Cantonese Dictionary

蕨菜

kyut3 coi3

Mandarin: jue2 cai4

fiddlehead; edible fern fronds

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真人秀

zan1 jan4 sau3

Mandarin: zhen1 ren2 xiu4

tv reality, reality show [粵]: 真人騷

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靜默

zing6 mak6

Mandarin: jing4 mo4

become silent; mourn in silence; observe in silence

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人工概念

jan4 gung1 koi3 nim6

Mandarin: ren2 gong1 gai4 nian4

artificial concept

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梁啓超

loeng4 kai2 ciu1

Mandarin: liang2 qi3 chao1

Simplified: 梁启超

Liang Qichao, a Chinese scholar in the late 19th to early 20th century

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酒店

zau2 dim3

Mandarin: jiu3 dian4

hotel (lit. Wine Shop. This is one example of a ludicrously inaccurate term used in Chinese). Better synonyms: 旅社; 旅店; 賓館. Synonym which is just as bad: 飯店

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人多好做作

jan4 do1 hou2 zou6 zok3

Mandarin: ren2 duo1 hao3 zuo4 zuo5

Many hands make the job easy

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梗板

gang2 baan2

Mandarin: geng3 ban3

Cantonese

stubborn; mechanical; rigid; inflexible

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林子

lam4 zi2

Mandarin: lin2 zi5

woods; grove; forest

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犯罪

faan6 zeoi6

Mandarin: fan4 zui4

to commit a crime, to break the law

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鋤大D

co4 daai6 di2

Mandarin: chu2 da4 D

Simplified: 锄大D

Big Two; a card game

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琤

caang1

Mandarin: cheng1

tinkling of gems | sound of wate flowing | sound of the qin, an instrument | # adapted from cc-cedict

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世事

sai3 si6

Mandarin: shi4 shi4

human affairs; affairs of human life

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毒菜

duk6 coi3

Mandarin: du2 cai4

pesticide-tainted/contaminated vegetable

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結餘

git3 jyu4

Mandarin: jie2 yu2

bank balance

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戊醇

mou6 seon4

Mandarin: wu4 chun2

[chem] amyl alcohol

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為口奔馳

wai4 hau2 ban1 ci4

Mandarin: wei2 kou3 ben1 chi2

Simplified: 为口奔驰

busy for a living and survival

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愛滋病

oi3 zi1 beng6

AIDS - acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

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步行的

bou6 hang4 dik1

Mandarin: bu4 xing2 de5

[adj] gradient

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三角龍

saam1 gok3 lung4

Mandarin: san1 jiao3 long2

[1] [n] triceratops [2] [Syn.] 三角恐龍

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口譯

hau2 jik6

Mandarin: kou3 yi4

oral interpretation

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水晶包

seoi2 zing1 baau1

Mandarin: shui3 jing1 bao1

crystal dumplings, so called because the filling is encased in a delicate translucent skin, through which the colour of the contents shows through clearly

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名校

ming4 haau6

Mandarin: ming2 xiao4

reputable school

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極點

gik6 dim2

Mandarin: ji2 dian3

[geom.] vertex, vertices

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冇膽鬼

mou5 daam2 gwai2

Mandarin: mao3 dan3 gui3

Simplified: 冇胆鬼

Cantonese

coward

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梁家輝

loeng4 gaa1 fai1

Mandarin: liang2 jia1 hui1

Simplified: 梁家辉

Tony Leung Ka Fai, a Hong Kong actor

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喜聯

hei2 lyun4*2

antithetical couplet (written on scrolls, etc.) hung on walls at wedding

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多方面

do1 fong1 min6

Mandarin: duo1 fang1 mian4

many-sided; in many aspects

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佛羅里達州

fat6 lo4 lei5 daat6 zau1

Florida

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一步一個腳印兒

jat1 bou6 jat1 go3 goek3 jan3 ji4

Mandarin: yi1 bu4 yi1 ge5 jiao3 yin4 r5

every step leaves its print (work steadily and make solid progress)

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