Cantonese Dictionary

海珠廣場站

hoi2 zyu1 gwong2 coeng4 zaam6

Mandarin: hai3 zhu1 guang3 chang3 zhan4

Simplified: 海珠广场站

Haizhu Square Station, a metro station in Guangzhou, China

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生殖系統

sang1 zik6 hai6 tung2

Mandarin: sheng1 zhi2 xi4 tong3

reproductive system

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麥豆

maak6/mak6 dau6*2

Cantonese

peas

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紅腸

hung4 coeng4*2

Cantonese

pork sausage; Western style sausage

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飯盒

faan6 hap6*2

Mandarin: fan4 he2

lunch box; packed lunch

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惱

nou5

Mandarin: nao3

Simplified: 恼

to get angry | to be irritated | unhappy | upset | depressed | # adapted from cc-cedict

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啪丸

paak1 jyun4*2

Cantonese

pop pills

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做乜

zou6 mat1

Mandarin: zuo4 mie1

Cantonese

(verb) what are you doing?; (interrogative adverbs) why

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負面

fu6 min6*2

negative (as in "negative criticism")

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偷情

tau1 cing4

Mandarin: tou1 qing2

adultery, extramarital relationship, illicit relationship, to have an illicit affair [粵]: 偷食, 去滾

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伸開

san1 hoi1

Mandarin: shen1 kai1

to stretch out, uncoil

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紅噹噹

hung4 dong1 dong6

Mandarin: hong2 dang1 dang5

Simplified: 红当当

very red

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飛毛腿電池

fei1 mou4 teoi2 din6 ci4

Mandarin: fei1 mao2 tui3 dian4 chi2

Scud battery (a China mobile phone battery brand)

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事態

si6 taai3

Mandarin: shi4 tai4

state of affairs

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翻唱

faan1 coeng3

sing songs by other artists, cover

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運動學

wan6 dung6 hok6

Mandarin: yun4 dong4 xue2

kinematics

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泡哥

paau1 go1

Mandarin: pao4 ge1

a pickpocket

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阻擋

zo2 dong2

Mandarin: zu3dang3

Simplified: 阻挡

(verb) Block (sunlight etc.)

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左公雞

zo2 gung1 gai1

Mandarin: zuo3 gong1ji1

Simplified: 左公鸡

General Tso's chicken, an American Chinese dish [written and colloquial]

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間房

gaan3 fong2

Mandarin: jian1 fang2

Simplified: 间房

to partition a room; to charge customers sharing a taxi together per head instead (to split the cost) [colloquial]

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七孔生煙

cat1 hung2 sang1 jin1

Mandarin: qi1 kong3 sheng1 yan1

Simplified: 七孔生烟

lit. steaming from seven holes, meaning one is extremely angry

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日以繼夜

jat6 ji5 gai3 je6

Mandarin: ri4 yi3 ji4 ye4

Simplified: 日以继夜

noun; day in and day out; round the clock; stay up till dawn

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社

se5

Mandarin: she4

[1] the god of the soil; god of land [2] [n] society; community [3] [n] association; organisation; corporation; agency

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幻覺

waan6 gok3

Mandarin: huan4 jue2

illusion, phantasm

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女生

neoi5 saang1

schoolgirl

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伊斯蘭激進份子

ji1 si1 laan4 gik1 zeon3 fan6 zi2

radical Islamic extremists

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笑逐顔開

siu3 zuk6 ngaan4 hoi1

Mandarin: xiao4 zhu2 yan2 kai1

to beam with a smile; of one's face to be lit up with a smile

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恐水病

hung2 seoi2 beng6

Mandarin: kong3 shui3 bing4

rabies virus, hydrophobia [also] 狂犬病, 瘋狗症

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不自覺

bat1 zi6 gok3

not aware

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三角架

saam1 gok3 gaa2

Mandarin: san1 jiao3 jia4

Tripod

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