Cantonese Dictionary

號數

hou6 sou3

number

View full entry →

攜家帶眷

kwai4 gaa1 daai3 gyun3

Mandarin: xie2 [PRC] / xi1 [TW] jia1 dai4 juan4

to take one's family and relatives somewhere

View full entry →

拜年

baai3 nin4

Mandarin: bai4 nian2

to pay a New Year call; to wish sb. a Happy New Year

View full entry →

意思

ji3 si1

Mandarin: yi4 si5

(noun) 1. like (someone); 2. intention

View full entry →

一小時

jat1 siu2 si4

Mandarin: yi1 xiao3 shi2

Simplified: 一小时

One hour

View full entry →

雙重

soeng1 cung4

Mandarin: shuang1 chong2

double

View full entry →

汗青

hon6 cing1

Mandarin: han4 qing1

bamboo slips, used for writing words on in the past

View full entry →

啤梨

be1 lei4*2

pear

View full entry →

倒立式

dou2 laap6 sik1

[yoga] inversions

View full entry →

尼泊爾國王

nei4 bok6 ji5 gwok3 wong4

Mandarin: ni2 bo2 er3 guo2 wang2

Nepalese monarchy

View full entry →

熱誠

jit6 sing4

Mandarin: re4 cheng2

eager; enthusiastic; zeal

View full entry →

急促

gap1 cuk1

Mandarin: ji2 cu4

[adj] urgent; hurried and brief; rushing

View full entry →

尖酸刻薄

zim1 syun1 hak1 bok6

Mandarin: jian1 ​suan1 ​ke4 ​bo2

sharp and unkind (words)

View full entry →

人工降雨

jan4 gung1 gong3 jyu5

Mandarin: ren2 gong1 jiang4 yu3

artifical rainfall; rainmaking

View full entry →

美國海岸警衛隊

mei5 gwok3 hoi2 ngon6 ging2 wai6 deoi6*2

Mandarin: mei3 guo2 hai3 an4 jing3 wei4 dui4

United States Coast Guard

View full entry →

機能

gei1 nang4

Mandarin: ji1 neng2

function

View full entry →

醉意

zeoi3 ji3

Mandarin: zui4 yi4

signs or feeling of getting drunk; tipsy; drunkenness

View full entry →

慢慢行

maan6 maan6 hang4

Mandarin: man4 man4 xing2

walk slowly

View full entry →

戶縣

wu6 jyun6

Mandarin: hu4 xian4

Hu county (county in Shaanxi)

View full entry →

豁免

kut3 min5

Mandarin: huo4 mian3

exempt; waive

View full entry →

人之常情

jan4 zi1 soeng4 cing4

Mandarin: ren2 zhi1 chang2 qing2

normal human feelings

View full entry →

陳惠敏

can4 wai6 man5

Mandarin: chen2 hui4 min3

Simplified: 陈惠敏

Micheal Chan Wai-man, a Hong Kong actor

View full entry →

鏈冚

lin6 ham6

Mandarin: lian4 ka4

Simplified: 链冚

chain guard for a bike

View full entry →

星散

sing1 saan3

Mandarin: xing1 san4

scattered

View full entry →

警司

ging2 si1

Mandarin: jing3 si1

Superintendent of Police

View full entry →

反對票

faan2 deoi3 piu3

blackball

View full entry →

藍牙

laam4 ngaa4

Mandarin: lan2 ya2

Bluetooth ― a short-distance wireless inter-device communication technology | "藍芽" rather than "藍牙" is used by many manufacturers for the HK/TW market (see the "藍牙" entry in Chinese Wikipedia)

View full entry →

賣魚佬

maai6 jyu4 lou2

Mandarin: mai4 yu2 lao3

Simplified: 卖鱼佬

a fishmonger

View full entry →

保鮮膜

bou2 sin1 mok6*2

wrapping film; clear plastic wrap; "Saran Wrap" | [粵]: 保鮮紙

View full entry →

原意

jyun4 ji3

original intention

View full entry →