Cantonese Dictionary

天花板

tin1 faa1 baan2

Mandarin: tian1 hua1 ban3

ceiling; ceiling tile

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仙地

sin1 dei6

shandy

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富餘

fu3 jyu4

Mandarin: fu4 yu5

to have a surplus; to have more than needed

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咔咔笑

kaa4 kaa4*2 siu3

Cantonese

laughing

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陰質嘢

jam1 zat1 je5

Mandarin: yin1 zhi4 ye3

Simplified: 阴质嘢

Cantonese

immoral things that one has done against one's conscience [colloquial]

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眼屎乾淨盲

ngaan5 si2 gon1 zeng6 maang4

Mandarin: yan3shi3 gan1jing4 mang2

Simplified: 眼屎干净盲

willful ignorance; out of sight, out of mind [colloquial]

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刨工

paau4 gung1

Mandarin: bao4 gong1

planing; planing machine operator; planer

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師姑

si1 gu1

Mandarin: shi1 gu1

Simplified: 师姑

(noun) a (Buddhist) nun

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賓主

ban1 zyu2

Mandarin: bin1 zhu3

host and guest

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打死狗講價

daa2 sei2 gau2 gong2 gaa3

Mandarin: da3 si3 gou3 jiang3 jia4

Simplified: 打死狗讲价

an unethical way of business dealing where the trader indirectly forces the customer to pay a higher price afterwards when it is too late to reverse the deal

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陰險

jam1 him2

Mandarin: yin1 xian3

[adj] blackness; cattiness; sinister, insidious, treacherous | [粵]: 陰濕

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瞓厲頸

fan3 lai2 geng2

Mandarin: fen4 li4 jing3

Simplified: 瞓厉颈

Cantonese

(verb) get a sore neck; get a stiff neck

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行將

hang4 zoeng1

Mandarin: xing2 jiang1

be about to (do something) | [粵]: 就嚟

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神憎鬼厭

san4 zang1 gwai2 jim3

Mandarin: shen2 zeng1 gui3 yan4

Simplified: 神憎鬼厌

hated by everyone (slang)

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跳躍

tiu3 joek6

Mandarin: tiao4 yue4

to jump; to leap; to skip; to bound; to hop

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高尚

gou1 soeng6

Mandarin: gao1 shang4

affluent

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一無所缺

jat1 mou4 so2 kyut3

Mandarin: y1 wu2 suo3 que1

lack nothing

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流馬尿

lau4 maa5 niu6

Mandarin: liu2 ma3 niao4

Simplified: 流马尿

crying

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聲稱

sing1 cing1

Mandarin: sheng1 cheng1

[1] to claim, proclaim; [2] to state, to assert

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岩漿

ngaam4 zoeng1

Mandarin: yan2 jiang1

lava

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正版

zing3 baan2

n. original edition, adj. original, especially for software, cds and etc.

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據此

geoi3 ci2

Mandarin: ju4 ci3

[adv] hereunder; according to this

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食雪糕

sik6 syut3 gou1

Mandarin: shi2 xue3gao1

literally: to eat icecream; to perform fellatio [colloquial]

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對

deoi3

Mandarin: shuang1

Simplified: 双

measure word for pairs (shoes, chopsticks)

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南宮

naam4 gung1

Mandarin: nan2 gong1

Nangong (city in Hebei)

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流行性

lau4 hang4 sing3

Mandarin: liu2 xing2 xing4

epidemic; epidemical

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暢錢機

coeng3 cin2 gei1

Mandarin: chang4 qian2 ji1

Simplified: 畅钱机

the machine to change money into smaller demoninations (from notes to coins)

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新樂

san1 lok6

Mandarin: xin1 le4

Xinle (city in Hebei)

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電掣房

din6 zai3 fong4

Mandarin: dian4 che4 fang2

Cantonese

switch room

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扱

kap1

Mandarin: xi1

to cover with a lid | to stamp with a chop | to restrain oneself | # adapted from cc-cedict

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