Cantonese Dictionary

wàhng

Mandarin: mandarin-or-written-only

hong2

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比起

bei2 hei2

Mandarin: bi3 qi3

compared with

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背景亮度

bui3 ging2 loeng6 dou6

Mandarin: bei4 jing3 liang4 du4

[n] background luminance

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脫墨新聞紙

tyut3 mak6*2 san1 man4 zi2

deinked newsprint

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人民幣

jan4 man4 bai6

Mandarin: ren2 min2 bi4

Renminbi: Currency of the People's Republic of China [粵]: 人仔

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逆差

jik6 caa1

adverse balance of trade; trade deficit

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噙晚

kam4 maan5

Mandarin: qin2 wan3

last night

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丕

pei1

Mandarin: pi1

grand, great, glorious, distinguished | a surname | then | to follow | # adapted from cc-cedict

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布殊

bou3 syu4

Mandarin: bu4 shu1

Cantonese translation of George H.W. Bush, the 41st president of United States of America, or George W. Bush, the 43rd, shortened to just "Bush"

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同屋住

tung4 uk1 zyu6

Mandarin: tong2 wu1 zhu4

live under one roof; co-habit; house sharing

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wū

Mandarin: all

wu1

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夾心階層

gaap3 sam1 gaai1 cang4

Mandarin: jia1 xin1 jie1 ceng2

Simplified: 夹心阶层

noun; sandwich class, refers to middle class in Hong Kong

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查記

caa4 gei3

Mandarin: cha2 ji4

Cantonese

[HK] nickname for Investigation Sub-Division (調查分科) under Immigration Department (入境事務處)

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抬轎佬

toi4 kiu2 lou2

Mandarin: tai2 jiao4 lao3

Simplified: 抬轿佬

men who carry the Sedan Chair

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國文

gwok3 man4

Mandarin: guo2 wen2

Simplified: 国文

the national language (Mandarin)

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個人崇拜

go3 jan4 sung4 baai3

Mandarin: ge4 ren2 chong2 bai4

personality cult

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蝦眼水

haa1 ngaan5 seoi2

Mandarin: xia1 yan3 shui3

Simplified: 虾眼水

water just before the boiling point when it just starts bubbling at around 75 to 80 degrees Celsius

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脫臼

tyut3 kau5

Mandarin: tuo1 jiu4

dislocate (a joint), luxate [粵]甩骹

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重聽

cung4 teng1

Mandarin: zhong4 ting1

hard of hearing (lit., "repeat listening")

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荷蘭灣

ho4 laan4*1 waan1

Cantonese

Holland Bay (a pun on 好𨶙悲)

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長短句

coeng4 dyun2 geoi3

Mandarin: chang2 duan3 ju4

Simplified: 长短句

a form of Chinese poetry

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fú

Mandarin: all

fu3

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互聯網電影數據庫

wu6 lyun4 mong5 din6 jing2 sou3 geoi3 fu3

Mandarin: hu4 lian2 wang3 dian4 ying3 shu4 ju4 ku4

Internet Movie Database

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話口

waa6 hau2

Mandarin: hua4 kou3

Cantonese

thread of discourse; flow of a conversation

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年少老成

nin4 siu3 lou5 sing4

Mandarin: nian2 shao4 lao3 cheng2

physically young but mentally mature

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高級商務師

gou1 kap1 soeng1 mou6 si1

Mandarin: gao1 ji2 shang1 wu4 shi1

Certified Business Executive

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hūng

Mandarin: all

xiong1

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K歌

kei1 go1

Mandarin: kei1 ge1

Cantonese

karaoke song; karaoke music | Std. Chin.: 卡拉OK歌

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高青

gou1 cing1

Mandarin: gao1 qing1

Gaoqing (place in Shandong)

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反導彈導彈

faan2 dou6 daan6*2 dou6 daan6*2

Mandarin: fan3 dao3 dan4 dao3 dan4

antimissile missile

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