Cantonese Dictionary

不完全中立

bat1 jyun4 cyun4 zung1 laap6

Mandarin: bu4 wan2 quan2 zhong1 li4

imperfect neutrality

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公安

gung1 on1

Mandarin: gong1 an1

[1] public security; public order [2] (esp. mainland China) the police [3] (informal) (Mainland China) policeman; policewoman [4] In HK and Macau, "公安" is often used to specifically refer to mainland Chinese police (and not HK and Macau police) [5] (placename) Kung On

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各位請起立

gok3 wai2 cing2 hei2 laap6

Mandarin: ge4wei4 qing3 qi3li4

Simplified: 各位请起立

everyone, please rise! [written and colloquial]

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改水

goi2 seoi2

correcting fluid

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撞了就跑

zong6 liu5 zau6 paau2

hit-and-run

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小鬼

siu2 gwai2

Mandarin: xiao3gui3

(noun) Brat

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二連浩特

ji6 lin4 hou6 dak6

Mandarin: er4 lian2 hao4 te4

Erlianhaote (city in Inner Mongolia)

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踹水

caai2 seoi2

[v] to tread water (also 踏水)

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柯坪

o1 ping4

Mandarin: ke1 ping2

Keping (place in Xinjiang)

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罪行

zeoi6 hang4

Mandarin: zui4 xing2

crime; offence (US: offense)

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公公婆婆

gung1 gung1 po4 po4*2

the elderly

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同性

tung4 sing3

Mandarin: tong2 xing4

homosexual

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數碼沖印

sou3 maa5 cung1 jan3

Mandarin: shu4 ma3 chong1 yin4

digital printing

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居住者

geoi1 zyu6 ze2

Mandarin: ju1 zhu4 zhe5

inhabitant

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聶

sip3

Mandarin: nie4

Simplified: 聂

to movement of leaves | trees | # adapted from cc-cedict

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屌柒你老母個閪

diu2 cat6 nei5 lou5 mou2 go3 hai1

Mandarin: diao3 qi1 ni3 lao3 mu3 ge4 se1

Simplified: 屌柒你老母个閪

'fuck your mother's cunt', foul language insulting one's mother when cursing someone [colloquial]

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拉開嚟

laai1 hoi1 lai4

Cantonese

to pull (a thing or person away from something else) here

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茅柴

maau4 caai4

Mandarin: mao2 chai2

bad wine

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摸底

mo2 dai2

Mandarin: mo1 di3

test the waters; sound/feel sb out; assess the real situation; know about the intention; soft lobbying

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飯館

faan6 gun2

Mandarin: fan4 guan3

restaurant (esp. Chinese)

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是次

si6 ci3

Mandarin: shi4 ci4

this time

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食風栗

sik6 fung1 leot6

Mandarin: shi2 feng1 li4

Simplified: 食风栗

literally: 'to eat chestnuts', to get knocked on the head by someone's knuckles

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已經

ji5 ging1

Mandarin: yi3 jing1

Simplified: 已经

already

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搶風頭

coeng2 fung1 tau4

Mandarin: qiang3 feng1 tou5

upstage; steal the scene/show

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隻揪

zek3 cau1

Mandarin: zhi1 jiu1

Simplified: 只揪

to fight a duel

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政治犯

zing3 zi6 faan6

Mandarin: zheng4 zhi4 fan4

political prisoner

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風險

fung1 him2

Mandarin: feng1 xian3

risk

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查勘

caa4 ham3

Mandarin: cha2 kan1

to survey; to prospect

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小島

siu2 dou2

Mandarin: xiao3 dao3

isle

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彈頭

daan6*2 tau4

warhead

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