Cantonese Dictionary

東涌線

dung1 jung2 sin3

Mandarin: dong1 yong3 xian4

Simplified: 东涌线

Tung Chung Line of the MTR in Hong Kong

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酚醛塑料

fan1 cyun4 sok3 liu2

Mandarin: fen1 quan2 su4 liao4

bakelite; phenolic; phenolplast

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製藥者

zai3 joek6 ze2

pharmacist (lit., "company that makes medicine")

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聯邦住宅抵押公司

lyun4 bong1 zyu6 zaak6*2 dai2 aat3 gung1 si1

Mandarin: lian2 bang1 zhu4 zhai2 di3 ya1 gong1 si1

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac, FHLMC)

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白堊質

baak6 ok3 zat1

Mandarin: bai2 e4 zhi2

cement

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言歸正傳

jin4 gwai1 zing3 zyun6

Mandarin: yan2 gui1 zheng4 zhuan4

to come back to our story; to return to the subject

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烹飪

paang1 jam6

Mandarin: peng1 ren4

cooking (noun); culinary arts

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到位

dou3 wai6*2

to arrive at a destination

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命大

ming6 daai6

Mandarin: ming4 da4

lucky

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豬肉

zyu1 juk6

Mandarin: zhu1 rou4

Simplified: 猪肉

pork

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yuh

Mandarin: all

yu4

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聿

wat6

Mandarin: yu4

(arch. introductory particle) | then | and then | pen | pencil | writin | brush | a surname | agile | # adapted from cc-cedict

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扮演

baan6 jin2

Mandarin: ban4 yan3

to act a part

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齊人之福

cai4 jan4 zi1 fuk1

joy of man having two or more wives

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黃晶

wong4 zing1

Mandarin: huang2 jing1

[1] topaz (lit., "yellow crystal"); [2] James Wong

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蜜瓜

mat6 gwaa1

Mandarin: mi4 gua1

dewmelon

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結束

git3 cuk1

Mandarin: jie2 shu4

to finish; to end; to terminate; to conclude; to close; termination; closure | [粵]: 殺攤, 煞攤

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悲涼

bei1 loeng4

Mandarin: bei1 liang2

desolate

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標識

biu1 zi3

Mandarin: biao1 zhi4

logo; identity

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江表

gong1 biu2

Mandarin: Jiang1 biao3

Jiangbiao, the south bank of the Yangtze River in China

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中醫

zung1 ji1

Mandarin: zhong1 yi1

traditional Chinese medicine, TCM (the study or the science)

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好意頭

hou2 ji3 tau4

Mandarin: hao3 yi4 tou2

Simplified: 好意头

good symbolic meaning

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人行天橋

jan4 hang4 tin1 kiu4

Mandarin: ren2 xing2 tian1 qiao2

footbridge; overpass [粵]: 行人天橋

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蕭疏

siu1 so1

Mandarin: xiao1 shu1

Simplified: 萧疏

sparse but graceful; desolate; bleak; thinning; thinly scattered

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拐杖

gwaai2 zoeng6*2

crutch

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執私

zap1 si1

Mandarin: zhi2 si1

Simplified: 执私

to confiscate smuggled goods

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呃呃騙騙

aak1 aak1 pin3 pin3

Mandarin: e4 e4 pian4 pian5

Simplified: 呃呃骗骗

the act of cheating | conning others

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冰釋

bing1 sik1

Mandarin: bing1 shi4

(of misgivings, misunderstandings, etc.) disappear; vanish; be dispelled

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加強控制

gaa1 koeng4 hung3 zai3

Mandarin: jia1 qiang2 kong4 zhi4

to tighten one's control

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兩撇雞

loeng5 pit3 gai1

Mandarin: liang3 pie1 ji1

Simplified: 两撇鸡

moustache

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