Cantonese Dictionary

週一

zau1 jat1

Mandarin: zhou1 yi1

Monday

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質疑

zat1 ji4

Mandarin: zhi4 yi2

call into question (truth or validity)

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近距離接觸

gan6 keoi5 lei4 zip3 zuk1

Mandarin: jin4 ju4 li2 jie1 chu4

close contact

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都好

dou1 hou2

Mandarin: dou1 hao3

all do; can do; that's ok; that sounds good [written and colloquial]

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光暈

gwong1 wan4

Mandarin: guang1 yun4

Simplified: 光晕

Halation;halo

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歸心似箭

gwai1 sam1 ci5 zin3

want to go home as soon as possible

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道行

dou6 hang6

moral conduct, spiritual character

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北斗

bak1 dau2

Mandarin: bei3 dou3

Great Bear, Big Dipper; (placename) Pak Tau

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賽車

coi3 ce1

motor race

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搞出人命

gaau2 ceot1 jan4 meng6

Mandarin: gao3 chu1 ren2 ming4

to cause a fatality; accidental pregnancy

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五千

ng5 cin1

Mandarin: wu3 qian1

five thousand

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井字架

zeng2 zi6 gaa3*2

a tic-tac-toe board shaped frame/shelving (i.e., as it literally states, shaped like the character 井)

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洗塵

sai2 can4

Mandarin: xi3 chen2

Simplified: 洗尘

welcome dinner for a friend or relative from overseas (spoken)

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交易所

gaau1 jik6 so2

Mandarin: jiao1 yi4 suo3

bourse, a European stock exchange

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豬仔客

zyu1 zau2 haak3

Cantonese

trafficking in overseas Chinese laborers

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武寧

mou5 ning4

Mandarin: wu3 ning2

Wuning (place in Jiangxi)

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陽平

joeng4 ping4

Mandarin: yang2 ping2

light level tone, referring to tone 4 in Cantonese.

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播種面積

bo3 zung2 min6 zik1

Mandarin: bo1 zhong4 mian4 ji1

[n] seeded area, sown area

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吉水

gat1 seoi2

Mandarin: ji2 shui3

Jishui (place in Jiangxi), Kut Sui

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昨

zok6

Mandarin: zuo2

yesterday | in former times | past | # adapted from cc-cedict

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迦太基

gaa1 taai3 gei1

Mandarin: jia1 tai4 ji1

Carthage

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緝私

cap1 si1

Mandarin: ji1 si1

to suppress smugglers; to search for smuggled goods

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噸

deon1

Mandarin: dun1

ton -- unit of measure, eg. of weight

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香港中學會考

hoeng1 gong2 zung1 hok6 wui6 haau2

Mandarin: Xiang1 gang3 zhong1 xue2 hui4 kao3

Simplified: 香港中学会考

Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination

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下半身

haa6 bun3 san1

Mandarin: xia4 ban4 shen1

lower half of one's body

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舉例來說

geoi2 lai6 loi4 syut3

Mandarin: ju3 li4 lai2 shuo1

for example

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一時一刻

jat1 si4 jat1 hak1

Mandarin: yi1 shi2 yi1 ke4

for a single moment; at any time

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休假

jau1 gaa3

Mandarin: xiu1 jia4

vacation, holiday

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音量

jam1 loeng6

Mandarin: yin1 liang4

volume of sound

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緋

fei1

Mandarin: fei1

Simplified: 绯

dark red | purple silk | scandal | # adapted from cc-cedict

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