Cantonese Dictionary

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衰人
Cantonese
a bad person, unpleasant person; the police (slang)
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外皮
Mandarin: wai4 pi2
Cantonese
scarfskin, shuck
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水緊
Mandarin: shui3 jin3
Simplified: 水紧
Cantonese
water shortage | cash shortage (spoken)
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歸位
Mandarin: gui1 wei4
Simplified: 归位
back to original position
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以個人身份
in a personal capacity
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風箏
Mandarin: feng1 zheng5
kite | [NB. synonym 紙鷂 is more common in Cantonese]
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乾著急
Mandarin: gan1 zhao2 ji2
be anxious but unable to do anything
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拾
Mandarin: she4
to ascend in light steps | to pick up | to collect | to tidy up | ten | # adapted from cc-cedict
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骯
Mandarin: ang1
Simplified: 肮
dirty | filthy | # adapted from cc-cedict
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歪曲
Mandarin: wai1qu1
(verb) (words) Twist; (adjective) devious
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鮑魚刷
Mandarin: bao4 yu2 shua1
Simplified: 鲍鱼刷
a brush that is shaped like an abalone, normally used to clean toilet
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世姪
Mandarin: shi4 zhi2
Simplified: 世侄
The son of family friend
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蛋白質
Mandarin: dan4 bai2 zhi4
protein [Syn.] 蛋白素
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任揀
Mandarin: ren4 jian3
select as you like
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巾幗
Mandarin: jin1 guo2
a woman's head covering, a woman's head scarf; a woman (as a metaphor)
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偷看
Mandarin: tou1 kan4
to sneak a peek; to steal a glance; to spy on | Cant.: 偷睇
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帶有
Mandarin: dai4 you3
have; involve
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倒竈
Mandarin: dao3 zao4
Simplified: 倒灶
to be more of a hinderance than a help
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由來已久
Mandarin: you2 lai2 yi3 jiu3
Simplified: 由来已久
long-standing
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道瓊斯平均指數
Dow Jones Industrial Average
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不能
Mandarin: bu4 neng2
cannot, should not, must not
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知名度
Mandarin: zhi1 ming2 du4
popularity; notability
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仙桃
Mandarin: xian1 tao2
Xiantao (city in Hubei)
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仔孫
Cantonese
offspring, posterity
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台幣
Mandarin: tai2 bi4
New Taiwan dollar
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大舊衰
Mandarin: da4 jiu4 shuai1
Simplified: 大旧衰
someone who is big and tall, and go around bullying others
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達日
Mandarin: da2 ri4
Dari (place in Qinghai)
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接力
Mandarin: jie1 li4
relay (race)
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扁ｐａｔｐａｔ
Mandarin: bian3 p a t p a t
very flat [colloquial]
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壯族
Mandarin: zhuang4 zu2
Chuang, Zhuang (minority nationalities in Guangxi)
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