Cantonese Dictionary

蕃石榴

faan1 sek6 lau4*2

guava

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神台貓屎

san4 toi4 maau1 si2

Mandarin: shen2 tai2 mao1 shi3

Simplified: 神台猫屎

hated by the gods; despised by the ghosts; hated by everyone (slang)

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高下

gou1 haa6

Mandarin: gao1 xia4

relative superiority; superiority or inferiority

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客觀主義

haak3 gun1 zyu2 ji6

Mandarin: ke4 guan1 zhu3 yi4

objectivism

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紫

zi2

Mandarin: zi3

purple | violet | amethyst | Lithospermum erythrorhizon (flowering plant whose root provides red purple dye) | Japanese: murasaki | a surname | # adapted from cc-cedict

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散咗

saan2 zo2

Mandarin: san4 zuo3

Cantonese

to have broken up with one's boyfriend or girlfriend [colloquial]

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話頭

waa6 tau4

a thing to talk about

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劇中人

kek6 zung1 jan4

Mandarin: ju4 zhong1 ren2

Simplified: 剧中人

the characters in a drama series

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反射

faan2 se6

Mandarin: fan3 she4

[1] reflex [2] to reflect; to reverberate; reflection; reverberation

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抱腳

pou5 goek3

Mandarin: bao4 jiao3

Simplified: 抱脚

shoes fit the feet nicely | snuggly; to hug the feet

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講得快

gong2 dak1 faai3

Cantonese

to speak quickly

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揳

sit3

Mandarin: xie1

to drive a wedge | nail etc. into something

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pòhng

Mandarin: all

pang2

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多倫

do1 leon4

Mandarin: duo1 lun2

Duolun (place in Inner Mongolia)

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衣飾

ji1 sik1

Mandarin: yi1 shi4

clothes and ornaments

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公撮

gung1 cyut3

Mandarin: gong1 cuo1

milliliter

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高壓輸電

gou1 aat3 syu1 din6

Mandarin: gao1 ya1 shu1 dian4

[電] high-voltage transmission

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骨癌

gwat1 ngaam4

Mandarin: gu3 ai2

bone cancer 

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飛咇

fei1 bit1

Mandarin: fei1 bi4

Simplified: 飞咇

to be negligent whilst on patrol duty [colloquial]

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附帶

fu6 daai3

incidentally; by chance

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泯

man5

Mandarin: min3

to vanish | to die out | to obliterate | to destroy | to eliminate | to perish | # adapted from cc-cedict

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兜住

dau1 zyu6

Mandarin: dou1 zhu4

holding

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善惡

sin6 ok3

Mandarin: shan4 e4

good and evil

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人民黨

jan4 man4 dong2

Popular Party

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散彈槍

saan2 daan6*2 coeng1

[n] a shotgun

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少量

siu2 loeng6

Mandarin: shao3 liang4

a small portion; a little bit; a few; a smidgen | [粵]: 些少, 啲啲

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下營鄉

haa6 jing4 hoeng1

Mandarin: xia4 ying2 xiang1

Hsiaying (village in Taiwan)

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合桃

hap6 tou4

Mandarin: he2 tao2

(noun) a walnut

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抽條

cau1 tiu4*2

Mandarin: chou1 tiao2

to sprout, to shoot

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ngáahn

Mandarin: all

yan3

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