Cantonese Dictionary

唾沫

to3 mut3

Mandarin: tuo4 mo5

saliva

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眼白

ngaan5 baak6*2

the white of the eye

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李綺虹

lei5 ji2 hung4

Mandarin: li3 qi3 hong2

Theresa Lee

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爭些少

zaang1 se1 siu2

Mandarin: zheng1 xie1 shao3

Simplified: 争些少

almost; nearly; still need a bit more; lacking slightly [colloquial]

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當票

dong3 piu3

Mandarin: dang4 piao4

Simplified: 当票

(noun) a pawn-receipt

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代號

doi6 hou6

Mandarin: dai4 hao4

code name; code; mark; designation; tag; code number; code letter

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濠江

hou4 gong1

Mandarin: hao2 jiang1

another name for Macau

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高雄

gou1 hung4

Mandarin: gao1 xiong2

Kaohsiung, a city of southwest Taiwan on the Taiwan Strait

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男女老幼

naam4 neoi5 lou5 jau3

Mandarin: nan2 nv3 lao3 you4

everybody, without distinction of age or sex (Lit. men, women, old and young)

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單項式

daan1 hong6 sik1

Mandarin: dan1 xiang4 shi4

Simplified: 单项式

monomial

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服務行業

fuk6 mou6 hong4 jip6

Mandarin: fu2 wu4 hang2 ye4

Simplified: 服务行业

the service industry

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現今

jin6 gam1

Mandarin: xian4 jin1

now, nowadays, modern

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綿

min4

Mandarin: mian2

Simplified: 绵

silk floss | continuous | soft | weak | mild-mannered (dialect) | cotton wad | wool | downy | # adapted from cc-cedict

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打雀噉眼

daa2 zoek3 gam2 ngaan5

Cantonese

looking with concentration; look intently and fixedly; gawking

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牙鉸

ngaa4 gaau2

Mandarin: ya2 jiao3

Simplified: 牙铰

lower jaw | chatting

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除草

ceoi4 cou2

weeding

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峇

hap6

Mandarin: ba1

(used in transliteration) | cave | cavern | # adapted from cc-cedict

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跌落

dit3 lok6

Mandarin: die1 luo4

to fall; to fall down; to fall into

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盤古大陸

pun4 gu2 daai6 luk6

Mandarin: pan2 gu3 da4 lu4

Pangaea continent (lit., "original continent"), the single earth mass which eventually split into the seven continents [Syn.] 原始大陸

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勢估唔到

sai3 gu2 m4 dou3

Mandarin: shi4 gu1 wu2 dao4

Simplified: 势估唔到

Cantonese

unforeseeable; unpredictable

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豈有

hei2 jau5

Mandarin: qi3 you3

Simplified: 岂有

how come there is

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闃寂

gwik1 zik6

Mandarin: qu4 ji2 [TW] / ji4 [PRC]

tranquil; quiet

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平昌

ping4 coeng1

Mandarin: ping2 chang1

Pingchang (place in Sichuan), Ping Cheong

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走埠

zau2 fau6

Mandarin: zou3 bu4

always on the move internationally for a living (spoken)

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天真

tin1 zan1

Mandarin: tian1 zhen1

naive; innocent; artless

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國家機關

gwok3 gaa1 gei1 gwaan1

Mandarin: guo2 jia1 ji1 guan1

Simplified: 国家机关

National organizations

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láih

Mandarin: all

li3

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喜劇

hei2 kek6

Mandarin: xi3 ju4

comedy

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倜

tik1

Mandarin: ti4

energetic | exalted | magnanimous | unrestrained | # adapted from cc-cedict

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báan

Mandarin: all

ban3 ban4

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