Cantonese Dictionary

雲尼拿油

wan4 nei1 laa4*2 jau4

[n] vanilla extract

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粗糙

cou1 cou3

Mandarin: cu1 cao1

crude, gruff | [粵]: 嚡

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藹然可親

oi2 jin4 ho2 can1

Mandarin: ai3 ran2 ke3 qin1

Simplified: 蔼然可亲

Amiable and approachable

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捐款疲勞

gyun1 fun2 pei4 lou4

Mandarin: juan1 kuan3 pi2 lao2

donor fatigue, a state in which donors no longer contribute to a cause because they have become tired of receiving appeals for donations

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顆

fo3

Mandarin: ke1

Simplified: 颗

a clod | # adapted from cc-cedict

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鳳城

fung6 sing4

Mandarin: feng4 cheng2

Fengcheng Manzu autonomous county (place in Liaoning), Fung Sing

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家貓

gaa1 maau1

Mandarin: jia1 mao1

Simplified: 家猫

noun; house cat

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泥膠

nai4 gaau1

Mandarin: ni2 hao2

play dough

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香港兒童合唱團

hoeng1 gong2 ji4 tung4 hap6 coeng3 tyun4

Mandarin: Xiang1 gang3 er2 tong2 he2 chang4 tuan2

Simplified: 香港儿童合唱团

Hong Kong Children's Choir

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代替

doi6 tai3

Mandarin: dai4 ti4

to substitute; substitute

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潮童

ciu4 tung4

Cantonese

trendy kids, faddish children

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娘子

noeng4 zi2

Mandarin: niang2 zi3

wife (in olden times; the modern term is 老婆); the corresponding term for "husband" is 相公

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林榆涵

lam4 jyu4 haam4

Mandarin: lin2 yu2 han2

Ring

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大字

daai6 zi6

Mandarin: da4 zi4

Chinese calligraphy

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裸體

lo2 tai2

Mandarin: luo3 ti3

naked, nude

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滿意

mun5 ji3

Mandarin: man3 yi4

Simplified: 满意

satisfied; pleased

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確定

kok3 ding6

Mandarin: que4 ding4

certain; definite; fixed; determine; (v) to fix; to determine

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防波堤

fong4 bo1 tai4

Mandarin: fang2 bo1 di1

breakwater (a barrier that protects from the full impact of waves)

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同門

tung4 mun4

Mandarin: tong2 men2

Simplified: 同门

belong to the same clan

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死撐

sei2 caang1

Mandarin: si3 cheng1

Simplified: 死撑

persist on one's action even knowing it's wrong (spoken)

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歐陽菲菲

au1 joeng4 fei2 fei2

Mandarin: ou1 yang2 fei3 fei3

Au Yeung Fei Fei

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大枝嘢

daai6 zi1 je5

Mandarin: da4 zhi1 ye3

Cantonese

an arrogant person

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平常

ping4 soeng4

Mandarin: ping2 chang2

normal, usual

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巨大

geoi6 daai6

Mandarin: ju4 da4

huge; enormous; gigantic; immense; tremendous; mammoth

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銀行審查助理

ngan4 hong4 sam2 caa4 zo6 lei5

bank examination assistant

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小組

siu2 zou2

Mandarin: xiao3 zu3

Simplified: 小组

small team

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餐

caan1

Mandarin: can1

meal | to eat | classifier for meals, scolding, beating | a fix | dose of drug | a sex session | # adapted from cc-cedict

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葦

wai5

Mandarin: wei3

reed

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拍心口

paak3 sam1 hau2

Mandarin: pai1 xin1 kou3

describes the act of promising to take on something or to help out someone with full confidence

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怕

paa3

Mandarin: pa4

to be afraid | to fear | to dread | to be unable to endure | perhaps | apprehensive | # adapted from cc-cedict

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