Cantonese Dictionary

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失實
Mandarin: shi1 shi2
Simplified: 失实
adj.; inconsistent with the facts, an inaccurate report, statement, description, etc
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封艇
Mandarin: feng1 ting3
to have one's taxi impounded [colloquial]
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數還數，路還路
Mandarin: shu4 hai2 shu4 , lu4 huan2 lu4
Simplified: 数还数，路还路
no matter how close the relationship with one, finances must be listed out clearly (slang)
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忙狼
Mandarin: mang2 lang2
Busy, in a hurry
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園藝
Mandarin: yuan2 yi4
gardening
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申索
Mandarin: shen1 suo3
claim; apply for
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光亮的火焰
Mandarin: guang1 liang4 de5 huo3 yan4
luminous flame
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罷駛
to go on strike (taxi/bus drivers etc)
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死物
Mandarin: si3 wu4
inanimate objects
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福州話
Foochowese (dialect of Fuzhou)
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咖哩魷魚
curry squid
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安多
Mandarin: an1 duo1
Anduo (place in Tibet)
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筆墨官司
Mandarin: bi3 mo4 guan1 si5
Simplified: 笔墨官司
Battle of words; written polemics
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chīn
Mandarin: all
qian1
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共濟會
Mandarin: gong4 ji4 hui4
fraternal order; benefit society; freemasons
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升糖指數
Mandarin: sheng1 tang2 zhi3 shu4
glycemic index
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檸檬雜飲
Mandarin: ning2 meng2 za2 yin3
Simplified: 柠檬杂饮
lemon squash
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凍冰冰
Mandarin: dong4 bing1 bing1
Simplified: 冻冰冰
freezing
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廢枕忘餐
plagued with anxiety (lit., "losing sleep and forgetting to eat") [NOTE: 廢寢忘餐 is more common in HK]
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內質網
Mandarin: nei4 zhi4 wang3
endoplasmic reticulum
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唱碟
Cantonese
a record, disc, LP [Syn.] 大碟 [華]: 唱片
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交關
Mandarin: jiao1 guan1
Simplified: 交关
(adv.) very, extremely or immensely, usually used behind an adjective or a verb, e.g. 錯得交關 extremely wrong; 靚仔得交關 extremely handsome.
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日語
Mandarin: ri4 yu3
the Japanese language
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難睇
Mandarin: nan2 di4
Simplified: 难睇
Cantonese
disgusting (spoken)
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苟且偷生
Mandarin: gou3 qie3 tou1 sheng1
disgracefully stay alive; drag out one's ignoble existence; muddle on from day to day
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獵物
Mandarin: lie4 wu4
[n] prey, quarry
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專櫃
Mandarin: zhuan1 gui4
sales counter dedicated to a certain kind of product (e.g., alcohol)
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茂密
Mandarin: mao4 mi4
dense (of plant growth); lush
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學以致用
Mandarin: xue2yi3zhi4yong4
Simplified: 学以致用
(verb phrase) To apply what one's have learned on practice
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烏當當
Cantonese
dark; black
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