Cantonese Dictionary

趕忙

gon2 mong4

Mandarin: gan3 mang2

to hurry; to hasten; to make haste | [粵]: 急忙, 啦啦聲

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核爆

hat6 baau3

Mandarin: he2 bao4

a nuclear explosion

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金泉

gam1 cyun4

Mandarin: jin1 quan2

Gimcheon (city in South Korea)

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打雀咁眼

daa2 zoek3 gam2 ngaan5

Mandarin: da3 que4 gan1 yan3

Cantonese

to look intently and fixatedly; looking with concentration; gawking [colloquial]

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陪住

pui4 zyu6

Mandarin: pei2 zhu4

to accompany; to keep somebody company

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面珠墩

min6 zyu1 dan1

Mandarin: mian4 zhu1 dun1

face; cheeks (spoken)

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熊貓眼

hung4 maau1 ngaan5

having raccoon eyes (dark circles)

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貪污腐敗的官員

taam1 wu1 fu6 baai6 dik1 gun1 jyun4

corrupt officials

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家庭作業

gaa1 ting4 zok3 jip6

Mandarin: jia1 ting2 zuo4 ye4

homework

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耳膜

ji5 mok6*2

eardrum

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月氏

jyut6 zi1

an ancient barbarian kingdom

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濕身

sap1 san1

Mandarin: chi4 shen1

to get wet

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新修

san1 sau1

Mandarin: xin1 xiu1

revise; revised

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衰敗

seoi1 baai6

Mandarin: shuai1 bai4

wilt away;waste away; whither away; decline; run to seed

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警員

ging2 jyun4

Mandarin: jing3 yuan2

Simplified: 警员

a police officer

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jáan

Mandarin: all

zhan3

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laih

Mandarin: all

li4 li2

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反映

faan2 jing2

Mandarin: fan3 ying4

[1] to reflect; to mirror; reflex; reflection [2] to report; to make known

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羅馬書

lo4 maa5 syu1

Mandarin: luo2 ma3 shu1

Romans (book in the Bible)

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省得

saang2 dak1

Mandarin: sheng3 de5

so as to avoid (trouble; bother etc.)

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老火湯

lou5 fo2 tong1

Mandarin: lao3 huo3 tang1

Simplified: 老火汤

slow-cooked soup

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gīn

Mandarin: all

jian1

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雙格床

soeng1 gaak3 cong4

Mandarin: shuang1 ge2 chuang2

Simplified: 双格床

a bunk-bed

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標

biu1

Mandarin: biao1

Simplified: 标

mark | sign | label | to mark with a symbol, label, lettering etc | to bear (a brand name, registration number etc) | prize | award | bid | target | quota | (old) the topmost branches of a tree | visible symptom | classifier for military units | standard | outstanding | exceptional | to snatch | # adapted from cc-cedict

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憎恨

zang1 han6

Mandarin: zeng1 hen4

to hate

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一句鐘

jat1 geoi3 zung1

Mandarin: yi1 ju4 zhong1

Simplified: 一句钟

One hour

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被動

bei6 dung6

Mandarin: bei4 dong4

passive

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咦

ji2

Mandarin: yi2

an interjection of surprise or disapproval: well; why; hey

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許惠琛

heoi2 wai6 sam1

Mandarin: xu3 hui4 chen1

Hoy Wai Sam

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獵

lip6

Mandarin: lie4

[v] hunt; chase; field sports

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