Cantonese Dictionary

期數

kei4 sou3

Mandarin: qi1 shu4

Simplified: 期数

installments; period within which repayment of a debt os calculated; one's workplace in prison [written and colloquial]

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性感

sing3 gam2

Mandarin: xing4 gan3

sex appeal; sexy

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七情六欲

cat1 cing4 luk6 juk6

Mandarin: qi1 qing2 liu4 yu4

general psychologic reactions to surroundings of human

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雨露

jyu5 lou6

Mandarin: yu3 lu4

dew

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曱甴

gaat6 zaat6*2

Mandarin: yue1 zha2

Cantonese

cockroach | Mand.: 蟑螂

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勻速運動

wan4 cuk1 wan6 dung6

Mandarin: yun2 su4 yun4 dong4

Simplified: 匀速运动

constant motion

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夕

zik6

Mandarin: xi1

dusk | evening | Taiwan pr. [xì] | night | eve | last period of the year | season | month etc | # adapted from cc-cedict

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滿洲語

mun5 zau1 jyu5

Mandarin: Man3 zhou1 yu3

Simplified: 满洲语

Manchu language, the native language of the Manchus in China

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詫異

caa3 ji6

Mandarin: cha4 yi4

Simplified: 诧异

(adjective) (human feeling) Surprised

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志在

zi3 zoi6

Mandarin: zhi4 zai4

aim at; targeting

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遲來的

ci4 loi4 dik1

Mandarin: chi2 lai2 di4

belated

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m̀h

Mandarin: cantonese-only

wu2

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lin6

火

Mandarin: 13

lihn

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終老

zung1 lou5

Mandarin: zhong1 lao3

spend the remaining years before one deceases

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打肊

daa2 jik1

Mandarin: da3 yi4

to have hiccups

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癒

jyu6

Mandarin: yu4

to recover | to heal | # adapted from cc-cedict

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知微麻利

zi1 mei4*1 maa4 lei6

selfish, calculating; uses others to one's benefit

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tòih

Mandarin: all

tai2

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裝嬌

zong1 giu1

Cantonese

to act cute, to behave in an exaggeratedly cute or adorable fashion

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核能

hat6 nang4

Mandarin: he2 neng2

nuclear power; nuclear energy

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阿保阿勝

aa3 bou2 aa3 sing3

anybody

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摩星嶺

mo1 sing1 leng5

Mandarin: mo2 xing1 ling3

Simplified: 摩星岭

Mount Davis in Hong Kong

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落車

lok6 ce1

Mandarin: luo4 che1

Simplified: 落车

(verb) to get off a vehicle; to get out (of a vehicle)

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wāan

Mandarin: all

wan1

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架勢堂

gaa3 sai3 tong4

Mandarin: jia4 shi5 tang2

Simplified: 架势堂

(noun) an authority. (adjective) powerful, authoritative (also a radio programs of Channel 903 in Hong Kong Commercial Broadcasting Corporation Limited called So Fab)

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臭氣燻天

cau3 hei3 fan1 tin1

Mandarin: chou4 qi4 xun1 tian1

extremly stinky; of a stench to fill the air

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chùhng

Mandarin: all

song1 song4 gong1

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騰

tang4

Mandarin: teng2

Simplified: 腾

to soar | to gallop | to prance | to turn over | to vacate | to clear | to mount | to make space | to move aside | to cause a commotion | abruptly | # adapted from cc-cedict

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尋

cam4

Mandarin: xun2

Simplified: 寻

to search | to look for | to seek | to grope for | to resort to | to ask for | # adapted from cc-cedict

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大方

daai6 fong1

Mandarin: da4 fang5

generous; liberal

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