Cantonese Dictionary

馬鞍山

maa5 on1 saan1

Mandarin: ma3 an1 shan1

[n] Ma'anshan (city in Anhui)

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沉底

cam4 dai2

Mandarin: chen2 di3

sink to the bottom; be hidden at the bottom

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桌球檯

coek3 kau4 toi2

Mandarin: zhuo1 qiu2 tai2

Simplified: 桌球台

snooker table; billiard table

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大足

daai6 zuk1

Mandarin: da4 zu2

Dazu (place in Sichuan)

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氂

mou4

Mandarin: mao2

Simplified: 牦

yak (Bos grunniens) | long curly hair | tail | # adapted from cc-cedict

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爭先恐後

zang1 sin1 hung2 hau6

Mandarin: zheng1 xian1 kong3 hou4

compete with one another over something

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樽領衫

zeon1 ling5 saam1

Mandarin: zun1 ling3 shan1

Cantonese

roll-neck shirt

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器械體操

hei3 haai6 tai2 cou1

Mandarin: qi4 xie4 ti3 cao1

gymnastics on or with apparatus

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貌合神離

maau6 hap6 san4 lei4

Mandarin: mao4 he2 shen2 li2

outwardly appear to be unity, yet inwardly be in discord; to merely appear to be in good relations, yet be exactly the opposite; nominal friends

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嗌乜春呀

aai3 mat1 ceon1 aa3

Mandarin: ai4 mie1 chun1 ya5

Cantonese

what's with the yelling | shouting? [colloquial]

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舉世無雙

geoi2 sai3 mou4 soeng1

Mandarin: ju3 shi4 wu2 shuang1

matchless; peerless; unrivalled

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煙灰碟

jin1 fui1 dip2

Mandarin: yan1 hui1 die2

Simplified: 烟灰碟

an ashtray

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免受

min5 sau6

Mandarin: mian3 shou4

be immune/exempted from; protect against; avoid suffering

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跑步

paau2 bou6

Mandarin: pao3 bu4

[v] run; march at the double

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白灼蝦

baak6 coek3 haa1

Mandarin: bai2 zhuo2 xia1

Simplified: 白灼虾

water-boiled shrimps

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惡夢成真

ok3 mung6 sing4 zan1

Mandarin: e4 meng4 cheng2 zhen1

[1] a nightmare comes true [2] [Syn.] 噩夢成真

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哽

gang2

Mandarin: geng3

choking | choking with emotion | gulp | # adapted from cc-cedict

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口水流

hau2 seoi2 lau4

Mandarin: kou3 shui3 liu2

to drool

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孭數

me1 sou3

Mandarin: mie1 shu4

Simplified: 孭数

responsible for debts or sales quota (spoken)

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疋頭舖

pat1 tau4 pou3*2

[n] a piece-goods store

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川流不息

cyun1 lau4 bat1 sik1

Mandarin: chuan1liu2bu4xi1

(saying) (figurative) Usually it refers to a mall or a specific location is very busy and a lot of people passing by

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花牌

faa1 paai4*2

Mandarin: hua1 pai2

(mahjong) flower tiles (the 牌 may be left out)

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褐煤

hot3 mui4

Mandarin: he4 mei2

brown coal; lignite

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透明

tau3 ming4

Mandarin: tou4 ming2

to ignore

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白鴿籠

baak6 gap3/gaap3 lung4

dove-cote

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失明

sat1 ming4

Mandarin: shi1 ming2

to become blind; blindness

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沙灘

saa1 taan1

Mandarin: sha1 tan1

beach (Synonym: 海灘)

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層壓式推銷計劃

cang4 aat3 sik1 teoi1 siu1 gai3 waak6

pyramid selling scheme

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勾結

ngau1 git3

Mandarin: gou1 jie2

collude with; collaborate with; gang up with

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潢

wong4

Mandarin: huang2

dye paper | lake | pond | mount scroll | decoration | external appearance | sump | expanse of water | mighty | # adapted from cc-cedict

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