Cantonese Dictionary

上香

soeng5 hoeng1

Mandarin: shang4 xiang1

Burn incense and pray

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pūk fuh

Mandarin: cantonese-only

pu1

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寥寥可數

liu4 liu4 ho2 sou2

Mandarin: liao2 liao2 ke3 shu3

very few; so few that they can be counted

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宜良

ji4 loeng4

Mandarin: yi2 liang2

Yiliang (place in Yunnan)

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牽制

hin1 zai3

Mandarin: qian1 zhi4

to tie up; to batten down; to curb; to distract

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解析幾何學

gaai2 sik1 gei2 ho4 hok6

Mandarin: jie3 xi1 ji3 he2 xue2

analytic geometry; coordinate geometry

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徹底

cit3 dai2

Mandarin: che4 di3

Simplified: 彻底

(adverb) Completely

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撈女

lou1 neoi2

Mandarin: lao1 nv3

Simplified: 捞女

a female gangster or swindler; a woman who makes a living out of criminal activities; a derogatory term used by people in Hong Kong to address a woman who migrated from other provinces (namely Mainlanders from China); a prostitute

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熱身

jit6 san1

Mandarin: re4 shen1

warm up; warm-up; practice; practising

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四九仔

sei3 gau2 zai2

Mandarin: si4 jiu3 zi3

49er, which means an ordinary member in Triad

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買樓

maai5 lau4*2

Cantonese

buy a property units

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雙程

soeng1 cing4

Mandarin: shuang1 cheng2

Simplified: 双程

round-trip; return trip

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榜

pong3

Mandarin: bang3

a boatman | to flog | # adapted from cc-cedict

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擺譜兒

baai2 pou2 ji4

Mandarin: bai3 pur3

to keep up appearances; to be ostentatious

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任務

jam6 mou6

Mandarin: ren4 wu5

mission; assignment; task; duty; role

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念書

nim6 syu1

Mandarin: nian4 shu1

[1] to read aloud; recite a lesson from memory [2] to study; to attend school [Var.] 唸書 | [粵]:　讀書

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快啲啦！

faai3 di1 laa1

Mandarin: kuai4 di1 la5！

Cantonese

Quicker | faster!; hurry up!

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沙梨

saa1 lei4*2

a species of pear, with gritty pulp

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乚

jan2

Mandarin: yin3

component in Chinese characters | archaic variant of 毫háo [毫], small | minute | archaic variant of 乙yǐ [乙] | hidden | mysterious | secret | to conceal | # adapted from cc-cedict

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倀雞

caang4 gai1

Mandarin: chang1 ji1

Simplified: 伥鸡

cranky; unruly; forceful; unreasonable [colloquial]

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幽默

jau1 mak6

Mandarin: you1 mo4

[loanword] humorous; humour/humor

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呈請

cing4 cing2

Mandarin: cheng2 qing3

to submit [to superiors]

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世界波

sai3 gaai3 bo1

Mandarin: shi4 jie4 bo1

to be extremely skilled at soccer ('World Cup caliber')

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犰狳

kau4 jyu4

Mandarin: qiu2 yu2

armadillo

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aai yīk

Mandarin: all

ai4 yi4

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種族主義

zung2 zuk6 zyu2 ji6

Mandarin: zhong3 zu2 zhu3 yi4

racism

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果汁

gwo2 zap1

Mandarin: guo3 zhi1

fruit juice

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yùhn

Mandarin: all

yan2

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二硫基丙醇

ji6 lau4 gei1 bing2 seon4

Mandarin: er4 liu2 ji1 bing3 chun2

dimercaprol

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紐約中央公園

nau2 joek3 zung1 joeng1 gung1 jyun4*2

Mandarin: niu3 yue1 zhong1 yang1 gong1 yuan2

New York Central Park

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