Cantonese Dictionary

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豐產田
Mandarin: feng1 chan3 tian2
Simplified: 丰产田
high yield plot
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十八日
Mandarin: shi2 ba1 ri4
eighteen days; eighteenth [date]
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淡水魚
Mandarin: dan4 shui3 yu2
Cantonese
freshwater fish
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託福
Mandarin: tuo1 fu2
Simplified: 托福
TOEFL (test of English as a foreign language)
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一輩子
Mandarin: yi1 bei4 zi5
a lifetime | [粵]: 一世人
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大姑姊
Mandarin: da4 gu1 zi3
term of address for an old woman
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高級中學
Mandarin: gao1 ji2 zhong1 xue2
high school
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揸住雞毛當令箭
Mandarin: zha1 zhu4 ji1 mao2 dang1 ling4 jian4
Simplified: 揸住鸡毛当令箭
Cantonese
to overrate oneself; to overestimate one's power or ability; pretend to have authority over something which one don't have (slang)
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三個六
Mandarin: san1 ge4 liu4
Simplified: 三个六
three sixes [written and colloquial]; the symbolic fee of three dollars sixty required for joining a triad gang [colloquial]
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從中斡旋
Mandarin: cong2 zhong1 wo4 xuan2
act as a mediator in the middle of a situation
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東奔西跑
Mandarin: dong1 ben1 xi1 pao3
to rush about or around; run around here and there [Syn.] 東奔西走
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血海
Mandarin: xue4 hai3
Sea of ​​blood
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街上
Mandarin: jie1 shang0
in the street
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唔需要
Mandarin: wu2 xu1 yao4
Cantonese
not necessary
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爽膚水
toner (cosmetic item)
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超能膠
Mandarin: chao1 neng2 hao2
superglue
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勉勵
Mandarin: mian3 li4
to encourage
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搲水
Mandarin: gua1 shui3
to do everything one can to earn money and survive
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耍筆桿
Mandarin: shua3 bi3 gan3
Simplified: 耍笔杆
wield a pen (used in a derogatory sense)
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地產建設商會
Real Estate Developers' Association
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四川大學
Mandarin: si4 chuan1 da4 xue2
Sichuan University
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譚詠麟
Mandarin: tan2 yong3 lin2
Alan Tam Wing Lun (born 23 August, 1952) is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer and is a film actor. During the golden age of Cantopop, he was well-known in Hong Kong for singing romantic ballads and other songs and was not renowned for singing fast songs in the style of fellow Cantopop star Leslie Cheung and Anita Mui. He is also known as 'Lucky Lun' (幸運麟 homonym word play on "Wheel of Fortune") as well as his affectionate title 'Principal' (校長/譚校長) as he is the principal of a Hong Kong school. (source: Wikipedia)
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租賃合同
Mandarin: zu1 lin4 he2 tong2
a contract of tenancy; a lease contract
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起底
Mandarin: qi3 di3
Cantonese
to investigate someone's background and make them public
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顰
Mandarin: pin2
Simplified: 颦
to scowl | to knit the brows | to frown | # adapted from cc-cedict
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核爆炸效應
Mandarin: he2 bao4 zha4 xiao4 ying4
nuclear explosion effect
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銘牌
Mandarin: ming2 pai2
nameplate, escutcheon
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唾手可得
Mandarin: tuo4 shou3 ke3 de2
get sth with extreme ease; be extremely easy to obtain [literal] as easy as spit on one's own hand [synonym] 垂手可得, 唾手可取
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社會服務
Mandarin: she4 hui4 fu2 wu4
social services
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日捱夜捱
Mandarin: ri4 ai1 ye4 ai1
Simplified: 日挨夜挨
work in tough conditions for day and night
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