Cantonese Dictionary

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低碳飲食
Mandarin: di1 tan4 yin3 shi2
low-carb diet (short for low-carbohydrate diet 低碳水化合物飲食)
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季票
season ticket
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大種乞兒
Mandarin: da4 zhong3 qi3 er2
Simplified: 大种乞儿
shameless beggar
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冷汗
cold sweat
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飯餸
Cantonese
dishes. Usually refers to food taken along with rice.
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媽叉
Mandarin: ma1 cha1
Simplified: 妈叉
to swear; to curse [colloquial]
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老友鬼鬼
Mandarin: lao3 you3 gui3 gui3
Cantonese
old buddies; old friends; to have a long term friendship
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假說
Mandarin: jia3 shuo1
hypothesis
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田俊
Mandarin: tian2 jun4
James Tien
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難開下道
Mandarin: nan2 kai1 xia4 dao4
Simplified: 难开下道
a street in Kowloon Tong well known for its hourly love hotel in Hong Kong, used as a pun when talking about women who are reluctant to have sex [colloquial]
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臨界質量
Mandarin: lin2 jie4 zhi4 liang4
critical mass | Orig. from Nuclear Physics, but now also used metaphorically
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一個中國
Mandarin: yi1 ge4 Zhong1 guo2
Simplified: 一个中国
One-China policy
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機舖
Cantonese
videogame centre; video arcade
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豈但
Mandarin: qi3 dan4
Simplified: 岂但
not only
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可疑
Mandarin: ke3 yi2
[1] suspicious; [2] dubious
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搵苦嚟辛
Cantonese
ask for trouble [Syn.] 攞苦嚟辛
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向左
Mandarin: xiang4 zuo3
Turn left
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千葉美加
Mandarin: qian1 ye4 mei3 jia1
Mika Chiba
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時節
Mandarin: shi2 jie2
season; time
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就擒
Mandarin: jiu4 qin2
to be taken prisoner
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首獎
Mandarin: shou3 jiang3
Simplified: 首奖
first prize [written and colloquial]
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撝
Mandarin: hui1
Simplified: 㧑
to split | to direct | to brandish | humble | to assist | # adapted from cc-cedict
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沒羞
Mandarin: mei2 xiu1
shameless; unabashed; not shy; not embarrassed [Syn.] 不要臉 Cant.: 唔知醜
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老式
Mandarin: lao3 shi4
old style ; antique ; demode, outmoded, vintage
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難食
Mandarin: nan2 shi2
Simplified: 难食
taste bad; hard to eat; unpalatable
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出銃
Mandarin: chu1 chong4
Simplified: 出铳
to discard a tile that causes opponent to win immediately (mahjong) | to show one's weakness to your enemy
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開房
rent hotel room for a few hours for illicit love
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迎接
Mandarin: ying2 jie1
to meet; to welcome; to greet
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毛冷店
a woolens shop
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老天爺
Mandarin: lao3 tian1 ye2
[1] God; heavens [2](N. China dialects) the sun
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