Cantonese Dictionary

高登

gou1 dang1

Mandarin: gao1 deng1

Hong Kong Golden Forum

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叮熱

ding1 jit6

Cantonese

to heat up (microwave)

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劫機

gip3 gei1

Mandarin: jie2 ji1

[n] airpiracy; hijacking

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砌低

cai3 dai1

Mandarin: qi4 di1

(verb) to compete with; to beat down

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回視

wui4 si6

Mandarin: hui2 shi4

regression

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華盛頓

waa4 sing6 deon6

Mandarin: hua2 sheng4 dun4

Washington

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反語法

faan2 jyu5 faat3

Mandarin: fan3 yu3 fa3

irony [Syn.] 反語, 反話, 諷刺

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八廓

baat3 kwok3

Mandarin: ba1 kuo4

Barkhor (pilgrim circuit around Jokhang temple in Lhasa, Tibet)

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鰷

tiu4

Mandarin: tiao2

Simplified: 鲦

Korean sharpbelly (fish, Hemiculter leucisculus) | chub | minnow | # adapted from cc-cedict

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拖艔

to1 dou6

Mandarin: tuo1 dou2

noun; towing vehicle

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醉貓

zeoi3 maau1

Mandarin: zui4 mao1

Simplified: 醉猫

drunk (spoken)

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循序漸進

ceon4 zeoi6 zim6 zeon3

Mandarin: xun2 xu4 jian4 jin4

(saying) to make progress step-by-step

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豆丁咁大

dau6 deng1 gam3 daai6

Mandarin: dou4 ding1 han2 / xian2 da4

Cantonese

very small; as small as a bean

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正中

zing3 zung1

Mandarin: zheng4zhong1

(adjective) Authentic

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特殊

dak6 syu4

Mandarin: te4 shu1

special; unusual | Synon.: 特別

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擺列

baai3 lit6

Mandarin: bai3 lie4

place in order; arrange in order

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美妙

mei5 miu6

Mandarin: mei3 miao4

beautiful or marvelous (when describing a work of art)

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激瘦

gik1 sau3

lose weight dramatically

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輕生

hing1 sang1

Mandarin: qing1 sheng1

commit suicide

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樓底高度

lau4 dai2 gou1 dou6

Cantonese

ceiling height

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幻燈片

waan6 dang1 pin3*2

slides (as in photographs)

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找換

zaau2 wun6

Mandarin: zhao3 huan4

Simplified: 找换

money exchange

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松露

cung4 lou6

Mandarin: song1 lu4

truffe (tuber) [Syn.] 松露菌 [also] 黑松露, 白松露

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拜會

baai3 wui6

Mandarin: bai4 hui4

[v] pay visit to

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坼

caak3

Mandarin: che4

to crack | to split | to break | to chap | to tear | to open | # adapted from cc-cedict

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掌權

zoeng2 kyun4

Mandarin: zhang3 quan2

wield (political, etc.) power; be in power

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有ｆｅｅｌ

jau5 fiu1

Mandarin: you3ｆｅｅｌ

to have strong feelings about something | someone [colloquial]

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綜

zung3 zung1

Mandarin: zong1

sum up; put together; overall; comprehensive; summarize; synthesize

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法新社

faat3 san1 se5

Mandarin: fa4 xin1 she4 (Taiwan), fa3 xin1 she4 (PRC)

AFP, Agence France Presse (a French news agency)

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睇在...份上

tai2 zoi6… fan6 soeng5

Mandarin: di4 zai4… fen4shang5

Cantonese

seeing that it is …. only; purely out of respect for … only [colloquial]

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