Cantonese Dictionary

灣區

waan1 keoi1

Mandarin: wan1 qu1

the Bay Area (San Francisco)

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陳百強

can4 baak3 koeng4

Mandarin: chen2 bai3 qiang2

Simplified: 陈百强

Danny Chan Bak Keung, a Hong Kong musician, singer and songwriter

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坐廁

co5 ci3

sit-down toilet

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趁高興

can3 gou1 hing3

Mandarin: chen4 gao1 xing4

Simplified: 趁高兴

to join in the fun; while one is in high spirits

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咎有應得

gau3 jau5 jing1 dak1

Mandarin: jiu4 you3 ying1 de2

to deserve being blamed for sth.

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荷蘭鴨

ho4 laan4*1 aap3*2

Cantonese

Holland Duck (a pun on 好𨶙得)

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fūng

Mandarin: all

feng1

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撈嘢

laau4 je5

Mandarin: lao1 ye3

Simplified: 捞嘢

Cantonese

work; a combo such as in a dessert where many items are mixed together

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災禍

zoi1 wo6

Mandarin: zai1 huo4

calamity; disaster

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山泥

saan1 nai4

Mandarin: shan1 ni2

mountain soil

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古詩

gu2 si1

Mandarin: gu3 shi1

old verse; classical Chinese poem

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刮竹

gwaat3 zuk1

Mandarin: gua1 zhu2

to play mahjong [colloquial]

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蛋家

daan6 gaa1

Mandarin: dan4 jia1

Tanka people or boat dweller (an ethnic group in Southern China who traditionally lived on junks, sampan or boat)

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捽碟

zeot1 dip2

Mandarin: cu4 die2

verb; scratching. it is the turntable techniques used by DJs

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候選人

hau6 syun2 jan4

Mandarin: hou4 xuan3 ren2

candidate

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豬軟骨

zyu1 jyun5 gwat1

pork cartilage

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給

kap1

Mandarin: gei3

Simplified: 给

to | for | for the benefit of | to give | to allow | to do sth (for sb) | (grammatical equivalent of 被) | (grammatical equivalent of 把) | (sentence intensifier) | to supply | to provide | well provided for | abundant | glib | # adapted from cc-cedict

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攻克

gung1 hak1

Mandarin: gong1 ke4

to capture; to take

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做數

zou6 sou3

Mandarin: zuo4 shu4

Simplified: 做数

rigging numbers in accounting so as to pass the auditing; to do math; to do accounting; to organise the accounts and transactions

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皎

gaau2

Mandarin: jiao3

bright | white | brilliant | clear | # adapted from cc-cedict

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腐蝕作用

fu6 sik6 zok3 jung6

caustic

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華

waa6

Mandarin: hua2

Simplified: 华

a surname | the name of a mountain | # adapted from cc-cedict

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夜工

je6 gung1

Mandarin: ye4 gong1

night job

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駕駛人士

gaa3 sai2 jan4 si6

motorist

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農村

nung4 cyun1

Mandarin: nong2 cun1

rural area; village

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鄉思

hoeng1 si1

Mandarin: xiang1 si1

Simplified: 乡思

homesickness

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夾口供

gaap3 hau2 gung1

Mandarin: jia1 kou3 gong4

Simplified: 夹口供

to compose the confession | testimony with someone, to make sure two people both say the same things

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hāp

Mandarin: all

qia4

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海棠花

hoi2 tong4 faa1

a begonia

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反感

faan2 gam2

Mandarin: fan3 gan2

[1] to strongly dislike; to be disgusted with; to be averse to; to take unkindly to [2] distasteful; repugnant; resentful

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