Cantonese Dictionary

國力

gwok3 lik6

Mandarin: guo2 li4

a nation's power/strength

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畫公仔唔使畫出腸

waak6 gung1 zai2 m4 sai2 waak6 ceot1 coeng4*2

Cantonese

there is no need for any information; fully understand without thinking (lit., "when drawing a person, there is no need to draw his intestines also")

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肥油

fei4 jau4

(animal) fat oil

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格式

gaak3 sik1

Mandarin: ge2 shi4

form; layout; format; pattern; style; mode

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梧

ng4

Mandarin: wu2

Chinese parasol tree (Firmiana platanifolia)

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尷尬

gaam1*3 gaai3

Mandarin: gan1 ga4

embarrassed; awkward; abashed

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鏡子商店

geng3 zi2 soeng1 dim3

a mirrors shop

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拐

gwaai2

Mandarin: guai3

to turn (a corner etc) | to kidnap | to misappropriate | walking stick | crutch | seven (used as a substitute for 七qī [七]) | to swindle | limp | # adapted from cc-cedict

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黑古勒特

hak1 gu2 lak6 dak6

Mandarin: hei1 gu3 le4 te4

(slang) black | dark and ugly; often used pejoratively to describe someone with dark skin | complexion

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紅軍

hung4 gwan1

Mandarin: hong2 jun1

Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army

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御用

jyu6 jung6

Mandarin: yu4 yong4

for the use of an emperor; serve as a tool; be in the pay of

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價錢

gaa3 cin4

Mandarin: jia4 qian5

price; cost

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瑣碎

so2 seoi3

Mandarin: suo3 sui4

Simplified: 琐碎

trivial

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心肌軟化

sam1 gei1 jyun5 faa3

Mandarin: xin1 ji1 ruan3 hua4

cardiomalacia

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沉澱

cam4 din6

Mandarin: chen2 dian4

precipitate; sediment

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曳曳

jai5*1 jai5*1

Cantonese

naughty

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分局

fan1 guk6*2

substation

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捉象棋

zuk1 zoeng6 kei4*2

Cantonese

play Chinese chess ; have a game of a Chinese chess

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夜夜笙歌

je6 je6 sang1 go1

Mandarin: ye4 ey4 sheng1 ge1

partying every night; a life of debauchery; a licentious lifestyle

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焮

jan3

Mandarin: xin4

heat | flame | inflammation | to radiate heat | to broil | to cauterize | # adapted from cc-cedict

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櫃面

gwai6 min6*2

Cantonese

a shop counter

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不肥不瘦

bat1 fei4 bat1 sau3

Mandarin: bu4 fei2 bu4 shou4

neither fat nor skinny

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仆直

buk6 zik6

Mandarin: pu2 zhi2

it is a swearing phrase which means falling on the street to the extent that someone lays flat on the ground, it is used to describe a bad situation

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魁北克法文

fui1 bak1 haak1 faat3 man4

Mandarin: kui2 bei3 ke4 fa3 wen2

Quebec (Canada) French

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色層法

sik1 cang4 faat3

Mandarin: se4 ceng2 fa3

[化] chromatography

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入閘

jap6 zaap6

Mandarin: ru4 zha2

Simplified: 入闸

to enter the gate, especially in the metro; horses to enter the gate before a race begins; to participate in the election

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鄭

zing6

Mandarin: Zheng4

Simplified: 郑

Zheng state during the Warring States period | surname Zheng | abbr. for 郑州Zhèngzhōu [郑州] | serious | solemn | attentive | earnest | # adapted from cc-cedict

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傢俬

gaa1 si1

Mandarin: jia1 si1

(noun) furniture

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管家婆

gun2 gaa1 po4*2

Mandarin: guan3 jia1 po2

a housewife, a woman who likes to interfere

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極力子

gik6 lik6*1 zi2 ;gik6 lik6 zi2

a clutch (力1); a grip (力6)

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