Cantonese Dictionary

無他

mou4 taa1

Mandarin: wu2 ta1

Simplified: 无他

(adverb) without him; or (adverb) no other

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同和站

tung4 wo2 zaam6

Mandarin: tong2 he2 zhan4

Tonghe Station, metro station in Guangzhou

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不名譽事物

bat1 ming4 jyu6 si6 mat6

Mandarin: bu4 ming2 yu4 shi4 wu4

dishonor

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磁石發電機

ci4 sek6 faat3 din6 gei1

Mandarin: ci2 shi2 fa1 dian4 ji1

[n] magneto

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索鼻

sok3 bei6

Mandarin: suo3 bi2

very sexy; describes a woman who is very attractive [colloquial]

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新絳

san1 gong3

Mandarin: xin1 jiang4

Xinjiang (place in Shanxi)

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WhatsApp

wot1 sap1

Mandarin: WhatsApp

Cantonese

WhatsApp (messaging app, common in HK)

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恙蟲病

joeng6 cung4 beng6

Mandarin: yang4 chong2 bing4

Scrub typhus; Tsutsugamushi disease; Mite-borne typhus fever

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南洋蒲桃

naam4 joeng4*2 pou4 tou4*2

Syzygium samarangense (Java apple)

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yí yī

Mandarin: all

yi3 yi1

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竹蔗

zuk1 ze3

Mandarin: zhu2 zhe4

(food) a sugar cane

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商業大廈

soeng1 jip6 daai6 haa6

Mandarin: shang1 ye4 da4 sha4 (PRC) xia4 (Taiwan)

commercial building [abbreviation] 商廈

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表面上的

biu2 min6 soeng6 dik1

Mandarin: biao3 mian4 shang4 de5

[adj] facial, flashy, ostentations, superficial

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呆滯滯

ngoi4 zai6 zai6

Cantonese

vague

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互聯網絡

wu6 lyun4 mong5 lok3

Mandarin: hu4 lian2 wang3 luo4

[1] the Internet [2] a network

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衝線

cung1 sin3

Mandarin: chong1 xian4

Simplified: 冲线

lunge in to the tape; sprint to the finishing line

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詐詐諦

zaa3 zaa3 dai3

Cantonese

to pretend / the act of pretending

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觀

gun3

Mandarin: guan1

Simplified: 观

a Taoist temple | an open air terrace | # adapted from cc-cedict

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白虎

baak6 fu2

Mandarin: bai2 hu3

White Tiger; woman with no pubic hair

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踏單車

daap6 daan1 ce1

Mandarin: ta4 dan1 che1

Simplified: 踏单车

to ride a bike

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一下

jat1 haa5

Mandarin: yi1 xia4

[1] once; one time; awhile | Often after a verb to indicate a short moment and sometimes shortened to just 下 (which the HK media inexplicably writes as 吓)| eg. 等一下; 講(一)下嘢; 睇下; 瞓一下 | Mand.-only synon.: 一會兒 [2] all at once; at one fell swoop | Synon.: 一下子

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鞋

haai4

Mandarin: xie2

shoes

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腦死亡

nou5 sei2 mong4

Mandarin: nao3 si3 wang2

brain dead, incredibly stupid

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大規模超市

daai6 kwai1 mou4 ciu1 si5

Mandarin: da4 gui1 mo2 chao1 shi4

hypermarket; hypermart; superstore (with a grocery element); supercentre; supercenter | See also: 大型超市; 霸級市場; 大超市; 大型商場; 超級商場 | Google Hits (Sep 2005): 629

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刻子

kaan5 zi2

Mandarin: ke4 zi5

(mahjong) (n.) pong/triplet

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酒窩

zau2 wo1

Mandarin: jiu3 wo1

dimple

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相對濕度

soeng1 deoi3 sap1 dou6

relative humidity

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有麝自然香

jau5 se6 zi6 jin4 hoeng1

Mandarin: you3 she4 zi4ran5 xiang1

true talent or merit will always be recognised without the need to show it off [written and colloquial]

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妖術

jiu2 seot6

Mandarin: yao1 shu4

sorcery; witchcraft; black art/magic

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能賣

nang4 maai6

vendibility

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