Cantonese Dictionary

隱憂

jan2 jau1

secret worry

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話咁快

waa6 gam2 faai3

Mandarin: hua4 gan1 kuai4

Simplified: 话咁快

Cantonese

so quick (spoken)

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不可思議

bat1 ho2 si1 ji5

Mandarin: bu4 ke3 si1 yi4

Simplified: 不可思议

unbelievable; mysterious

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佐敦道

zo3 deon1 dou6

Mandarin: zuo3 dun1 dao4

Jordan Road, a road in Kowloon, Hong Kong

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杜漸防萌

dou6 zim6 fong4 mang4

Mandarin: du4 jian4 fang2 meng2

nip in the bud

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三時六候

saam1 si4 luk6 hau6

at any time; as the occasion allows

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茶座

caa4 zo6

Mandarin: cha2 zuo4

[1] teahouse [2] tea-stall; tea kiosk

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四肢

sei3 zi1

Mandarin: si4 zhi1

arms and legs - all four limbs

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以內

ji5 noi6

Mandarin: yi3 nei4

within; inside

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消音器

siu1 jam1 hei3

Mandarin: xiao1 yin1 qi4

silencer (device)

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動力火車

dung6 lik6 fo2 ce1

Mandarin: dong4 li4 huo3 che1

Simplified: 动力火车

Power Station, a rock band in Taiwan

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海南

hoi2 naam4

Hainan (province at the southern end of the PRC)

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柔道

jau4 dou6

Mandarin: rou2 dao4

judo, the modern sport form of the martial art practised by samurai.

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𢱕骨

dap6 gwat1

Mandarin: 𢱕 gu3

to massage [colloquial]

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花石峽

faa1 sek6 haap6

Mandarin: hua1 shi2 xia2

Huashixia (place in Qinghai)

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梁祝

loeng4 zuk1

Mandarin: liang2 zhu4

The Butterfly Lovers (short for 梁山伯與祝英台)

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屭

hei3 ai3

Mandarin: xi4

gigantic strength

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陳曉東

can4 hiu2 dung1

Mandarin: chen2 xiao3 dong1

Simplified: 陈晓东

Daniel Chan Hiu Tung, a Hong Kong singer

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馬術

maa5 seot6

equestrian (sport)

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受罪

sau6 zeoi6

Mandarin: shou4 zui4

to be mentally tortured (lit., "receive punishment")

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sān

Mandarin: all

shen1

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爭住

zang1 zyu6

Mandarin: zheng1 zhu4

Simplified: 争住

to fight to

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遇難

jyu6 naan6

Mandarin: yu4 nan4

Simplified: 遇难

ill-fated; dead

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集思廣益

zaap6 si1 gwong2 jik1

put heads together to get better results; to brainstorm

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𧿒腳

dam6 goek3

walking around (lit., "trampling feet")

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抽油煙機

cau1 jau4 jin1 gei1

range hood for stove (lit., "oil smoke sucking machine")

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甩頭髮

lat1 tau4 faat3

Mandarin: shuai3 tou2 fa5

Simplified: 甩头发

falling hair (spoken)

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眼睩睩

ngaan5 luk1 luk1

Mandarin: yan3 lu4 lu4

big eyes (normally used for describing babies's eyes); angry staring eyes; to roll eyes around looking in different directions

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陳瑞祺

can4 seoi6 kei4

Mandarin: chen2 rui4 qi2

Simplified: 陈瑞祺

Chan Sui Ki, a Hong Kong businessman, also the name of a school in Hong Kong funded by his family, the Chan Sui Ki (La Salle) College

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韻腹

wan6 fuk1

Mandarin: yun4 fu4

nucleus - main/principal/central vowel of a sound; [literal] rime-belly

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