Cantonese Dictionary

舅公

kau5 gung1

Mandarin: jiu4 gong1

grandmother's brother

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冶煉

je5 lin6

Mandarin: ye3 lian4

to smelt (metals)

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雞髀

gai1 bei2

Mandarin: ji1 bi4

Simplified: 鸡髀

chicken leg (spoken)

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炒老板魷魚

caau2 lou5 baan2 jau4 jyu4*2

to quit a job (also 炒老細魷魚)

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一律

jat1 leot6

Mandarin: yi1 lv4

same; uniform; without exception

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就手

zau6 sau2

Mandarin: jiu4 shou3

(adjective) handy; convenient

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夜班

je6 baan1

Mandarin: ye4 ban1

the night shift

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一丘之貉

jat1 jau1 zi1 hok6

Mandarin: yi1 qiu1 zhi1 he2

jackals from the same lair; birds of a feather

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懷

waai4

Mandarin: huai2

Simplified: 怀

bosom | heart | mind | to think of | to harbor in one's mind | to conceive (a child) | to pacify | # adapted from cc-cedict

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打赤膊

daa2 cek3 bok3

bare-backed

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搵條命仔較飛

wan2 tiu4 meng6 zai2 gaau3 fei1

Mandarin: wen3 tiao2 ming4 zi3 jiao4 fei1

Simplified: 揾条命仔较飞

Cantonese

to put one's life at risk [colloquial]

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宜陽

ji4 joeng4

Mandarin: yi2 yang2

Yiyang (place in Henan)

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陰道

jam1 dou6

Mandarin: yin1 dao4

vagina

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行埋

haang4 maai4

Mandarin: xing2 mai2

describes the situation where two individuals have entered into a relationship; to have sex

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性感的泳衣

sing3 gam2 dik1 wing6 ji1

Mandarin: xing4 gan3 de5 yong3 yi1

skimpy swimsuits

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畫龜

waak6 gwai1

Mandarin: hua4 gui1

Simplified: 画龟

(verb) to sign

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偽品

ngai6 ban2

Mandarin: wei3 pin3

[adj][n][v] counterfeit

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經濟客位

ging1 zai3 haak3 wai6*2

Mandarin: jing1 ji4 ke4 wei4

economy class (airplane)

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春卷

ceon1 gyun2

Mandarin: chun1 juan3

spring roll (sometimes also called egg roll) -- a fried roll featuring a light pastry wrap filled with minced vegetables and (optionally) meat -- also seen written as 春捲

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蓆咗佢

zek1 zo2 keoi4

Mandarin: xi2 zuo3 qu2

Simplified: 席咗佢

Cantonese

'go get her', a phrase used by guys who has seen an attractive woman [colloquial]

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擂鼓

leoi4 gu2

Mandarin: lei2 gu3

drum beating

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儒

jyu4

Mandarin: ru2

scholar | Confucian | cowardice | # adapted from cc-cedict

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技術支援

gei6 seot6 zi1 wun4/jyun4

technical support | Also sometimes 技術支持

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跑馬

paau2 maa5

to ride on horseback; to gallop; horse riding; horse race

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熊包

hung4 baau1

Mandarin: xiong2 bao1

worthless person; a good for nothing

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拜墊

baai3 zin3*2

Mandarin: bai4 dian4

a zabuton (prayer cushion for sitting or kneeling)

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女童院

neoi5 tung4 jyun2

Mandarin: nv3 tong2 yuan4

Children and Juvenile Reform Home for girls

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餞行飯

zin3 hang4 faan6

Mandarin: jian4 xing2 fan4

farewell lunch

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電聯

din6 lyun4

Mandarin: dian4 lian2

Simplified: 电联

to contact by phone

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體悟

tai2 ng6

Mandarin: ti3 wu4

to become enlightened through experience

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