Cantonese Dictionary

悲喜劇

bei1 hei2 kek6

Mandarin: bei1 xi3 ju4

tragicomedy

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死光

sei2 gwong1

Mandarin: si3 guang1

(noun) Death Ray

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牛圈

ngau4 gyun6

cattle ring

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船家

syun4 gaa1

Mandarin: chuan2 jia1

one who owns a boat and makes a living as a boatman; boatman

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那英

naa5 jing1

Mandarin: na4 ying1

Na Ying

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生態學

sang1 taai3 hok6

Mandarin: sheng1 tai4 xue2

ecology

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拋個身出嚟做

paau1 go3 san1 ceot1 lei4 zou6

Mandarin: pao1 ge4 shen1 chu1 li2 zuo4

Simplified: 抛个身出嚟做

Cantonese

to be a prostitute [colloquial]

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領嘢

leng5 je5

Mandarin: ling3 ye3

Simplified: 领嘢

Cantonese

the situation where an expected | unexpected negative event has happened; to have fallen into a trap

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薑黃

goeng1 wong4

Mandarin: jiang1 huang2

turmeric

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𠺘口

long2 hau2

Mandarin: Lang4 kou3

to rinse the mouth; to gargle

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廟

miu2

Mandarin: miao4

Simplified: 庙

temple | ancestral shrine M: 座zuò [座] | temple fair | imperial court | # adapted from cc-cedict

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kok

Mandarin: all

ke4

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光學玻璃

gwong1 hok6 bo1 lei4

Mandarin: guang1 xue2 bo1 li5

Simplified: 光学玻璃

optical glass

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嶄新

zaam2 san1

Mandarin: zhan3 xin1

Simplified: 崭新

leading edge

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改口

goi2 hau2

Mandarin: gai3 kou3

to correct oneself, to withdraw or modify one's previous remark

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家產

gaa1 caan2

family property

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寬免

fun1 min5

waive

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爆鑊杰嘢

baau3 wok6 git6 je5

Mandarin: bao4 huo4 jie2 ye3

Simplified: 爆镬杰嘢

Cantonese

to expose a big scandal [colloquial]

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飛紙仔

fei1 zi2 zai2

Mandarin: fei1 zhi3 zai3

Cantonese

of a script-writer to change the script or write a script on the spot while filming a movie

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豆芽

dau6 ngaa4

bean sprouts. Cant. tend to use 芽菜

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常德

soeng4 dak1

Mandarin: chang2 de2

Changde (city in Hunan), Sheung Tak

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魚雁

jyu4 ngaan6

Mandarin: yu2 yan4

Simplified: 鱼雁

letters; epistles; a messenger

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響尾蛇

hoeng2 mei5 se4

Mandarin: xiang3 wei3 she2

rattlesnake

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謝謝

ze6 ze6

Mandarin: xie4 xie5

thank you | This is the common Mandarin term, a more formal term being 感謝 (heartfelt thanks) | In Cantonese it is "多謝" for goods received and "唔該" for services rendered.

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以暴易暴

ji5 bou6 jik6 bou6

Mandarin: yi3 bao4 yi4 bao4

replace one tyranny with another

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𤓓嘢

lo3 je5

Cantonese

embarrassing things; events in which one lost face

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新仇舊恨

san1 sau4 gau6 han6

Mandarin: xin1 chou2 jiu4 hen4

Simplified: 新仇旧恨

old scores and new grudges

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冒充者

mou6 cung1 ze2

Mandarin: mao4 chong1 zhe3

an impostor, imposter; a fake; a fraud [Syn.] 騙子

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儡

leoi5

Mandarin: lei3

to injure | puppet | dummy | # adapted from cc-cedict

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濱州地區

ban1 zau1 dei6 keoi1

Mandarin: bin1 zhou1 di4 qu1

Huimin district (district in Shandong)

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