Cantonese Dictionary

掘井

gwat6 zeng2

Mandarin: jue2 jing3

to dig a well

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瓜代

gwaa1 doi6

Mandarin: gua1 dai4

a change-over of personnel; a new shift; lit. replacement for soldier on leave for the melon picking season

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下船

haa6 syun4

Mandarin: xia4 chuan2

to disembark from a ship, to go ashore [粵]: 落船

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立立亂

lap6 lap2 lyun6

Mandarin: li4 li4 luan4

Simplified: 立立乱

(adj.) describes a chaotic situation or relationship; describes a surface or a space, e.g. a desk or a room, that is very untidy.

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光學

gwong1 hok6

Mandarin: guang1 xue2

optics

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贖金

suk6 gam1

ransom money

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㧬

ung2

Mandarin: gong3

to raise; to fold the hands on the breast, to bow, to salute, a method (to pile or to raise up) of painting; (Cant.) to push from behind | # adapted from cc-cedict

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尖銳批評

zim1 jeoi6 pai1 ping4

Mandarin: jian1 rui4 pi1 ping2

sharp criticism

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一團糟

jat1 tyun4 zou1

Mandarin: yi1 tuan2 zao1

chaos; a complete mess

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馬檻

maa5 laam2

Mandarin: ma3 kan3

Simplified: 马槛

brothel

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樹熊

syu6 hung4

Mandarin: shu4 xiong2

Simplified: 树熊

koala

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煙波

jin1 bo1

Mandarin: yan1 bo1

mist covered water

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中繼

zung1 gai3

Mandarin: zhong1 ji4

to relay; to repeat

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過龍

gwo3 lung4

Mandarin: guo4 long2

Simplified: 过龙

(adjective) to do something over the limit; to go too far; to give too much; to overdo something

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蟲蛀

cung4 zyu3

moth-eaten

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馬灣

maa5 waan1

Mandarin: ma3 wan1

Simplified: 马湾

Ma Wan, a place in Hong Kong, China

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涔

sam4

Mandarin: cen2

overflow | rainwater | tearful | continous rainfall | rainful | sweatily | swollen | dark | # adapted from cc-cedict

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大鑊

daai6 gok3

Cantonese

No definition available

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交稅

gaau1 seoi3

to pay taxes

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總理

zung2 lei5

Mandarin: zong3 li3

prime minister; premier

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諺語

jin6 jyu5

Mandarin: yan4 yu3

a proverb, an idiom, an adage

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馬馬虎虎

maa5*1 maa5*1 fu2*1 fu2*1

Mandarin: ma3 ma3 hu3 hu3

careless; casual; just passable; so-so

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證供

zing3 gung1

Mandarin: zheng4 gong1

Simplified: 证供

Evidence

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亞格門農

aa3 gaak3 mun4 nung4

Mandarin: ya4 ge2 men2 nong2

Agamemnon

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叨嘮

dou1 lou4

Mandarin: dao1 lao5

to chatter away without stopping; to talk on and on | [粵]: 吟沉

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靠得住

kaau3 dak1 zyu6

reliable, dependable, responsible, sure

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香港特別行政區

hoeng1 gong2 dak6 bit6 hang4 zing3 keoi1

Mandarin: Xiang1 gang3 Te4 bie2 Xing2 zheng4 qu1

Simplified: 香港特别行政区

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

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蒜蓉菠菜

syun3 jung4 bo1 coi3

Mandarin: suan4 rong2 bo1 cai4

stir-fried spinach with minced garlic

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向後

hoeng3 hau6

Mandarin: xiang4 hou4

backwards

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會合處

wui6 hap6 syu3

Mandarin: hui4 he2 chu4

junction; meeting place | Also '匯合處'

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