Cantonese Dictionary

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經濟放緩
Mandarin: jing1 ji4 fang4 huan3
economic slowdown
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徒子徒孫
Mandarin: tu2 zi3 tu2 sun1
Simplified: 徒子徒孙
generations of students and followers
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撞大板
Mandarin: zhuang4 da4 ban3
verb; literally: hit the big wooden plank , it means running into issues or commiting big mistakes
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嫌米貴
Mandarin: xian2 mi3 gui4
Simplified: 嫌米贵
passed away, dead; literaaly: whining about how expensive the rice is
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魚片
Mandarin: yu2 pian4
fillets of fish
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尚
Mandarin: shang4
still | yet | to value | to esteem | normal | a surname | to marry (a princess) | fairly | a long time | even | a respectful term used in sacrificial prayer | # adapted from cc-cedict
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阿嬷
Cantonese
paternal grandmother; father's mother. Alt. and Mand.: 奶奶. Formal: 祖母
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落疊
Mandarin: luo4 die2
Simplified: 落叠
to agree to a deal; to buy into something [colloquial]
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黑社會中人
triad members
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搏老命
Mandarin: bo2 lao3 ming4
risking one's life (spoken)
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安身
Mandarin: an1 shen1
make one's home; take shelter
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瓶頸制約
Mandarin: ping2 jing3 zhi4 yue1
bottleneck restrictions
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人民力量
Mandarin: ren2 min2 li4 liang5
People Power, a pro-democratic political party in Hong Kong
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運程
Mandarin: yun2 cheng2
jouney of movement (astronomy)
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不一致
Mandarin: bu4 yi1 zhi4
inconsistent
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日
Mandarin: ri4
sun | day | date, day of the month | daytime | daily | Japan | # adapted from cc-cedict
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同位角
Mandarin: tong2 wei4 jiao3
corresponding angles
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山橙
mountain orange (Melodinus suaveolens)
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菜館
Mandarin: cai4 guan3
restaurant (dialect term, yet somewhat common)
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江寧
Mandarin: jiang1 ning2
Jiangning (place in Jiangsu), Kong Ning
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寒帶
Mandarin: han2 dai4
the arctic circle; a frigid zone; polar climate
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藥棉
absorbent cotton wool ball (as found in medicine cabinets)
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地底
subterranean, underground
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部分
Mandarin: bu4 fen5
section; part
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綠色的士
Mandarin: lv4 se4 di1 shi4
Simplified: 绿色的士
Green Taxi (taxis that operates in the New Territories in Hong Kong are all green colored)
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傾軋
Mandarin: qing1 ya4
fight for power; power struggle, internal strife
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唔係呀嗎
Mandarin: wu2 xi4 ya5 ma5
Simplified: 唔系呀吗
Cantonese
surely it can't be; it can't be true, can it?; you must be kidding; you gotta be serious; seriously? you got to be kidding!; really? That can't be! [colloquial]
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摧毀
Mandarin: cui1 hui3
to destroy; to wreck; to ruin
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每人
Mandarin: mei3 ren2
[1] each person, [2] per person | [粵]: 一人, 人人
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冰人
Mandarin: bing1 ren2
Matchmaker
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