Cantonese Dictionary

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鬼城
Mandarin: gui3 cheng2
a ghost city [written and colloquial]
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色弱
color/colour weakness, color/colour blindness
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要好
Mandarin: yao4 hao3
to be on good terms; to be good friends
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發放
Mandarin: fa1 fang4
provide, give, grant, distribute
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收回
Mandarin: shou1 hui2
to take back; to retake; to regain | Cant.: 收返; 攞返
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八股文
Mandarin: ba1 gu3 wen2
Eight-legged essay, was a style of essay writing that had to be mastered to pass the imperial examinations during the Ming and Qing dinasties
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北魏
Mandarin: bei3 wei4
Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534)
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紅噹噹
Cantonese
variant of 紅當蕩
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期頤之年
Mandarin: qi1 [PRC] qi2 [TW] zhi1 nian2
one hundred years old; to be a centenarian
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廩
Mandarin: lin3
Simplified: 廪
government granary | stockpile | store | # adapted from cc-cedict
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化學家
Mandarin: hua4 xue2 jia1
chemist
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壟
Mandarin: long3
Simplified: 垄
ridge between fields | row of crops | grave mound | # adapted from cc-cedict
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林子祥
Mandarin: lin2 zi5 xiang2
George Lam Chi Cheung, a Hong Kong male singer
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喊到一句句
Cantonese
wailing
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鐮刀斧頭
Mandarin: lian2 dao1 fu3 tou2
the hammer and sickle (flag of USSR, with symbol of rural and proletarian labour)
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後生仔
Mandarin: nian2 qing1 ren2
Simplified: 年轻人
Cantonese
young man (Cantonese)
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擦劑
liniment
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借電話
to borrow the telephone; use sb else's telephone
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撼
Mandarin: han4
to shake | to vibrate | to fight | # adapted from cc-cedict
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半島電視台
Mandarin: ban4 dao3 dian4 shi4 tai2
Al-Jazeera Television
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睫
Mandarin: jie2
eyelashes | # adapted from cc-cedict
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執頭執尾
Mandarin: zhi2 tou2 zhi2 wei3
Simplified: 执头执尾
wrap up or clean up of bits and pieces (spoken)
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酸
Mandarin: suan1
sour | tart | sick at heart | grieved | sore | aching | pedantic | impractical | an acid | spoiled | stale | sorrowful | jealous | envious | stingy | # adapted from cc-cedict
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固安縣
Mandarin: gu4 an1 xian4
Guan county (county in Beijing)
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糟透
Mandarin: zao1 tou4
in a bad state; horrible; dreadful; entirely regrettable; abject; damned; abominable
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事務委員會
panel (as in a think tank/symposium)
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詢問
Mandarin: xun2wen4
Simplified: 询问
(verb) Ask
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創辦人
Mandarin: chuang4 ban4 ren2
an establisher; founder (of an institution, etc)
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蜑家話
Mandarin: Dan4 jia1 hua4
Simplified: 蛋家话
Tanka dialect, formerly the boat people ethnic subgroup in Southern China
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褂
Mandarin: gua4
Chinese-style unlined garment | gown | overcoat | robe | # adapted from cc-cedict
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