Cantonese Dictionary

táhm tam

Mandarin: all

dang4

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減數分裂

gaam2 sou3 fan1 lit6

Mandarin: jian3 shu4 fen1 lie4

[bio.] meiosis (in sexual reproduction)

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阿SIR

aa3 SIR

Cantonese

sir [as loanword] [1] a teacher [2] a police officer

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判斷

pun3 dyun3; pun3 dyun6

Mandarin: pan4 duan4

[1] to decide; [2] to determine

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忠實

zung1 sat6

Mandarin: zhong1 shi2

Simplified: 忠实

loyal

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山楂

saan1 zaa1

Mandarin: shan1 zha1

hawberry - of the hill haw, type of fruit.

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誠懇

sing4 han2

Mandarin: cheng2 ken3

sincere; honest; cordial; hearty

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孻

laai1

Mandarin: lai2

Simplified: 𡥧

last | youngest (son or daughter) | final | end | # adapted from cc-cedict

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檀香山

taan4 hoeng1 saan1

Honolulu (lit., "sandlewood hill")

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蕃薯

faan4 syu4

Mandarin: fan1 shu3

sweet potato

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揠

ngaat3

Mandarin: ya4

to eradicate | to pull up | # adapted from cc-cedict

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長安

coeng4 on1

Mandarin: chang2 an1

Chang'an, a name of Xi'an before the Ming Dynasty, capital of many dynasties

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檢測

gim2 cak1

Mandarin: jian3 ce4

to detect

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歷史學家

lik6 si2 hok6 gaa1

Mandarin: li4 shi3 xue2 jia1

historian

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失學

sat1 hok6

Mandarin: shi1 xue2

to deprived of schooling opportunities; to have to stop school because of circumstances

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爁

laam4

Mandarin: lan4

to roast; to burn

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槐花

waai4 faa1

Mandarin: huai2 hua1

flower of the Pagoda tree

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租約

zou1 joek3

Mandarin: zu1 yue1

Simplified: 租约

(noun) Rental contract

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金目鱸

gam1 muk6 lou4

Mandarin: jin1 mu4 lu2

Barramundi; Lates calcarifer (catadromous fish of Latidae Perciformes); asian sea bass [粵]盲鰽

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胃火

wai6 fo2

Mandarin: wei4 huo3

The stomach's ability to digest; appetite

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埃及

aai1 kap6

Mandarin: ai1 ji2

Egypt

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話事偈

waa6 si6 gai2

Mandarin: hua4 shi4 ji4

Simplified: 话事偈

as said or quoted (spoken)

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仄聲

zak1 sing1 ; zak1 seng1

Mandarin: ze4 sheng1

[Phonetics] oblique tones; falling and rising tones (in classical Chinese pronunciation)

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光天化日

gwong1 tin1 faa3 jat6

Mandarin: guang1tian1hua4ri4

(noun phrase) Day time (it implies that it has people around)

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命醜

meng6 cau2

Mandarin: ming4 chou3

Simplified: 命丑

Bad fate

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同價

tung4 gaa3

Mandarin: tong2 jia4

Simplified: 同价

at the same price [written and colloquial]

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學級

hok6 kap1

Mandarin: xue2 ji2

class

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月頭

jyut6 tau4

Mandarin: yue4 tou2

Simplified: 月头

at the beginning; start of the month

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薄荷

bok6 ho4

Mandarin: bo4he5

(noun) Mint

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運動腳踏器

wan6 dung6 goek3 daap6 hei3

Mandarin: yun4 dong4 jiao3 ta4 qi4

[sport] stepper, step exerciser [Syn.] 健身腳踏器, 運動健身腳踏器

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