Cantonese Dictionary

黑糯米

hak1 no6 mai5

Mandarin: hei1 nuo4 mi3

black sticky rice

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日本國

jat6 bun2 gwok3

Mandarin: Ri4 ben3 guo2

Simplified: 日本国

Japan

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作惡

zok3 ok3

Mandarin: zuo4 e4

do evil

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霾害

maai4 hoi6

Mandarin: mai2 hai4

smog

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唔好意頭

m4 hou2 ji3 tau4

Mandarin: n2 hao3 yi4 tou2

Simplified: 唔好意头

Cantonese

not good meaning

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天父

tin1 fu6

Mandarin: tian1 fu4

god; lord (term used by catholic and protestant)

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粵海方言

jyut6 hoi2 fong1 jin4

Mandarin: yue4 hai3 fang1 yan2

Yuehai division of Yue dialects

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獨善其身

duk6 sin6 kei4 san1

Mandarin: du2 shan4 qi2 shen1

Simplified: 独善其身

being neutral and staying out of trouble (idiom)

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神神地

san4 san4*2 dei6*2

Cantonese

[1] not working properly; not functioning normally [2] a bit crazy; not quite right in the head [] See 神經病 | Mand.: 不正常; 有毛病

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史料

si2 liu6*2

Mandarin: shi3 liao4

historical data and documents

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畜產

cuk1 caan2

Mandarin: chu4 chan3

Simplified: 畜产

(noun) poultry; livestock products

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睇漏

tai2 lau6

Cantonese

to overlook (in terms of skipping over something)

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有膽量

jau5 daam2 loeng6

Mandarin: you3 dan3 liang4

courageous

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橋墩

kiu4 dan2

Mandarin: qiao2 dun1

bridge pier, earthen or stone structure under a bridge

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檢流計

gim2 lau4 gai3

Mandarin: jian3 liu2 ji4

[電] galvanometer

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仆街死

puk1 gaai1 sei2

Mandarin: pu1jie1 si3

a curse word to tell someone to drop dead or go to hell; screw you! [colloquial]

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授獎

sau6 zoeng2

Mandarin: shou4 jiang3

to award a prize

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進擊

zeon3 gik1

Mandarin: jin4 ji2 (Taiwan), jin4 ji1 (PRC)

to attack

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短袖

dyun2 zau6

Mandarin: duan3 xiu4

short sleeves; short-sleeved

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淺黃色

cin2 wong4 sik1

Mandarin: qian3 huang2 se4

buff; pale yellow

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條命凍過水

tiu4 meng6 dung3 gwo3 seoi2

Mandarin: tiao2 ming4 dong4 guo4 shui3

Simplified: 条命冻过水

a phrase to describe that someone's life is in a very dangerous situation now; one's life is hung by a thread

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喎呵

wo1 ho2

Mandarin: kuai1 a5

Simplified: 㖞啊

Cantonese

to express grief; an expression indicating an evil laugh

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蘇格蘭銀行

sou1 gaak3 laan4 ngan4 hong4

Bank of Scotland

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大容量

daai6 jung4 loeng6

Mandarin: da4 rong2 liang4

high capacity

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戌

seot1

Mandarin: xu1

11th earthly branch: 7-9 p.m., 9th solar month (8th October-6th November), year of the Dog | latch | bolt | to fasten with bolt | # adapted from cc-cedict

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疼

tung4

Mandarin: teng2

(it) hurts | sore | to love dearly | aches | pains | to be fond of | # adapted from cc-cedict

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啫

zoe1

Mandarin: zhe3

penis | # adapted from cc-cedict

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打醒精神

daa2 seng2 zing1 san4

Cantonese

take care; look out; be careful; to be alert

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不稂不莠

bat1 long4 bat1 jau5

Mandarin: bu4 lang2 bu4 you3

useless; worthless; good-for-nothing

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揗揗震

tan4 tan4*2 zan3

Cantonese

shiver/shudder from cold or fear

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