Cantonese Dictionary

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一度
Mandarin: yi1 du4
once; for a time; at one point; on one occasion
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基層組織
Mandarin: ji1ceng2 zu3zhi1
Simplified: 基层组织
grassroots organisations [written and colloquial]
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仁者無敵
Mandarin: ren2 zhe3 wu2 di2
Simplified: 仁者无敌
being kind to the world brings no enemy
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可資借鑒
Mandarin: ke3 zi1 jie4 jian4
can serve as a object lesson; a lesson can be drawn from...
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大排檔
Mandarin: da4 pai2 dang4
Simplified: 大排档
Cantonese
dai pai dong; open-air food stall (Hong Kong)
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擅
Mandarin: shan4
without authority | to usurp | to arrogate to oneself | to monopolize | expert in | to be good at | unathorized | # adapted from cc-cedict
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光波長
Mandarin: guang1 bo1 chang2
optical wavelength
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剛勁
Mandarin: gang1 jing4
bold, vigorous, sturdy
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八哥
Mandarin: ba1 ge1
myna bird, famed for its ability to mimic human speech | Cant.: 鷯哥/了哥
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羅馬法
Mandarin: luo2 ma3 fa3
Roman law
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打估
Mandarin: da3 gu1
to estimate; to predict; to guess the riddle
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瘦身
Mandarin: shou4shen1
(verb) Slim down (a body)
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閉門羹
Mandarin: bi4 men2 geng1
denial of entrance
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新賓滿族自治縣
Mandarin: xin1 bin1 man3 zu2 zi4 zhi4 xian4
Xinbin Manzu autonomous county (county in Liaoning)
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可笑
Mandarin: ke3 xiao4
funny; ridiculous; laughable; risible
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琉球群島
Mandarin: liu2 qiu2 qun2 dao3
the Ryukyu islands (Japan)
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wáhn
Mandarin: all
yun4
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公開討論會
Mandarin: gong1 kai1 tao3 lun4 hui4
open forum
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落鞋油
Mandarin: luo4 xie2 you2
(literally: to put on shoe polish); to flatter, to be obsequious
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光子
Mandarin: guang1 zi3
[phys.] photon (particle or quantum of light)
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有排受
Mandarin: you3 pai2 shou4
to be in for a long prison sentence; to be in for a long suffering [colloquial]
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撈家仔
Mandarin: lao1 jia1 zi3
Simplified: 捞家仔
people who do not have a proper job and makes a living from dishonest, improper means
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真真假假
Mandarin: zhen1 zhen1 jia3 jia3
Half-truths; truth intertwined with the false
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故此
Mandarin: gu4 ci3
for this reason, on this account
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慣咗
Mandarin: guan4 zuo3
Simplified: 惯咗
Cantonese
to be used to [colloquial]
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魎
Mandarin: liang3
Simplified: 魉
sprite | fairy | a type of monster | # adapted from cc-cedict
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常寧
Mandarin: chang2 ning2
Changning (place in Hunan)
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平遠
Mandarin: ping2 yuan3
Pingyuan (place in Guangdong)
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成夜
Mandarin: cheng2 ye4
the whole night
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抹黑
Mandarin: mo3 hei1
to smear; to discredit; to bring shame on
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