Cantonese Dictionary

搏懵

bok3 mung2

Mandarin: bo2 meng3

(verb) to take benefits or advantages in a chaotic situation; (of stranger in a chaotic situation) to paw | to grope | to sexually harass someone

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不名譽者

bat1 ming4 jyu6 ze2

Mandarin: bu4 ming2 yu4 zhe3

[n] disreputable

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智慧齒

zi3 wai6 ci2

Mandarin: zhi4 hui4 chi3

wisdom tooth

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妖人

jiu2 jan4

Mandarin: yao1 ren2

sorcerer; enchanter; magician

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即墨

zik1 mak6

Mandarin: ji2 mo4

Jimo (city in Shandong)

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瘓

wun6

Mandarin: huan4

Simplified: 痪

illness | numbness of the limbs | paralysis | to be paralysed | # adapted from cc-cedict

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尛

liu1

Mandarin: mo2

what; mistress

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報佳音

bou3 gaai1 jam1

Mandarin: bao4 jia1 yin1

Simplified: 报佳音

to sing Christmas carol; to spread the good news

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英雄式

jing1 hung4 sik1

[yoga] Virasana, Hero

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肉眼牛扒

juk6 ngaan5 ngau4 paa2

Mandarin: rou4 yan3 niu2 pa2

rib-eye steak

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知微

zi1 mei4

Mandarin: zhi1 wei1

(verb) argue | dispute over each detail; debate for every small aspect

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琢

doek3

Mandarin: zuo2

to ponder | to mull over | to think through | Taiwan pr. [zhuómó] | to polish | cut jade | to refine | to improve | to chisel | to carve | # adapted from cc-cedict

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啄地

doeng1 dei6

Mandarin: zhuo2 di4

pecking at the ground, which is a slang for female prostitute

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山歌

saan1 go1

folk song (lit., "mountain song")

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趷路

gat6 lou6

Mandarin: he2 lu4

go away; get lost (spoken)

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倒瓤冬瓜

dou2 nong4 dung1 gwaa1

Mandarin: dao4 rang2 dong1 gua1

one who has the looks or pretend to be knowledgable, but actually without substance

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痛錫

tung3 sek3

Mandarin: tong4 xi1

Simplified: 痛锡

to love dearly; to be very fond of

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驕傲遊行

giu1 ngou6 jau4 haang4

Mandarin: jiao1 ao4 you2 xing2

Christopher Street Day (an annual gay pride parade)

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單人旁

daan1 jan4 pong4

Mandarin: dan1 ren2 pang2

Kangxi radical 9 (人) in its component form 亻

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三星集團

saam1 sing1 zaap6 tyun4

Mandarin: san1 xing1 ji2 tuan2

Samsung Group

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燒到...嗰疊

siu1 dou3… go2 daap6

Mandarin: shao1dao4… ge3 die2

Simplified: 烧到...嗰叠

Cantonese

to drag … into something [colloquial]

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搲料

we2 liu6

Mandarin: gua1 liao4

to go round gathering information

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馬頭

maa5 tau4

horsehead; tilefish; (placename) Ma Tau

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葉酸

jip6 syun1

folic acid, folate

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貶損

bin2 syun2

Mandarin: bian3 sun3

disparage; belittle; pejorative [Syn.] 毀損 , 毀謗

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點觸板

dim2 zuk1 baan2

a touch pad on a computer (formally used, as in a specification in an ad)

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種蟲

zung2 cung4

Mandarin: zhong3 chong2

Simplified: 种虫

to create trouble [colloquial]

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器官

hei3 gun1

Mandarin: qi4 guan1

a body organ

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gan2

糸

Mandarin: 14

gán

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醫生紙

ji1 sang1 zi2

Mandarin: yi1 sheng1 zhi3

Simplified: 医生纸

a doctor's note

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