Cantonese Dictionary

小康

siu2 hong1

Mandarin: xiao3kang1

(adjective) Small but abundance

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怨氣

jyun3 hei3

complaint; resentment

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砂

saa1

Mandarin: sha1

sand | gravel | granule | grit | gritty | sand like material | cinnabar | abrasive cloth | mortar | golddust | sandpit | grindstone | emerywheel | granulated | sandy | # adapted from cc-cedict

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最後訴諸於

zeoi3 hau6 sou3 zyu1 jyu1

last resort (noun)

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一磚豆腐想升仙

jat1 zyun1 dau6 2 fu6 soeng2 sing1 sin1

Mandarin: yi1 zhuan1 dou4 fu5 xiang3 sheng1 xian1

Simplified: 一砖豆腐想升仙

(Sarcasm) When someone thinks he | she knows everything by knowing just a part of it

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傑伊漢港

git6 ji1 hon3 gong2

Mandarin: jie2 yi1 han4 gang3

Ceyhan (Turkish mediterranean port)

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失陪

sat1 pui4

Mandarin: shi1 pei2

[politesse] excuse me, pardon me (... i need to go)

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姑婆

gu1 po4

Mandarin: gu1 po2

unmarried mature female

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生膠

sang1 gaau1

Mandarin: sheng1 jiao1

Simplified: 生胶

clear PVC

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審查制度

sam2 caa4 zai3 dou6

Mandarin: shen3 cha2 zhi4 du4

censorship

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恃

ci5

Mandarin: shi4

rely/depend/count on

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耗資

hou3 zi1

Mandarin: hao zi1

to spend (usually large sums of money)

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智育

zi3 juk6

intellectual education

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眩

waan6

Mandarin: xuan4

dazzling | brilliant | dazzled | dizzy | giddy | to be confused by | dazed | disorient | to be addicted to | charming | glare | to be bewildered | puzzled | # adapted from cc-cedict

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搶答

coeng2 daap3

Mandarin: qiang3 da2

rush to answer a question before someone else

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放射性煙羽

fong3 se6 sing3 jin1 jyu5

Mandarin: fang4 she4 xing4 yan1 yu3

radiation plume

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流離朗蕩

lau4 lei4 long5 dong6

Mandarin: liu2 li2 lang3 dang4

Simplified: 流离朗荡

to wander around aimlessly; to be displaced; destitiute and homeless

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財赤

coi4 cek3

Mandarin: cai2 chi4

Simplified: 财赤

financial deficits; budgetary deficit

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兵馬俑

bing1 maa5 jung2

Mandarin: bing1ma3yong3

Simplified: 兵马俑

(UNESCO World Heritage Site) The Terracotta Army, which is in Xian, China

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事件相關電位

si6 gin6*2 soeng1 gwaan1 din6 wai6

Mandarin: shi4 jian4 xiang1 guan1 dian4 wei4

event-related potential

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亮紅燈

loeng6 hung4 dang1

Mandarin: liang4 hong2 deng1

Simplified: 亮红灯

traffic light turns red

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須知

seoi1 zi1

Mandarin: xu1 zhi1

need-to-know facts; preliminary instructions

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扮嘢

baan6 je5

Mandarin: ban4 ye3

Cantonese

(verb) to pretend; to fake; (adjective) pretentious

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寫頭

se2 tau4

Mandarin: xie3 tou2

write head (e.g., on a magnetic device such as a hard drive or cassette recorder)

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祇

zi2

Mandarin: qi2

an alternative form for 只, only | # adapted from cc-cedict

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代名詞

doi6 ming4 ci4

Mandarin: dai4 ming2 ci2

(lang.) pronoun | Also 代詞

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信義鄉

seon3 ji6 hoeng1

Mandarin: xin4 yi4 xiang1

Hsini (village in Taiwan)

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女ｋｅｅｐｅｒ

neoi2 ki1 paa2

Mandarin: nv3ｋｅｅｐｅｒ

a woman who is in charge of supervising a brothel [colloquial]

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核武器

hat6 mou5 hei3

Mandarin: he2 wu3 qi4

nuclear weapon

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紅極一時

hung4 gik6 jat1 si4

Mandarin: hong2 ji2 yi1 shi2

Simplified: 红极一时

a smash hit; to be well-known for a period of time

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