Cantonese Dictionary

折磨

zit3 mo4

Mandarin: zhe2mo2

(noun) Torture; (verb) 1. Torture

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砂礫

saa1 lik1

Mandarin: sha1 li4

gravel

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出生地

ceot1 saang1 dei6

Mandarin: chu1 sheng1 di4

birthplace

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許可

heoi2 ho2

Mandarin: xu3 ke3

to allow; to permit

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嗄

ngaai3

Mandarin: a2

hoarseness of voice | # adapted from cc-cedict

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疙瘩

gat6 daap3

Mandarin: ge1 da5

[1] swelling; bump on the skin; pimple; lump [2] knot; lump [粵]: 纈 [3] (fig.) a lump in one's throat; a knot in one's stomach; butterflies in one's stomach; hang-up; burden

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jó

Mandarin: cantonese-only

zhu3 zuo5

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密西根

mat6 sai1 gan1

Mandarin: mi4 xi1 gen1

Michigan

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接手

zip3 sau2

Mandarin: jie1 shou3

receiving hand (one of the Wing Chun/Ving Tsun kung fu 詠春拳's hand movement)

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紅麴米

hung4 kuk1 mai5

Mandarin: hong2 qu2 mi3

red yeast rice

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窗鉤

coeng1 ngau1

a window hook, a window catch

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分佈式結構

fan1 bou3 sik1 git3 kau3

Mandarin: fen1 bu4 shi4 jie2 gou4

distributed architecture

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愛美神飛彈

oi3 mei5 san4 fei1 daan2

Mandarin: ai4mei3 shen2 fei1dan4

Simplified: 爱美神飞弹

describes someone with a very big breast [colloquial]

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yìh

Mandarin: all

yi2

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王字邊

wong4 zi6 bin1

Mandarin: wang2 zi4 bian1

Simplified: 王字边

refers to the Kangxi (radical 96) ⺩ part of a Chinese character

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西洋跳棋

sai1 joeng4 tiu3 kei4*2

English draughts, American checkers

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事情要做

si6 cing4 jiu3 zou6

Mandarin: shi4 qing2 yao4 zuo4

thing that needs to be done

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一哄而散

jat1 hung6 ji4 saan3

Mandarin: yi1 hong1 er2 san4

(idiom) disperse in confusion

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做出

zou6 ceot1

Mandarin: zuo4 chu1

to put out, to issue

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老頭

lou5 tau4

Mandarin: lao3 tou2

an old fellow (disrespectful)

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摀

ng2

Mandarin: wu3

to enclose | to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears) | to cover up (an affair) | contrary | to contradict | # adapted from cc-cedict

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好心情

hou2 sam1 cing4

Mandarin: hao3 xin1 qing2

in a good mood

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來路

loi4 lou6*2

Cantonese

imported or foreign-made (goods)

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切賓州

cit3 ban1 zau1

Mandarin: qie4 Bin1zhou1

Simplified: 切宾州

to cut off one's bit (penis) [colloquial]

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一鑊

jat1 wok6

Mandarin: yi1 huo4

Simplified: 一镬

lit. a wok, meaning at once

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主根

zyu2 gan1

Mandarin: zhu3 gen1

Main root

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排骨精

paai4 gwat1 zing1

Mandarin: pai2 gu3 jing1

noun;skinny person

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重考

cung4 haau2

to re-sit an exam

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迥然不同

gwing2 jin4 bat1 tung4

Mandarin: jiong3 ran2 bu4 tong2

completely different; poles apart [Syn]截然不同，大相徑庭；天差地別；天壤之別；涇渭分明；迥乎不同；迥不相同；霄壤之別；天淵之別；截然有異；千差萬別；判若天淵，判若雲泥；雲泥之別

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臨尾

lam4 mei5*1

Mandarin: lin2 wei4

Cantonese

final; at the end

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