Cantonese Dictionary

播德

bo3 dak1

Cantonese

{Malaysia and Singapore usage} bald (head), hairless; e.g. 播德头

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蕩失路

dong6 sat1 lou6

Mandarin: dang4 shi1 lu4

Simplified: 荡失路

(slang) to be lost; to lose one's way

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採擷

coi2 kit3

Mandarin: cai3 xie2

Simplified: 采撷

verb; pick; gather; take selections

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大獎

daai6 zoeng2

Mandarin: da4 jiang3

[n] grand prix

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台灣民主自治同盟

toi4 waan1 man4 zyu2 zi6 zi6 tung4 mang4

Mandarin: tai2 wan1 min2 zhu3 zi4 zhi4 tong2 meng2

Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League

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白蟻

baak6 ngai5

Mandarin: bai2 yi3

white ants, termites, termite

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hēui hēu

Mandarin: all

xu1 shi1

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橋樑滾子

kiu4 loeng4 gwan2 zi2

Mandarin: qiao2 liang2 gun3 zi5

bridge rollers

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煞食

saat3 sik6

Mandarin: sha1 shi2

effective; killer move (spoken)

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丘

jau1

Mandarin: qiu1

mound | hillock | grave | a plot, classifier for fields | a surname | the first name of Confucius | a settlement | habitat | to place a coffin containing a dead body in a temporary shelter whilst pending burial | # adapted from cc-cedict

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共線

gung6 sin3

Mandarin: gong4 xian4

[math.] collinear

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種

zung3

Mandarin: zhong3

Simplified: 种

to grow | to plant | to cultivate | to vaccinate | to receive vaccination | # adapted from cc-cedict

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每隔

mui5 gaak3

Mandarin: mei3 ge2

at intervals of; every (so often)

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必要時

bit1 jiu3 si4

Mandarin: bi4 yao4 shi2

Simplified: 必要时

as the occasion requires; if necessary

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悚

sung2

Mandarin: song3

terrified; fearful; horrified; dreadful

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入黑

jap6 hak1

dusk

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種子

zung2 zi2

Mandarin: zhong3 zi5

seed

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拗撬

aau3 giu6

Mandarin: ao3 qiao4

(noun | verb) a quarrel; an argument; a disagreement; to dispute; to fight; to brawl

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世界末日

sai3 gaai3 mut6 jat6

apocalypse; armageddon

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長方體

coeng4 fong1 tai2

Mandarin: chang2 fang1 ti3

[math.] cuboid

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窮追不捨

kung4 zeoi1 bat1 se2

Mandarin: qiong2 zhui1 bu4 she3

relentlessly pursue; be in hot pursuit of

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皮質

pei4 zat1

Mandarin: pi2 zhi2

[sci.] cortex

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師太

si1 taai3

Mandarin: shi1 tai4

Simplified: 师太

female master; wife of male master

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政治改革

zing3 zi6 goi2 gaak1

Mandarin: zheng4 zhi4 gai3 ge2

political reform

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禹

jyu5

Mandarin: yu3

Yu the Great - legendary founder of the Xia dynasty (21st-16th BC) and reputed tamer of floods

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受污染

sau6 wu1 jim5

contaminated

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禱

tou2

Mandarin: dao3

Simplified: 祷

prayer | pray | supplication | to plead | to entreat | # adapted from cc-cedict

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漣源地區

lin4 jyun4 dei6 keoi1

Mandarin: lian2 yuan2 di4 qu1

Lianyuan district (district in Hunan)

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jyūn

Mandarin: all

zun1

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路霸

lou6 baa3

hog the road

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