Cantonese Dictionary

㗎話

gaa4 waa6*2

Cantonese

the Japanese language

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頭暈身㷫

tau4 wan4 san1 hing3

Mandarin: tou2 yun1 shen1 qing3

Simplified: 头晕身㷫

to have a fever and feel dizzy

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孟

maang6

Mandarin: meng4

first month of a season | eldest amongst brothers | first in series | a surname | eminent | # adapted from cc-cedict

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承聞

seng4 man4

Mandarin: cheng2 wen2

Simplified: 承闻

verb; heard from other sources

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希望

hei1 mong6

Mandarin: xi1 wang4

to hope; hope; wish

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特等病房

dak6 dang2 beng6 fong4*2

special accommodation ward

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軟骨病

jyun5 gwat1 beng6

Mandarin: ruan3 gu3 bing4

rickets

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跑鐘

paau2 zung1

Mandarin: pao3 zhong1

Simplified: 跑钟

to work as a prostitute [colloquial]

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土壤侵蝕

tou2 joeng6 cam1 sik6

Mandarin: tu3 rang3 qin1 shi2

soil erosion

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年糕

nin4 gou1

Mandarin: nian2gao1

(festival food) Chinese New Year's cake or steamed sticky cake

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檸檬葉

ning4 mung4 jip6

lemongrass

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重挫

cung5 co3

Mandarin: zhong4 cuo4

losing ground; fall dramatically

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裝瘋賣傻

zong1 fung1 maai6 so4

Mandarin: zhuang1 feng1 mai4 sha3

pretend to be crazy; feign madness; act like a madman [Syn]詐癲扮傻；詐傻扮懵

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編織物

pin1 zik1 mat6

knit

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魔術

mo1 seot6

Mandarin: mo2 shu4

Simplified: 魔术

magical

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暗號

am3 hou6

Mandarin: an4 hao4

secret signal (sign); countersign; cipher

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木呆呆

muk6 ngoi4 ngoi4

Cantonese

stupid, "wooden"

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鬼責

gwai2 zaak3

Mandarin: gui3 ze2

Simplified: 鬼责

(to be pressed down by a ghost); feeling of something pressing down on a person during sleep

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妾侍

cip3 si6

Mandarin: qie4 shi4

concubine; maid

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轉數快

zyun2 sou3 faai3

Mandarin: zhuan3 shu4 kuai4

Cantonese

sharp, quick-witted, smart, can think and respond fast

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鮮茄牛肉飯

sin1 ke4*2 ngau4 juk6 faan6

rice with stir-fried tomato and sliced beef

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男歡女愛

naam4 fun1 neoi5 oi3

Mandarin: nan2 huan1 nv3 ai4

1.love relationship between a man and a woman (usually of sexual nature)

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龍魚

lung4 jyu4*2

Mandarin: long2 yu2

dragonfish, asian arowana, asian bonytongue, scleropages formosus [Syn.] 亞洲龍魚

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宣傳單張

syun1 cyun4 daan1 zoeng1

Mandarin: xuan1 chuan2 dan1 zhang1

Simplified: 宣传单张

promotional leaflets

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自尊

zi6 zyun1

Mandarin: zi4 zun1

self-esteem; self-respect [Syn.] 自尊心

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後勤

hau6 kan4

Mandarin: hou4 qin2

backup; logistics

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藍妹

laam4 mui6*2

Blue Girl Beer

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最高峰

zeoi3 gou1 fung1

Mandarin: zui4 gao1 feng1

at the highest peak

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異想世界

ji6 soeng2 sai3 gaai3

Mandarin: yi4 xiang3 shi4 jie4

imagination / fantasy / extraordinary world

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形聲字

jing4 seng1 zi6

Mandarin: xing2 sheng1 zi4

radical plus phonetic (one of the Six Methods 六書 of forming Chinese characters) / also known as phonogram, phonetic compound or picto-phonetic character

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