Cantonese Dictionary

部落

bou6 lok6

Mandarin: bu4 luo4

[1] an aboriginal tribe [2] (chiefly HK) blog; weblog; web log | Syn.: 網路日誌; 博客; 部落格

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窖

gaau3

Mandarin: jiao4

cellar | pit | # adapted from cc-cedict

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旁邊

pong4 bin1

Mandarin: pang2 bian1

side; at the side | [粵]: 側邊, 側便

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往來戶口

wong5 loi4 wu6 hau2

current account

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光油

gwong1 jau4

Mandarin: guang1 you2

varnish; polish

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０氹鬼食豆腐

tam3 gwai2 sik6 dau6 fu6

Mandarin: shan2 gui3 shi2 dou4 fu5

a feeble attempt to trick someone or to lure someone into a trap that is very easy to see through [colloquial]

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買一送一

maai5 jat1 sung3 jat1

buy one get one free

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怡和輪船公司

ji4 wo4*2 leon4 syun4 gung1 si1

Jardine, Matheson Co Ltd

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讀勝

duk6 sing3

Mandarin: du2 sheng4

Simplified: 读胜

to read a book | to study, euphemism used by gamblers to replace 讀書 since書 (book) is homonymous with the word輸 (lose), which is unlucky for gamblers [colloquial]

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攞去填海

lo2 heoi3 tin4 hoi2

Mandarin: luo2 qu4 tian2hai3

describes something or someone that is so useless that they should be just dumped into the sea [colloquial]

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高深

gou1 sam1

Mandarin: gao1 shen1

advanced, profound

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新金山

san1 gam1 saan1

Mandarin: xin1 jin1 shan1

Melbourne

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心胸開闊

sam1 hung1 hoi1 fut3

Mandarin: xin1 xiong1 kai1 kuo4

broad-minded / open-minded

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獼猴桃

mei4 hau4 tou4

Mandarin: mi2 hou2 tao2

[1] kiwi fruit [2] [Syn.] [loanword] 奇異果 , 奇偉果

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避孕袋

bei6 jan6 doi6

Mandarin: bi4 yun4 dai4

condom

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鷓

ze3

Mandarin: zhe4

partridge; francolin

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鐵門

tit3 mun4

Mandarin: tie3 men2

Simplified: 铁门

 iron gate; metal gate; metal door

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八香果

baat3 hoeng1 gwo2

purple granadilla (Passiflora edulis)

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火警

fo2 ging2

fire alarm

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lok

Mandarin: all

lao4 luo4

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總工程師

zung2 gung1 cing4 si1

Mandarin: zong3 gong1 cheng2 shi1

Simplified: 总工程师

Chief Engineer

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yáu

Mandarin: mandarin-or-written-only

qiu3

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何時

ho4 si4

Mandarin: he2 shi2

when

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化隆回族自治縣

faa3 lung4 wui4 zuk6 zi6 zi6 jyun6

Mandarin: hua4 long2 hui2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 xian4

Hualong Huizu autonomous county (county in Qinghai)

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經濟復蘇

ging1 zai3 fuk6 sou1

Mandarin: jing1 ji4 fu4 su1

economic recovery [Syn.] 經濟復甦

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白皮書

baak6 pei4 syu1

white paper

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竹棚工程

zuk1 paang4 gung1 cing4

bamboo scaffolding

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唔早響

ng zou2 hoeng2

Mandarin: wu2 zao3 xiang3

Cantonese

you could have mentioned this earlier; why didn't you bring this up before

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播放機

bo3 fong3 gei1

Mandarin: bo1 fang4 ji1

player (cd, dvd, ...)

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高力豆沙

gou1 lik6 dau6*2 saa1

Mandarin: gao1 li4 dou4 sha1

red bean puree puffs, a north China dessert (souffle balls made with egg white and filling with red bean paste)

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