Cantonese Dictionary

何人

ho4 jan4

Mandarin: he2 ren2

who?[國]

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共和政體

gung6 wo4 zing3 tai2

Mandarin: gong1 he2 zheng4 ti3

a republic

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疾病

zat6 beng6

Mandarin: ji2 bing4

disease; illness; sickeness; ailment

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打包機

daa2 baau1 gei1

bale press; baler; packager; packer; packing press; press

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保鑣

bou2 biu1

Mandarin: bao3 biao1

a bodyguard

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食粥食飯

sik6 zuk1 sik6 faan6

Cantonese

could be good or could be bad (lit., "whether we eat porridge or rice...")

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賓館

ban1 gun2

Mandarin: bin1 guan3

Simplified: 宾馆

motel

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不舒服

bat1 syu1 fuk6

Mandarin: bu4 shu1 fu1

uncomfortable

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法西斯

faat3 sai1 si1

Mandarin: fa3 xi1 si1

fascist

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不良醫藥廣告條例

bat1 loeng4 ji1 joek6 gwong2 gou3 tiu4 lai6

Undesirable Medical Advertisement Ordinance

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明知故犯

ming4 zi1 gu3 faan6

Mandarin: ming2zhi1gu4fan4

(verb phrase) Violate or make problems purposely

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唔關

m4 gwaan1

Mandarin: n2 guan1

Simplified: 唔关

Cantonese

irrelevant; not related to

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賬務

zoeng3 mou6

bills

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匯業財經集團

wui6 jip6 coi4 ging1 zaap6 tyun4

Mandarin: hui4 ye4 cai2 jing1 ji2 tuan2

Delta Asia financial group (Macau)

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後庭藏毒

hau6 ting4 cong4 duk6

Mandarin: hou4ting2 cang2 du2

Simplified: 后庭藏毒

to hide drugs in one's anus [colloquial]

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仲裁

zung6 coi4

Mandarin: zhong4 cai2

to arbitrate; arbitration

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母校

mou5 haau6

Mandarin: mu3 xiao4

alma mater, the school, college, or university that one has attended | "Alma mater" means "kind mother" in Latin by the way.

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現實

jin6 sat6

Mandarin: xian4 shi2

real; actual; reality

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鬧交

naau6 gaau1

Mandarin: nao4 jiao1

Simplified: 闹交

(slang) to fight with someone; to quarrel; to wrangle

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數值式

sou3 zik6 sik1

Mandarin: shu4 zi4 shi4

numerical expression

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好手

hou2 sau2

Mandarin: hao3 shou3

good hand; past master

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土風舞

tou2 fung1 mou5

folk dance; Western folk dance

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毀

wai2

Mandarin: hui3

destroy; ruin; damage; injure; exterminate

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擦牙

caat3 ngaa4

Mandarin: ca1 ya2

to brush teeth

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翻抄

faan1 caau1

Mandarin: fan1 chao1

reproducing; copying from previous (spoken)

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藍藥水

laam4 joek6 seoi2

Mandarin: lan2 yao4 shui3

Simplified: 蓝药水

gentian violet, a topical antiseptic

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拚圮

pun2 pe5

Cantonese

to give up and not care about anything

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朝代

ciu4 doi6

Mandarin: chao2 dai4

dynasty

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羅漢果

lo4 hon3 gwo2

mangosteen; momordicae fruit; luohanguo; luo-han-kuo; (i.e., The fruit of the herbaceous perennial vine native to southern China. Botanical synonyms include Fructus Momordicae, Momordica grosvenorii, Thladiantha grosvenorii, Siraitia grosvenorii.

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碎料

seoi3 liu6*2

small scrap (lit., "broken materials"); a minor matter

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