Cantonese Dictionary

抽出空氣

cau1 ceot1 hung1 hei3

Mandarin: chou1 chu1 kong1 qi4

to deflate

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榮美

wing4 mei5

Mandarin: rong2 mei3

glorious

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撞闆

zong6 baan2

Mandarin: zhuang4 ban3

Simplified: 撞板

to run into an obstacle; to be met with a refusal; to hit a brick wall; to screw up; to mess up [colloquial]

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排外主義

paai4 ngoi6 zyu2 ji6

Mandarin: pai2 wai4 zhu3 yi4

Simplified: 排外主义

xenophobia; exclusivism; antiforeignism

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鋼骨

gong3 gwat1

Mandarin: gang1 gu3

Simplified: 钢骨

reinforcing bar; rebar (construction)

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江油

gong1 jau4

Mandarin: jiang1 you2

Jiangyou (city in Sichuan)

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海軍鬥水兵

hoi2 gwan1 dau3 seoi2 bing1

Mandarin: hai3jun1 dou4 shui3bing1

Simplified: 海军斗水兵

a match between two parties that are are both mediocre [colloquial]

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裂痕

lit6 han4

Mandarin: lie4 hen2

rift, crack, fissure, chasm

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公聽會

gung1 teng1 wui6*2

Mandarin: gong1 ting1 hui4

public hearing

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三九唔識七

saam1 gau2 m4 sik1 cat1

Mandarin: san1 jiu3 n2 shi2 qi1

Simplified: 三九唔识七

Cantonese

describes the situation where no one knows who anyone else is, where everyone is a total stranger to everyone else

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處決

cyu2 kyut3

Mandarin: chu3 jue2

to decide a matter, to execute (a criminal)

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中央政府

zung1 joeng1 zing3 fu2

Mandarin: zhong1 yang1 zheng4 fu3

[n] central government

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坐骨神經痛

co5 gwat1 san4 ging1 tung3

Mandarin: zuo4 gu3 shen2 jing1 tong4

Sciatica. pain, weakness in the leg caused by pressure on the sciatic nerve

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艱難

gaan1 naan4

Mandarin: jian1 nan2

difficult; hard. Cant. prefers 艱難 over 困難. Mand. prefers 困難 over 艱難

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密集訓練

mat6 zaap6 fan3 lin6

Mandarin: mi4 ji2 xun4 lian4

intensive training

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國際原子能結構

gwok3 zai3 jyun4 zi2 nang4 git3 kau3

Mandarin: guo2 ji4 yuan2 zi3 neng2 jie2 gou4

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

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yí

Mandarin: all

qi3

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夯土

haang1 tou2

Mandarin: hang1 tu3

rammed earth; compacted soil

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涉外經濟

sip3 ngoi6 ging1 zai3

Mandarin: she4 wai4 jing1 ji4

Simplified: 涉外经济

foreign related business; foreign related economics

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社會工作者

se5 wui6*2 gung1 zok3 ze2

Mandarin: she4 hui4 gong1 zuo4 zhe3

[1] social worker [2] [contraction] 社工

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聽眾

ting1 zung3

Mandarin: ting1 zhong4

audience; listeners

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沖

cung1

Mandarin: chong1

Simplified: 冲

(of water) to dash against | to mix with water | to infuse | to rinse | to flush | to develop (a film) | to rise in the air | to clash | to collide with | to soar | to neutralise | to offset | to wash away | # adapted from cc-cedict

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去埋我嗰份

heoi3 maai4 ngo5 go2 fan6

Cantonese

I don't want to go; don't count on me to go; you may go by yourself

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伊麪

ji1 min6

Mandarin: yi1 mian4

Simplified: 伊面

e-fu noodles, a type of wheat noodles eaten by Cantonese

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不碎

bat1 seoi3

Mandarin: bu4 sui4

shatterproof

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yan2

Mandarin: []

竹

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值回票價

zik6 wui4 piu3 gaa3

Mandarin: zhi2 hui2 piao4 jia4

Simplified: 值回票价

lit. worth the price of ticket, meaning worthwhile or worth the value

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周至

zau1 zi3

Mandarin: zhou1 zhi4

Zhouzhi (place in Shaanxi)

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數還數路還路

sou3 waan4 sou3 lou6 waan4 lou6

Mandarin: shu4 hai2 shu4 lu4 huan2 lu4

Simplified: 数还数路还路

emotions should be kept separate from issues to do with money and dealt with independently regardless of favors or relations between the parties

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冥鈔

ming4 caau1

Mandarin: ming2 chao1

joss paper; mock bank notes; ceremonial paper money (burned for the dead)

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