Cantonese Dictionary

東南

dung1 naam4

Mandarin: dong1 nan2

southeast

View full entry →

甜麵醬

tim4 min6 zoeng3

Mandarin: tian2 mian4 jiang4

Simplified: 甜面酱

sweet bean sauce for mixing into noodles

View full entry →

鼻哥窿

bei6 go1 lung1

Mandarin: bi2 ge1 long2

nostril

View full entry →

竊

sit3

Mandarin: qie4

Simplified: 窃

to steal | secretly | (humble) I | thief | stealthily | # adapted from cc-cedict

View full entry →

南洲站

naam4 zau1 zaam6

Mandarin: nan2 zhou1 zhan4

Nanzhou Station, a subway station in Guangzhou, China

View full entry →

初潮

co1 ciu4

Mandarin: chu1 chao2

menarche

View full entry →

羊城

joeng4 sing4

[n] a name for Guangzhou (Canton)

View full entry →

小叔

siu2 suk1

Mandarin: xiao3 shu1

husband's younger brother; brother-in-law

View full entry →

欽

jam1

Mandarin: qin1

Simplified: 钦

to respect | to admire | to venerate | by the emperor himself | respectful | respectfully | to adore | # adapted from cc-cedict

View full entry →

書院

syu1 jyun2

Mandarin: shu1yuan4

Simplified: 书院

(noun) 1. School; 2. College

View full entry →

貯

zyu2

Mandarin: zhu4

Simplified: 贮

to store | to save | stockpile | Taiwan pr. [zhǔ] | to hoard | # adapted from cc-cedict

View full entry →

艇仔

teng5 zai2

Mandarin: ting3 zi3

describes someone who is working for an illegal gambling boss or someone who acts as a middleman between the borrower and the loan shark; a small boat; a soup spoon

View full entry →

工

gung1

Mandarin: gong1

work | worker | skill | profession | trade | craft | labor | man-days | skilled | skillful | dextrous | good at | expert at | shift | time used in doing a piece of work | engineering or building project | defense work | fine | KangXi radical 48 | # adapted from cc-cedict

View full entry →

頑抗

waan4 kong3

Mandarin: wan2 kang4

Simplified: 顽抗

resist with persistance

View full entry →

鈒骨

zaap6 gwat1

Cantonese

overedging to avoid fabric from coming out at cut edges

View full entry →

圓心

jyun4 sam1

Mandarin: yuan2 xin1

centre of a circle

View full entry →

樸

pok3

Mandarin: pu3

Simplified: 朴

plain and simple | Taiwan pr. [pú] | unrefined | unadorned | honest | uncarved wood | # adapted from cc-cedict

View full entry →

印花

jan3 faa1

Mandarin: yin4hua1

(noun) (of coupon) Stamp; (adjective) (of textile) 1. Floral-print; (verb) | Print with flower

View full entry →

性傳染病

sing3 cyun4 jim5 bing6 /beng6

Mandarin: xing4 chuan2 ran3 bing4

sexually transmitted disease

View full entry →

問起

man6 hei2

Mandarin: wen4 qi3

Simplified: 问起

ask about

View full entry →

酷愛

huk6 oi3

Mandarin: ku4 ai4

revel in, wrapped up in; is very fond of

View full entry →

大粒墨

daai6 lap1 mak6*2

a person with a big mole (also 大粒癦); an important official

View full entry →

黃棃

wong4 lei4

pineapple

View full entry →

劣質

lyut3 zat1

Mandarin: lie4 zhi4

inferior; shoddy; substandard; of poor/low quality

View full entry →

票匭

piu3 gwai2

Mandarin: piao4 gui3

1. ballot box 2. ticket box

View full entry →

舢舨

saan1 baan2

Mandarin: shan1 ban3

small boat; sampan | Originally '三板' | Cant.: 艇仔

View full entry →

厝

cou3

Mandarin: cuo4

to lay in place | to put | to place a coffin in a temporary location pending burial | to cut or engrave | a grave | tombstone | # adapted from cc-cedict

View full entry →

執笠

zap1 lap1

Mandarin: zhi2 li4

Simplified: 执笠

Cantonese

(phrasal verb) to close down a business

View full entry →

引人入勝

jan5 jan4 jap6 sing3

attractive; eye-catching

View full entry →

崗巴

gong1 baa1

Mandarin: gang3 ba1

Gangba (place in Tibet)

View full entry →