Cantonese Dictionary

長沙

coeng4 saa1

Mandarin: chang2 sha1

Changsha (capital of Hunan province)

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曼德拉

maan6 dak1 laai1

Mandarin: man4 de2 la1

(Nelson) Mandela

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爐灰

lou4 fui1

Mandarin: lu2 hui1

Simplified: 炉灰

(noun) ashes

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本銀

bun2 ngan4

Mandarin: ben3 yin2

Simplified: 本银

capital (old slang)

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繼父

gai3 fu6

Mandarin: ji4 fu4

stepfather | [粵]: also 後底爺

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講聲對唔住

gong2 seng1 deoi3 m4 zyu6

Mandarin: jiang3 sheng1 dui4 n2 zhu4

Simplified: 讲声对唔住

Cantonese

to apologise [colloquial]

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交通改道

gaau1 tung1 goi2 dou6

Mandarin: jiao1 tong1 gai3 dao4

traffic detour

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全盒

cyun4 hap6*2

candy case; candy box (for festive occasions such as New Year)

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初產品

co1 caan2 ban2

Mandarin: chu1 chan3 pin3

firstling

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chui2

Mandarin: []

扌

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益

jik1

Mandarin: yi4

benefit | profit | advantage | beneficial | to increase | to add | all the more | to benefit | increasingly | # adapted from cc-cedict

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雪人

syut3 jan4

Mandarin: xue3 ren2

[1] snowman - snow piled up and sculpted into the figure of a human in varying degrees of likeness; [2] yeti, the "abominal snowman" of the Himalayas

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磁子

ci4 zi2

Mandarin: ci2 zi3

[phys.] magneton

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都

dou1

Mandarin: dou1

also; all; even

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發飆

faat3 biu1

Mandarin: fa1 biao1

1. go nuts; go crazy 2. dispaly one's prowess

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親事

can1 si6

Mandarin: qin1 shi4

wedding affairs

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曾俊華

zang1 zeon3 waa4

Mandarin: ceng2 jun4 hua2

Simplified: 曾俊华

John Tsang Chun-wah, current (at the time of writing) Financial Secretary

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大糞

daai6 fan3

Mandarin: da4 fen4

night soil; human excrement

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察隅

caat3 jyu4

Mandarin: cha2 yu2

Chayu (place in Tibet)

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部門別的

bou6 mun4 bit6 dik1

Mandarin: bu4 men2 bie2 de5

[adj] departmental

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作業環境

zok3 jip6 waan4 ging2

Mandarin: zuo4 ye4 huan2 jing4

operating environment

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劏死牛

tong1 sei2 ngau4

Mandarin: dang1 si3 niu2

mugging; armed robbery; robbery at gunpoint

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黐頭婆

ci1 tau4 po4

Mandarin: chi1 tou2 po2

Simplified: 黐头婆

Cocklebur (Xanthium)

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慷

hong2

Mandarin: kang1

generous | magnanimous | ardent | fervent | vehement | # adapted from cc-cedict

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代母

doi6 mou5

Mandarin: dai4 mu3

surrogate mother

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城樓

sing4 lau4*2

Mandarin: cheng2 lou2

city gate tower

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雞心

gai1 sam1

Mandarin: ji1 xin1

Simplified: 鸡心

chicken's heart

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榨汁機

zaa3 zap1 gei1

juicing machine

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值班工人

zik6 baan1 gung1 jan4

[n] an on-duty worker

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jih

Mandarin: all

si4

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