Cantonese Dictionary

佈局

bou3 guk6

Mandarin: bu4 ju2

arrangement; composition; layout

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望梅止渴

mong6 mui4 zi2 hot3

Mandarin: wang4 mei2 zhi3 ke3

looking at something you think you already have but actually don't have

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體育館

tai2 juk6 gun2

Mandarin: ti3 yu4 guan3

gymnasium; gym; indoor stadium

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怎麼樣搞

zam2 mo1 joeng6*2 gaau2

Mandarin: zen3 me5 yang4 gao3

how to do sth.; how to handle sth.; how to manage sth. | Cant.: 點做; 點樣做 | Syn.: 怎麼做; 怎麼辦; 怎樣做; 怎辦; 怎麼搞; 怎麼幹; 怎樣辦

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迷陣

mai4 zan6

Mandarin: mi2 zhen4

a maze (loanword)

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貝殼念珠

bui3 hok3 nim6 zyu1

Mandarin: bei4 ke2 nian4 zhu1

[n] wampum

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蠢鈍

ceon2 deon6

Mandarin: chun3 dun4

Simplified: 蠢钝

Stupid

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有成

jau5 sing4

Mandarin: you3 cheng2

[literary] achieve success; accomplish what one sets out to do

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卵生

leon2 saang1

Mandarin: luan3 sheng1

Oviparity

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飽和

baau2 wo4

Mandarin: bao3 he2

saturation

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自高自大

zi6 gou1 zi6 daai6

Mandarin: zi4 gao1 zi4 da4

be all full of oneself; arrogant

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示弱

si6 joek6

a sign of weakness, showing weakness

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撲克牌

pok3 hak1 paai4*2

Mandarin: pu1 ke4 pai2

[1] [loanword] poker; playing cards [2] [Syn.] 撲克 [3] [粵]: 啤牌

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典

din2

Mandarin: dian3

canon | law | standard work of scholarship | literary quotation or allusion | ceremony | to be in charge of | to mortgage or pawn | a rule | to roll | to roll about | # adapted from cc-cedict

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踩

coi2

Mandarin: cai3

to step on | to tread | to stamp | to press a pedal | to pedal (a bike) | to walk on stilts | to propel oneself with the movement of feet | to search for | to belittle | to criticise harshly | to continuously work non-stop to try and finish something | to lose money in successive bets in gambling | to enter | to cross into (a territory) | # adapted from cc-cedict

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三十三

saam1 sap6 saam1

Mandarin: san1 shi2 san1

thirty-three

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識認

sik1 jing6

Mandarin: shi2 ren4

Simplified: 识认

to mark; to be able to recognize

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噗

pok3

Mandarin: pu1

(onom.) pop | plop | pfff | putt-putt of a motor | burst | # adapted from cc-cedict

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學問

hok6 man6

Mandarin: xue2 wen4

learning; knowledge

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正牌

zeng3 paai4*2

Mandarin: zheng4 pai2

an original brand (of goods)

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為前途着想

wai6 cin4 tou4 zoek6 soeng2

to have a better future; for the sake of one's future

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求偶

kau4 ngau5

Mandarin: qiu2 ou3

courtship

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點火器

dim2 fo2 hei3

an igniter

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港式字幕

gong2 sik1 zi6 mok6

Mandarin: gang3 shi4 zi4 mu4

[1] Cantonese subtitles (on TV , DVD) [2] [Syn.] 廣東話字幕

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郁身郁勢

juk1 san1 juk1 sai3

Mandarin: yu4 shen1 yu4 shi4

Simplified: 郁身郁势

to move about restlessly

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羽毛筆

jyu5 mou4 bat1

quill

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掂當

dim6 dong3

Cantonese

okay; good; proper; outstanding; perfect; appropriate; ready; complete | [華] 妥當; 出色; 完成 | Also as: 掂檔

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隊穿牆

deoi6 cyun1 coeng4

Cantonese

so powerful that you can poke through the wall (referring to bed performance)

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解纜

gaai2 laam6

cast loose

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威海

wai1 hoi2

Mandarin: wei1 hai3

Weihai (city in Shandong)

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