Cantonese Dictionary

襯衫

can3 saam1

Mandarin: chen4 shan1

[1] [國] shirt [2] [粵] match clothes

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寮屋區

liu4 uk1 keoi1

Mandarin: liao2 wu1 qu1

a squatter/log cabin area [Syn.] 木屋區

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山扁豆

saan1 bin2 dau6*2

Cassia mimosoides (mimosa-leaf cassia)

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械劫案

haai6 gip3 on3

Mandarin: xie4 jie2 an4

armed robbery

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紅鸛

hung4 gun3

Mandarin: hong2 guan4

Simplified: 红鹳

Flamingo

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call機

call gei1

Mandarin: call ji1

pager, beeper, BB call [Syn.] 呼叫器, BB機

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巴士飛

baa1 si6*2 fei1

bus fare

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真實

zan1 sat6

Mandarin: zhen1 shi2

Simplified: 真实

factual; fact

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láhm

Mandarin: all

lin3

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上訴庭

soeng6 sou3 ting4

appellate division

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垃圾蟲

laap6 saap3 cung4

Mandarin: la1 ji1 chong2

Simplified: 垃圾虫

a litterbug

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銀仔

ngan2 zai2

Mandarin: yin2 zi3

Simplified: 银仔

(noun) coin

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抔

pau4

Mandarin: pou2

take up in both hands | a quantitifer for soil | sand etc | # adapted from cc-cedict

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搜救

sau2 gau3

Mandarin: sou1 jiu4

search and rescue

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雜事

zaap6 si6

Mandarin: za2 shi4

Simplified: 杂事

sundries;errands; chores

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相聲

soeng3 sing1

Mandarin: xiang4 sheng1

crosstalk, traditional comic dialogue; mimic, mimickry

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機場核心計劃

gei1 coeng4 hat6 sam1 gai3 waak6

Airport Core Programme

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有活力

jau5 wut6 lik6

Mandarin: you3 huo2 li4

energetic; vital

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傭工

jung4 gung1

Mandarin: yong1 gong1

[n] hired labour; servant

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歷史故事

lik6 si2 gu3 si6

Mandarin: li4 shi3 gu4 shi4

historical tale

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大股東

daai6 gu2 dung1

Mandarin: da4 gu3 dong1

majority stockholder; large stockholder (as compared to 股東)

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揸頸

zaa1 geng2

Mandarin: zha1 jing3

Simplified: 揸颈

Cantonese

verb; literally grasp the neck, when we say " 揸頸就命" which mean swallow insult and humiliation silently; control oneself and suppress one's indignation

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徹悟

cit3 ng6

Mandarin: che4 wu4

to fully recognize the truth; to come to understand

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上上下下

soeng6 soeng6 haa6 haa6

Mandarin: shang4 shang4 xia4 xia4

everything within

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紗錠

saa1 ding3

Mandarin: sha1 ding4

Simplified: 纱锭

Spindles

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讀本

duk6 bun2

Mandarin: du2 ben3

reader; an instructional book

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好人事

hou2 jan4 si2

Mandarin: hao3 ren2 shi4

(noun) a good person; a nice person; (adjective) helpful; kind

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圍頭話

wai4 tau4 waa6

Mandarin: wei2 tou2 hua4

Simplified: 围头话

Weitou dialect

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坐館

zo6 gun2

Mandarin: zuo4 guan3

Simplified: 坐馆

the leader of a triad in Hong Kong

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泛音

faan6 jam1

Mandarin: fan4 yin1

[Music] overtone

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