Cantonese Dictionary

扭紋柴

nau2 man4 caai4

Mandarin: niu3 wen2 chai2

Simplified: 扭纹柴

(noun) a whiny child; a child who frequently cries to get what he | she wants; a naughty or a mischievous child

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組距

zou2 keoi5

Mandarin: zu3 ju4

[math.] class interval

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躡手躡腳

nip6 sau2 nip6 goek3

Mandarin: nie4 shou3 nie4 jiao3

to walk stealthily; to tread lightly; to walk gingerly; to tiptoe | Syn.: 捏手捏腳

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同類

tung4 leoi6

Mandarin: tong2 lei4

same type; same species

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勵

lai6

Mandarin: li4

Simplified: 励

to encourage | to urge | to strive | to incite | to exert oneself | # adapted from cc-cedict

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隔週

gaak3 zau1

Mandarin: ge2 zhou1

every other week; on alternative weeks; every alternate week

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倒眼

dou3 ngaan5

Mandarin: dao4 yan3

Strabismus

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星火燎原

sing1 fo2 liu4 jyun4

Mandarin: xing1 huo3 liao2 yuan2

'a small spark can set fire to the entire wilderness', hence a metaphor to not underestimate the power of something that is seemingly small; Catching Fire (The Hunger Games), a book | film

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某些

mau5 se1

Mandarin: mou3 xie1

some, certain (things) [粵]: 某啲

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軟齶音

jyun5 ngok6 jam1

[ling.] velar (made with the back of the tongue and the soft palate)

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起勢

hei2 sai3

Mandarin: qi3 shi4

Simplified: 起势

to endeavour to do something

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性子

sing3 zi2

Mandarin: xing4 zi5

temper

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閾

kwik1

Mandarin: yu4

Simplified: 阈

threshold | separated | confined | boundary | # adapted from cc-cedict

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強姦藥

koeng4 gaan1 joek6

Mandarin: qiang2jian1 yao4

Simplified: 强奸药

rape drug [written and colloquial]

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小波

siu2 bo1

Mandarin: xiao3 bo1

[math.] wavelet, wavelets

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永字八法

wing5 zi6 baat3 faat3

Mandarin: yong3 zi4 ba1 fa3

the Eight Principles of Yong (永 wing5), used for teaching the eight common Chinese writing strokes as it is all found in the 永 (wing5) character

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秧歌

joeng1 go1

Mandarin: yang1 ge0

a popular rural folk dance

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凍結

dung3 git3

Mandarin: dong4 jie2

to freeze; frozen; (fig.) (price, wage etc.) freeze | [粵]: 瓊 (to coagulate)

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佔據

zim3 geoi3

Mandarin: zhan4 ju4

to occupy; to hold

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八十三

baat3 sap6 saam1

Mandarin: ba1 shi2 san1

eighty-three; 83

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支柱

zi1 cyu5

Mandarin: zhi1 zhu4

prop; pillar; mainstay

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jeun

Mandarin: all

jin4

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出來

ceot1 lei4/lai4/loi4

Mandarin: chu1 lai2

to come out; to emerge | [粵]: 出嚟

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轉台

zyun3 toi4

switch mobile phone networks

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laak3

口

Mandarin: 14

laak

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穀

huk6

Mandarin: gu3

Simplified: 谷

part of a place name | # adapted from cc-cedict

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請示

ceng2 si6

Mandarin: qing3 shi4

to ask for instructions

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比唔上

bei2 m4 soeng2

Mandarin: bi3 n2 shang4

Cantonese

cannot be compared with; not as good as

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遲早

ci4 zou2

Mandarin: chi2 zao3

sooner or later

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連續變調

lin4 zuk6 bin3 diu6

Mandarin: lian2 xu4 bian4 diao4

tone sandhi

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