Cantonese Dictionary

帳幕

zoeng3 mok6

Mandarin: zhang4 mu4

tent

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磁性的

ci4 sing3 dik1

Mandarin: ci2 xing4 de5

magnetic

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樓房

lau4 fong4

Mandarin: lou2 fang2

multi-storey building

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美術設計

mei5 seot6 cit3 gai3

Mandarin: mei3 shu4 she4 ji4

artistic design

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武漢大學

mou5 hon3 daai6 hok6

Mandarin: wu3 han4 da4 xue2

Wuhan University

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浩如煙海

hou6 jyu4 jin1 hoi2

Mandarin: hao4 ru2 yan1 hai3

have a huge amount of literature or data etc.

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登臺

dang1 toi4

Mandarin: deng1 tai2

Simplified: 登台

perform on stage

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地層學

dei6 cang4 hok6

Mandarin: di4 ceng2 xue2

stratigraphy (geology)

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光輝

gwong1 fai1

Mandarin: guang1 hui1

radiance

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光榮革命

gwong1 wing4 gaak3 ming6

Mandarin: guang1 rong2 ge2 ming4

Glorious Revolution of 1688

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怨婦

jyun3 fu5

Cantonese

a married woman who goes around with different men

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釘上釘

deng1 soeng6 deng1

Mandarin: ding1 shang4 ding1

Simplified: 钉上钉

compound interest; interest on interest, charged by loansharks [colloquial]

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神戸市

san4 wu6 si5

Mandarin: shen2 hu4 shi4

Simplified: 神户市

Kobe City

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門口兒

mun4 hau2 ji4

Mandarin: men2kou3 ni2

Simplified: 门口兒

doorway [written]

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仁濟醫院

jan4 zai3 ji1 jyun2

Mandarin: ren2 ji4 yi1 yuan4

Simplified: 仁济医院

Yan Chai Hospital

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粉黃色

fan2 wong4 sik1

Mandarin: fen3 huang2 se4

pastel yellow

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安納托利亞

on1 naap6 tok3 lei6 aa3

Mandarin: an1 na4 tuo1 li4 ya4

Anatolia, Asia minor

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上機時間

soeng5 gei1 si4 gaan1*3

hands-on time

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士達

si6 taat3*1

start (loanword)

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為期

wai4 kei4

Mandarin: wei2qi1

Simplified: 为期

(noun) Duration is from (a certain time) to (a certain time)

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雪蛤

syut3 gaap3

Mandarin: xue3 ge2

the Asiatic grass frog | Chinese brown frog (Rana chensinensis)

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鯉魚門

lei5 jyu2 mun4

Mandarin: li3 yu2 men2

Simplified: 鲤鱼门

Lei Yue Mun, a fishing village in south-eastern Kowloon in Hong Kong

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信號機

seon3 hou6 gei1

Mandarin: xin4 hao4 ji1

signaller

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專業

zyun1 jip6

Mandarin: zhuan1 ye4

[1] profession [2] professional [3] [中國大陸] college major

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羽

jyu5

Mandarin: yu3

feather | 5th note in pentatonic scale | a surname | wing | a light cloth | a camlet | made of feather | KangXi radical 124 | plume | # adapted from cc-cedict

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怵

ceot1

Mandarin: chu4

fearful | timid | to fear | pathos | # adapted from cc-cedict

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天水圍飛馬

tin1 seoi2 wai4 fei1 maa5

Mandarin: tian1 shui3 wei2 fei1 ma3

Simplified: 天水围飞马

TSW Pegasus, a professional Hong Kong football club

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yim

Mandarin: mandarin-or-written-only

an3

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小聰明

siu2 cung1 ming4

Mandarin: xiao3 cong1 ming5

cleverness in trivial matters; petty trick

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jáau

Mandarin: all

zhao3

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