Cantonese Dictionary

工人房

gung1 jan4 fong4*2

servant's quarters

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心亂

sam1 lyun6

Mandarin: xin1 luan4

Simplified: 心乱

noun; discomposure

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病毒

beng6 duk6

Mandarin: bing4 du2

virus

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咿

ji1

Mandarin: yi1

(onom.) to squeak | to laugh | # adapted from cc-cedict

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直板

zik6 baan2

Mandarin: zhi2 ban3

Perfectly straight; bolt upright

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高光

gou1 gwong1

Mandarin: gao1 guang1

(paint, surface) glazed, luster, highly glossy

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卓資

coek3 zi1

Mandarin: zhuo1 zi1

Zhuozi (place in Inner Mongolia)

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梵谷

faan4 guk1

Mandarin: Fan4 gu3

Vincent van Gogh

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亡命

mong4 ming6

Mandarin: wang2ming4

(verb) To risk life doing | on something

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受寵若驚

sau6 cung2 joek6 ging1

Mandarin: shou4 chong3 ruo4 jing1

to feel overwhelmed by an unexpected favor; to feel unduly flattered

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格局

gaak3 guk6

Mandarin: ge2 ju2

a structure; pattern; configuration; layout of furnishings in a house

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亞頭

aa3 tau4*2

a boss, chief, head (lit., "Mister Head")

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本地狀元

bun2 dei6 zong6 jyun4

Mandarin: ben3 di4 zhuang4 yuan5

Simplified: 本地状元

(noun) top local students

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會展中心站

wui6 zin2 zung1 sam1 zaam6

Mandarin: hui4 zhan3 zhong1 xin1 zhan4

Simplified: 会展中心站

Convention & Exhibition Center Station, a metro station in Guangdong, China

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橋那頭

kiu4 naa5 tau4

Mandarin: qiao2 na4 tou2

that end of a bridge

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回歸祖國

wui4 gwai1 zou2 gwok3

Mandarin: hui2 gui1 zu3 guo2

Simplified: 回归祖国

Return to ancestors' country

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廠禮拜

cong2 lai5 baai3

Mandarin: chang3 li3 bai4

day off (work)

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浪費

long6 fai3

Mandarin: lang4 fei4

to waste (Cantonese often uses 嘥 saai1 instead) | [粵]: also 嘥撻

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才思

coi4 si1

Mandarin: cai2 si1

creativeness, imaginative power, brilliant insight

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法線

faat3 sin3

Mandarin: fa3 xian4

[math.] a normal (type of line)

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宗祠

zung1 ci4

Mandarin: zong1 ci2

ancestral shrine

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壓裂

aat3 lit6

Mandarin: ya1 lie4

fracking; (hydraulic) fracturing

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碰一鼻子灰

pung3 jat1 bei6 zi2 fui1

Mandarin: peng4 yi1 bi2 zi5 hui1

to be snubbed; to meet with a rebuff

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結盟

git3 mang4

alignment

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安新

on1 san1

Mandarin: an1 xin1

Anxin (place in Hebei)

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農

nung4

Mandarin: nong2

Simplified: 农

peasant | to farm | agriculture | diligent (old) | government field official (old) | farmer | agricultural | # adapted from cc-cedict

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糯米糍

no6 mai5 ci4

Mandarin: nuo4 mi3 ci2

glutinous rice ball

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牛蒡

ngau4 bong2

Mandarin: niu2 bang4

burdock

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駒

keoi1

Mandarin: ju1

Simplified: 驹

colt | foal | a fine horse | # adapted from cc-cedict

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生死未卜

sang1 sei2 mei6 buk1

Mandarin: sheng1 si3 wei4 bu3

uncertain of whether someone is alive or not; hovering between life and death

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