Cantonese Dictionary

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糖朝
Sweet Dynasty (pun on 唐朝)
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亞拉巴馬
Mandarin: ya4 la1 ba1 ma3
Alabama
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風火海
Mandarin: feng1 huo3 hai3
Wind Fire Sea (male musical group)
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上色
chromatically, tintage, variegation
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國籍
nationality
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北極洋
Mandarin: bei3 ji2 yang2
Simplified: 北极洋
Arctic Ocean
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jiuh
Mandarin: all
zhao4
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賣破綻
Mandarin: mai4 po4 zhan4
to feign an opening in order to hoodwink the opponent (in a fight, combat, etc.)
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旗袍
Mandarin: qi2 pao2
cheongsam, a body-hugging one-piece Chinese dress for women created in the 1920's in Shanghai
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梁山
Mandarin: liang2 shan1
Liangshan (place in Shandong)
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返過去
to go back over there
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南竿鄉
Mandarin: nan2 gan1 xiang1
Nankan (village in Taiwan)
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生壅
Mandarin: sheng1 yong1
(adjective) buried alive
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吊住條尾
Mandarin: diao4 zhu4 tiao2 wei3
Simplified: 吊住条尾
to tag along to someone all the time [colloquial]
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癐拉拉
Mandarin: guai4 la1 la5
Very tired
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好嗍
Cantonese
very hot or sexy (girl) [Var.] 好嗦 , 好索, [國] 辣妹
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浚
Mandarin: jun4
to deepen (e.g. a ditch) | to extract | to manage | ladle (old) | to dredge | a dredger | # adapted from cc-cedict
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辛苦搵嚟志在食
Mandarin: xin1ku3 wen3 li4 zhi4 zai4 shi2
Simplified: 辛苦揾嚟志在食
Cantonese
one works hard so that one can eat better [colloquial]
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驚見
Mandarin: jing1 jian4
Simplified: 惊见
to be surprised to see; to be shocked to see; to be appalled to see; to be awed at the sight of
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若喪考妣
Mandarin: ruo4 sang4 kao3 bi3
to feel extremely sad, as if one lost his own parents
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分解
Mandarin: fen1 jie3
[1] to resolve; to decompose; to disintegrate; to disassemble; to break down; to break up; decomposition [2] to explain; to recount; to disclose; to conclude
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講嘢呀
Mandarin: jiang3 ye3 ya5
Simplified: 讲嘢呀
Cantonese
you talking? (in a challenging | threatening | dismissive tone); that's bullshit [colloquial]
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薖
Mandarin: ke1
big | hungry-looking | empty | a type of grass | # adapted from cc-cedict
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司徒華
Mandarin: si1 tu2 hua2
Simplified: 司徒华
Szeto Wah, name of a Hong Kong politician
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排演
Mandarin: pai2 yan3
to rehearse for a show
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護養院
Mandarin: hu4 yang3 yuan4
Simplified: 护养院
Nursing Homes
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印地安納
Mandarin: yin4 di4 an1 na4
Indiana
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鬎
Mandarin: la4
bald | scabby | favus | # adapted from cc-cedict
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教訓
Mandarin: jiao4 xun5
(to learn or teach a) lesson
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翼手龍
[n] pterodactyl
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