Cantonese Dictionary

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士叻
Cantonese
shellac (lek1: as a loanword); slick (lik1: as a loanword, also 士力)
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蜮
Mandarin: yu4
mythical creature | toad | worm | a rice destroying insect | # adapted from cc-cedict
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打開
Mandarin: da3 kai1
to open; to break open
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數字
Mandarin: shu4 zi4
[1] numeral; figure; number [2] digit; digital [3] quantity; amount
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鯁唔落
Mandarin: geng3 n2 luo4
Simplified: 鲠唔落
Cantonese
can not swallow; not willing to bear; unable to stomach something
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突然
Mandarin: tu1 ran2
out of the blue
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收山
Mandarin: shou1 shan1
(slang) retire; to quit from a field that one used to work in; to hang up one's axe; to wash one's hands of something (typically refers to those who wants to abandon the life of an outlaws or prostitutions); to shut down; to pack up (typically referring to a business)
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十九世紀
Mandarin: shi2 jiu3 shi4 ji4
Simplified: 十九世纪
19th century
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炸奶黃包
deep-fried custard buns
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木料
Mandarin: mu4 liao4
timber | Also '木材'
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共
Mandarin: gong4
common | general | to share | together | total | altogether | abbr. for 共产党Gòngchǎndǎng [共产党], Communist party | # adapted from cc-cedict
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ngohk
Mandarin: all
yue4
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溶解
Mandarin: rong2 jie3
(v) to dissolve; (n) solution
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紮棍
Mandarin: za1 gun4
Simplified: 扎棍
to be beaten up as a punishment for breaking triad rules [colloquial]
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鎖住
Mandarin: suo3 zhu4
Simplified: 锁住
locked;
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陣仗
Mandarin: zhen4 zhang5
Simplified: 阵仗
battle array; situation; impetus
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綱
Mandarin: gang1
Simplified: 纲
head rope of a fishing net | guiding principle | key link | class (taxonomy) | outline | program | a hawser | key points | # adapted from cc-cedict
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坐移民監
Mandarin: zuo4 yi2 min2 jian1
Simplified: 坐移民监
lit. serving a immigration jail sentence, meaning one has to stay in a country for a certain period of time being granted residency or citizenship
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糊塗
Mandarin: hu2 tu5
muddled, silly | [粵]: also 烏龍
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交融
Mandarin: jiao1 rong2
to blend / to mix
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長線
long line
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簕竇
Mandarin: le4 dou4
Simplified: 簕窦
(adjective) difficult get along with; hard to deal with
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撈
Mandarin: lao1
Simplified: 捞
to earn a living through dishonest means | to mix thoroughly | to make money | # adapted from cc-cedict
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梳士巴利道
Mandarin: shu1 shi4 Ba1 li4 dao4
(noun) Salisbury Road, which is a road in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
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絕緣體
Mandarin: jue2 yuan2 ti3
insulator — any material or object that does not conduct electricity
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離婚
Mandarin: li2 hun1
to divorce
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打赤肋
to go bare shouldered, show armpits (e.g., with a halter top)
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入微
Mandarin: ru4 wei1
[adv] in every possible detail; in a thorough going way
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中國銀行
Bank of China
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劈低
Mandarin: pi1 di1
to chop down [colloquial]
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