Cantonese Dictionary

藴藏

wan2 cong4

Mandarin: yun4 cang2

Simplified: 蕴藏

Contains

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神差鬼使

san4 caai1 gwai2 si2

Mandarin: shen2 chai1 gui3 shi3

unexpected happenings

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反叛分子

faan2 bun6 fan6 zi2

Mandarin: fan3 pan4 fen4 zi3

insurgent; rebel (occasionally 反叛份子)

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消暑

siu1 syu2

Mandarin: xiao1 shu3

Cantonese

[TCM] reduce internal heat; avoid the heat for the summer, beat the heat

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歷屆

lik6 gaai3

Mandarin: li4 jie4

all previous sessions

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從來

cung4 loi4

Mandarin: cong2 lai2

always; at all times; all along | [粵]: 一直

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劾

hat6

Mandarin: he2

to impeach | to examine | to charge | # adapted from cc-cedict

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重口味

cung5 hau2 mei6

Mandarin: zhong4 kou3 wei4

1.to have a heavy taste; to like food with a strong flavour like really salty or really sweet food 2. to have rough sexual preferences

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人版

jan4 baan2

Mandarin: ren2 ban3

living example

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以遠

ji5 jyun5

Mandarin: yi3 yuan3

Simplified: 以远

beyond [transport]

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三更半夜

saam1 gang1 bun3 je6/6*2

around mid-night

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繼承人

gai3 sing4 jan4

Mandarin: ji4 cheng2 ren2

heir; successor; inheritor

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心肌

sam1 gei1

Mandarin: xin1 ji1

cardiac muscle

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秩序

dit6 zeoi6

Mandarin: zhi4 xu4

[n] order (in order; orderly)

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波棍

bo1 gwan3

Mandarin: bo1 gun4

a gear stick [colloquial]

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腸粉

coeng2 fan2

Mandarin: chang2 fen3

Simplified: 肠粉

rice noodle roll; cheung fun

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胡佛

wu4 fat6

Hoover (transliterated)

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殘酷

caan4 huk6

Mandarin: can2 ku4

cruel; cruelty

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吏

lei6

Mandarin: li4

minor government official or functionary (old) | magistrate | # adapted from cc-cedict

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天氣預報

tin1 hei3 jyu6 bou3

Mandarin: tian1 qi4 yu4 bao4

weather forecast

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神學

san4 hok6

Mandarin: shen2 xue2

theology; religious studies

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鐲

zuk6

Mandarin: zhuo2

Simplified: 镯

a bracelet | an armlet | an armband | a small bell | # adapted from cc-cedict

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地除

dei6 ceoi4

Mandarin: di4 chu2

know [colloquial, not very commonly used nowadays, only used in some parts of Guangzhou]

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雙獨

soeng1 duk6

Mandarin: shuang1 du2

double and single; allowed dispensation to have second child

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酮

tung4

Mandarin: tong2

ketones

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雨粉粉

jyu5 fan2 fan2

Mandarin: yu3 fen3 fen3

light drizzle

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打種

daa2 zung2

Mandarin: da3 zhong3

Simplified: 打种

noun; breeding

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舞女

mou5 neoi5*2

Mandarin: wu3 nv3

dancing girls; dance hostess

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jaat

Mandarin: all

zha1 zha2

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宜蘭

ji4 laan4

Mandarin: yi2 lan2

Ilan (city in Taiwan)

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