Cantonese Dictionary

理論

lei5 leon6

Mandarin: li3 lun4

Simplified: 理论

(verb) Discuss

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船民

syun4 man4

boat people

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軟癩癩

jyun5 laai3*4 laai3*4

to describe one's body getting "soft" (i.e., tired, unwell)

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板鴨

baan2 aap3*2

Mandarin: ban3 ya1

pressed (dried) salted duck | [普]: 臘鴨

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鳳林鎮

fung6 lam4 zan3

Mandarin: feng4 lin2 zhen4

Fenglin (town in Taiwan)

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博羅

bok3 lo4

Mandarin: bo2 luo2

Boluo (place in Guangdong)

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拖延時間

to1 jin4 si4 gaan1*3

Mandarin: tuo1 yan2 shi2 jian1

against the clock; against time

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chí

Mandarin: all

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釤

sin3

Mandarin: shan1

Simplified: 钐

a scythe | to cut with a sickle | mow | sharp | a sickle with a long handle | # adapted from cc-cedict

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dai

Mandarin: all

di4

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香蕈

hoeng1 seon3

Mandarin: xiang1 xun4

Cantonese

champignon, shiitake (Lentinus edodes)

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國際收支不平衡

gwok3 zai3 sau1 zi1 bat1 ping4 hang4

Mandarin: guo2 ji4 shou1 zhi1 bu4 ping2 heng2

disequilibrium of balance of payment

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音底

jam1 dai2

Mandarin: yin1 di3

accent

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水貨客

seoi2 fo3 haak3

Mandarin: shui3 huo4 ke4

Simplified: 水货客

grey market traders

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女警

neoi5 ging2

Mandarin: nv3 jing3

a police-woman

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不可分離

bat1 ho2 fan1 lei4

Mandarin: bu4 ke3 fen1 li2

inseparable

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海原

hoi2 jyun4

Mandarin: hai3 yuan2

Haiyuan (place in Ningxia)

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形式主義

jing4 sik1 zyu2 ji6

Mandarin: xing2 shi4 zhu3 yi4

Pharisaism; externalism; formalism; formulism; officialism

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互訪

wu6 fong2

Mandarin: hu4fang3

exchange visits

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將會

zoeng1 wui5

Mandarin: jiang1 hui4

will, going to

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威士忌加冰

wai1 si6*2 gei6*2 gaa1 bing1

[n] whiskey on the rocks, scotch on the rocks

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牛角包

ngau4 gok3 baau1

Mandarin: niu2 jiao3 bao1

croissant [Syn.] 牛角麵包, 牛角酥

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徒步

tou4 bou6

Mandarin: tu2 bu4

by foot; on foot

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再接再厲

zoi3 zip3 zoi3 lai6

to never give up working towards a goal

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甜尿

tim4 niu6

Mandarin: tian2 niao4

diabetes

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武術指導

mou5 seot6 zi2 dou6

Mandarin: wu3 shu4 zhi3 dao3 dao4

fighting choreographer; martial art director/instructor

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短命

dyun2 meng6

Mandarin: duan3 ming4

die young (often a curse), be short-lived, ephemeral, ephemerality

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葬身

zong3 san1

Mandarin: zang4 shen1

to bury a corpse; to be buried

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東北

dung1 bak1

Mandarin: dong1 bei3

northeast

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視窗加速器

si6 coeng1 gaa1 cuk1 hei3

Mandarin: shi4 chuang1 jia1 su4 qi4

Windows accelerator

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