Cantonese Dictionary

摩擦

mo1 caat3

Mandarin: mo2 ca1

(verb) 1. Rub; (noun) Argument

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真格

zan1 gaak3

Mandarin: zhen1 ge2

true; real

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黯然神傷

am2 jin4 san4 soeng1

Mandarin: an4 ran2 shen2 shang1

be sad and dejected

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基線

gei1 sin3

Mandarin: ji1 xian4

[survey] datum line

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奬

zoeng2

Mandarin: jiang3

prize | award | encouragement M: 个gè [个] | to praise | to commend | to give award to | to give financial assistance to | # adapted from cc-cedict

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小心駛得萬年船

siu2 sam1 sai2 dak1 maan6 nin4 syun4

Mandarin: xiao3 xin5 shi3 de5 wan4 nian2 chuan2

Simplified: 小心驶得万年船

caution is the parent of safety, it is better to be safe than sorry

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壓扁

aat3 bin2

Mandarin: ya1 bian3

[1] (v.) to press flat; to squash; to squish; to flatten [2] (adj.) flattened; pressed. [ ] Synon.: 壓住. Cant.: 撳扁

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在於

zoi6 jyu1

Mandarin: zai4 yu2

depending on; lie in; rest with; reside in; determined by | [粵]: 志在

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苔

toi4

Mandarin: tai1

liverwort | moss | lichen | # adapted from cc-cedict

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不可知論嘅

bat1 ho2 zi1 leon6 ge3

Mandarin: bu4 ke3 zhi1 lun4 ge2

Cantonese

agnostic

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議定書

ji5 ding6 syu1

Mandarin: yi4 ding4 shu1

protocol; treaty

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米蘭花

mai5 laan4 faa1

Mandarin: mi3 lan2 hua1

Simplified: 米兰花

Aglaia odorata

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以身相許

ji5 san1 soeng1 heoi2

give yourself to someone else; "favors" (as in sexual privileges)

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雪城

syut3 sing4

Mandarin: xue3 cheng2

Syracuse, New York

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畀人鬧

bei2 jan4 naau6

Mandarin: bi4 ren2 nao4

Simplified: 畀人闹

Cantonese

scolded by others; to get a telling off | scolding

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吞劍者

tan1 gim3 ze2

a sword swallower (at the circus)

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房祖名

fong4 zou2 ming4

Mandarin: fang2 zu3 ming2

noun; Jaycee Fong | Chan, a Hong Kong actor and singer, son of veteran action actor Jackie Chan

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第一線

dai6 jat1 sin3

Mandarin: di4 yi1 xian4

Simplified: 第一线

First line; front line; forefront

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托故

tok3 gu3

Mandarin: tuo1 gu4

to make up excuses to do something; to find an excuse to do something

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曬

saai3

Mandarin: shai4

Simplified: 晒

Cantonese

(of the sun) to shine on | to bask in (the sunshine) | to dry (clothes, grain etc) in the sun | (fig.) to expose and share (one's experiences and thoughts) on the Web (loanword from "share") | (coll.) to give the cold shoulder to | to have very strong sunlight | to sunbathe | to show off | to flaunt | to print out photos | to sleep | to hide | to hide out | to stay | # adapted from cc-cedict

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面衫

min6 saam1

Mandarin: mian4 shan1

outer clothing

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南化鄉

naam4 faa3 hoeng1

Mandarin: nan2 hua4 xiang1

Nanhua (village in Taiwan)

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平平

ping4 ping4

Mandarin: ping2 ping2

average

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慵懶

jung4 laan5

Mandarin: yong1 lan3

lazy; lackadaisical

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速速磅水

cuk1 cuk1 bong6 seoi2

Mandarin: su4 su4 bang4 shui3

hand over the money quickly! [colloquial]

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座右銘

zo6 jau6 ming4

Mandarin: zuo4 you4 ming2

motto

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印度煎餅

jan3 dou6 zin1 beng2

roti canai, a type of flatbread found in Malaysia

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知

zi1

Mandarin: zhi1

to know; to be aware of

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lìhn

Mandarin: all

lian2

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為食貓

wai4 zi6 maau1

Mandarin: wei2 shi2 mao1

Simplified: 为食猫

(noun) a foodie; a food lover; a glutton; a gourmand

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