Cantonese Dictionary

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Mandarin: ban4 dao4
to pretend; to dress up as; to disguise as
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如來
Buddha
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專線小巴
Mandarin: zhuan1 xian4 xiao3 ba1
Simplified: 专线小巴
noun; minibus or public light bus with a specific set route in Hong Kong
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死直
Mandarin: si3 zhi2
(verb) die for dignity or reputation
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採取高姿態
Mandarin: cai3 qu3 gao1 zi1 tai4
show magnanimity
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縮皮
Mandarin: suo1 pi2
Simplified: 缩皮
reduce on costs or expenditure (spoken)
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瓦釜雷鳴
Mandarin: wa3 fu3 lei2 ming2
Simplified: 瓦釜雷鸣
to describe people in power that are only mediocre
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花旗參
Mandarin: hua1 qi2 shen1
Cantonese
[bot.] [med.] American ginseng | Scientific name: Panax quinquefolium
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攣弓
Mandarin: luan2 gong1
Simplified: 挛弓
adj; crooked;curving;curly;tortuous
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單眼
Mandarin: dan1 yan3
ocellus, stemma, small simple eye, eyespot; camera lens
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放蛇
Mandarin: fang4 she2
a sting operation (used by undercover police to approach the target)
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蕭敬騰
Mandarin: xiao1 jing4 teng2
Simplified: 萧敬腾
Jam Hsiao, name of a Taiwanese singer
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弱酸
Mandarin: ruo4 suan1
[chem] weak acid
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燄
Mandarin: yan4
flame | blazing | brillaint | # adapted from cc-cedict
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大阪
Mandarin: da4 ban3
Osaka (Japan)
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耆
Mandarin: qi2
to reach | # adapted from cc-cedict
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發大
Mandarin: fa1 da4
Simplified: 发大
an expansion of business [colloquial]
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落筆打三更
Cantonese
to blunder at the very start; start off on the wrong foot; to falter at the gate; meet with initial setbacks; lose the first game
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食貓麵
Mandarin: shi2 mao1 mian4
Simplified: 食猫面
to be told off by someone, normally used in workplace where a staff member that has made mistakes is being told off by his | her superior
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痼
Mandarin: gu4
obstinate disease | (of passion, hobbies) long-term | chronic | # adapted from cc-cedict
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白馬
Cantonese
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機舖
Mandarin: ji1 pu4
Simplified: 机铺
electronic game arcade
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契約
Mandarin: qi4 yue1
Simplified: 契约
(noun) Deed
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完璧
Mandarin: wan2 bi4
superlative
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海旁
Mandarin: hai3 pang2
(noun) harbour side
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配備
Mandarin: pei4 bei4
Simplified: 配备
accessories | to equip
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洗溫泉
[v] to take a hot spring bath
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華盛頓時報
Mandarin: hua2 sheng4 dun4 shi2 bao4
Washington Times (newspaper)
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行為不檢
be indiscreet in conduct
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三角皮帶
V-belt
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