Cantonese Dictionary

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cung1

Mandarin: cong1

[1] intelligent; clever; bright; astute; quick of apprehension [2] with a good faculty of hearing

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水撥水

seoi2 but6 seoi2

Mandarin: shui3 bo1 shui3

Simplified: 水拨水

windshield wiper fluid [colloquial]

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部首

bou6 sau2

Mandarin: bu4 shou3

radical - a basic identifiable component of every Chinese character; most dictionaries sort characters based on radicals (modern traditional character dictionaries typically use a set of 214 radicals) followed by stroke count

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中華英雄

zung1 waa4 jing1 hung4

Mandarin: Zhong1 hua2 ying1 xiong2

Simplified: 中华英雄

Hero, a monthly local comic

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直接競爭

zik6 zip3 ging6 zang1

Mandarin: zhi2 jie1 jing4 zheng1

direct competitor; direct competition

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唔客氣

m4 haak3 hei3

Mandarin: wu2 ke4qi5

Simplified: 唔客气

Cantonese

to show no shyness | inhibition in accepting or getting something from others [colloquial]

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咁上下

gam3 soeng6 haa6*2

Cantonese

about, approximately, at a comparable level

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方向盤

fong1 hoeng3 pun4

Mandarin: fang1 xiang4 pan2

steering wheel | [粵] 軚盤

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齊柏林飛船

cai4 baak3 lam4 fei1 syun4

Mandarin: qi2 bo2 lin2 fei1 chuan2

Zeppelin airship

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檔次

dong3 ci3

Mandarin: dang4 ci4

quality; level; grade

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中國工商銀行

zung1 gwok3 gung1 soeng1 ngan4 hong4

Mandarin: zhong1 guo2 gong1 shang1 yin2 hang2

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China

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舊患

gau6 waan6

old wounds

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殺人越貨

saat3 jan4 jyut6 fo3

Mandarin: sha1 ren2 yue4 huo4

to murder and loot; kill and rob

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葱度

cung1 dou2

Mandarin: cong1 du4

scallion or spring onions that has been chopped into an inch in length

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銀鱈魚

ngan4 syut3 jyu4*2

silver cod; black cod; sablefish

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有𤓓味

jau5 lo3 mei6

Cantonese

1. a burning smell 2. have a sense of sth. negative that is to come

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起色

hei2 sik1

Mandarin: qi3 se4

improvement; look better

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陽光

joeng4 gwong1

Mandarin: yang2 guang1

Simplified: 阳光

sunlight

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醃泡

jip3 /jim1 paau3

Mandarin: yan1 pao4

pickling

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香港品質保證局

hoeng1 gong2 ban2 zat1 bou2 zing3 guk6*2

Mandarin: xiang1 gang3 pin3 zhi4 bao3 zheng4 ju2

Hong Kong Quality Assurance Agency, HKQAA

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扭斷

nau2 tyun5

Mandarin: niu3 duan4

twist off

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鯪魚

leng4 jyu4*2

Mandarin: ling2 yu2

mud carp (fish); dace

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乖乖仔

gwaai1 gwaai1 zai2

Mandarin: guai1 guai5 zi3

Good boy

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俾使

bei2 si2

enable; so that

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勞動條件

lou4 dung6 tiu4 gin6

Mandarin: lao2 dong4 tiao2 jian4

Simplified: 劳动条件

Labour Conditions

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窿

lung4

Mandarin: long2

mine shaft | gallery | # adapted from cc-cedict

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香雲紗

hoeng1 wan4 saa1

Mandarin: xiang1 yun2 sha1

Simplified: 香云纱

Canton gambiered gauze; watered silk gauze; gambiered Canton silk gauze; gambiered Guangzhou silk gauze

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勻整

wan4 zing2

Mandarin: yun2 zheng3

neat and well-spaced

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部署

bou6 cyu5

Mandarin: bu4 shu3

to dispose; to deploy

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aau

Mandarin: cantonese-only

ao4

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