Cantonese Dictionary

做好做醜

zou6 hou2 zou6 cau2

Mandarin: zuo4 hao3 zuo4 chou3

Simplified: 做好做丑

play both the good and bad person

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做好心

zou6 hou2 sam1

Mandarin: zuo4 hao3 xin1

to act with good intentions

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做妥

zou6 to5

Mandarin: zuo4 tuo3

to do appropriately

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做媒

zou6 mui4

Mandarin: zuo4mei2

(noun) To be an intermediary (to tie two people or groups to agree with each other)

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做完

zou6 jyun4

Mandarin: zuo4 wan2

finished; done; complete

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做官

zou6 gun1

Mandarin: zuo4 guan1

to take an official post; to become a government employee

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做客

zou6 haak3

Mandarin: zuo4 ke4

to be a guest or visitor

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做家課

zou6 gaa1 fo3

to do homework [澳門 usage]

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做小姐

zou6 siu2 ze2

Mandarin: zuo4 xiao3jie5

to be an escort in a nightclub; to be a prostitute [written and colloquial]

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做工

zou6 gung1

Mandarin: zuo4 gong1

[1] to do work; working [2] to be in employment; to have a job

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做工作

zou6 gung1 zok3

to (get to) work (white collar)

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做市商

zou6 si5 soeng1

Mandarin: zuo4 shi4 shang1

market maker

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做得

zou6 dak1

Mandarin: zuo4 de2

can, can do, able to do; work; helpful; ready

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做得到

zou6 dak1 dou3*2

accomplished

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做忌

zou6 gei6

Mandarin: zuo4 ji4

to hold a memorial ceremony of somebody's birthday and death; or may refers to kill or beat somebody up

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做愛

zou6 oi3

Mandarin: zuo4 ai4

make love

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做慣乞兒懶做官

zou6 gwaan3 hat1 ji4 laan5 zou6 gun1

Mandarin: zuo4 guan4 qi3 er2 lan3 zuo4 guan1

Simplified: 做惯乞儿懒做官

rather live an ordinary life than strive for something better (slang)

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做成

zou6 sing4

Mandarin: zuo4 cheng2

causing (spoken)

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做戲

zou6 hei3

Cantonese

to pretend; to act on stage or for a movie/show

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做手信

zou6 sau2 seon3

Mandarin: zuo4 shou3 xin4

to make souvenir gift

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做手腳

zou6 sau2 goek3

Mandarin: zuo4shou3jiao3

Simplified: 做手脚

(verb) 1. Secretly mess with (an objective in order to make it malfunction); 2. Make arrangement (on vote etc.)

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做把戲

zou6 baa2 hei3

Mandarin: zuo4 ba3 xi4

Simplified: 做把戏

to do, perform magic tricks | up to something unpredictable or unknown

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做收錢

zou6 sau1 cin2

Mandarin: zuo4 shou1 qian2

Simplified: 做收钱

Collect money

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做收錢

zou6 sau1 cin4*2

Cantonese

works as a cashier

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做數

zou6 sou3

Mandarin: zuo4 shu4

Simplified: 做数

rigging numbers in accounting so as to pass the auditing; to do math; to do accounting; to organise the accounts and transactions

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做朋友

zou6 pang4 jau5

Mandarin: zuo4 peng2 you5

become friends

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做木匠

zou6 muk6 zoeng6

Mandarin: zuo4 mu4 jiang4

a carpenter by trade

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做東

zou6 dung1

Mandarin: zuo4 dong1

Simplified: 做东

to treat as host

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做法

zou6 faat3

Mandarin: zuo4 fa3

behaviour (US: behavior), practice (US: practice; practise), way of doing things

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做為

zou6 wai4

Mandarin: zuo4 wei2

act as

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