in Taichung Park, TW)

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胡金銓

wu4 gam1 cyun4

Mandarin: hu2 jin1 quan2

King Hu (Hu Jinquan)(1932-1997) a Hong Kong and Taiwan based film director

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胡錦濤

wu4 gam2 tou4

Mandarin: hu2 jin3 tao1

Hu Jintao (PRC president)

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胡鬧

wu4 naau6

Mandarin: hu2 nao4

go wild;be up to no good; be mischievous; cause trouble or a disturbance for no obvious reason

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腕

wun2

Mandarin: wan4

wrist

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腕力

wun2 lik6

Mandarin: wan4 li4

Wrist strength; ability

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腕帶

wun2 daai3*2

Mandarin: wan4 dai4

wrist strap; wrist band

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腕表

wun2 biu1

Mandarin: wan4 biao3

wrist watch

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腕足

wun2 zuk1

Mandarin: wan4 zu2

peduncle

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腕錶

wun2 biu1

Mandarin: wan4 biao3

Simplified: 腕表

Watch

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腕鏈

wun2 lin6*2

Mandarin: wan4 lian4

wrist chain

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芋

wu6

Mandarin: yu4

taro | Colocasia antiquorum | Colocasia esculenta | tuber crops | # adapted from cc-cedict

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芋仔

wu6 zai2

"taros", post WWII immigrants to Taiwan

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芋角

wu6 gok3*2

fried taro dumpling

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芋角

wu6 gok3

Mandarin: yu4 jiao3

taro puff dumpling

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芋頭

wu6 tau4*2

taro

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芋頭糕

wu6 tau2 gou1

Mandarin: yu4 tou5 gao1

Simplified: 芋头糕

Taro cake

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芋頭酥

wu6 tau4*2 sou1

Mandarin: yu4 tou2 su1

taro pastries

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花

waa6

Mandarin: hua1

flower | blossom M: 朵duǒ [朵] | 支zhī [支] | 束shù [束] | 把bǎ [把] | 盆pén [盆] | 簇cù [簇] | fancy pattern | florid | to spend (money, time) | a flowering plant | prostitute | prostitution | smallpox | multicolored | fireworks | to spend | to expend | stars on the shoulder of policeman's uniform to denote the rank | disorderly | scratched | dirty | pre-sale | suffix related to a female | # adapted from cc-cedict

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芸

wan4

Mandarin: yun2

common rue (Ruta graveolens) | books and libraries | weed | rape (plant) | kidney bean | all those (mortal beings) | # adapted from cc-cedict

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