Cantonese Dictionary

苦惱

fu2 nou5

Mandarin: ku3 nao3

[v] worried, distressed, to be in misery

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陳皮雞

can4 pei4 gai1

orange-flavored chicken

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康城

hong1 sing4

Mandarin: kang1 cheng2

noun; Cannes

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飛機頭

fei1 gei1 tau4

Mandarin: fei1 ji1 tou2

Simplified: 飞机头

a type of hair style(Elvis Presley's hairstyle)

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十字街頭

sap6 zi6 gaai1 tau4

Mandarin: shi2 zi4 jie1 tou2

crisscross streets; busy city streets

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推動力

teoi1 dung6 lik6

Mandarin: tui1 dong4 li4

driving force; motive force

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微波

mei4 bo1

Mandarin: wei1 bo1

[1] microwave – electromagnetic waves which range from 300 MHz to 1000 GHz [2] microwave oven | Short for '微波爐' [3] to microwave food

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淋灕盡致

lam4 lei4 zeon6 zi3

Mandarin: lin2 li2 jin4 zhi4

Simplified: 淋漓尽致

to express fully; vividly; incisively; thoroughly

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孵卵器

fu1 leon2 hei3

Mandarin: fu1 luan3 qi4

incubator

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嬌滴滴

giu1 dik1 dik1

delicately pretty

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過一戙

gwo3 jat1 dung6

Mandarin: guo4 yi1 dong4

Simplified: 过一戙

to set someone up for a trap [colloquial]

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石工

sek6 gung1

Mandarin: shi2 gong1

mason; masonry

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式

sik1

Mandarin: shi4

type | form | pattern | style | formula | standards | ceremony | ritual | mode | tense | # adapted from cc-cedict

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募捐

mou6 gyun1

Mandarin: mu4 juan1

solicit donations; to raise funds for; fundraising

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恆

hang4

Mandarin: heng2

Simplified: 恒

permanent | constant | fixed | usual | ordinary | rule (old) | one of the 64 trigrams of the Book of Changes | persistence | perseverance | a surname | # adapted from cc-cedict

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軍長

gwan1 zoeng2

Mandarin: jun1 zhang3

Simplified: 军长

army commander

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搞活

gaau2 wut6

Mandarin: gao3 huo2

to invigorate; to make more vigorous; to vitalize; to reinvigorate; to activate; to enliven

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女巫師

neoi5 mou4 si1

witch

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峯

fung1

Mandarin: feng1

(of a mountain) high and tapered peak or summit | mountain-like in appearance | highest level | classifier for camels | hump | # adapted from cc-cedict

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筍乾

seon2 gon1

Mandarin: sun3 gan1

Simplified: 笋干

dried bamboo shoots

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炒老細魷魚

caau2 lou5 sai3 jau4 jyu4*2

Cantonese

to quit a job (also 炒老板魷魚)

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推進器

teoi1 zeon3 hei3

Mandarin: tui1 jin4 qi4

a propellor; a thruster (device, machine)

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géng

Mandarin: all

jing3 geng3

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幄

ngak1

Mandarin: wo4

tent | mosquito net | # adapted from cc-cedict

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財產

coi4 caan2

Mandarin: cai2 chan3

Simplified: 财产

wealth

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深居簡出

sam1 geoi1 gaan2 ceot1

Mandarin: shen1 ju1 jian3 chu1

Simplified: 深居简出

live in seclusion; barely go out (idiom)

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刻骨

hak1 gwat1

Mandarin: ke4 gu3

deeply ingrained; deep-rooted

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體面

tai2 min6/6*2

Mandarin: ti3 mian4

face; diginity; honest; credible; creditable | [粵]: also 面 (min62)

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仲冬

zung6 dung1

Mandarin: zhong4 dong1

midwinter, the second month of winter

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梧州地區

ng4 zau1 dei6 keoi1

Mandarin: wu2 zhou1 di4 qu1

Wuzhou district (district in Guangxi)

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