Cantonese Dictionary

公開賽

gung hoi1 coi3

Mandarin: gong1 kai1 sai4

open tournament

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但凡

daan6 faan4

Mandarin: dan4 fan2

without exception

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做忌

zou6 gei6

Mandarin: zuo4 ji4

to hold a memorial ceremony of somebody's birthday and death; or may refers to kill or beat somebody up

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民謠歌手

man4 jiu4 go1 sau2

balladeer

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吃虧

hek3 kwai1

Mandarin: chi1 kui1

to take a loss; to suffer misfortune; to come to grief; to bite the dust | Cant.: 蝕底; 輸蝕

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一代豪傑

jat1 doi6 hou4 git6

Mandarin: yi1 dai4 hao2 jie2

Simplified: 一代豪杰

hero of the era

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寡廉鮮恥

gwaa2 lim4 sin1 ci2

Mandarin: gua3 lian2 xian3 chi3

Simplified: 寡廉鲜耻

Shameless

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自己承擔風險

zi6 gei2 sing4 daam1 fung1 him2

Mandarin: zi4ji3 cheng2dan1 feng1xian3

Simplified: 自己承担风险

at your own risk [written and colloquial]

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芬蘭航空

fan1 laan4 hong4 hung1

Finnair

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配

pui3

Mandarin: pei4

to join | to fit | to mate | to mix | to match | to deserve | to make up (a prescription) | to allocate | to join in marriage | a mate | accompainment | to harmonise with | supporting | to equip | to designate | to dispense | to replace | to accessorise | to suit | to qualify | to be worthy of | to exile | to banish | to deport | # adapted from cc-cedict

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上軌道

soeng5 gwai2 dou6

Mandarin: shang4 gui3 dao4

get on the right track; proceed smoothly

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失常性

sat1 soeng4 sing3

Mandarin: shi1 chang2 xing4

[醫]: disorder (lit., "not normal nature")

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侯斯頓

hau4 si1 deon6

Mandarin: hou2 si1 dun4

Simplified: 侯斯顿

Houston, a city in Texas of United Stated

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裇

seot1

Mandarin: xu1

see T裇TxuTxu [裇], shirt | # adapted from cc-cedict

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五蓮

ng5 lin4

Mandarin: wu3 lian2

Wulian (place in Shandong)

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食和

sik6 wu4*2

Cantonese

(mahjong) to win, call to declare 'mahjong' and win the hand | Mandarin speakers typically use 和了

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玻璃瓦

bo1 lei1 ngaa5

Mandarin: bo1 li5 wa3

(noun) glass roof-tile

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鄉人

hoeng1 jan4

a villager; people of the same district.

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衆

zung3

Mandarin: zhong4

many | numerous | crowd | multitude | masses | people | # adapted from cc-cedict

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面皰

min6 paau3

Mandarin: mian4 pao4

pimples; zits | Cant.: 暗瘡 | Syn.: 丘疹; 疙瘩; 青春痘

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落膈

lok6 gaak3

Mandarin: luo4 ge2

allow food to digest properly after meals (spoken)

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祁

kei4

Mandarin: qi2

large | vast | numerous | ample | abundant | to pray | a surname | # adapted from cc-cedict

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活門

wut6 mun4

Mandarin: huo2 men2

valve

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中國城

zung1 gwok3 seng4/sing4

Mandarin: zhong1 guo2 cheng2

[1] Chinatown [2] [Syn.] 唐人街 ; 華埠

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懶懶地

laan5 laan5*2 dei6*2

a little lazy

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淤

jyu3

Mandarin: yu1

silt | river sludge | to silt up | choked with silt | variant of 瘀yū [瘀] | # adapted from cc-cedict

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裡

leoi5 lei5

Mandarin: li3 li5

variant of 裏

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擦亮眼睛

caat3 loeng6 ngaan5 zing1

Mandarin: ca1 liang4 yan3 jing1

remove the scales from one's eyes; sharpen one's vigilance

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登峰造極

dang1 fung1 cou3 gik6

Mandarin: deng1 feng1 zao4 ji2

reaching the zenith/pinnacle; possessing the highest skills

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抌

dam2

Mandarin: zhen3

to bale out water | to dip | to pound | to beat with fist | to smash | to stamp (a chop) | to discard | to throw | to abandon | # adapted from cc-cedict

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