Cantonese Dictionary

拼花地板

ping1 faa1 dei6 baan2

Mandarin: pin1 hua1 di4 ban3

parquet flooring

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密蘇裡

mat6 sou1 lei5

Mandarin: mi4 su1 li3

Missouri

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果仁

gwo2 jan4

nuts

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食砒霜杜蟲

sik6 pei1 soeng1 dou6 cung4

Mandarin: shi2 pi1 shuang1 du4 chong2

Cantonese

Use unnecessarily drastic counter measures (ones that hurt oneself) to deal with a minor issue[Syn]斬腳趾避沙蟲

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京都市

ging1 dou1 si5

Mandarin: jing1 du1 shi4

Kyoto-city in Japan

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細蚊仔

sai3 man1 zai2

Mandarin: xi4 wen2 zi3

Simplified: 细蚊仔

(slang) kids; children; child; a little boy

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墨西哥航空公司

mak6 sai1 go1 hong4 hung1 gung1 si1

Mexicana Airlines

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攬上身

laam2 soeng5 san1

Mandarin: lan3 shang4 shen1

Simplified: 揽上身

verb; take the responsibility

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鐵海棠

tit3 hoi2 tong4

Euphorbia milii (crown of thorns)

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tòuh

Mandarin: all

tu2

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師弟

si1 dai6*2

junior fellow male apprentice

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齊頭齊腦

cai4 tau4 cai4 nou5

Mandarin: qi2 tou2 qi2 nao3

in even row

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呢陣時

ni1 zan6 si4

Cantonese

at this time; when [Syn.] 呢陣 [華]: 這時 ; 這時候

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機房

gei1 fong4

machine room

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隴

lung5

Mandarin: Long3

Simplified: 陇

short name for Gansu province 甘肃省 Gānsù Shěng [甘肃省] | ridge | hill | countryside | # adapted from cc-cedict

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心實

sam1 sat6

Mandarin: xin1 shi2

Simplified: 心实

one's heart; one's true inner feelings, deep feeling from the heart, honest temperament; one had given hope of another

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無所不包

mou4 so2 bat1 baau1

Mandarin: wu2 suo3 bu4 bao1

all-embracing; all-encompassing

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插圖本

caap3 tou4 bun2

Mandarin: cha1 tu2 ben3

an illustrated edition

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daat

Mandarin: all

da2

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到埠

dou3 fau6

Mandarin: dao4 bu4

arriving

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wàahn

Mandarin: all

huan2 hai2

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啤啤佢

be1 be1 keoi5

Mandarin: pi2 pi2 qu2

Simplified: 啤啤渠

Cantonese

let's have some beer

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社會名流

se5 wui6*2 ming4 lau4

Mandarin: she4 hui4 ming2 liu2

[n] socialite

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大好沉香當爛柴

daai6 hou2 cam4 hoeng1 dong3 laan6 caai4

Mandarin: da4 hao3 chen2 xiang1 dang1 lan4 chai2

Simplified: 大好沉香当烂柴

wasting one's potentials

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主將

zyu2 zoeng3

Mandarin: zhu3 jiang4

Simplified: 主将

captain, leading player, chief commander

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做得到

zou6 dak1 dou3*2

accomplished

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放射性碘

fong3 se6 sing3 din2

Mandarin: fang4 she4 xing4 dian3

radioactive iodine

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潮水

ciu4 seoi2

tide waters

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逐客

zuk6 haak3

Mandarin: zhu2ke4

to expel guests; to evict guests [written and colloquial]

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崧

sung1

Mandarin: song1

DELETE

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