Cantonese Dictionary

倔強

gwat6 koeng5

Mandarin: jue2 jiang4

Simplified: 倔强

inflexible

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死皮

sei2 pei4

Mandarin: si3 pi2

dead skin

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閹雞

jim1 gai1

Mandarin: yan1 ji1

Simplified: 阉鸡

capon

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孤單

gu1 daan1

Mandarin: gu1 dan1

alone - solitary, living alone | [粵]: 單丁, 一支公

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強硬

koeng4 ngaang6

tough, toughness

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口才

hau2 coi4

Mandarin: kou3 cai2

oral skill; oral ability

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玄妙

jyun4 miu6

Mandarin: xuan2 miao4

esoteric; mysterious [Syn.] 奧妙

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大提琴家

daai6 tai4 kam4 gaa1

cellist

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載入史冊

zoi3 jap6 si2 caak3

Mandarin: zai3 ru4 shi3 ce4

Simplified: 载入史册

be written into the annals of history

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紐元

nau2 jyun4

New Zealand Dollar

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喀喇沁旗

kaa3 laa1 sam3 kei4

Mandarin: ke4 la3 qin4 qi2

Kalaqin qi (place in Inner Mongolia)

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喐人

juk1 jan4

Cantonese

to beat sb up

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未夠班

mei6 gau3 baan1

Mandarin: wei4 gou4 ban1

Simplified: 未够班

not up to par (spoken)

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磯

gei1

Mandarin: ji1

Simplified: 矶

breakwater | jetty | eddy | submerged rock | a rock surrounded by water | # adapted from cc-cedict

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泛函分析

faan6 haam4 fan1 sik1

Mandarin: fan4 han2 fen1 xi1

[math.] functional analysis

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放置

fong3 zi3

Mandarin: fang4 zhi4

put

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遺

wai6

Mandarin: yi2

Simplified: 遗

to offer as a gift | to present | to bestow | # adapted from cc-cedict

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溫哥華

wan1 go1 waa4

Mandarin: wen1 ge1 hua2

Vancouver

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怡

ji4

Mandarin: yi2

harmony | pleased | pleasure | joy | happy | # adapted from cc-cedict

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收市價

sau1 si5 gaa3

Mandarin: shou1 shi4 jia4

[stock market] closing price

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遊

jau6

Mandarin: you2

Simplified: 游

to walk | to tour | to roam | to travel | to wander | to march | to follow a master | to associate intimately | to have room for play | to play | floating | unattached | amusement | # adapted from cc-cedict

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就來

zau6 lai4

Mandarin: jiu4 lai2

Simplified: 就来

coming soon; nearly; almost; close to

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先

sin1

Mandarin: xian1

first; before | only then (Cantonese)

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解除

gaai2 ceoi4

Mandarin: jie3 chu2

to relieve; to remove; to fire; to dismiss; to sack

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釓

kau4

Mandarin: ga2

Simplified: 钆

an alternative form for 釚, component pars of a cross-bow | # adapted from cc-cedict

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例假

lai6 gaa3

Mandarin: li4 jia4

legal holiday, menstrual period

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國際救援組織

gwok3 zai3 gau3 wun4 zou2 zik1

international aid agency

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擱淺

gok3 cin2

run aground

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生產反應堆

sang1 caan2 faan2 jing3 deoi1

Mandarin: sheng1 chan3 fan3 ying4 dui1

production reactor

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針

zam1

Mandarin: zhen1

Simplified: 针

needle | pin | injection | stitch M: 根gēn [根] | 支zhī [支] | tack | acupuncture | to prick | # adapted from cc-cedict

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