Cantonese Dictionary

太過份

taai3 gwo3 fan6

Mandarin: tai4 guo4fen4

Simplified: 太过份

over the top; unacceptable; to have crossed over the line [written and colloquial]

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掛臘鴨

gwaa3 laap6 aap3*2

to commit suicide by hanging (lit., "hanging dried duck")

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冇藥力

mou5 joek6 lik6

Mandarin: mao3 yao4li4

Simplified: 冇药力

Cantonese

describe a drug which has no effect; to have no drugs to smoke [colloquial]

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灌救

gun3 gau3

Mandarin: guan4 jiu4

to save rescue by spraying water on a fire

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昆

kwan1

Mandarin: kun1

descendant | elder brother | a style of Chinese poetry | to fool | to trick | to lure | mouth | # adapted from cc-cedict

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政治局

zing3 zi6 guk6*2

Mandarin: zheng4 zhi4 ju2

politburo

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柏林圍牆

paak3 lam4 wai4 coeng4

the Berlin Wall

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背地裡

bui3 dei6 leoi5

behind one's back; secretly

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一刻

jat1 haak1

Mandarin: yi1 ke4

A moment;A quarter

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電話線

din6 waa6*2 sin3

Mandarin: dian4 hua4 xian4

telephone line/wire

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sō sok

Mandarin: all

suo5

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抵觸

dai2 zuk1

conflict; contradict; clash; collide; interfere

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公民抗命

gung1 man4 kong3 ming6

Mandarin: gong1 min2 kang4 ming4

Civil Disobedience

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鐵鏽

tit3 sau3

Mandarin: tie3 xiu4

rust (also written as 鐵秀)

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字條

zi6 tiu4

[n] a note, memorandum, memo

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遊戲咭

jau4 hei3 kaat1

Cantonese

(n.) playing cards (Mand. 遊戲卡)

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博湖

bok3 wu4

Mandarin: bo2 hu2

Bohu (place in Xinjiang)

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內底

noi6 dai2

Mandarin: nei4 di3

Cantonese

inside

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金山阿伯

gam1 saan1 aa3 baak3

Mandarin: jin1 shan1 a4 bai3

elderly Chinese male who returns to China from America in 1800s til 1900s (slang)

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全國人大委員長

cyun4 gwok3 jan4 daai6 wai2 jyun4 zoeng2

NPC chairman

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白沙鄉

baak6 saa1 hoeng1

Mandarin: bai2 sha1 xiang1

Paisha (village in Taiwan), Pak Sar Heung

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死海

sei2 hoi2

the Dead Sea

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報答

bou3 daap3

Mandarin: bao4 da2

Simplified: 报答

to reward

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場所

coeng4 so2

Mandarin: chang3 suo3

location; place; arena

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滿

mun6

Mandarin: man3

Simplified: 满

an alternative form for 懣, sorrowful | # adapted from cc-cedict

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麥嘉

mak6 gaa1

Mandarin: mai4 jia1

Karl Maka

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入黑

jap6 haak1

Mandarin: ru4 hei1

it's getting dark (time of day)

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胸肉

hung1 juk6

Mandarin: xiong rou4

brisket

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肥肥地

fei4 fei4*2 dei6*2

a bit fat

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路畔

lou6 bun5

Mandarin: lu4 pan4

roadside

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