Cantonese Dictionary

牛肉

ngau4 juk6

Mandarin: niu2 rou4

beef

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白鼬

baak6 jau6

Mandarin: bai2 you4

a ferret

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瘦瘦地

sau3 sau3*2 dei6*2

a little lean, sparely

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環繞

waan4 jiu5

Mandarin: huan2 rao3

surround; encircle; revolve around

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哭腔

huk1 hong1

Mandarin: ku1 qiang1

dirge; opera tune portraying mourning; voice heard between sobs

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青藏鐵路

cing1 zong6 tit3 lou6

Mandarin: qing1 zang4 tie3 lu4

Qinghai-Tibet railway

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鐵鏈

tit3 lin4*2

Mandarin: tie3 lian4

shackle; iron chain

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惹起

je5 hei2

Mandarin: re3 qi3

provoke, incite, stir up, arouse (attention)

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領帶

leng5 daai3*2

Mandarin: ling3 dai4

necktie; tie | [粵]: 領呔, 領𧘹

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安心

on1 sam1

Mandarin: an1 xin1

feel at ease; be relieved; set one's mind at rest; keep one's mind on something

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失聲

sat1 seng1 /sing1

Mandarin: shi1 sheng1

cry out involuntarily; lose one's voice

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大洪水前

daai6 hung4 seoi2 cin4

antediluvian (lit., "before the big flood")

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考倒

haau2 dou2

Mandarin: kao3 dao3

to baffle; to confound

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kàuh

Mandarin: all

qiu2

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促銷

cuk1 siu1

Mandarin: cu4 xiao1

promote sales

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順風耳

seon6 fung1 ji5

Mandarin: shun4 feng1 er3

[Taoist/Buddhist divinity] far hearing god (can hear sound 1000 miles away)

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稿件

gou2 gin6

Mandarin: gao3 jian4

[1] rough draft; manuscript [2] contribution (to a final document)

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窮途潦倒

kung4 tou4 lou5 dou2

Mandarin: qiong2 tu2 liao2 dao3

be down and out

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力水

lik6 seoi2

Mandarin: li4 shui3

Strength

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加馬射線

gaa1 maa5 se6 sin3

Mandarin: jia1 ma3 she4 xian4

gamma rays

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褚

zyu2

Mandarin: Chu3

bag | valise | to stuff | pad clothing | # adapted from cc-cedict

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撈唔掂

laau4 m4 dim6

Mandarin: lao1 wu2 dian1

Simplified: 捞唔掂

Cantonese

to struggle to make enough money [colloquial]

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佐敦

zo2 deon1

Jordan (MTR station)

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起踭

hei2 zaang1

Mandarin: qi3 zheng1

to elbow someone

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亞太國家

aa3 taai3 gwok3 gaa1

Mandarin: ya3 tai4 guo2 jia1 (Taiwan), ya4 tai4 guo2 jia1 (PRC)

Asian-Pacific country; Asian-Pacific nation

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算得上

syun3 dak1 soeng5

considered as

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漁農處

jyu4 nung4 cyu3

Agriculture and Fisheries Department

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底褲

dai2 fu3

Mandarin: di3 ku4

Simplified: 底裤

(noun) underwear; panties

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生物多元化

sang1 mat6 do1 jyun4 faa3

Mandarin: sheng1 wu4 duo1 yuan2 hua4

biodiversity

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fōng fō

Mandarin: all

fang1 xi3

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