Cantonese Dictionary

對臺

deoi3 toi4

Mandarin: dui4 tai2

(policy, etc.) towards Taiwan

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喜鵲

hei2 zoek3*2

Mandarin: xi3 que4

the magpie

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北宋

bak1 sung3

Mandarin: bei3 song4

the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127)

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棱鏡

ling4 geng3

Mandarin: leng2 jing4

glass/optical prism

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獯鬻

fan1 juk6

Mandarin: xun1 yu4

the name of the 匈奴 Xiongnu or Huns during the Xia (Ha) dynasty

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蛇殼

se4 hok3

Mandarin: she2 ke2

Simplified: 蛇壳

Snake Slough

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灌醉

gun3 zeoi3

Mandarin: guan4 zui4

to fuddle, befuddle; to get someone drunk

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臭八公

cau3 baat3 gung1

Mandarin: chou4 ba1 gong1

an unpleasant guy who likes to gossip

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計算

gai3 syun3

Mandarin: ji4 suan4

to calculate | [粵]: typically 計數, 計 (gai3), 算 (syun3)

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磁懸浮列車

ci4 jyun4 fau4 lit6 ce1

Mandarin: ci2 xuan2 fu2 lie4 che1

Simplified: 磁悬浮列车

Maglev train

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陰盛陽衰

jam1 sing6 joeng4 seoi1

Mandarin: yin1 sheng4 yang2 shuai1

Simplified: 阴盛阳衰

yang deficiency due to an excess of yin; situation where female outnumber males

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悲嘆

bei1 taan3

Mandarin: bei1 tan4

mournful sigh

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椅手

ji2 sau2

Mandarin: yi3 shou3

the arm rest of a chair

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幾何學

gei2 ho4 hok6

Mandarin: ji3 he2 xue2

geometry

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賠率

pui4 leot2

Mandarin: pei2 lv4

Simplified: 赔率

betting odds

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低檔

dai1 dong3

underdrive

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電子流

din6 zi2 lau4

Mandarin: dian4 zi3 liu2

Simplified: 电子流

electric current

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食肆

sik6 si3

Mandarin: shi2 si4

restaurant (all types of)

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非得...不可

fei1 dak1 bat1 ho2

Mandarin: fei1 dei3 bu4 ke3

to absolutely have to do sth.

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樂理

ngok6 lei5

Mandarin: yue4 li3

[music] music theory

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熔岩

jung4 ngaam4

Mandarin: rong2 yan2

[地質學] lava — the molten rock (magma) that flows out to the earth's surface through a volcano and which eventually hardens to form solid rock

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拉蘇

laai1 sou4

Mandarin: la1 su1

Simplified: 拉苏

lysol

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中等的

zung1 dang2 dik1

mid-range (of luxury/offerings scale)

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北京林業大學

bak1 ging1 lam4 jip6 daai6 hok6

Mandarin: bei3 jing1 lin2 ye4 da4 xue2

Beijing Forestry University

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執迷不悟

zap1 mai4 bat1 ng6

Mandarin: zhi2 mi2 bu4 wu4

stubbornly hold onto a wrong course; refuse to come to one's senses; headstrong; perverse; beyond reasoning

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攝灶罅

sip3 zou3 laa3

Mandarin: she4 zao4 xia4

Simplified: 摄灶罅

any female who have reached suitable age for marriage, but not yet married, and unlikely to attract anyone to be with her

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粕

pok3 paak3

Mandarin: po4

lees; dregs of grain after distillation

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玻璃杯

bo1 lei4*1 bui1

Mandarin: bo1 li2 bei1 (Taiwan), bo1 li5 bei1 (PRC)

a (drinking) glass

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腥

seng3

Mandarin: xing1

musty smell of damp in the heat | # adapted from cc-cedict

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建軍節

gin3 gwan1 zit

Mandarin: jian4 jun1 jie2

Army Day (August 1)

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