Cantonese Dictionary

嵩明

sung1 ming4

Mandarin: song1 ming2

Songming (place in Yunnan)

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金毛

gam1 mou4*1

(a person with) bleached hair

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比如

bei2 jyu4

Mandarin: bi3 ru2

for example; for instance

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上周四

soeng6 zau1 sei3

last Thursday

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農家女

nung4 gaa1 neoi5*2

Mandarin: nong2 jia1 nv3

peasant girl

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酵母菌

gaau3 mou5 kwan2

Mandarin: xiao4 mu3 jun4 (Taiwan), jiao4 mu3 jun1 (PRC)

yeast

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休

jau1

Mandarin: xiu1 xu4

[1] rest; [v] rest [2] [v] stop; cease; give up; retire [3] happiness; joy; weal [4] do not (followed by verb) [5] off

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籬

lei4

Mandarin: li2

Simplified: 篱

a fence | a hedge | wattle | # adapted from cc-cedict

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即將

zik1 zoeng1

Mandarin: ji2 jiang1

Simplified: 即将

(adverb) Soon

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段

dyun6

Mandarin: duan4

paragraph | section | segment | stage (of a process) | classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc | grade | rank in martial arts or chess games | a surname | phase | division | # adapted from cc-cedict

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坐井觀天

zo6 zeng2 gun1 tin1

Mandarin: zuo4 jing3 guan1 tian1

ignorant and narrow-minded (lit., "to view the sky from the bottom of a well")

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迦

haai6

Mandarin: jia1

an alternative version of邂, to encounter | # adapted from cc-cedict

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弓鋸

gung1 geoi3

Mandarin: gong1 ju4

bow saw; hacksaw

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餘式

jyu4 sik1

Mandarin: yu2 shi4

[math.] remainder

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出糗

ceot1 jau2

Mandarin: chu1 qiu3

to have something embarrassing happen

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扶持

fu4 ci4

Mandarin: fu2 chi2

to help; to assist

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懶人多屎尿

laan5 jan4 do1 si2 niu6

Mandarin: lan3 ren2 duo1 shi3 niao4

Simplified: 懒人多屎尿

a lazy person is always full of excuses

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感興趣

gam2 hing3 ceoi3

Mandarin: gan3 xing4 qu4

be interested

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fu

Mandarin: all

fu4

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灌木林

gun3 muk6 lam4

scrubland

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原子能

jyun4 zi2 nang4

Mandarin: yuan2 zi3 neng2

atomic energy

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猶太人

jau4 taai3 jan4

Mandarin: you2 tai4 ren2

Jew; a Jewish person

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專程

zyun1 cing4

Mandarin: zhuan1 cheng2

special-purpose journey

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冚賭

kam2 dou2

Cantonese

to raid gambling dens

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gok

Mandarin: all

ge1 ge2

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煤層

mui4 cang4

a coal seam

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調音台

tiu4 jam1 toi4

Mandarin: tiao2 yin1 tai2

[music] mixing console [Var.] 調音臺 [Syn.] 調音器, 混音台, 混音器, 合成器

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通街

tung1 gaai1

Mandarin: tong1 jie1

(adverb) all over; everywhere

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講真

gong2 zan1

Mandarin: jiang3 zhen1

Simplified: 讲真

tell the truth (spoken)

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國會議員

gwok3 wui6*2 ji5 jyun4

Mandarin: guo2 hui4 yi4 yuan2

member of Parliament, MP; member of congress; congressman

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