Cantonese Dictionary

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Y世代
Mandarin: Y shi4 dai4
Generation Y, Gen Y (people born between 1980 and the mid to late 1990s)
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Y坐標
Mandarin: Y zuo4 biao1
[math.] y-coordinate
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Y精子
Y-bearing sperm
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Y軸
Mandarin: Y zhou2
[math.] y-axis
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Y軸截距
Mandarin: Y zhou2 jie2 ju4
[math.] y-intercept
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伊於胡底
Mandarin: yi1 yu2 hu2 di3
how far will this go; where will this all end; when will this come to an end
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又呢又嘮
Cantonese
first this then that; undecided
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愈窮愈見鬼
Mandarin: yu4 qiong2 yu4 jian4gui3
Simplified: 愈穷愈见鬼
bad luck comes in threes [colloquial]
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有台型
Mandarin: you3 tai2 xing2
Cantonese
to look good on stage; to have stage charisma
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有驚無險
Mandarin: you3 jing1 wu2 xian3
terrifying but without harm; threatening but not dangerous
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游泳圈
Mandarin: you2 yong3 quan1
swim ring
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紉
Mandarin: ren4
thread needle, sew stitch, string
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羊皮紙
Mandarin: yang2 pi2 zhi3
parchment
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菀
Mandarin: wan3
luxuriant growth
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郁郁
Mandarin: yu4 yu4
'to be refined with literary talents' | 'to have an intense fragrance'
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金牛"
[etymology] 撇 refers either to (a) the left-falling line for the first stroke of 千 or (b) the comma mark in "1,000".
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金牛"
[etymology] 干 is chosen as the slang version of 千 simply because these two characters look very alike in written form.
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