Cantonese Dictionary

想得到做得到

soeng2 dak1 dou3 zou6 dak1 dou3*2

what he wanted he accomplished

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服務費

fuk6 mou6 fai3

service charge | Sometimes 服務收費

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分隔道路

fan1 gaak3 dou6 lou6

dual carriageway (road/expressway/motorway). Alt.: 雙向車道

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畀返

bei2 faan1

Mandarin: bi4 fan3

Cantonese

the act of giving (something) back to someone

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通航

tung1 hong4

Mandarin: tong1hang2

(verb) (traffic) Open up (air, sea route, etc.)

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阿拉伯語的

aa3 laai1 baak3 jyu5 dik1

Mandarin: a1 la1 bo2 yu3 de5

[adj] Arabic

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抽簽

cau1 cim1

Mandarin: chou1 qian1

Simplified: 抽签

to draw lots

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儒林外史

jyu4 lam4 ngoi6 si2

Mandarin: ru2 lin2 wai4 shi3

The Scholars, a Chinese novel of the Qing Dynasty

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液泡

jik6 pou5 /paau1

Mandarin: yi4 pao4 (Taiwan), ye4 pao4 (PRC)

[bio.] vacuole

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寒冷期

hon4 laang5 kei4

Mandarin: han2 leng3 qi1 (PRC), han2 leng3 qi2 (Taiwan)

cold spell

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罷就

baa6 zau6

Mandarin: ba5 jiu4

Simplified: 罢就

a way of saying: "so be it"

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圓謊

jyun4 fong1

Mandarin: yuan2 huang3

Simplified: 圆谎

to conceal the loopholes in a lie

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蟻民

ngai5 man4

Mandarin: yi3 min2

Simplified: 蚁民

common people; low class citizens

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柳條

lau5 tiu4*2

Mandarin: liu3 tiao2

wicker

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馬幫

maa5 bong1

Mandarin: ma3 bang1

horse-caravan; a train of horses carrying goods

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不會

bat1 wui5

Mandarin: bu4 hui4

[1] improbable, unlikely, will not (act,happen,etc.), [2] have not learned to, be unable to

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唔顧他人嘅感受

m4 gu3 taa1 jan4 ge3 gam2 sau6

Cantonese

inconsiderate

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食神

sik6 san4

Mandarin: shi2 shen2

a gourmet

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高空彈跳

gou1 hung1 daan6 tiu3

Mandarin: gao1 kong1 dan4 tiao4

bungee jumping, bungie jumping, bungy jumping (punning loanword, lit., "stupid pig jumping") [Syn.] 笨豬跳, 蹦極, 蹦极, 綁緊跳

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師兄弟

si1 hing1 dai6*2

Mandarin: shi1 xiong2 di4

senior and junior apprentices

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雞帳

gai1 zoeng3

Mandarin: ji1 zhang4

Simplified: 鸡帐

money owed for prostitute services such as from the lending of prostitutes from another brothel [colloquial]

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gú gá

Mandarin: all

gu3 jia3

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倚老賣老

ji2 lou5 maai6 lou5

Mandarin: yi3 lao3 mai4 lao3

Simplified: 倚老卖老

one who has more experience or seniority look down on juniors with arrogance

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畚

bun2

Mandarin: ben3

a basket or pan used for earth | manure etc | # adapted from cc-cedict

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毫釐

hou4 lei4

Mandarin: hao2 li2

Simplified: 毫厘

to describe something tiny | small

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撩交嗌

liu4 gaau1 aai3

Mandarin: liao1 jiao1 ai4

to provoke an argument with someone [colloquial]

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自學者

zi6 hok6 ze2

Mandarin: zi4 xue2 zhe3

an autodidact (lit., "self-taught person")

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三角尺

saam1 gok3 cek3

Mandarin: san1 jiao3 chi3

set square

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桁

hong6

Mandarin: heng2

a coat hanger | # adapted from cc-cedict

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進修班

zeon3 sau1 baan1

Mandarin: jin4 xiu1 ban1

Simplified: 进修班

 class for advanced studies

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