Cantonese Dictionary

無線應用通訊協定

mou4 sin3 jing3 jung6 tung1 seon3 hip3 ding6

WAP (wireless application protocol)

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近海漁業

gan6 hoi2 jyu4 jip6

Mandarin: jin4 hai3 yu2 ye4

offshore fishery

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欖球

laam5 kau4

Mandarin: lan3 qiu2

Simplified: 榄球

rugby

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札幌市

zaat3 fong2 si5

Mandarin: Zha2 huang3 shi4

City of Sapporo, a city in Japan

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拿定主意

naa4 ding6 zyu2 ji3

Mandarin: na2 ding4 zhu3 yi4

can be shortened to 拿主意

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一個巴仙

jat1 go3 baa1 sin1

Mandarin: yi1 ge5 ba1 xian1

Simplified: 一个巴仙

One percent;1%

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連帽衣

lin4 mou6*2 ji1

Mandarin: lian2 mao4 yi1

hooded shirt; hoodie; shirt with attached hood.

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大氣層核試驗

daai6 hei3 cang4 hat6 si3 jim6

Mandarin: da4 qi4 ceng2 he2 shi4 yan4

atmospheric nuclear test

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介乎

gaai3 fu4

Mandarin: jie4hu1

(adjective) In-between

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戴袋

daai3 doi6

Mandarin: dai4 dai4

to put on a condom [colloquial]

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王國維

wong4 gwok3 wai4

Mandarin: wang2 guo2 wei2

Wang Guowei, a Chinese scholar, writer and poet

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毛織品

mou4 zik1 ban2

Mandarin: mao2 zhi1 pin3

Simplified: 毛织品

woollens

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打白鴿轉

daa2 baak6 gaap3 zyun2

Mandarin: da3 bai2 ge1 zhuan3

Simplified: 打白鸽转

to go out for a quick walk and come back; for car to spin in circles

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劇作家

kek6 zok3 gaa1

Mandarin: ju4 zuo4 jia1

a playwright

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並

bing6

Mandarin: bing4

Simplified: 并

and | furthermore | also | together with | (not) at all | simultaneously | to combine | to join | to merge | equally | to be on the same level with | add emphasis when used before a negative, really (not) | side by side | # adapted from cc-cedict

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主修

zyu2 sau1

Mandarin: zhu3 xiu1

(school) major

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垃圾帖子

laap6 saap3 tip3 zi2

Mandarin: la1 ji1 tie3 zi5

(internet forum) spam post

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聖母教堂

sing3 mou5 gaau3 tong4

Mandarin: sheng4 mu3 jiao4 tang2

Church of Our Lady; Frauenkirche

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心甘命抵

sam1 gam1 meng6 dai2

Mandarin: xin1 gan1 ming4 di3

to be perfectly happy to

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二人世界

ji6 jan4 sai3 gaai3

a utopia for a couple like the "Garden of Eden" (lit., "two person's world")

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嘟嘟

dyut1 dyut1

Mandarin: du1 du1

[sound] beep-beep; beeps

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路易斯安那

lou6 ji6 si1 on1 naa5

Mandarin: lu4 yi4 si1 an1 na4

the state of Louisiana, located in the southeast of United States; the capital city is Baton Rouge

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八珍

baat3 zan1

Mandarin: ba1 zhen1

someone who loves to gossip; eight kinds of precious food

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薩

saat3

Mandarin: Sa4

Simplified: 萨

Bodhisattva | surname Sa | used in transliterations | # adapted from cc-cedict

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音頻流

jam1 pan4 lau4

Mandarin: yin1 pin2 liu2

streaming audio

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贈送

zang6 sung3

Mandarin: zeng4 song4

to give a present or a gift

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梵語

faan6 jyu5

Mandarin: fan4 yu3

Sanskrit

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不大

bat1 daai6

Mandarin: bu4*2 da4

[1] not very; not too; not often [2] [粵]: 唔多

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léih

Mandarin: all

lv3

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輩

bei3

Mandarin: bei4

Simplified: 辈

lifetime | generation | group of people | class | classifier for generations | (lit.) classifier for people | rank | # adapted from cc-cedict

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