Cantonese Dictionary

插秧

caap3 joeng1

Mandarin: cha1 yang1

to transplant rice seedlings

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韌皮

ngan6*1 pei4

bast

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趿

taat3

Mandarin: ta1

to shuffle along (while walking) | to be deliberately slow (in doing sth) | slippers | to tread on | sliphod | # adapted from cc-cedict

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救災

gau3 zoi1

Mandarin: jiu4 zai1

to help people in a disaster area

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幾何

gei2 ho4

Mandarin: ji3 he2

geometry

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新興區

san1 hing1 keoi1

Mandarin: xin1 xing1 qu1

Hsinhsing (area in Taiwan)

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fuh

Mandarin: all

fu3

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戒毒中心

gaai3 duk6 zung1 sam1

Mandarin: jie4du2 zhong1xin1

a drug rehabilitation centre [written and colloquial]

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下游

haa6 jau4

Mandarin: xia4 you2

lower reaches; downstream; backward position

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無所不在

mou4 so2 bat1 zoi6

Mandarin: wu2 suo3 bu4 zai4

omnipresent

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商舖

soeng1 pou3

shop

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真諦

zan1 dai3

Mandarin: zhen1 di4

true essence; true meaning

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知衰

zi1 seoi1

Mandarin: zhi1 shuai1

now you learn the bad consequences (spoken)

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取法

ceoi2 faat3

Mandarin: qu3 fa3

Follow something as an example

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轉型

zyun2 jing4

Mandarin: zhuan3 xing2

transformation; to transform

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外交大臣

ngoi6 gaau1 daai6 san4

Mandarin: wai4 jiao1 da4 chen2

(UK) Foreign Secretary; Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

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遭

zou1

Mandarin: zao1

to meet by chance (usually with misfortune) | classifier for events: time, turn, incident | to meet with | to suffer | to encounter | to come across | # adapted from cc-cedict

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鈍手鈍腳

deon6 sau2 deon6 goek3

Mandarin: dun4 shou3 dun4 jiao3

Simplified: 钝手钝脚

clumsy; slow to react [colloquial]

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荔枝菌

lai6 zi1 kwan2

Mandarin: li4 zhi1 jun1

edible fungus that grows on lychee trees (Macrolepiota albuminosa)

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煤氣掣

mui4 hei3 zai3

Mandarin: mei2qi4 che4

Simplified: 煤气掣

a gas tap [colloquial]

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睇山

tai2 saan1

Mandarin: di4 shan1

Cantonese

to check out the feng shui of the graveyard at the cemetery

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應召

jing3 ziu6

to work as a prostitute

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南中國海

naam4 zung1 gwok3 hoi2

Mandarin: nan2 Zhong1 guo2 Hai3

Simplified: 南中国海

South China Sea

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中文平台

zung1 man4 ping4 toi4

Mandarin: zhong1 wen2 ping2 tai2

Chinese (computer) platform

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沉魚落雁

cam4 jyu4*2 lok6 ngaan6

Mandarin: chen2 yu2 luo4 yan4

unequalled beauty

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工字形

gung1 zi6 jing4

Mandarin: gong1 zi4 xing2

I - SHAPED

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yàhn

Mandarin: all

yin2

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趙之璧

ziu6 zi1 bik1

Mandarin: zhao4 zhi1 bi4

Bibi Chao

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白內障

baak6 noi6 zoeng3

Mandarin: bai2 nei4 zhang4

[醫] cataract, opacity of the lens or capsule of the eye, causing impairment of vision or blindness

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青樓

cing1 lau4*2

Mandarin: qing1 lou2

brothel, whorehouse, bordello

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