Cantonese Dictionary

跑山

paau2 saan1

Mandarin: pao3 shan1

to run on the hills; to raise money urgently, usually to pay off a debt [colloquial]

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何罪之有

ho4 zeoi6 zi1 jau5

Mandarin: he2 zui4 zhi1 you3

what wrong has been done？

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七十

cat1 sap6

Mandarin: qi1 shi2

seventy, 70

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次次

ci3 ci3

Mandarin: ci4 ci4

everytime (spoken)

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近排

gan6 paai4

Mandarin: jin4 pai2

recently (spoken)

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粉刺

fan2 ci3

Mandarin: fen3 ci4

acne; pimple

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和勝和

wo4 sing3 wo4

Mandarin: he2 sheng4 he2

the Wo Shing Wo; Wo triad society | other appellation: WSW

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不週延

bat1 zau1 jin4

Mandarin: bu4 zhou1 yan2

undistributed

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桌巾

coek3 gan1

Mandarin: zhuo1 jin1

a tablecloth

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稍等

saau2 dang2

Mandarin: shao1 deng3

wait a moment; wait a while | Usu. with a 'please' ('請') in front, as in '請稍等' | Cant.: 等一陣 | Syn.: 等一下; 等一會兒

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澳

ngou3

Mandarin: ao4

deep bay | cove | harbor | inlet | dock | bank | part of a place name | # adapted from cc-cedict

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女色狼

neoi5 sik1 long4

Mandarin: nv3 se4lang2

a female satyr; a female pervert; a female sex maniac; a female molester; a female rapist [written and colloquial]

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蘇美爾

sou1 mei5 ji5

Mandarin: su1 mei3 er3

Sumer, an early Mesopotamian civilization

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淡色

taam5 sik1

[n] light color, light colour

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緙絲

hak1 si1

Mandarin: ke4 si1

Simplified: 缂丝

silk

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専場

jyun1 coeng4

Mandarin: zhuan1 chang3

Special performance show. Intended for limited audience.

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八分書

baat3 fan1 syu1

Han dynasty script

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嚏

tai3

Mandarin: ti4

sneeze

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民康物阜

man4 hong1 mat6 fau6

Mandarin: min2 kang1 wu4 fu4

people are living in peace and goods | supplies are abundant

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矢

ci2

Mandarin: shi3

[1] [n] arrow; dart [2] [v] vow; swear; take an oath; pledge [3] [v] display [4] straightforward [5] arrow radical

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景轟

ging2 gwang1

Mandarin: jing3 hong1

Simplified: 景轰

fishy; dodgy

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兩樣

loeng5 joeng6

different

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離異

lei4 ji6

Mandarin: li2 yi4

divorce | also 離婚 everyday Chinese or 仳離 in classical Chinese

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費縣

fai3 jyun6

Mandarin: fei4 xian4

Fei county (county in Shandong)

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癡心

ci1 sam1

Mandarin: chi1xin1-

Simplified: 痴心

infatuation [written and colloquial]

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技術情報

gei6 seot6 cing4 bou3

Mandarin: ji4 shu4 qing2 bao4

information technology; IT

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換畫

wun6 waa2

Mandarin: huan4 hua4

Simplified: 换画

changing of partner (slang) | switching of movie in screening

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應該

jing1 goi1

Mandarin: ying1 gai1

Simplified: 应该

should; ought to

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爐

lou4

Mandarin: lu2

Simplified: 炉

stove | furnace | fireplace | oven | # adapted from cc-cedict

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僅

gan6

Mandarin: jin3

Simplified: 仅

barely | only | merely | just | approximately | nearly | # adapted from cc-cedict

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