Cantonese Dictionary

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青蔥
Mandarin: qing1 cong1
scallion
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wán
Mandarin: all
wen3
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傷員
Mandarin: shang1 yuan2
wounded person(s)
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見報
Mandarin: jian4 bao4
appear in the newspaper
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聽尼士
Mandarin: ting1 ni2 shi4
Simplified: 听尼士
tennis (dialect)
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十字架
Mandarin: shi2 zi4 jia4
triazolam (drug)
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金飯碗
a well-paid job (lit., "golden rice bowl"); "golden handcuffs"
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卦
Mandarin: gua4
divinatory diagram | one of the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易经Yìjīng [易经] | one of the sixty-four divinatory hexagrams of the Book of Changes 易经Yìjīng [易经] | fortune telling | to tell fortunes | # adapted from cc-cedict
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nòhng
Mandarin: all
rang2
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高爐
blast furnace
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無牌小販
Mandarin: wu2 pai2 xiao3 fan4
unlicensed hawker/pedlar/vendor
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強制執行
Mandarin: qiang2 zhi4 zhi2 xing2
compulsory execution of the law
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工棚
Mandarin: gong1 peng2
a work shed
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孫
Mandarin: sun1
Simplified: 孙
grandson | descendant | a surname | the follower of one's follower in a triad gang | # adapted from cc-cedict
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jeuhn
Mandarin: all
jin4
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秦漢
Mandarin: qin2 han4
Chin Han (a.k.a, Qin Han)
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階
Mandarin: jie1
Simplified: 阶
rank or step | stairs | official hierarchy | # adapted from cc-cedict
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齋睇唔買
Mandarin: zhai1 di4 wu2 mai3
Cantonese
window shopping; just to look but not buy
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豎琴
Mandarin: shu4 qin2
a harp
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少年老成
Mandarin: shao4 nian2 lao3 cheng2
an old head on young shoulders; a young person lacking in vigour and drive
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帶挈
Mandarin: dai4 qie4
Simplified: 带挈
(verb) to bring opportunity to somebody (usually refers to money or career)
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良方
Mandarin: liang2 fang1
good medicine / effective prescription / fig. good plan / effective strategy
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冇咁好氣
Cantonese
to quit being involved with sth (lit., "no so good air")
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相好
Mandarin: xiang1 hao3
(verb) to like each other
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拋開
Mandarin: pao1 kai1
to throw out, to get rid of, to fling off
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魚花
fish fry; minnows
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三重彩
Mandarin: san1 chong2 cai3
Horse racing terms, precise predicting top three in a game(Regard of the ranking)
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釘牌
Mandarin: ding1 pai2
Simplified: 钉牌
license cancelled (spoken)
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茄湯
Cantonese
tomato soup [華]: 蕃茄湯 , 番茄湯
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杉
Mandarin: shan1
China fir | Cunninghamia lanceolata | also pr. [shā] | # adapted from cc-cedict
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