Cantonese Dictionary

藍藍地

laam4 laam4*2 dei6*2

bluish

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卡通片

kaa1 tung1 pin3*2

a cartoon show; cartoon programme (/program) or film

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酎

zau6

Mandarin: zhou4

strong wine | double fermented wine | tribute money given by feundal dukes and princes to the emperor for sacrificial worhships | # adapted from cc-cedict

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錦田村

gam2 tin4 cyun1

Kam Tin Village

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暖和

nyun5 wo4

Mandarin: nuan3 huo5

warm; nice and warm

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可想像

ho2 soeng2 zoeng6

Mandarin: ke3 xiang3 xiang4

conceivable

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國情

gwok3 cing4

state of the nation; condition of the country

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中國歷史博物館

zung1 gwok3 lik6 si2 bok3 mat6 gun2

Mandarin: zhong1 guo2 li4 shi3 bo2 wu4 guan3

Museum of Chinese History

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殺食

saat3 sik6

Mandarin: shai4 shi2

Simplified: 杀食

effective; to serve the purpose; works well against something

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八個字

baat3 go3 zi6

Mandarin: ba1 ge4 zi4

Simplified: 八个字

eight words or characters | forty minutes

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最惠國待遇

zeoi3 wai6 gwok3 doi6 jyu6

Mandarin: zui4 hui4 guo2 dai4 yu4

most favored nation

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非理性

fei1 lei5 sing3

Mandarin: fei1 li3 xing4

irrational

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傅裡葉

fu6 lei5 jip6

Mandarin: fu4 li3 ye4

Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier (French mathematician, 1768-1830)

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沿岸

jyun4 ngon6

Mandarin: yan2 an4

coastal area

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扣起來

kau3 hei2 loi4

to button up, arrest

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八路軍

baat3 lou6 gwan1

Mandarin: ba1 lu4 jun1

the Eighth Route Army

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蚶

ham1

Mandarin: han1

ark clam

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表皮的

biu2 pei4 dik1

Mandarin: biao3 pi2 de5

[adj] epidermal, epidermatous

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六邊形

luk6 bin1 jing4

Mandarin: liu4 bian1 xing2

[geom.] hexagon

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瓜洲

gwaa1 zau1

Mandarin: gua1 zhou1

Guazhou, a county in China

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膳費

sin6 fai3

Mandarin: shan4 fei4

Simplified: 膳费

Meal charge; board expenses

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英雄所見略同

jing1 hung4 so2 gin3 loek6 tung4

Mandarin: ying1 xiong2 suo3 jian4 lve4 tong2

great minds think alike

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來自

loi4 zi6

Mandarin: lai2 zi4

to come from, for example, when talking about your country of origin.

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堪薩斯

ham1 saat3 si1

Mandarin: kan1 sa4 si1

Kansas

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粗重

cou1 cung5

Mandarin: cu1 zhong4

Heavy and big; bulky; rough

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got

Mandarin: all

ge1

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浮動

fau4 dung6

Mandarin: fu2 dong4

[1] to float; to drift; ripple [2] be unstable; be unsteady; to fluctuate

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捱騾仔

ngaai4 leoi4 zai2

Mandarin: ai1 luo2 zi3

Simplified: 挨骡仔

working slavishly

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門薩

mun4 saat3

Mandarin: men2 sa4

Mensa (普 loanword)

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照X光

ziu3 X-gwong1

an x-ray photograph ("an x-ray")

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