Cantonese Dictionary

天兵

tin1 bing1

Mandarin: tian1 bing1

soldiers from the heaven

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搖頭丸

jiu4 tau4 jyun4*2

Mandarin: yao2 tou2 wan2

Ecstasy, MDMA

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天柱

tin1 cyu5

Mandarin: tian1 zhu4

Tianzhu (place in Guizhou)

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小指

siu2 zi2

little finger, pinky finger

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蹀躞

dip6 sip3

Mandarin: die2 xie4

1. to stroll; to walk in small steps 2.wander back and forth; loiter

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體無完膚

tai2 mou4 jyun4 fu1

Mandarin: ti3 wu2 wan2 fu1

have not even one place on the body without cut and bruises

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硬盤

ngaang6 pun4

Mandarin: ying4 pan2

hard disk, hard drive | cf., 軟盤

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紙皮石

zi2 pei4 sek6

Mandarin: zhi3 pi2 shi2

Simplified: 纸皮石

mosaic tiles

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汾

fan4

Mandarin: fen2

name of a river in Shanxi province

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明眸皓齒

ming4 mau4 hou6 ci2

Mandarin: ming2 mou2 hao4 chi3

(of a lovely woman) have glowing eyes and white teeth

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善

sin6

Mandarin: shan4

[1] good; virtuous; charitable; kind; goodness; virtue; good deeds; benevolent actions [2] [v] be good at; be skilled in [3] [v] perfect; make a success of [4] [v] remedy; relieve [5] properly

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供款

gung1 fun2

Mandarin: gong4 kuan3

contributions (fund) | repayment (mortgage, car etc.)

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擺動軸

baai2 dung6 zuk6

Mandarin: bai3 dong4 zhou2

oscillating axle

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電器舖

din6 hei3 pou3

Mandarin: dian4 qi4 pu4

Simplified: 电器铺

electronic store

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勁悶

ging6 mun6

Mandarin: jin4 men4

Simplified: 劲闷

Very boring

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亞駝

aa3 to4

Mandarin: ya4 tuo2

Simplified: 亚驼

Call | name someone humpback

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鑌鐵

ban1 tit3

Mandarin: bin1 tie3

Simplified: 镔铁

Damascus steel, a type of refined iron

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四舊

sei3 gau6

Mandarin: si4 jiu4

the "four olds" (old ideas, old culture, old customs and old habits) target of the Cultural Revolution

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雙軌制

soeng1 gwai2 zai3

Mandarin: shuang1 gui3 zhi4

Simplified: 双轨制

double-track system (the co-existence of state fixed price and the market price); a binary plan

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插銷

caap3 siu1

Mandarin: cha1 xiao1

to bolt/plug

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柿子

ci5 zi2

Mandarin: shi4 zi5

persimmon, kaki

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滴汗

dik6 hon6

Cantonese

confusion or embarrassment (lit., "droplets of sweat")

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唔係幾...

m4 hai6 gei2

Mandarin: wu2 xi4 ji3

Cantonese

not really...

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艄

saau1

Mandarin: shao1

stern (ship); rudder; helm

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紛

fan1

Mandarin: fen1

Simplified: 纷

numerous | confused | disorderly | in disorder | scattered | tangled | dispute | # adapted from cc-cedict

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豆沙喉

dau6 saa1 hau4

Mandarin: dou4 sha1 hou2

a hoarse voice

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客戶關係管理軟體

haak3 wu6 gwaan1 hai6 gun2 lei5 jyun5 tai2

customer-relationship-management (CRM) software

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滯留

zai6 lau4

Mandarin: zhi4 liu2

to be held up; to remain in a place unwillingly

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諉罪

wai2 zeoi6

Mandarin: wei3 zui4

to shift the blame to sb. else [Also written 委罪] [Syn]遷咎；諉過；委咎；推卸罪責

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黑痣

hak1 zi3

Mandarin: hei1 zhi4

mole (small congenital growth on the human skin)

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