Cantonese Dictionary

西餐房

sai1 caan1 fong2

Mandarin: xi1 can1 fang2

a western food restaurant

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無上裝

mou4 soeng6 zong1

Mandarin: wu2 shang4 zhuang1

Simplified: 无上装

topless

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彝良

ji4 loeng4

Mandarin: yi2 liang2

Yiliang (place in Yunnan)

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圓玄學院

jyun4 jyun4 hok6 jyun2

Mandarin: yuan2 xuan2 xue2 yuan4

Simplified: 圆玄学院

Yuen Yuen Institute

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初更

co1 gaang1

first watch of the night (contrast to 巡更)

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燈飾

dang1 sik1

Mandarin: deng1 shi4

Simplified: 灯饰

(noun) Lighting fixture

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眼超超

ngaan5 ciu1 ciu1

Mandarin: yan3 chao1 chao1

staring

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叫床

giu3 cong4

Mandarin: jiao4 chuang2

sounds of ecstasy made during sex

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負累

fu6 leoi6

Mandarin: fu4 lei4

burden

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詛

zo3 zo2

Mandarin: zu3

curse; swear; wish sb evil

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俊雅

zeon3 ngaa5

Mandarin: jun4 ya3

of delicate beauty and elegant

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嘆茶

taan3 caa4

Mandarin: tan4 cha2

Simplified: 叹茶

to enjoy tea

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上班

soeng5 baan1

Mandarin: shang4 ban1

to go to work. | Cant.: 返工

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門檻

mun4 laam6

Mandarin: men2 kan3

doorsill, threshold, the ways, esp. of doing business

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街坊福利會

gaai1 fong1 fuk1 lei6 wui6*2

Mandarin: jie1 fang1 fu2 li4 hui4

neighbourhood welfare association

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調校

tiu4 gaau3

Mandarin: tiao2 jiao4

Simplified: 调校

to adjust; to calibrate

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剷草

caan2 cou2

Mandarin: chan3 cao3

remove weeds; to weed

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鄉下

hoeng1 haa6*2

Mandarin: xiang1 xia4

village; country (as opposed to town or city); countryside; rural; hometown, native place

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敬禮

ging3 lai5

Mandarin: jing4 li3

salute

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考試

haau2 si5; haau2 si3

Mandarin: kao3 shi4

[n] examination; test [v] sit for an examination; take an examination

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臨時工

lam4 si4 gung1

Mandarin: lin2 shi2 gong1

a temporary (worker)

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浮現

fau4 jin6

emerge; ray; rise

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戟

gik1

Mandarin: ji3

halberd | long handled weapon with pointed tip and crescent blade | combined spear and battle-ax | to excite | to stimulate | # adapted from cc-cedict

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土家族

tou2 gaa1 zuk6

Mandarin: tu3 jia1 zu2

the Tujia nationality distributed over Hunan and Hubei

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沉痛的

cam4 tung3 dik1

Mandarin: chen2 tong4 de5

[adj] lamentable

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針包

zam1 baau1

Mandarin: zhen1 bao1

pincushion

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性交

sing3 gaau1

Mandarin: xing4 jiao1

sex [written and colloquial]

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生出

saang1 ceot1

Mandarin: sheng1 chu1

to give birth

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強力紙夾

koeng4 lik6 zi2 gaap3

Mandarin: qiang2 li4 zhi3 jia1

a bulldog clip

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首先

sau2 sin1

Mandarin: shou3 xian1

first of all; in the first place

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