Cantonese Dictionary

管家

gun2 gaa1

Mandarin: guan3 jia1

housekeeper, chamberlain, a manager

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aau3

Cantonese

No definition available

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小計

siu2 gai3

Mandarin: xiao3 ji4

subtotal

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閉鎖

bai3 so2

Mandarin: bi4 suo3

locked; locked in

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伙記仔

fo2 gei3 zai2

a junior employee

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混一色

wan6 jat1 sik1

Mandarin: hun4 yi1 se4

(mahjong) semi-pure/mixed flush hand, a hand consisting of sets from only one suit, the winds and the dragons

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隱射

jan2 se6

Mandarin: yin3 she4

(to fire) innuendo; to insinuate

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麥理浩

mak6 lei5 hou6

Mandarin: mai4 li3 hao4

Simplified: 麦理浩

Crawford Murray MacLehose, served as the 25th as the governor of Hong Kong from 1971 to 1982

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右手邊

jau6 sau2 bin1

Mandarin: you4 shou3 bian1

Simplified: 右手边

Right hand side

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半拉子工程

bun3 laai1 zi2 gung1 cing4

Mandarin: ban4 la1 zi5 gong1 cheng2

uncompleted project; a "half" project

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蘸

zaam3 jaam5

Mandarin: zhan4

dip in (sauce, liquid, powder, etc)

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南瓜

naam4 gwaa1

Mandarin: nan2 gua1

pumpkin; Chinese squash; cushaw; cucurbita moschata

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市塲

si5 coeng4

Mandarin: shi4 chang3

[1] a market; a marketplace; a fair; a bazaar [2] [Var.] 市場 [3] [粵]: 街市

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講道理

gong2 dou6 lei5

Mandarin: jiang3 dao4 li3

Simplified: 讲道理

To reason things out

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膏藥

gou1 joek6

(medical) plaster

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一陣

jat1 zan6/6*2

Mandarin: yi1 zhen4

Cantonese

soon; a moment; a while

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㢥起床板

dung6 hei2 cong4 baan2

Mandarin: dong4 qi3 chuang2ban3

to burn the midnight oil, to not sleep the whole night to work [colloquial]

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孩

haai4

Mandarin: hai2

[1] [n] baby; child; infant; children [2] young; small

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抽動

cau1 dung6

Mandarin: chou1 dong4

a spasm, a twitch

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舊曆年

gau6 lik6 nin4

Mandarin: jiu4 li4 nian2

the Lunar New Year

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蛇船

se4 syun4

[n] ship used for importing illegals from China

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志士

zi3 si6

Mandarin: zhi4 shi4

noun; people which have lofty ambition and moral integrity; person of ideals and integrity

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chàhm

Mandarin: all

chen2

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污泥濁水

wu1 nai4 zuk6 seoi2

Mandarin: wu1 ni2 zhuo2 shui3

Simplified: 污泥浊水

the filth and mire; the dregs

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防菌

fong4 kwan2

Mandarin: fang2 jun4 (Taiwan) / fang2 jun1 (PRC)

anti-microbial, anti-bacterial, antimicrobial, antibacterial [Syn.] 抗菌

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尼亞美

nei4 aa3 mei5

Mandarin: ni2 ya4 mei3

Niamey (capital of Niger)

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九成九

gau2 sing4 gau2

Mandarin: jiu3 cheng2 jiu3

99%, most probably or likely

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仆你個臭街

puk1 nei5 go3 cau3 gaai1

Mandarin: pu2 ni3 ge4 chou4 jie1

Simplified: 仆你个臭街

go to hell; fuck off [colloquial]

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堡

bou2

Mandarin: bao3

[1] [n] walled village; town [2] [n] petty military station; fort; fortress; stronghold

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專心一意

zyun1 sam1 jat1 ji3

Mandarin: zhuan1 xin1 yi1 yi4

to concentrate on

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