Cantonese Dictionary

非裔美國人

fei1 jeoi6 mei5 gwok3 jan4

Mandarin: Fei1yi4 Mei3guo2ren2

Simplified: 非裔美国人

Arican-Americans [written and colloquial]

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辦館

baan6 gun2

Mandarin: ban4 guan3

Simplified: 办馆

a sundries store

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戾橫折曲

lai2 waang4 zit3 kuk1

Mandarin: li4 heng2 zhe2 qu1

bend the truth; argue with twisted logic

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儲蓄額

cyu5 cuk1 ngaak6*2

Mandarin: chu3 xu4 e2

total savings deposits

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磁力

ci4 lik6

Mandarin: ci2 li4

magnetic force; magnetic

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退出運行

teoi3 ceot1 wan6 haang4

Mandarin: tui4 chu1 yun4 xing2

decommission

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象徵

zoeng6 zing1

Mandarin: xiang4 zheng1

[n]symbol, emblem, insignia, logo; [v] symbolize, signify

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結仇口

git3 sau4 hau2

Mandarin: jie2 chou2 kou3

Cantonese

make enemies

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紅米

hung4 mai5

Mandarin: hong2 mi3

Simplified: 红米

Red Rice

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藝員

ngai6 jyun4 ; ai6 jyun4

Mandarin: yi4 yuan2

artist

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枳

zeot1

Mandarin: zhi3

trifoliate orange | hedge thorn | to fill with | a plug | to put down casually | # adapted from cc-cedict

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不能自拔

bat1 nang4 zi6 bat6

Mandarin: bu4 neng2 zi4 ba2

unable to control oneself, or extricate oneself from something

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火山口

fo2 saan1 hau2

Mandarin: huo3 shan1 kou3

volcanic crater

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軋爪

gaat3 zaau2*1

Cantonese

disturb, bother, provoke, tease {Malaysia and Singapore usage}

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萬壽果

maan6 sau6 gwo2

Mandarin: wan4 shou4 guo3

Simplified: 万寿果

a papaya; the fruit of the Japanese raisin tree (Hovenia dulcis)

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可耕種

ho2 gaang1 zung3

Mandarin: ke3 geng1 de4

arable land; cultivable land

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某校

mau5 haau6

some school

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暑

syu2

Mandarin: shu3

heat | hot weather | summer heat | summer | # adapted from cc-cedict

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鞠育

guk1 juk6

Mandarin: ju1 yu4

to foster; to raise; to bring up

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橫財就手

waang4 coi4 zau6 sau2

Mandarin: heng4 cai2 jiu4 shou3

Simplified: 横财就手

to wish someone a great windfall

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紅事

hung4 si6

Mandarin: hong2 shi4

older name for a wedding (as the guests signed their names on a bright red, silky cloth)

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宕昌

dong6 coeng1

Mandarin: dang4 chang1

Dangchang (place in Gansu)

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嵩明

sung1 ming4

Mandarin: song1 ming2

Songming (place in Yunnan)

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金毛

gam1 mou4*1

(a person with) bleached hair

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比如

bei2 jyu4

Mandarin: bi3 ru2

for example; for instance

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上周四

soeng6 zau1 sei3

last Thursday

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農家女

nung4 gaa1 neoi5*2

Mandarin: nong2 jia1 nv3

peasant girl

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酵母菌

gaau3 mou5 kwan2

Mandarin: xiao4 mu3 jun4 (Taiwan), jiao4 mu3 jun1 (PRC)

yeast

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休

jau1

Mandarin: xiu1 xu4

[1] rest; [v] rest [2] [v] stop; cease; give up; retire [3] happiness; joy; weal [4] do not (followed by verb) [5] off

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籬

lei4

Mandarin: li2

Simplified: 篱

a fence | a hedge | wattle | # adapted from cc-cedict

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