Cantonese Dictionary

流浪

lau4 long6

Mandarin: liu2lang4

(adjective) (of animal) Stray

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遊樂場

jau4 lok6 coeng4

Mandarin: you2 le4 chang3

[n] an amusement park; playground

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渲

syun1

Mandarin: xuan4

wash (color) | to add touches or color (to a story) | to distort facts | # adapted from cc-cedict

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陀地費

to4 dei6 fai3

Mandarin: tuo2 di4 fei4

Simplified: 陀地费

protection money (paid to the triads in power)

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碌竹

luk1 zuk1

Mandarin: lu4 zhu2

someone who is tall and thin like a bamboo [colloquial]

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鄉愁

hoeng1 sau4

homesickness; nostalgia.

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沉積法

cam4 zik1 faat3

Mandarin: chen2 ji1 fa3

sedimentation

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融洽

jung4 hap1

Mandarin: rong2 qia4

get on well with one another

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三朝元老

saam1 ciu4 jyun4 lou5

Mandarin: san1 chao2 yuan2 lao3

employee who worked under three transitions of management | minister who served three transitions of emperor in China's history

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加時

gaa1 si4

Mandarin: jia1 shi2

overtime

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超級電腦

ciu1 kap1 din6 nou5

Mandarin: chao1 ji2 dian4 nao3

Simplified: 超级电脑

a super computer

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林威

lam4 wai1

Mandarin: lin2 wei1

David Lam

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入U

jap6 U1

[v] to enter the university

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媽媽桑

maa1*4 maa1 song1

Cantonese

a brothel madame (pimp for prostitutes); mamasan (as a loanword)

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西遊記

sai1 jau4 gei3

Mandarin: xi1 you2 ji4

"Journey to the West" (known to western readers as "Monkey"); one of the Chinese four great classical novels (romance of the three kingdoms 三國演義; water margin 水滸傳; dream of the red chamber 紅樓夢)

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棉豆

min4 dau6*2

butter bean

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武鳴

mou5 ming4

Mandarin: wu3 ming2

Wuming (place in Guangxi)

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蛀書蟲

zyu3 syu1 cung4

Mandarin: zhu4 shu1 chong2

Simplified: 蛀书虫

a bookworm

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pok

Mandarin: cantonese-only

pu1

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周打魚湯

zau1 daa2 jyu4 tong1

Mandarin: zhou1 da3 yu2 tang1

Simplified: 周打鱼汤

Chowder soup with fish

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侵襲

cam1 zaap6

Mandarin: qin1 xi2

to invade and attack

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讀錯音

duk6 co3 jam1

Mandarin: du2 cuo4 yin1

to misread; mispronounce; mispronunciation

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靜山

zing6 saan1

Mandarin: jing4 shan1

Cheng San (electoral constituency in Singapore)

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恐龍

hung2 lung4

Mandarin: kong3 long2

dinosaur

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粵語流行曲

jyut6 jyu5 lau4 hang4 kuk1

Mandarin: Yue4 yu3 liu2 xing2 qu3

Simplified: 粤语流行曲

Cantopop

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出面

ceot1 min2

Mandarin: chu1 mian4

(adverb, adjective) outside

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整古

zing2 gu2

Mandarin: zheng3 gu3

prank

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來到

loi4 dou3

Mandarin: lai2 dao4

to come, to arrive

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咽喉

jin1 hau4

Mandarin: yan1 hou2

mastermind; centre of control (Cantonese slang)

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電眼

din6 ngaan5

Mandarin: dian4 yan3

tunoscope, magic eye

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