Cantonese Dictionary

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牲口
Mandarin: sheng1 kou5
beasts of burden (eg. oxen; horses; mules etc.)
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大圍
Mandarin: da4 wei2
Simplified: 大围
the name of a place in Hong Kong: Tai Wai
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虛驚一場
Mandarin: xu1 jing1 yi1 chang3
a false alarm
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諗得過
Mandarin: shen3 de2 guo4
Simplified: 谂得过
Cantonese
be worth considering
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處置
Mandarin: chu3 zhi4
to handle; to take care; to punish
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梘水
Mandarin: jian3 shui3
Simplified: 枧水
(noun) soap (noun) Lye Water, which is a cooking ingredient
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紫瑪瑙
Mandarin: zi3 ma3 nao3
violet agate
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莫水
Cantonese
to experience bad fortune; to be poor | also 莫財
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身毒
Mandarin: juan1 du2
Ancient name for India | Also 天竺
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家嘈屋閉
Mandarin: jia1 cao2 wu1 bi4
Simplified: 家嘈屋闭
Cantonese
describes a situation where the family members in the same house are constantly filled with noise of argument and shouting
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自然語言
Mandarin: zi4 ran2 yu3 yan2
natural language
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亂作一團
Mandarin: luan4 zuo4 yi1 tuan2
Simplified: 乱作一团
end up in a huge mess
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土司
Mandarin: tu3 si1
system of appointing national minority hereditary headmen in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties; toast
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窄
Mandarin: zhai3
narrow | narrow-minded | badly off | petty | tight | # adapted from cc-cedict
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熊蜂
Mandarin: xiong2 feng1
bumblebee, bumble-bee
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金寶湯
Mandarin: jin1 bao3 tang1
Cambell's Soup
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倒車
Mandarin: dao3 che1
back a car
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膊頭
Mandarin: bo2 tou2
Simplified: 膊头
(n.) shoulder; (slang) if someone is described as '有膊頭', it implies that he | she is a responsible person who is willing and able to take responsibility
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動臂信號機
a semaphore, an apparatus for visual signaling with lights or mechanically moving arms
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德彪西
Mandarin: de2 biao1 xi1
Debussy
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開顔
Mandarin: kai1 yan2
to break forth in a smile (also 啟顏)
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掹掹緊
Mandarin: meng1 meng1 jin3
Simplified: 掹掹紧
Cantonese
adj; be badly off; on a shoestring; on a tight (budget)
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個囉
Cantonese
variant of 㗎喇
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東坡
Mandarin: dong1 po1
Dongpo District of Meishan City, Sichuan
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莒南
Mandarin: ju3 nan2
Junan (place in Shandong)
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羊腩
Mandarin: yang2 nan3
mutton flank
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夜視鏡
a night vision device
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歸結
Mandarin: gui1 jie2
[1] in a nutshell; to sum up; in conclusion [2] end (of a story, etc.) [3] resolution
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勞動力
Mandarin: lao2 dong4 li4
[1] labour force [2] manpower
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淳安
Mandarin: chun2 an1
Chun'an (place in Zhejiang)
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