Cantonese Dictionary

斬手指

zaam2 sau2 zi2

Mandarin: zhan3 shou3zhi3

Simplified: 斩手指

to give up gambling; literally: to chop off one's fingers [colloquial]

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蝶戀花

dip6 lyun2 faa1

Mandarin: die2 lian4 hua1

Simplified: 蝶恋花

Butterflies over flower, the name of a tune

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國民黨軍隊

gwok3 man4 dong2 gwan1 deoi6*2

Mandarin: guo2 min2 dang3 jun1 dui4

nationalist forces

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筆記本計算機

bat1 gei3 bun2 gai3 syun3 gei1

Mandarin: bi3 ji4 ben3 ji4 suan4 ji1

laptop; notebook (computer)

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電插座

din6 caap3 zo6

Mandarin: dian4 cha1 zuo4

electric sockets

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它們

taa1 mun4

Mandarin: ta1 men5

them; they | Neuter gender third-person plural pronoun | Cant.: 佢哋

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請柬

ceng2 gaan2

Mandarin: qing3 jian3

invitation card

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辣味

laat6 mei6

Mandarin: la4 wei4

spicy

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構想

gau3 soeng2

Mandarin: gou4 xiang3

idea; concept; conception

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滄海

cong1 hoi2

Mandarin: cang1 hai3

Simplified: 沧海

the vast ocean

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電視綫路

din6 si6 sin3 lou6

(n.) television channel (cl: tiu4 條)

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心得

sam1 dak1

Mandarin: xin1 de2

expertise

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兵員

bing1 jyun4

Mandarin: bing1 yuan2

soldiers; troops

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手指

sau2 zi2

Mandarin: shou3 zhi3

(slang) (of computer garget) USB flash drive

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案由

on3 jau4

Mandarin: an4 you2

main points of a case; brief; summary

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紅裝

hung4 zong1

Mandarin: hong2 zhuang1

Simplified: 红装

a lady's Sunday best (clothes); a young woman

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合計

hap6 gai3

Cantonese

grand total

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冇啖好食

mou5 daam6 hou2 sik6

Mandarin: mao3 dan4 hao3 shi2

Cantonese

to suffer difficult times; to struggle to make a living (literally 'nothing good to eat')

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消防船

siu1 fong4 syun4

fireboat

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捏

nip6

Mandarin: nie1

to pinch (with one's fingers) | to knead | to make up | to mold | to bring together | to fabricate | to cook up | to clench | # adapted from cc-cedict

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釋迦

sik1 gaa1

Mandarin: shi4 jia1

[1] Gautama Siddhartha; Sakyamuni Buddha [2] sugar-apple, sweetsop

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灰色收入

fui1 sik1 sau1 jap6

Mandarin: hui1 se4 shou1 ru4

income from moonlighting (lit., "gray income")

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子洲

zi2 zau1

Mandarin: zi3 zhou1

Zizhou (place in Shaanxi)

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注意

zyu3 ji3

Mandarin: zhu4 yi4

take note; pay attention

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武漢

mou5 hon3

Mandarin: wu3 han4

Wuhan, capital of Hubei province in central China on the Yangtze River

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大油

daai6 jau4*2

Mandarin: da4 you2

lard

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善終

sin6 zung1

Mandarin: shan4 zhong1

Simplified: 善终

to have a peaceful or good death

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飛

fei1

Mandarin: fei1

Simplified: 飞

to fly | to dart | to float | to dump (break up with) someone | to travel by plane | to rush to somewhere | to toss | to throw | to skip pass | to flutter | to move swiftly | to cut (hair) | flying | a ticket | a bullet | a hoodlum | quanitifyer for cigarettes | # adapted from cc-cedict

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溫兆倫

wan1 siu6 leon4

Mandarin: wen1 zhao4 lun2

Simplified: 温兆伦

Deric Wan Siu-lun, a Hong Kong actor, singer and songwriter

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南丹

naam4 daan1

Mandarin: nan2 dan1

Nandan (place in Guangxi)

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