Cantonese Dictionary

研船

jin4 syun4

Mandarin: yan2 chuan2

Boat-shaped herbal medicine mortar

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碗仔翅

wun2 zai2 ci3

Mandarin: wan3 zi3 chi4

(food) vegetarian Shark-fin Soup

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làhm

Mandarin: all

lin2 lin4

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木結構

muk6 git3 kau3

Mandarin: mu4 jie2 gou4

[architecture] timber structure; wood construction

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岡巒

gong1 lyun4

Mandarin: gang1 luan2

Simplified: 冈峦

an uninterrupted stretch of hills

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滿江

mun5 gong1

Mandarin: man3 jiang1

Man Jiang

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揞住良心

ngam2 zyu6 loeng4 sam1

Mandarin: an3 zhu4 liang2xin1

to go against one's conscience [colloquial]

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懞閉閉

mung5*2 bai3 bai3

Cantonese

being silly; absent minded [Var.] 懵閉閉

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壞疽

waai6 zeoi1

gangrene

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前額

cin4 ngaak6

Mandarin: qian2 e4

forehead

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選拔賽

syun2 bat6 coi3

Mandarin: xuan3 ba2 sai4

Simplified: 选拔赛

qualification trials; (selective) trials; auditions

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踏實

daap6 sat6

Mandarin: ta1 shi5

Simplified: 踏实

down-to-earth | good foundation

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收音機

sau1 jam1 gei1

Mandarin: shou1 yin1 ji1

radio

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仙台

sin1 toi4

Mandarin: xian1 tai2

Sendai

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舌頭打結

sit6 tau4 daa2 git3

Mandarin: she2 tou5 da3 jie2

to be tongue-tied

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行唔埋

haang4 m4 maai4

Mandarin: xing2 n2 mai2

Cantonese

incompatible; to not get along

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拐彎

gwaai2 waan1

Mandarin: guai3 wan1

[1] to turn a corner; to turn [粵]: 轉彎 [2] to turn round; to change direction; to pursue a new idea [3] corner; turning

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吟沉

ngam4 cam4

Mandarin: yin2 chen2

nagging; mumbling

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廠家

cong2 gaa1

Mandarin: chang3 jia1

factory

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倒翻轉

dou3 faan1 zyun3

Mandarin: dao4 fan1 zhuan3

Simplified: 倒翻转

upside down

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目

muk6

Mandarin: mu4

eye | item | section | list | catalogue | table of contents | order (taxonomy) | goal | name | title | to see | to look | division | topic | # adapted from cc-cedict

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通用字符組

tung1 jung6 zi6 fu4 zou2

Mandarin: tong1 yong4 zi4 fu2 zu3

[Computer] Universal Character Set, UCS [Syn.] 通用字元組

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企業集團

kei5 jip6 zaap6 tyun4

Mandarin: qi3 ye4 ji2 tuan2

industry association

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讀寫能力

duk6 se2 nang4 lik6

Mandarin: du2 xie3 neng2 li4

literacy; reading and writing ability

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國務

gwok3 mou6

state affairs

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有蓋

jau5 goi3

Mandarin: you3 gai4

Simplified: 有盖

covered; with a lid; with a cover

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出手

ceot1 sau2

Mandarin: chu1 shou3

to intervene

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催奶

ceoi1 naai5

Mandarin: cui1 nai3

to promote lactation

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巡房

ceon4 fong4*2

Mandarin: xun2 fang2

to make rounds or to perform a ward round (for doctor or nurse)

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華里

waa4 lei5

Mandarin: hua2 li3

Chinese mile

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