Cantonese Dictionary

鬥生鬥死

dau3 sang1 dau3 sei2

compete against each other

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㷫

kaai2

Mandarin: qing3

to bake or dry by fire | # adapted from cc-cedict

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季節

gwai3 zit3

Mandarin: ji4 jie2

season; period; time

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金華火腿

gam1 waa4 fo2 teoi2

Mandarin: jin1 hua2 huo3 tui3

Jinhua ham (dry-cured ham named after the city of Jinhua)

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鴨

aap3

Cantonese

No definition available

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中年失業人士

zung1 nin4 sat1 jip6 jan4 si6

middle-aged unemployed people

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你知條撚咩

nei5 zi1 tiu4 lan2 me1

Mandarin: ni3 zhi1 tiao2 nian3 mie1

Simplified: 你知条撚咩

Cantonese

what the fuck do you know?; how the fuck would you know? [colloquial]

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遼代

liu4 doi6

Mandarin: liao2 dai4

Simplified: 辽代

the Liao dynasty(ancient China)

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手足

sau2 zuk1

Mandarin: shou3 zu2

Cantonese

colleagues | close friends

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男女

naam4 neoi5

Mandarin: nan2 nv3

male-female

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中年

zung1 nin4

Mandarin: zhong1 nian2

middle-aged

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三幾

saam1 gei2

Mandarin: san1 ji3

Simplified: 三几

around three (quantity)

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ām

Mandarin: all

an1

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北京烤鴨

bak1 ging1 haau1 aap3

Mandarin: bei3 jing1 kao3 ya1

Peking Duck

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疏離

so1 lei4

Mandarin: shu1 li2

estranged; become alienated

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食品

sik6 ban2

Mandarin: shi2 pin3

food

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石屎森林

sek6 si2 sam1 lam4

Cantonese

a concrete jungle

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命大

meng6 daai6

lucky, having had a narrow escape

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saau

Mandarin: all

shao4

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意大利粉

ji3 daai6 lei6 fan2

Mandarin: Yi4 da4 li4 fen3

Spaghetti

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臨川

lam4 cyun1

Mandarin: lin2 chuan1

Linchuan (city in Jiangxi)

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棉

min4

Mandarin: mian2

cotton; kapok; things like cotton-wool

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ou yūk

Mandarin: all

ao4 yu4

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功能集

gung1 nang4 zaap6

Mandarin: gong1 neng2 ji2

function library

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鋪頭仔

pou3 tau2 zai2

Mandarin: pu1 tou2 zi3

Simplified: 铺头仔

a small shop [colloquial]

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風範

fung1 faan6

Mandarin: feng1 fan4

air; manner; model; paragon; demeanor

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guih

Mandarin: cantonese-only

gui4

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保護物

bou2 wu6 mat6

Mandarin: bao3 hu4 wu4

a protector

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軍用物資

gwan1 jung6 mat6 zi1

Mandarin: jun1 yong4 wu4 zi1

Simplified: 军用物资

military supplies

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頭炮

tau4 paau3

Mandarin: tou2 pao4

Simplified: 头炮

first strike; the first shot

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