Cantonese Dictionary

釣魚台

diu3 jyu4*2 toi4

Mandarin: diao4 yu2 tai2

Diaoyu/Diaoyutai Islands (ownership under dispute between Japan and the PRC), also written 釣魚臺, also known as the Senkaku Islands (Japanese name) or Pinnacle Islands (given by British navigators); Tiu Yue Toi

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嘉魚

gaa1 jyu4*2

Mandarin: jia1 yu2

charr (a type of freshwater fish); Jiayu (place in Hubei)

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貨運列車

fo3 wan6 lit6 ce1

Mandarin: huo4 yun4 lie4 che1

goods train; freight train

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站近

zaam6 gan6

to stand close

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針葉林

zam1 jip6 lam4

a coniferous forest

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吸附性

kap1 fu6 sing3

Mandarin: xi1 fu4 xing4

[chem.] absorption; absorbability

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瘌痢

laat3 lei1

Mandarin: la4 li4

an illness: favus on the scalp; head bald from scabies

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hōi hēi

Mandarin: all

hai1 hei1

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舊招牌

gau6 ziu1 paai4

Mandarin: jiu4 zhao1 pai5

Simplified: 旧招牌

an old established business

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警區

ging2 keoi1

Mandarin: jing3 qu1

police district

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補妝

bou2 zong1

Mandarin: bu3 zhuang1

Simplified: 补妆

Makeup

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覆

fuk1

Mandarin: fu4

Simplified: 复

to go and return | to return | to resume | to return to a normal or original state | to repeat | again | to recover | to restore | to turn over | to reply | to answer | to reply to a letter | to retaliate | to carry out | # adapted from cc-cedict

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血型

hyut3 jing4

Mandarin: xue4 xing2 (PRC), xie3 xing2 (Taiwan)

blood type

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wohk

Mandarin: all

huo4

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領會

ling5 wui6

Mandarin: ling3 hui4

understand， comprehend， grasp

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璞鼎查

pok3 ding2 caa4

Mandarin: Pu2 ding3 cha2

Lieutenant General Sir Henry Pottinger, the first governor of Hong Kong

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照料

ziu3 liu6

Mandarin: zhao4 liao4

to take care of; to comfort; to tend to | [粵]: 照顧

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恨不得

han6 bat1 dak1

Mandarin: hen4 bu5 de5

one would if one could; itch to

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會籍

wui6*2 zik6

affiliation

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巢

caau4

Mandarin: chao2

nest | den | hideout | to lose | to fail | # adapted from cc-cedict

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當食生菜

dong1 sik6 saang1 coi3

Mandarin: dang1 shi2 sheng1 cai4

Simplified: 当食生菜

giving promise easily (slang)

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chàhn

Mandarin: all

chen2

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褪舦

tan3 taai5

Mandarin: tui4 tai4

change of mind (spoken)

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二十七日

ji6 sap6 cat1 jat6

Mandarin: er4 shi2 qi1 ri4

twenty seven days; twenty-seventh [date]

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嫵媚

mou5 mei6

Mandarin: wu3 mei4

enchanting; charming; lovely

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牛雜

ngau4 zaap6

Mandarin: niu2 za2

Simplified: 牛杂

(food) stewed mixed beef organs; stewed bovine offal; stewed beef offal

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被逼

bei6 bik1

Mandarin: bei4 bi1

to be forced/compelled/coerced

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小孩

siu2 haai4

Mandarin: xiao3hai2

(noun) Kids

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密縣

mat6 jyun6

Mandarin: mi4 xian4

Mi county (county in Henan)

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功利性離婚

gung1 lei6 sing3 lei4 fan1

Mandarin: gong1 li4 xing4 li2 hun1

profit-driven divorce, divorce intended to evade capital gains taxes

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