Cantonese Dictionary

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清
Mandarin: qing1
clear | quiet | just and honest | pure | to settle or clear up | to clean up or purge | clean | peaceful | distinct | explicit | Qing dynasty | uncorrupted | # adapted from cc-cedict
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燉
Mandarin: dun4
to stew | to heat with fire | to reheat food | # adapted from cc-cedict
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黃竹坑道
Mandarin: huang2 zhu2 keng1 dao4
Simplified: 黄竹坑道
Wong Chuk Hang Road, in Hong Kong, China
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六個字
Mandarin: liu4 ge4 zi4
Simplified: 六个字
six words or characters
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旬刊
Mandarin: xun2 kan1
ten day periodical; a magazine issued once every ten days
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安生
Mandarin: an1 sheng1
peaceful; restful; quiet; still
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撩耳仔
Mandarin: liao1 er3 zi3
to dig ear
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膽正命平
Mandarin: dan3 zheng4 ming4 ping2
Simplified: 胆正命平
willing to risk one's life for righteousness | justice
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間諜活動
Mandarin: jian4 die2 huo2 dong4
[n] espionage
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捉姣
Mandarin: zhuo1 jiao1
catch someone in the act of adultery (in flagrante delicto)
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不治之症
Mandarin: bu4 zhi4 zhi1 zheng4
an incurable disease
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姦
Mandarin: jian1
commit adultery; have illicit sexual relations
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華僑商業銀行
Hua Chiao Commercial Bank Ltd.
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分銷
retail store
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直呼
Mandarin: zhi2 hu1
call directly; directly say; directly remark
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返入去
to go back into...
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路線
Mandarin: lu4 xian4
[1] route; [2] (political) course
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攞嚟辛苦
Mandarin: luo1 li2 xin1 ku3
Cantonese
asking for trouble; creating unnecessary work for oneself
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𨂾光黑
Mandarin: nan4 guang1 hei1
evening; dusk
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滑牙
(of a screw or bolt) to be stripped
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鴨綠江
Mandarin: ya1 lv4 jiang1
Yalu River (located on the border with North Korea)
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陽奉陰違
Mandarin: yang2 feng4 yin1 wei2
outwardly comply but inwardly defy
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中國四大發明
Mandarin: Zhong1 guo2 si4 da4 fa1 ming2
Simplified: 中国四大发明
The four great inventions of ancient China
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魑魅
Mandarin: chi1 mei4
spirits and devils (usually harmful); demon
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重未
Mandarin: zhong4 wei4
not yet (spoken)
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咪住
Mandarin: mi1 zhu4
hold on; hold it (spoken)
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打轉
Mandarin: da3 zhuan4
to spin, rotate, revolve
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軍法審判
Mandarin: jun1 fa3 shen3 pan4
Simplified: 军法审判
to court-martial
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八絃琴
Mandarin: ba1 xian2 qin2
octochord (musical instrument)
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伯母
Mandarin: bo2 mu3
[1] wife of father's elder brother; aunt [2] aunty; auntie - polite term for a woman of one's mother's age
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