Cantonese Dictionary

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須臾
Mandarin: xu1 yu2
moment; instant
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喺任何情況
Cantonese
in any case
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好運
Mandarin: hao3 yun4
good luck
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高雲地利
Mandarin: gao1 yun2 di4 li4
Simplified: 高云地利
Coventry, England
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丶
Mandarin: zhu3
a type of stroke in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 3), a "dot" | see also 点diǎn [点] | comma | interpunction | # adapted from cc-cedict
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抽象主義
Mandarin: chou1 xiang4 zhu3 yi4
abstract art; abstractionism
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指望
Mandarin: zhi3 wang4
to hope for; to count on | [粵]: 指擬
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雞竇
Cantonese
a brothel (lit., "chicken nest/coop")
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香港政策研究所
Mandarin: xiang1 gang3 zheng4 ce4 yan2 jiu4/1 (Taiwan/PRC) suo3
Hong Kong Policy Research Institute
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見風使舵
Mandarin: jian4 feng1 shi3 duo4
change one's view according to circumstances; have it both ways
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焗親
Mandarin: ju2 qin1
Simplified: 焗亲
(verb) suffocated; suffered from heat
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tòuh
Mandarin: all
tu2
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班兵
Mandarin: ban1 bing1
to ask people to come for help; to seek reinforcements
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軟骨症
Mandarin: ruan3 gu3 zheng4
osteomalacia (soft bone syndrome); conspiring with subordinates after accepting bribes
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王家衞
Mandarin: wang2 jia1 wei4
Simplified: 王家卫
Wong Kar-wai, a Hong Kong film director and producer
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奪得
Mandarin: duo2 de2
win; carry off; come away with; capture; take; get
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學齡
Mandarin: xue2 ling2
school age
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蒸汽
Mandarin: zheng1 qi4
vapour
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巴庫
Mandarin: ba1 ku4
Baku (capital of Azerbaijan)
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扭扭擰擰
Mandarin: niu3 niu3 ning2 ning2
Simplified: 扭扭拧拧
describes a difficult person (normally a child) who is demanding and pretending to refuse something but actually wants that
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匆忙
Mandarin: cong1 mang2
hasty; hurried; rushed
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受限
Mandarin: shou4 xian4
[1] restricted; [2] security classification of "restricted"
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不習水性
Mandarin: bu4 xi2 shui3 xing4
to be either bad at swimming or unable to swim
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倒吊冇滴墨水
Mandarin: dao4 diao4 mao3 di1 mo4 shui3
Cantonese
hanging upside down without dropping one drop of ink, which means a person seems to know a certain thing, but actually is clueless and lack of content
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夾萬
Mandarin: jia1 wan4
Simplified: 夹万
(noun) a safe box
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慈悲
Mandarin: ci2 bei1
(noun) (of Buddhism) Karuṇā
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激死老豆搵山拜
Mandarin: ji1 si3 lao3 dou4 wen3 shan1 bai4
Simplified: 激死老豆揾山拜
Cantonese
to provoke one's father so much that it drives one's father to an early grave [colloquial]
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平常日
Mandarin: ping2 chang2 ri4
weekday
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女裝
ladies clothes
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羅漫史
romance (as a loanword)
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