Cantonese Dictionary

困境

kwan3 ging2

Mandarin: kun4 jing4

[1] predicament; [2] in difficulty

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日日

jat6 jat6

Cantonese

everyday; daily. Synonym & Mand.: 每日. Mand.: 每天.

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水洗都唔清

seoi2 sai2 dou1 m4 cing1

Mandarin: shui3 xi3 dou1 n2 qing1

Cantonese

cannot come clean from sins committed (slang)

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遲

zi6

Mandarin: chi2

Simplified: 迟

to await | by the time | # adapted from cc-cedict

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浴室

juk6 sat1

Mandarin: yu4 shi4

bathroom | [粵]: 沖涼房, 洗身房

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婧

zing6

Mandarin: jing4

(of woman) slender | delicate | virtuous | modest | supple | # adapted from cc-cedict

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馬達

maa5 daat6

Mandarin: ma3 da2

Simplified: 马达

female ruffian (Cantonese)

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補足

bou2 zuk1

Mandarin: bu3 zu2

complement; bring up to full strength; make up for a deficiency

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賠水

pui4 seoi2

Mandarin: pei2 shui3

Simplified: 赔水

to pay back money to compensate for damages | losses [colloquial]

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下欄

haa6 laan4

Mandarin: xia4 lan2

Simplified: 下栏

(noun) tips (of waiter | waitress or server); leftovers of a restaurant meal

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牧童笛

muk6 tung4 dek2

Mandarin: mu4 tong2 di2

(musical instrument) a Recorder

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高危一族

gou1 ngai4 jat1 zuk6

Cantonese

those at high risk

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海鮮餐

hoi2 sin1 caan1

Mandarin: hai3xian1 can1

Simplified: 海鲜餐

literally: seafood meal; a commodity which has a variable price that is subject to change [colloquial]

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爛鬼

laan6 gwai2

Mandarin: lan4 gui3

Simplified: 烂鬼

broken; worthless; a hoodlum; a thug

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逐

zuk6

Mandarin: zhu2

to pursue | to chase | individually | one by one | to expel | to drive out | each | gradually | # adapted from cc-cedict

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話得埋

waa6 dak1 maai4

Mandarin: hua4 de5 mai2

Simplified: 话得埋

predictable

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唱片騎師

coeng3 pin2 ke4 si1

Mandarin: chang4 pian1 qi2 shi1

Simplified: 唱片骑师

DJ

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想點就點

soeng2 dim2 zau6 dim2

Mandarin: xiang3 dian3 jiu4 dian3

Simplified: 想点就点

Cantonese

do whatever one wants to do

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慧黠

wai6 hat6

Mandarin: hui4 xia2

clever and artful

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上昇

soeng6 sing1

Mandarin: shang4 sheng1

rise; go up

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晶體

zing1 tai2

Mandarin: jing1 ti3

crystal

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搵著數

wan2 zoek6 sou3

Mandarin: wen3 zhao1 shu4

Simplified: 揾着数

Cantonese

looking for bargain or specials (spoken)

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批

pai1

Mandarin: pi1

to ascertain | to act on | to criticize | to pass on | classifier for batches, lots, military flights | tier (for the ranking of universities and colleges) | to slap | to scrape | wholesale | pie (loanword) | land allocation | to comment | to strike | to hit | to chop | # adapted from cc-cedict

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扎扎跳

zaat3 zaat3 tiu3

Mandarin: zha1 zha1 tiao4

frolic; gambol; to jump around

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龍年

lung4 nin4

Mandarin: long2 nian2

the Year of the dragon (one of the 12 year cycle of animals 十二生肖 in the Chinese calendar and zodiac)

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過籠

gwo3 lung4

Mandarin: guo4 long2

Simplified: 过笼

over the limit; over its intention (spoken)

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旁白

pong4 baak6

Mandarin: pang2 bai2

narrate; narration

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夊

seoi1

Mandarin: sui1

"walk slowly" component in Chinese characters | see also 冬字头dōngzìtóu [冬字头], a Kangxi radical 3 to catch up with someone from behind | # adapted from cc-cedict

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碼

maa5

Mandarin: ma3

Simplified: 码

weight | number | code | to pile | to stack | classifier for length or distance (yard), happenings etc | numerals | symbol | yard | # adapted from cc-cedict

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升等考試

sing1 dang2 haau2 si5

Mandarin: sheng1 deng3 kao3 shi4

Simplified: 升等考试

Promotion Examination

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