Cantonese Dictionary

走蔥

zau2 cung1

Mandarin: zou3 cong1

Simplified: 走葱

no spring onions please (when ordering food) [colloquial]

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走訪

zau2 fong2

Mandarin: zou3 fang3

to pay a visit

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走資派

zau2 zi1 paai3

Mandarin: zou3 zi1 pai4

capitalist roader is a Maoist concept that denotes persons or groups on the political left who demonstrate a marked tendency to bow to pressure from bourgeois forces and subsequently attempt to pull the Revolution in a capitalist direction -- thus onto the "capitalist road". (source: Wikipedia)

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走趯

zau2 dek3

Mandarin: zou3 ti4

(v.) to rush around; to be busy running about

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走趲

zau2 zaan2

Mandarin: zou3 zan3

Simplified: 走趱

flexibility (spoken)

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走軍火

zau2 gwan1 fo2

arms trafficking

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走辣

zau2 laat6

Mandarin: zou3 la4

Cantonese

(said when order food at Caa Caan Teng) not spicy please; leave out chilly peppers

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走近

zau2 gan6

Mandarin: zou3 jin4

to approach

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走進

zau2 zeon3

Mandarin: zou3 jin4

walk in to

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走運

zau2 wan6

Mandarin: zou3 yun4

luck up; be in the ascendant; have one's day; make a scoop; play big luck [粵]: 夠運, 行運

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走過

zau2 gwo3

Mandarin: zou3 guo4

to walk past; to pass by

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走道

zau2 dou6

Mandarin: zou3 dao4

footpath, pavement, path, sidewalk

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走鋼絲

zau2 gong3 si1

Mandarin: zou3 gang1 si1

ropedancer; ropewalker; wirewalking | [粵]: 踩鋼綫

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走開

zau2 hoi1

Mandarin: zou3 kai1

go away; leave; step out of the way; run away

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走雞

zau2 gai1

Mandarin: zou3 ji1

Simplified: 走鸡

(slang) to miss out on an exclusive deal | bargain | chance | opportunity

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走難

zau2 naan6

Mandarin: zou3 nan2

Simplified: 走难

(verb) to run away from a catastrophe | disaster

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走雪

zau2 syut3

Mandarin: zou3 xue3

Cantonese

don't add ice [syn.] 走冰

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走電

zau2 din6

Mandarin: zou3 dian4

Simplified: 走电

current leakage

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走青

zau2 ceng1

Mandarin: zou3 qing1

Cantonese

no onions, when eating a 茶餐廳 and you would like to ask the cook not to add onions.You can say 干炒牛河走青唔該

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走音

zau2 jam1

Mandarin: zou3 yin1

[music/voice] off-key; wrong note; discordant; jarring; incongruous; grating; dissonant

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走頭

zau2 tau4

Mandarin: zou3 tou2

Simplified: 走头

to go away; to flee; to run off

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走馬

zau2 maa5

Mandarin: zou3 ma3

gallop or trot along on horseback

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走鬼

zau2 gwai2

Mandarin: zou3 gui3

unlicensed street stall vendors to escape from officers (Cantonese)

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走鬼檔

zau2 gwai2 dong3

Mandarin: zou3gui3 dang4

Simplified: 走鬼档

unlicensed roadside hawkers [colloquial]

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趑趄不前

zi1 zeoi1 bat1 cin4

Mandarin: zi1 ju1 bu4 qian2

be hesitant to advance

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趑車轉

zi1 ce1 zyun2

Mandarin: zi1 che1 zhuan3

Simplified: 趑车转

spinning around

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趙之璧

ziu6 zi1 bik1

Mandarin: zhao4 zhi1 bi4

Bibi Chao

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趙學而

ziu6 hok6 ji4

Mandarin: zhao4 xue2 er2

Simplified: 赵学而

Bondy, Chiu Hok-yee, a Hong Kong singer and actress

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趙完唱

ziu6 jyun4 coeng3

Cantonese

after having sex with someone, you go and tell everyone

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趙完鬆

ziu6 jyun4 sung1

Cantonese

to throwaway; to disappear after making love

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