Cantonese Dictionary

普遍

pou2 pin3

Mandarin: pu3 bian4

normal; common; widespread; commonplace; universal

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尖塔

zim1 taap3

Mandarin: jian1 ta3

spire

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水過鴨背

seoi2 gwo3 aap3 bui3

Mandarin: shui3 guo4 ya1 bei4

Simplified: 水过鸭背

describes a situation where someone has not paid any serious attention in learning or studying or in what he | she is saying and eventually cannot recall anything afterwards; to be forgetful

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廉正

lim4 zing3

Mandarin: lian2 zheng4

Integrity

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空頭

hung1 tau4

nominal; short-seller

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啱口味

ngaam1 hau2 mei6

Mandarin: yan1 kou3 wei4

suit one's taste

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行李搬運工

hang4 lei5 bun1 wan6 gung1

Mandarin: xing2 li3 ban1 yun4 gong1

[n] baggage-handler

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pàh

Mandarin: all

pa2 ba4

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初發芙蓉

co1 faat3 fu4 jung4

Mandarin: chu1 fa1 fu2 rong2

Simplified: 初发芙蓉

a refreshing piece of poetry | a naturally attractive female

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膚色

fu1 sik1

Mandarin: fu1 se4

complexion of skin; color of skin

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中獎

zung3 zoeng2

Mandarin: zhong4 jiang3

[v] to win a prize in a lottery; to find the bean in the cake

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捉伊人

zuk1 ji1 jan4*1

Cantonese

hide and seek; [國]捉迷藏

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本職

bun2 zik1

Mandarin: ben3 zhi2

one's job

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偽裝

ngai6 zong1

Mandarin: wei3 zhuang1

[1] [n] camouflage; disguise [2] [v] to fake; to feign; to pretend; to camouflage; to disguise as

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世界最大

sai3 gaai3 zeoi3 daai6

Mandarin: shi4 jie4 zui4 da4

world's largest/world's biggest

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專線接駁巴士

zyun1 sin3 zip3 bok3 baa1 si6*2

a connecting bus

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傾拎框冷

king1 ning1 kwaang1 laang5*1

Cantonese

to describe somebody wearing lots of jewels; jangling

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警官

ging2 gun1

Mandarin: jing3 guan1

constable, police officer

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麥菜

mak6 coi3

kale

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一氧化碳

jat1 joeng5 faa3 taan3

Mandarin: yi1 yang3 hua4 tan4

carbon monoxide (CO)

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公函

gung1 haam4

Mandarin: gong1 han2

official correspondence

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朝鮮的

ziu1 sin1 dik1

Mandarin: chao2 xian1 de5 (Taiwan), chao2 xian3 de5 (PRC)

[adj] North Korean

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車廠

ce1 cong2

depot

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煎蛋

zin1 daan6*2

Mandarin: jian1 dan4

fried egg - with unbroken yolk or sunny-side up

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迷離

mai4 lei4

Mandarin: mi2 li2

blurred, misted

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關羽

gwaan1 jyu5

Mandarin: guan1 yu3

Guan Yu [others appellations]: 關帝 ; 關公 ; 關聖帝君 ; 關帝爺 ; 關二哥

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黎瑞恩

lai4 seoi6 jan1

Mandarin: li2 rui4 en1

Vivian Lai Sui Yan, a Hong Kong singer

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教養

gaau3 joeng5

Mandarin: jiao4 yang3

upbringing; nurturing; to nurture; to bring up

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代縣

doi6 jyun6

Mandarin: dai4 xian4

Dai county (county in Shanxi)

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三鞭丸

saam1 bin1 jyun4*2

sanpien pills: supposedly cure untimely senility, neurasthenia, sores wait and back, overburdens of the brain, anemia, dizziness, poor memory, involuntary perspiration, insomnia, pale faeces, poor appetite, etc.

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