Cantonese Dictionary

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共鳴
Mandarin: gong4 ming2
sympathetic/empathic response to something
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生命力
Mandarin: sheng1 ming4 li4
life force; vitality
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頕
Mandarin: dan1
(Cant.) to raise the head | to look up | # adapted from cc-cedict
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疏殼
Mandarin: shu1 ke2
Simplified: 疏壳
colander; strainer; oil skimmer
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謦欬
Mandarin: qing3 kai4
to cough; to talk and laugh at
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左口魚
halibut
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康樂及文化事務署
Mandarin: kang1 le4 ji2 wen2 hua4 shi4 wu4 shu3
Simplified: 康乐及文化事务署
The Leisure and Cultural Services Department
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技術標準
Mandarin: ji4 shu4 biao1 zhun3
technology standard
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問卷
Mandarin: wen4 juan4
questionnaire
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暢錢
Mandarin: chang4 qian2
Simplified: 畅钱
to change money from higher denominations to lower demoninations
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功臣
Mandarin: gong1 chen2
a person who has offered up outstanding service; meritorious statesman
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臭男人
Mandarin: chou4 nan2 ren5
a man of bad character
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塾
Mandarin: shu2
private tutorage | village school | # adapted from cc-cedict
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百般
Mandarin: bai3 ban1
in every possible way; in all possible ways; by every means; in hundred and one ways
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弧
Mandarin: hu2
arc | wooden bow | # adapted from cc-cedict
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平方根
Mandarin: ping2 fang1 gen1
(Maths) square root
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轉行
Mandarin: zhuan3 xing2
switch to another job; change one's profession/trade/occupation/employment
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四圍
four sides, all around
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鱗爪
Mandarin: lin2 zhao3
Simplified: 鳞爪
(literally: scales and paw); bits and fragments of something
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鬥勁
Mandarin: dou4 jing4
Cantonese
to compete for who's the best; contest to see who's strongest
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瀾
Mandarin: lan2
billow; wave
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得不償失
Mandarin: de2 bu4 chang2 shi1
(saying) the gains cannot make up for the losses; the losses outweigh the gains
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極樂世界
Mandarin: ji2 le4 shi4 jie4
Sukhavati, "the western Pure Land" of the Buddha Amitabha (in Mahayana Buddhism).
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捏造
Mandarin: nie1 zao4
fabricate; trump up; fake [粵]: 生安白造
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平權
Mandarin: ping2 quan2
Simplified: 平权
Equal rights
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青山州
Mandarin: qing1 shan1 zhou1
Vermont (green mountain state)
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拼寫
Mandarin: pin1 xie3
to spell; to spell out a word (esp. in Roman letters) | 粵: 串
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起泡
Cantonese
get blisters; start a boil/rash
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衣紙
Mandarin: yi1 zhi3
Simplified: 衣纸
Joss Paper
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臘腸卷
Mandarin: la4 chang2 juan3
Simplified: 腊肠卷
Chinese pork sausage roll
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