Cantonese Dictionary

上墳

soeng5 fan4

Mandarin: shang4 fen2

visit a grave to honor the memory of the dead; to sweep the tombs (of one's ancestors); the Qingming festival

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過頭

gwo3 tau4

Mandarin: guo4 tou2

Cantonese

too much; to excess | Used in Cant. speech as an alternative to 太 (too; excessively), so instead of "太(adjective)", "(adjective)過頭" is used instead. | eg.: 大過頭 too big

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包辦

baau1 baan6

Mandarin: bao1 ban4

to take care of everything concerning a job; to run the whole show

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ngàahm

Mandarin: all

yan2

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關押

gwaan1 aap3

Mandarin: guan1 ya1

to put in prison; to imprison

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五號

ng5 hou6

Mandarin: wu3 hao4

the fifth; fifth day of a month

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收虧

sau1 kwai1

Mandarin: shou1 kui1

Simplified: 收亏

to accept bribes [colloquial]

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養家

joeng5 gaa1

[v] to support one's family

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山茶

saan1 caa4

camellia

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淨

zing6

Mandarin: jing4

Simplified: 净

clean | completely | only | net (income, exports etc) | (Chinese opera) painted face male role | pure | cleanse | # adapted from cc-cedict

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履歷書

lei5 lik6 syu1

résumé; resume; curriculum vitae

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木偶奇遇記

muk6 ngau5 kei4 jyu6 gei3

Pinocchio, the marionette of the children's story by Italian author Carlo Collodi

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酵素

haau3 sou3

Mandarin: xiao4 su4 (Taiwan), jiao4 su4 (PRC)

enzyme

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孔明燈

hung2 ming4 dang1

Mandarin: kong3 ming2 deng1

Simplified: 孔明灯

noun; Kong Ming lantern or sky lantern

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譏

gei1

Mandarin: ji1

Simplified: 讥

to ridicule | to jeer | to mock | to inspect | # adapted from cc-cedict

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新金縣

san1 gam1 jyun6

Mandarin: xin1 jin1 xian4

Xinjin county (county in Liaoning)

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刁喬扭擰

diu1 kiu4 nau2 ning6

to be fussy; to keep refusing when offered a series of choices

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寢室

cam2 sat1

Mandarin: qin3 shi4

[1] dormitory [2] bedroom

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匍匐莖

pou4 fuk6 ging3

Mandarin: pu2 ​fu2​ jing1

runner; stolon (crawling stems on plants such as strawberries)

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脛

hing5

Mandarin: jing4

Simplified: 胫

lower part of leg | calf of leg | shinbone | # adapted from cc-cedict

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橫行霸道

waang4 hong4 ;waang4 hang4 baa3 dou6

Mandarin: heng4/2 (Taiwan/PRC) xing2 ba4 dao4

ride roughshod; play the tyrant; tyrannize; domineer

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射喱眼

se6 lei1 ngaan5

Mandarin: she4 li2 yan3

Strabismus

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高清播放器

gou1 cing1 bo3 fong3 hei3

Mandarin: gao1 qing1 bo1 fang4 qi4

high-definition receiver, HD digital receiver [Syn.] 機頂盒, 高清機頂盒

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第一名

dai6 jat1 ming4

Mandarin: di4 yi1 ming2

First

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多毛症

do1 mou4 zing3

Mandarin: duo1 mao2 zheng4

hirsuitism

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牟利私校

mau4 lei6 si1 haau6

an elite private school

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宣萱

syun1 hyun1

Mandarin: xuan1 xuan1

Jessica Hester Hsuan | Suen Huen, an actress in Hong Kong

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天冧當被冚

tin1 lam3 dong3 pei5 kam2

Mandarin: tian1 lin2 dang1 bei4 kan3

Cantonese

to remain composed even in the hardest times; to not worry about anything

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公共遊樂場

gung1 gung6 jau4 lok6 coeng4

[n] an amusement park

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移居

ji4 geoi1

migration; emigration; to immigrate

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