Cantonese Dictionary

離家出走的少年

lei4 gaa1 ceot1 zau2 dik1 siu3 nin4

runaway teenager

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滿期

mun5 kei4

Mandarin: man3 qi1 (PRC) qi2 (TW)

expire; reach a deadline

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稅階

seoi3 gaai1

Mandarin: shui4 jie1

tax band

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購物車

kau3 mat6 ce1

Mandarin: gou4 wu4 che1

shopping trolley; shopping cart

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流離浪蕩

lau4 lei4 long6*5 dong6

Mandarin: liu2 li2 lang4 dang4

loiter about aimlessly; idle along; loaf around; destitute and homeless

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手提包

sau2 tai4 baau1

Mandarin: shou3 ti2 bao1

handbag; purse

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國際水準

gwok3 zai3 seoi2 zeon2

Mandarin: guo2 ji4 shui3 zhun3

international level / standard [Syn.] 國際水平

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萬眾

maan6 zung3

Mandarin: wan4 zhong4

Simplified: 万众

Millions of people; the multitude

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釘叠釘

deng1 daap6 deng1

Mandarin: ding1 die2 ding1

Simplified: 钉叠钉

compound interest; interest on interest, charged by loansharks [colloquial]

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叻㗎

lek1 gaa4

Mandarin: le4 jia4

Cantonese

lacquer; good in…

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樂園

lok6 jyun4

Mandarin: le4 yuan2

paradise

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梧州話

ng4 zau1 waa6*2

Mandarin: wu2 zhou1 hua4

Wuzhou dialect

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措勤

cou3 kan4

Mandarin: cuo4 qin2

Cuoqin (place in Tibet)

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飯殼

faan6 hok3

Mandarin: fan4 ke2

Simplified: 饭壳

rice ladle

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晦

fui3

Mandarin: hui4

dark | night | unlucky | last day of the lunar month | obsure | unclear | # adapted from cc-cedict

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俾/被

bei2

Cantonese

No definition available

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財政經濟委員會

coi4 zing3 ging1 zai3 wai2 jyun4 wui6*2

Mandarin: cai2 zheng4 jing1 ji4 wei3 yuan2 hui4

[n] financial and economic committee

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交接

gaau1 zip3

Mandarin: jiao1 jie1

[1] join, [2] connect

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yùh

Mandarin: all

yu2

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俾心機

bei2 sam1 gei1

Mandarin: bi3 xin1 ji1

Simplified: 俾心机

making effort; trying hard (spoken)

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坐夜

co5 je2

Mandarin: zuo4 ye4

to be a night watch

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好天收埋落雨柴

hou2 tin1 sau1 maai4 lok6 jyu5 caai4

Mandarin: hao3 tian1 shou1 mai2 luo4 yu3 chai2

to be well-prepared for the uncertain future [colloquial]

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yī

Mandarin: mandarin-or-written-only

yi1

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鬻兒賣女

juk6 ji4 maai6 neoi5

Mandarin: yu4 er2 mai4 nv3

sell one's children

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庵堂

am1 tong4

temple

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報名

bou3 meng2

Mandarin: bao4 ming2

to register

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精挑細選

zing1 tiu1 sai3 syun2

Mandarin: jing1 tiao1 xi4 xuan3

selective

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兜口兜面

dau1 hau2 dau1 min6

Mandarin: dou1 kou3 dou1 mian4

face to face directly | irrespectful

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詐傻納福

zaa3 so4 naap6 fuk1

Mandarin: zha4 sha3 na4 fu2

Cantonese

act like a dimwit to gain benefit; not move a finger act like a dumb dumb and make profit from those who fall for it

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黏液

nim1 jik6

Mandarin: nian2 ye4

mucus; sticky liquid

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