Cantonese Dictionary

爭奇鬥艷

zaang1 kei4 dau3 jim6

Mandarin: zheng1 qi2 dou4 yan4

Simplified: 争奇斗艳

to compete with each other in terms of beauty and glamour

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舂個頭埋去

zung1 go3 tau4 maai4 heoi3

Mandarin: chong1 ge5 tou2 mai2 qu4

Simplified: 舂个头埋去

get involved; rush headlong into

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哀家

oi1 gaa1

Mandarin: ai1 jia1

I; me (personal pronoun of widowed empress)

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啲人

di1 jan4

Mandarin: di1 ren2

Cantonese

some people, those people

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出碟

ceot1 dip6*2

Mandarin: chu1 die2

to come out / release a new CD

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pīn

Mandarin: all

bian1

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蠕

jyu4

Mandarin: ru2

to squirm | to wiggle | to wriggle | Taiwan pr. [ruǎn] | a type of worm | # adapted from cc-cedict

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必修課

bit1 sau1 fo3

Mandarin: bi4 xiu1 ke4

an obligatory course; a required course

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鋼索

gong3 sok3

Mandarin: gang1 suo3

Simplified: 钢索

a tightwire; a highwire; a tightrope

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海角

hoi2 gok3

Mandarin: hai3 jiao3

cape (point of land projecting into a body of water)

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白色污染

baak6 sik1 wu1 jim5

Mandarin: bai2 se4 wu1 ran3

White pollution (plastic pollution)

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康復

hong1 fuk6

Mandarin: kang1 fu4

to be recovered to health, to come through, to convalesce; restoration | [粵]: 好返, 好番

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問非所答

man6 fei1 so2 daap3

Mandarin: wen4 fei1 suo3 da2

Simplified: 问非所答

to be uncooperative in answering a question when asked; to give an irrelevant answer [written and colloquial]

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下車

haa6 ce1

Mandarin: xia4 che1

to get off, get out (a bus, train, car, etc...) [粵]: 落車

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晶亮

zing1 loeng6

Mandarin: jing1 liang4

shiny

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翡翠

fei2 ceoi3

Mandarin: fei3 cui4

jade (high quality); emerald; kingfisher, halcyon bird

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依邑

ji1 jap1

Cantonese

amorous behavior ("making out")

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急轉直下

gap1 zyun2 zik6 haa6

Mandarin: ji2 zhuan3 zhi2 xia4

suddenly worsen; take a dramatic plunge; take a sudden unfavourable turn

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網友

mong5 jau5

Mandarin: wang3 you3

online friend; Internet user

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戴髮含齒

daai3 faat3 ham4 ci2

Mandarin: dai4 fa3 [TW] fa4 [PRC] han2 chi3

human being; mankind

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更多

gang1 do1

Mandarin: geng4 duo1

further more

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拆骨

caak3 gwat1

Mandarin: chai1 gu3

removing of bones | bashing up one

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國姓鄉

gwok3 sing3 hoeng1

Mandarin: guo2 xing4 xiang1

Kuohsing (village in Taiwan)

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氣喘病

hei3 cyun2 beng6

Mandarin: qi4 chuan3 bing4

asthma, a debilitating condition that causes shortness of breath, wheezing and coughing. | More commonly referred to as 哮喘

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碌蔗

luk1 ze3

Mandarin: lu4 zhe4

stupid person; idiot; fool [colloquial]

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語氣助詞

jyu5 hei3 zo6 ci4

Mandarin: yu3 qi4 zhu4 ci2

modal auxiliary; modal particle; intonational particle; sentence-final particle; final particle - used mainly at the end of a sentence to express mood or additional meaning. The main ones are 呀, 喇, 咋, 嘅, 噃, 囉, 喎.

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維多利亞港

wai4 do1 lei6 aa3 gong2

Mandarin: wei2 duo1 li4 ya4 gang3

Victoria Harbour [abbreviation] 維港 [also] 維多利亞港灣

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政治經濟學

zing3 zi6 ging1 zai3 hok6

Mandarin: zheng4 zhi4 jing1 ji4 xue2

political economy

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攣毛

lyun1 mou4*1

Mandarin: luan2 mao2

Cantonese

curly/wavy/crimped hair

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眼斬斬

ngaan5 zaam2 zaam2

Mandarin: yan3 zhan3 zhan3

Simplified: 眼斩斩

(adjective) blinking eyes

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