Cantonese Dictionary

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失禮死人
Mandarin: shi1 li3 si3 ren2
Simplified: 失礼死人
noun; breach of etiquette, impolite or feel embarrassed, humiliated
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石頭砸死
Mandarin: shi2 tou5 za2 si3
stoning (form of execution)
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服咗佢
Cantonese
give him credit (or due respect); have to hand it to him
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學堂
Mandarin: xue2 tang2
Simplified: 学堂
academy
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單于
Mandarin: chan2 yu2
title used by Xiongnu rulers
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兇神惡煞
Mandarin: xiong1 shen2 e4 sha4
look fierce and insidious; look vicious and intimidating
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允
Mandarin: yun3
just | fair | to permit | to allow | # adapted from cc-cedict
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亞
Mandarin: ya4
Simplified: 亚
Asia | Asian | second | next to | inferior | sub- | Taiwan pr. [yǎ] | used as a prefix to names | # adapted from cc-cedict
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聆聽者
Mandarin: ling2ting1 zhe3
Simplified: 聆听者
a listener [written and colloquial]
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冇記性
Mandarin: mao3 ji4 xing5
Simplified: 冇记性
Cantonese
absentminded; forgetful
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狂風浪蝶
derog. ref. to a large number of people who are attracted to someone and expresses a disturbed feeling (lit., "gust and (stray) butterfly")
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鉛板
a cliche (lit., "a lead plate" as in a stereotype plate)
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郁佢
Mandarin: yu4 qu2
Cantonese
beat him/her up!
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安全藥箱
Mandarin: an1 quan2 yao4 xiang1
first aid box
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諗唔過
Mandarin: shen3 n2 guo4
Simplified: 谂唔过
Cantonese
not worthwhile
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間開做
to partition into
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偷雞唔到蝕揸米
Mandarin: tou1 ji1 n2 dao4 shi2 zha1 mi3
Simplified: 偷鸡唔到食揸米
Cantonese
to go out for wool and come home shorn; to expend effort trying to gain a profit and end up with nothing but losses
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牛至
oregano
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核大國
Mandarin: he2 da4 guo2
a nuclear power (country)
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除翻開
Mandarin: chu2 fan1 kai1
Cantonese
divide it up
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簡陽
Mandarin: jian3 yang2
Jianyang (city in Sichuan)
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贛州地區
Mandarin: gan4 zhou1 di4 qu1
Ganzhou district (district in Jiangxi)
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發起
Mandarin: fa1 qi3
[1] to initiate; to sponsor [2] to start; to launch
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討論
Mandarin: tao3 lun4
to discuss; to talk over; to debate; discussion; talk; debate
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蹤
Mandarin: zong1
footprint; track; trace; trail
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故
Mandarin: gu4
happening | instance | reason | cause | intentional | former | old | friend | therefore | hence | (of people) to die, dead | an incident | # adapted from cc-cedict
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流程
flow; technological process
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休憩
Mandarin: xiu1 qi4
recreation
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白質
white matter
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流利
Mandarin: liu2 li4
fluent, eloquent (of speech)
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