Cantonese Dictionary

踢館

tek3 gun2

Mandarin: ti1 guan3

Lit. to kick [at a] martial arts studio

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生

sang1

Mandarin: sheng1

to be born | to give birth | life | to grow | raw | uncooked | student | living | lifetime | birth | living beings | a male actor | to happen | to occur | to produce | to create | crude | alive | strange | unfamiliar | keenly in | abruptly | rudely | by force | unskilled | used as a suffix to adverbs | a surname | Mr | # adapted from cc-cedict

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泥鴨

nai4 aap2

Mandarin: ni2 ya1

Simplified: 泥鸭

(metaphor) saying someone is very dirty

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鹹唥唥

haam4 lang3 lang3

over-salty

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拍拍屁股

paak3 paak3 pei3 gu2

Mandarin: pai1pai1pi4gu5

to casually walk away as if nothing has happened; to wash one's hands off something; to walk off and just leave the mess for someone else to deal with [colloquial]

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關心妍

gwaan1 sam1 jin4

Mandarin: guan1 xin1 yan2

Simplified: 关心妍

Jade Kwan Sum Yin, a Hong Kong singer

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日本料理

jat6 bun2 liu6*2 lei5

Mandarin: ri4 ban3 liao4 li3

Japanese food , Japanese meal (term imported from Japanese language)

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月光皎皎

jyut6 gwong1 gaau2 gaau2

Mandarin: yue4 guang1 jiao3 jiao3

glistening moonlight; clear and bright moonlight

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傑志

git6 zi3

Mandarin: jie2 zhi4

Simplified: 杰志

Kitchee, a Hong Kong football club

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賃

jam6

Mandarin: lin4

Simplified: 赁

to rent | to hire | # adapted from cc-cedict

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壁虎

bik1 fu2

Mandarin: bi4 hu3

gekko; lizard | Cant.: 鹽蛇, 檐蛇. | Formal Cant. pronunciation of 壁 is /bik1/

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恪守信用者

kok3 sau2 seon3 jung6 ze2

Mandarin: ke4 shou3 xin4 yong4 zhe3

a man of his word

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月經週期

jyut6 ging1 zau1 kei4

Mandarin: yue4 jing1 zhou1 qi1

Simplified: 月经周期

the menstrual cycle

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繡球

sau3 kau4

Mandarin: xiu4 qiu2

Simplified: 绣球

embroidered ball; Hydrangea

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過膠

gwo3 gaau1

Mandarin: guo4 hao2

Simplified: 过膠

laminating

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情理

cing4 lei5

Mandarin: qing2 li3

reason; sense

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旅途

leoi5 tou4

Mandarin: lv3 tu2

journey; trip

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眼花花

ngaan5 faa1 faa1

Mandarin: yan3 hua1 hua5

blurring of vision; to be dazzled

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牙醫

ngaa4 ji1

dentist

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長時

coeng4 si4

Mandarin: chang2 shi2

Simplified: 长时

for a long time

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森森

sam1 sam1

Mandarin: sen1 sen1

dense; thick; luxuriant

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核技術

hat6 gei6 seot6

Mandarin: he2 ji4 shu4

nuclear technology

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dái

Mandarin: all

di3

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咬唔入

ngaau5 m4 jap6

Mandarin: yao3 n2 ru4

Cantonese

having no chance of winning against someone, often used to describe a lawsuit

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校服

haau6 fuk6

school uniform

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生殖器皰疹

sang1 zik6 hei3 paau3 can2

Mandarin: sheng1 zhi2 qi4 pao4 zhen3

genital herpes

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家庭醫生

gaa1 ting4 ji1 saang1

Mandarin: jia1 ting2 yi1sheng1

family doctor; family practitioner

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派士砵

paa1 si2 but3

Mandarin: pai4 shi4 bo1

(phonetic loanword) passport

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一下子

jat1 haa5 zi2

Mandarin: yi2 xia4 zi5

[1] in a short while [2] all at once; all of a sudden [] Cant.: 一下

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開開心心

hoi1 hoi1 sam1 sam1

Mandarin: kai1 kai5 xin1 xin1

Simplified: 开开心心

to be happy; happily

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