Cantonese Dictionary

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讕幽默
Mandarin: lan2 you1 mo4
Cantonese
act as if one is funny and comical
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花車
floats (carts covered with flowers in a parade)
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吆喝
Mandarin: yao1 he4
shout; yell; bawl
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營業部
Mandarin: ying2ye4 bu4
Simplified: 营业部
sales department [written and colloquial]
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生平
Mandarin: sheng1 ping2
(noun) (of book | writing) Biography
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百萬像素
Mandarin: bai3 wan4 xiang4 su4
megapixel — millions of pixels, particularly with reference to digital cameras | Note: '兆像素' is often used in mainland China for 'megapixel', as 兆 is 10^6 (1 million) there as opposed to 10^12 (1 trillion) outside the PRC
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現代
Mandarin: xian4 dai4
Simplified: 现代
the contemporary era | present period
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世代流傳
Mandarin: shi4 dai4 liu2 chuan2
passed on for generations
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蔬
Mandarin: shu1
vegetables; greens
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蚵仔
Mandarin: he2 zai3
oyster
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狗咬呂洞賓
Mandarin: gou3 yao3 Lv3 Dong4 bin1
Simplified: 狗咬吕洞宾
to describe someone who is unable to tell good from bad and ill rewards someone's kindness
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保留
Mandarin: bao3 liu2
to reserve; to maintain (the status quo); to hold back (acceptance / approval); to continue to have; reservations
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陪床保姆
Mandarin: pei2 chuang2 bao3 mu3
a housekeeper who provides sexual services
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含冤
Mandarin: han2 yuan1
to suffer an injustice
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過檔
Mandarin: guo4 dang4
Simplified: 过档
to switch job; change allegiance
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幾次
Mandarin: ji3 ci4
several times
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食胡
Mandarin: shi2 hu2
a term used when someone manage to get the right combination to win a mahjong game
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做到一隻屐咁
Mandarin: zuo4dao4 yi1 zhi1 lv3 gan1
Simplified: 做到一只屐咁
Cantonese
to slave away like a dog [colloquial]
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棋逢對手
Mandarin: qi2 feng2 dui4 shou3
well-matched in a competition
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樅樹
Mandarin: cong1 shu4
fir tree
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未經刪剪版
Mandarin: wei4 jing1 shan1 jian3 ban3
(of a movie) uncut version
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白水飄流
Mandarin: bai2 shui3 piao1 liu2
white water rafting | Also written as '白水漂流'
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司令部
Mandarin: si1 ling4 bu4
military headquarters; military upper command
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計啱條數
Cantonese
balance the account
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鍾欣桐
Mandarin: zhong1 xin1 tong2
Simplified: 钟欣桐
Gillian Chung, a Hong Kong singer and actress
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共青團
Communist Youth League
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ám
Mandarin: mandarin-or-written-only
an3
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全免
Mandarin: quan2 mian3
free of charge
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日內瓦
Mandarin: ri4 nei4 wa3
Geneva
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衰咗
Mandarin: shuai1 zuo5
Cantonese
failed (spoken)
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