Cantonese Dictionary

阿彌陀佛

o1 nei4 to4 fat6

Mandarin: e1 mi2 tuo2 fo2

Amitabha; may Buddha preserve us; merciful Buddha

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假期

gaa3 kei4

Mandarin: jia4 qi1

holiday

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一心向上

jat1 sam1 hoeng3 soeng6

Mandarin: yi1 xin1 xiang4 shang4

wholehearted to reach high

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成心

sing4 sam1

Mandarin: cheng2 xin1

deliberate; with intent | [粵]: 專登

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虎穴

fu2 jyut6

Mandarin: hu3 xue2

tiger's den; dangerous place (spoken)

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保衛

bou2 wai6

Mandarin: bao3 wei4

to defend; to safeguard

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布魯塞爾

bou3 lou5 coi3 ji5

Mandarin: bu4 lu3 sai4 er3

Brussels (capital of Belgium)

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滑雪運動

waat6 syut3 wan6 dung6

Mandarin: hua2 xue3 yun4 dong4

skiing

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河池地區

ho4 ci4 dei6 keoi1

Mandarin: he2 chi2 di4 qu1

Hechi district (district in Guangxi)

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點止

dim2 zi2

Mandarin: dian3 zhi3

Simplified: 点止

Cantonese

not only (spoken)

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公務

gung1 mou6

Mandarin: gong1 wu4

official business

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痛到半死

tung3 dou3 bun3 sei2

Mandarin: tong4 dao4 ban4 si3

extremely painful

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滿分

mun5 fan1

Mandarin: man3 fen1

maximum / top / full marks, perfect score

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班友

baan1 jau2

Mandarin: ban1 you3

the gang; that bunch of guys [colloquial]

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他們自己

taa1 mun4 zi6 gei2

Mandarin: ta1men5 zi4ji3

Simplified: 他们自己

themselves [written]

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強光

koeng4 gwong1

Mandarin: qiang2 guang1

glare (bright light)

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hōng

Mandarin: all

kang1

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行返轉頭

haang4 faan1 zyun3 tau4

Mandarin: xing2 fan3 zhuan3 tou2

Simplified: 行返转头

to turn back [colloquial]

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而

nang4

Mandarin: er2

an alternative form for 能,to be able | # adapted from cc-cedict

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夏令時間

haa6 ling6 si4 gaan3

Mandarin: xia4 ling4 shi2 jian1

Simplified: 夏令时间

daynight saving time, the practice of setting the clocks forward one hour from Standard Time during the summer months

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頭頭

tau4 tau4*2

Mandarin: tou2 tou2

head; chief; leader; overman; ringleader; head honcho [粵]: previously, originally, at first, at the outset

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更換

gang1 wun6

Mandarin: geng1 huan4

replace

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噴泉

pan3 cyun4

fountain

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懸崖勒馬

jyun4 ngaai4 laak6 maa5

Mandarin: xuan2 ya2 le4 ma3

to wake up and escape disaster at the last moment; to pull back before it is too late

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土星

tou2 sing1

Saturn - Planet, part of the Solar System, the one with the rings (光環).

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集體

zaap6 tai2

Mandarin: ji2 ti3

Simplified: 集体

(noun) Group

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對頭

deoi3 tau4

Mandarin: dui4 tou2

correct; true; OK; normal; appropriate

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結構

git3 kau3; git3 gau3

Mandarin: jie2 gou4

structure; composition; makeup; construction

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分化

fan1 faa3

Mandarin: fen1 hua4

[1] to split up; to break apart; to break up; to split apart; to become divided [2] (bio.) differentiation

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中庸之道

zung1 jung4 zi1 dou6

Mandarin: zhong1 yong1 zhi1 dao4

[n] middle of the road; Doctrine of the Mean

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