Cantonese Dictionary

變色龍

bin3 sik1 lung4

Mandarin: bian4 se4 long2

chameleon

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刑事毀壞

jing4 si6 wai2 waai6

Mandarin: xing2 shi4 hui3 huai4

property damage; criminal damage

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軟件使用許可證

jyun5 gin6*2 si2 jung6 heoi2 ho2 zing3

Mandarin: ruan3 jian4 shi3 yong4 xu3 ke3 zheng4

software license

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借機

ze3 gei1

Mandarin: jie4 ji1

to seize the opportunity

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南洋伯

naam4 joeng2 baak3

Mandarin: Nan2 yang2 bo2

Chinese men who were born and raised in Southeast Asian countries

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兩千

loeng5 cin1

Mandarin: liang3qian1

Simplified: 两千

two thousands [written and colloquial]

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派字歌

paai3 zi6 go1

a record of generation names

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畫公仔唔使畫出腸

waak6 gung1 zai2 m4 sai2 waak6 ceot1 coeng2

Mandarin: hua4 gong1 zai3 m2 shi3 hua4 chu1 chang2

Simplified: 画公仔唔使画出肠

Cantonese

don't have to disclose everything; there is no need to spell it out

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軟骨

jyun5 gwat1

Mandarin: ruan3 gu3

cartilage

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體細胞

tai2 sai3 baau1

Mandarin: ti3 xi4 bao1

[bio.] somatic cell, a body cell (non-germ cell); somatoplasm

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腡

gwaa1

Mandarin: luo2

Simplified: 脶

fingerprint | # adapted from cc-cedict

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晴隆

cing4 lung4

Mandarin: qing2 long2

Qinglong (place in Guizhou)

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夜光表

je6 gwong1 biu1

Mandarin: ye4 guang1 biao3

glow-in-the-dark watch; luminous watch

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磾

dai1

Mandarin: di1

Simplified: 䃅

A stone that can be used to make black dye

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爬泳

paa4 wing6

Mandarin: pa2 yong3

[1] the crawl; crawl stroke; overarm stroke [2] [Syn.] 自由泳 ; 捷泳 [3] [swimming] also: 蝶泳 ; 蛙泳 ; 仰泳 ; 背泳

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behw3

Cantonese

No definition available

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野心不死

je5 sam1 bat1 sei2

Mandarin: ye3 xin1 bu4 si3

cling to one's ambitious design

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搭錯車

daap3 co3 ce1

Mandarin: da1 cuo4 che1

Simplified: 搭错车

board the wrong train or bus | follow the wrong group or example

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瀠

jing4

Mandarin: ying2

Simplified: 潆

eddy | small river | swirl around | # adapted from cc-cedict

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聰穎

cung1 wing6

Mandarin: cong1 ying3

smart; bright

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預展

jyu6 zin2

Mandarin: yu4 zhan3

Simplified: 预展

preview (of an exhibition or an auction)

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輩份

bui3 fan6

Mandarin: bei4 fen5

Simplified: 辈份

seniority

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落馬

lok6 maa5

Mandarin: luo4 ma3

fall from fame (lit., "falls from the horse")

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加寬

gaa1 fun1

Mandarin: jia1 kuan1

widen

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公豬

gung1 zyu1

Mandarin: gong1 zhu1

a boar | [粵]: 豬公, 豬郎

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daih

Mandarin: all

li4

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唔得閒

m4 dak1 haan4

Mandarin: n2 de2 jian1

Simplified: 唔得闲

Cantonese

to not have the time; busy; not free

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直流電源

zik6 lau4 din6 jyun4

Mandarin: zhi2 liu2 dian4 yuan2

DC power supply

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狗爪邊

gau2 zaau2 bin1

Mandarin: gou3 zhao3 bian1

Simplified: 狗爪边

(Chinese radical) in a component form "犭"

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得個睇字

dak1 go3 tai2 zi6

Mandarin: de5 ge4 di4 zi4

Simplified: 得个睇字

Cantonese

only good for looking at but of no practical use in reality; something that one can only look at or admire but not to touch or own [colloquial]

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