Cantonese Dictionary

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揸手
Mandarin: zha1 shou3
Cantonese
(noun) a handshake; (usually referring to a valuable object) 'a grasp on' | 'the ownership of' | '(to have) it in hand' | 'a hand on'
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揸扒
Cantonese
to be friends
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揸拿
Mandarin: zha1 na2
Cantonese
(slang) surety; assurance; firmly in one's grasp
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揸數
Mandarin: zha1 shu4
Simplified: 揸数
Cantonese
person in charge or handling funds or accounts
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揸旗
Mandarin: zha1 qi2
Cantonese
to be in charge [colloquial]
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揸正來做
Mandarin: zha1 zheng4 lai2 zuo4
Simplified: 揸正来做
Cantonese
doing something the exact way as it should be (impartially | fairly), i.e. 'by the book'
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揸正嚟做
Mandarin: zha1 zheng4 li2 zuo4
Cantonese
do things by the book; do things the right way; deal with fairly; show impartiality
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揸正嚟做
Mandarin: zha1 zheng4 li2 zuo4
Cantonese
being strict in complying with the rules | laws | regulations and not willing to bend the rules
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揸水
Mandarin: zha1 shui3
Cantonese
to pee, to urinate
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揸水煲
Mandarin: zha1 shui3 bao1
Cantonese
to hold water kettle, to work as waiter | waitress | server
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揸波
Mandarin: zha1 bo1
Cantonese
to knead or grab the breasts
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揸流攤
Mandarin: zha1 liu2 tan1
Cantonese
so so; not too good; just passable; lame
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揸痛腳
Mandarin: zha1 tong4 jiao3
Simplified: 揸痛脚
Cantonese
to take advantage of one's mistake or fault
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揸緊
Cantonese
to firmly grasp
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揸腰
Mandarin: zha1 yao1
Cantonese
it is used to described clothes that fit one's waist very well, or are very tight around the waist part
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揸舦
Mandarin: zha1 tai4
Cantonese
to steer a boat; to be at the helm
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揸車
Mandarin: kai1 che1
Simplified: 开车
Cantonese
to drive a car (Cantonese)
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揸鐵筆
Mandarin: zha1 tie3 bi3
Simplified: 揸铁笔
Cantonese
literally meaning to hold a 'metal pen' (usually refers to a crow bar), describes someone who use manual tools (often metallic) to make a living, compared to those who uses a pen to make a living (office based work)
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揸雞腳
Mandarin: zha1 ji1 jiao3
Simplified: 揸鸡脚
Cantonese
verb; catch someone's weaknesses; look for flaws
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揸頸
Mandarin: zha1 jing3
Simplified: 揸颈
Cantonese
verb; literally grasp the neck, when we say " 揸頸就命" which mean swallow insult and humiliation silently; control oneself and suppress one's indignation
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揸頸就命
Mandarin: zha1 jing3 jiu4 ming4
Simplified: 揸颈就命
Cantonese
(slang) to endure difficult circumstances because someone is ill-fated; to swallow an insult
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搾
Mandarin: zha4
to press | to extract (juice) | device for extracting juice, oils etc | to extort | # adapted from cc-cedict
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搾乾搾淨
squeeze everything out of you
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搾汁機
a juicer
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摘
Mandarin: zhai1
to take | to borrow | to pick (flowers, fruit etc) | to pluck | to select | to remove | to take off (glasses, hat etc) | # adapted from cc-cedict
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摘借
Mandarin: zhai1 jie4
borrow money when in urgent need
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摘引
Mandarin: zhai1 yin3
to quote
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摘抄
Mandarin: zhai1 chao2
to extract; to excerpt
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摘由
Mandarin: zhai1 you2
high points (of a document); resume
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摘編
Mandarin: zhai1 bian1
Simplified: 摘编
to extract and edit; excerpts
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