Cantonese Dictionary

肽

taai3

Mandarin: tai4

peptide (two or more amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH) | # adapted from cc-cedict

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得咗

dak1 zo2

Mandarin: de5 zuo5

Cantonese

got it (spoken)

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病倒

beng6 dou2

Mandarin: bing4 dao3

be/come down with an illness; fall ill; be laid up

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黎平

lai4 ping4

Mandarin: li2 ping2

Liping (place in Guizhou)

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口語化

hau2 jyu5 faa3

Mandarin: kou3 yu3 hua4

Simplified: 口语化

colloquialization

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地踎館

dei6 mau1 gun2

Mandarin: di4 mou2 guan3

Simplified: 地踎馆

street restaurants; roadside stalls | eateries

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好事

hou2 si6

good deed; good turn

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冇禮

mou5 lai5

Mandarin: mao3 li3

Simplified: 冇礼

Cantonese

impolite; rude; ill-mannered [colloquial]

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一齊包

jat1 cai4 baau1

pack together

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虻

mang4

Mandarin: meng2

horsefly | gadfly | # adapted from cc-cedict

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舵工

to4 gung1

Mandarin: duo4 gong1

Helmsman; quartermaster

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鬼死咁亂

gwai2 sei2 gam3 lyun6

Cantonese

extremely messy

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夜盲

je6 maang4

Mandarin: ye4 mang2

Night-blindness

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直接選舉

zik6 zip3 syun2 geoi2

Mandarin: zhi2 jie1 xuan3 ju3

direct election

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改正

goi2 zing3

Mandarin: gai3 zheng4

to correct; to put right; to amend; to edit; correction; amendment

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星期六

sing1 kei4 luk6

Mandarin: xing1 qi1 liu4 (PRC), xing1 qi2 liu4 (Taiwan)

Saturday. Syn.: 禮拜六

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好噏唔噏

hou2 ngap1 m4 ngap1

Cantonese

didn't say something good (but say something bad)

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奏

zau3

Mandarin: zou4

to play music | to achieve | to present a memorial to the emperor (old) | # adapted from cc-cedict

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yut yuht

Mandarin: all

yi3

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宋媽

sung3 maa1

Cantonese

all, every, altogether {Malaysia and Singapore usage}

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獻身

hin3 san1

Mandarin: xian4shen1

Simplified: 献身

(verb) Devote to (someone or something)

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同居伴侶

tung4 geoi1 bun6 leoi5

live-in partner

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奀瘦

ngan1 sau3

Mandarin: di2 shou4

lean, slender, slim, tiny

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節約

zit3 joek3

Mandarin: jie2 yue1

Simplified: 节约

(verb) Save

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家山有眼

gaa1 saan1 jau5 ngaan5

Mandarin: jia1 shan1 you3 yan3

forefathers bless you

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翳焗

ai3 guk6

Mandarin: yi4 ju2

(adjective) hot and stuffy; muggy; suffocating

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náu

Mandarin: all

niu3

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徑流

ging3 lau4

Mandarin: jing4 liu2

runoff

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斑

baan1

Mandarin: ban1

spot | colored patch | stripe | spotted | striped | variegated | speckle | stain | a garoupa | # adapted from cc-cedict

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核軍備

hat6 gwan1 bei6

Mandarin: he2 jun1 bei4

nuclear arms

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