Cantonese Dictionary

幹事

gon3 si6

Mandarin: gan4 shi5

administrative secretary (in charge of something)

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櫼隊

zim1 deoi6*2

Cantonese

[1] to jump queue; to cut in line; to queue-jump; queue-jumping | Syn.: 插隊,插檔 [2](Communist Chinese Cultural Revolution) to join a production brigade; to go to the countryside (for "re-education")

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真菌病

zan1 kwan2 beng6

Mandarin: zhen1 jun4 bing4 (Taiwan), zhen1 jun1 bing4 (PRC)

mycosis (a fungal infection of the human body, lit., "fungus disease")

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高密度

gou1 mat6 dou6

Mandarin: gao1 mi4 du4

high density; high concentration; high-rise

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乞靈

hat1 ling4

Mandarin: qi3 ling2

Simplified: 乞灵

to seek help from spirits or gods

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逃出

tou4 ceot1

Mandarin: tao2 chu1

to escape from

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扯風箱

ce2 fung1 soeng1

Mandarin: che3 feng1 xiang1

Simplified: 扯风箱

asthma; a bellows

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出庭

ceot1 ting4

appear before court

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旱魃

hon5 baat6

Mandarin: han4 ba2

the hanba, the demonic spirit of drought

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複雜

fuk1 zaap6

Mandarin: fu4 za2

complicated; complex; difficult

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拋媚眼

paau1 mei6 ngaan5

Mandarin: pao1 mei4 yan3

make eyes at; give sb the glad eye; cast coquettish glance at

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危如累卵

ngai4 jyu4 leoi5 leon5

Mandarin: wei1 (PRC) wei2 (TW) ru2 lei3 luan3

as precarious as a tower of eggs

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腐皮卷

fu6 pei4 gyun2

Mandarin: fu3 pi2 juan3

Beancurd Rolls; soybean roll

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周身八寶

zau1 san1 baat3 bou2

Mandarin: zhou1 shen1 ba1 bao3

Simplified: 周身八宝

Have many tools around; people who have many talents; people who have many good solutions for problems

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數碼攝錄機

sou3 maa5 sip3 luk6 gei1

Mandarin: shu4ma3 she4lu4ji1

Simplified: 数码摄录机

digital video camera [written and colloquial]

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貪頭

taam1 tau4

Mandarin: tan1 tou5

Simplified: 贪头

the coveted object; an object (acting as a bait) that one soughts after

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香港中國企業協會

hoeng1 gong2 zung1 gwok3 kei5 jip6 hip3 wui6*2

Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association

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滑頭蛇

waat6 tau4 se4

Mandarin: hua2tou2 she2

Simplified: 滑头蛇

a slick operator [colloquial]

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仇

kau4

Mandarin: chou2

a surname | # adapted from cc-cedict

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牙石

ngaa4 sek6

Mandarin: ya2 shi2

[dentistry] tartar, calculus

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móhng

Mandarin: all

wang3

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不遜

bat1 seon3

Mandarin: bu4 xun4

rude; impertinent

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漆器

cat1 hei3

lacquerware

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泰國軍人銀行

taai3 gwok3 gwan1 jan4 ngan4 hong4

Thai Military Bank Public Company Limited

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好投入

hou2 tau4 jap6

be absorbed in

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鑿大

zok6 daai6

Mandarin: zao2 da4

Simplified: 凿大

to exaggerate; to make a hole bigger

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蒸餾

zing1 lau6

Mandarin: zheng1 liu2

v. distill, n. distillation; see also 蒸餾水 /zing1 lau6 seoi2/

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本草綱目

bun2 cou2 gong1 muk6

Mandarin: ben3 cao3 gang1 mu4

An Outline Treatise of Medical Herbs, compiled by Li3 Shi2 Zhen1 李時珍

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蒙古包

mung4 gu2 baau1

Mandarin: meng2 gu3 bao1

a yurt

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運動會

wan6 dung6 wui6*2

Mandarin: yun4 dong4 hui4

sports meet; athletic meeting; games

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