Cantonese Dictionary

一字不識

jat1 zi6 bat1 sik1

Mandarin: yi1 zi4 bu4 shi4 (TW) / shi2 (PRC)

illiterate; unable to read even on character (word)

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滎

jing4

Mandarin: xing2

Simplified: 荥

place name | rising and dashing of waves | # adapted from cc-cedict

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黨羽

dong2 jyu5

acolytes, partisans

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蛇

seu4

Mandarin: she2

used in transliteration for 'sir', in addressing a policeman or a male school teacher | # adapted from cc-cedict

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格仔紙

gaak3 zai2 zi2

Mandarin: ge2 zi3 zhi3

Simplified: 格仔纸

grid paper; graph paper; squared paper

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三陪

saam1 pui4

Mandarin: san1pei2

an escort in a nightclub; the service to accompany customers to drink, to eat and to have sex; describes the phenomenon of escort services observed in the officialdom in mainland China [written and colloquial]

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新約

san1 joek3

New Testament

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花灑喉管

faa1 saa2 hau4 gun2

a shower hose

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逝去

sai6 heoi3

Mandarin: shi4 qu4

elapse; elapsed; passing

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傾談

king1 taam4

Mandarin: qing1 tan2

to have a good heart-to-heart talk

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遭殃

zou1 joeng1

Mandarin: zao1yang1

(verb) Been in a calamity

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形象

jing4 zoeng6

Mandarin: xing2 xiang4

image; form

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長蟲

coeng4 cung4

Mandarin: chang2 chong2

a snake | usu. 蛇 (se4)

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述職

seot6 zik1

Mandarin: shu4 zhi2

Simplified: 述职

report to senior on one's work or progress

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螺帽

lo4 mou6*2

screw cap

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滅音器

mit6 jam1 hei3

Mandarin: mie4 yin1 qi4

a silencer (on a gun)

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特赦

dak6 se3

amnesty; special pardon

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久咳

gau2 kat1

Mandarin: jiu3 ke2

a lingering cough

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纏住

cin4 zyu6

Mandarin: chan2 zhu4

Simplified: 缠住

(verb) entangle; or (verb) being obsessed by something

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畜牧業

cuk1 muk6 jip6

Mandarin: xu4 mu4 ye4

livestock husbandry; animal husbandry; stockbreeding

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比威力

bei2 wai1 lik6

Mandarin: bi3 wei1 li4

yield-to-weight ratio

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難明

naan4 ming4

Mandarin: nan2 ming2

Simplified: 难明

difficult to understand

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母語

mou5 jyu5

Mandarin: mu3 yu3

native language; mother tongue

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哥羅仿

go1 lo4 fong1

Mandarin: ge1 luo2 fang3

Simplified: 哥罗仿

Chloroform

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遲到早退

ci4 dou3 zou2 teoi3

to arrive late but to leave early

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入學

jap6 hok6

Mandarin: ru4 xue2

to enrol (US: enroll) in school / college

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窒住晒

zat6 zyu6 saai3

Mandarin: zhi4 zhu4 shai4

to keep interrupting; to break someone's concentration [colloquial]

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入泊車錶

jap6 paak3 ce1 biu1

to insert coins into a parking meter

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遊行

jau4 haang4

Mandarin: you2 xing2

march; parade; demonstration

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奉子成婚

fung6 zi2 sing4 fan1

Mandarin: feng4 zi3 cheng2 hun1

a shotgun marriage/wedding, a marriage forced due to unplanned pregnancy, sometime to hide the fact that a child was conceived out of wedlock

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