Cantonese Dictionary

觀塘區

gun1 tong4 keoi1

Mandarin: Guan4 tang2 qu1

Simplified: 观塘区

Kwun Tong District, in Hong Kong

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旋轉聲

syun4 zyun2/3 seng1

whirr(ing sound)

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白露

baak6 lou6

Mandarin: bai2 lu4

Bailu or White Dew, 15th of the 24 solar terms 8th-22nd September

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總能

zung2 nang4

Mandarin: zong3 neng2

total energy

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蒲開

pou4 hoi1

Mandarin: pu2 kai1

Simplified: 蒲开

to hang out (in the usual place) [colloquial]

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打眼色

daa2 ngaan5 sik1

Mandarin: da3 yan3 se4

giving out hints though eyes; to wink at

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堂堂

tong4 tong4

Mandarin: tang2 tang2

with dignity

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帶寬

daai3 fun1

Mandarin: dai4 kuan1

bandwidth

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追蹤報導

zeoi1 zung1 bou3 dou6

Mandarin: zhui1 zong1 bao4 dao3

[n] investigative report

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納粹

naap6 seoi3/3*2

Mandarin: na4 cui4

Nazi (seoi32 used by some HK speakers for this compound)

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有請

jau5 cing2; jau5 ceng2

Mandarin: you3 qing3

to be invited; to be called upon (to do sth)

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有機玻璃

jau5 gei1 bo1 lei4*1

Mandarin: you3 ji1 bo1 li2 (Taiwan), you3 ji1 bo1 li5 (PRC)

polymethyl methacrylate, also known as Plexiglas (lit., "organic glass")

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醫療

ji1 liu4

Mandarin: yi1 liao2

Simplified: 医疗

medical

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二氧化鈾

ji6 joeng5 faa3 jau4

Mandarin: er4 yang3 hua4 you2

brown oxidier; uranium dioxide

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蝕

sit6

Mandarin: shi2

Simplified: 蚀

to suffer a loss | # adapted from cc-cedict

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快把

faai1 baa2

Mandarin: kuai4 ba3

quick and get something done; homophonic: it means fibre

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電掣

din6 zai3

Mandarin: dian4 che4

Simplified: 电掣

an electrical switch

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嘰趷

gei1 gat6

Mandarin: ji1 he2

Simplified: 叽趷

stutter; to hinder people from progressing

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篾青

mit6 ceng1

Mandarin: mie4 qing1

outer cuticle of a bamboo

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紮晒馬

zaat3 saai3 maa5

Mandarin: zha1 shai4 ma3

Simplified: 扎晒马

(verb) get in a position or a state to engage in a gang fight; get ready to attack, assault or fight

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排序

paai4 zeoi6

Mandarin: pai2 xu4

sort; arrange order

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工具書

gung1 geoi6 syu1

trade book; reference book

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𦢊

pok1

Mandarin: bao2

(Cant.) blister | a bubble | courage | guts | # adapted from cc-cedict

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鬧事

naau6 si6

Mandarin: nao4 shi4

cause trouble, create a disturbance

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修道院

sau1 dou6 jyun6*2

a cloister; a monastery; a convent; an abbey

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韭蔥

gau2 cung1

Mandarin: jiu3 cong1

leek

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紅毛丹

hung4 mou4 daan1

Mandarin: hong2 mao2 dan1

rambutan -- a red, hairy fruit, related to the lychee, found mostly in Southeast Asia.

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張智霖

zoeng1 zi3 lam4

Mandarin: zhang1 zhi4 lin2

Julian Cheung Chi-Lam

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毅

ngai6

Mandarin: yi4

firm and resolute | staunch | determined | toughness | physical and moral strength | Nagi group, a subgroup of the 14K triad gang | # adapted from cc-cedict

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對眼

deoi3 ngaan5

Mandarin: dui4 yan3

cross-eyed. Cant.: 鬥雞眼

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