Cantonese Dictionary

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躀親
Mandarin: guan4 qin1
Cantonese
to stumble; to trip; to fall
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餅咭
Mandarin: bing3 ji1
Cantonese
a card issued by a cake store with which you can receive free or discount cakes
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摺埋
Mandarin: zhe2 mai2
Simplified: 折埋
to fold; to stop, end, close down; to disappear
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臥薪嘗膽
Mandarin: wo4 xin1 chang2 dan3
Simplified: 卧薪尝胆
endure hardship to accomplish an ambition
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大蛇痾尿
Mandarin: da4 she2 ke1 niao4
Simplified: 大蛇疴尿
a big | important business deal [colloquial]
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讓
Mandarin: rang4
Simplified: 让
to yield | to permit | to let sb do sth | to have sb do sth | to make sb (feel sad etc) | to allow | to concede | to convey | to transfer | to make way | to step aside | by | # adapted from cc-cedict
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洗版
Mandarin: xi3 ban3
Cantonese
refers to a person making many useless, undesirable, or off-topic comments in an online message forum making it virtually unreadable to follow the message thread. The word comes from a mistyped reference to overlay advertisements for 洗皮 (skin wash) which cover the entire screen.
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桌子
Mandarin: zhuo1 zi5
desk; table | Cant.: 檯, 枱 (toi42); 書檯
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呻吟
Mandarin: shen1 yin2
to groan, moan | [粵]: 呻 (san1)
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指桑罵槐
Mandarin: zhi3 sang1 ma4 huai2
to point at one and accuse another
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邳
Mandarin: pi1
grand | name of a place | a surname | # adapted from cc-cedict
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局域網
Mandarin: ju2 yu4 wang3
local area network (LAN)
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亂噏
Mandarin: luan4 xi1
Simplified: 乱噏
to talk nonsense; to jabber on; to babble
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口嚡脷素
Mandarin: kou3 hai4 li4 su4
not having a good appetite
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淳樸
Mandarin: chun2 pu3
honest; simple; modest; pure; rustic; unsophisticated
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打呔
Mandarin: da3 dai1
to tie a tie
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贔屭
Mandarin: bi4 xi4
bixi, a tortoise-like animal. These are Chinese mythological creatures which despite appearance are not tortoises but are in fact one of the nine dragon offsprings which possess great strength and endurance. It has head of a dragon, back of tortoise, claws of an eagle, and tail of a snake.
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紆
Mandarin: yu1
Simplified: 纡
winding | twisting | to bend | to turn | to distort | roundabout | dragging | # adapted from cc-cedict
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慳啲啦
Mandarin: qian1 di1 la5
Simplified: 悭啲啦
Cantonese
literally " save it for yourself "; Ironically, ask someone to restrain himself
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垂涎
Mandarin: chui2 xian2
to covet, slaver, yearn for
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祖先
Mandarin: zu3 xian1
ancestors | [粵]: (related term) 太公
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非不可
must
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紥炮
Mandarin: zha1 pao4
Simplified: 扎炮
to starve; to tighten the belt to reduce spending
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年以來
Mandarin: nian2 yi3 lai2
since the year ...
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主管人員
Mandarin: zhu3 guan3 ren2 yuan2
executive
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幾微
an omen; a portent
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拉丁舞
Mandarin: la1 ding1 wu3
Latin dance, includes five dances: Cha cha 恰恰舞 / 查查舞 , Rumba 倫巴舞 , Samba 桑巴舞 / 森巴舞 , Paso Doble 鬥牛舞 and Jive 捷舞 / 牛仔舞
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炒鑊
Mandarin: chao3 huo4
Simplified: 炒镬
a wok; to pan fry
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被騙
have been duped
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甩拖
Mandarin: shuai3 tuo1
to break off a romantic relationship
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