Cantonese Dictionary

小別勝新婚

siu2 bit6 sing3 san1 fan1

Mandarin: xiao3 bie2 sheng4 xin1 hun1

Simplified: 小别胜新婚

absence makes the heart grow fonder

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藥片

joek6 pin3*2

[n] a pill or small tablet; troche

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早些

zou2 se1

Mandarin: zao3 xie1

(a bit) earlier

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微型計算機

mei4 jing4 gai3 syun3 gei1

Mandarin: wei1 xing2 ji4 suan4 ji1

microcomputer

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全神貫注

cyun4 san4 gun3 zyu3

Mandarin: quan2 shen2 guan4 zhu4

concentrate/focus on; be preoccupied with; be absorbed with undivided attention in

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干炒牛河

gon1 caau2 ngau4 ho2

Mandarin: gan1 chao3 niu2 he2

Fried rice flat noodle with beef

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稀奇

hei1 kei4

Mandarin: xi1qi2

(adjective) Surprise (usually used in response)

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八折

baat3 zit3

20% discount

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敏鋭

man5 jeoi6

Mandarin: min3 rui4

Simplified: 敏锐

to describe someone who is sharp | observant | acute

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畫蛇添足

waak6 se4 tim1 zuk1

Mandarin: hua4 she2 tian1 zu2

superfluous; ruining by over doing

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整頓

zing2 deon6

Mandarin: zheng3 dun4

to rectify; to reorganise; to consolidate

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街邊

gaai1 bin1

Mandarin: jie1 bian1

Simplified: 街边

street side

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突尼西亞

dat6 nei4 sai1 aa3

Mandarin: tu1 ni2 si1 ya1

Tunisia (also known as 突尼斯, 突尼斯亞)

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扳

baan2

Mandarin: ban1

to pull | to draw out | to turn | # adapted from cc-cedict

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恆生指數

hang4 saang1 zi2 sou3

the Hang Seng Index (also 恒生指數)

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優良

jau1 loeng4

Mandarin: you1 liang2

fine; good

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巖

jim4

Mandarin: yan2

cliff | rock | # adapted from cc-cedict

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世事無常

sai3 si6 mou4 soeng4

Mandarin: shi4 shi4 wu2 chang2

the affairs of this world are unpredictable

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蔭庇

jam3 bei3

Mandarin: yin4 bi4

Simplified: 荫庇

protection; shelter

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褶

zip3

Mandarin: zhe3

pleat | crease | Taiwan pr. [zhé] | wrinkle | to fold | to collapse | folding | collapsible | # adapted from cc-cedict

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收

sau1

Mandarin: shou1

to receive | to accept | to collect | to put away | to restrain | to stop | in care of (used on address line after name) | to harvest | to regain | to take something back | to gather | to build an affiliation with someone such as to adopt | to take in | to hide | to retract | to punish | to contain | to end | to retrieve | # adapted from cc-cedict

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噪音污染

cou3 jam1 wu1 jim5

Mandarin: zao4 yin1 wu1 ran3

noise pollution

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青馬大橋

cing1 maa5 daai6 kiu4

Mandarin: qing1 ma3 da4 qiao2

Tsing Ma bridge, links Tsing Yi island 青衣島 to Ma Wan island 馬灣

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自私自利

zi6 si1 zi6 lei6

Mandarin: zi4 si1 zi4 li4

(idiom) selfish

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仄紙

zak1 zi2

Mandarin: ze4 zhi3

Simplified: 仄纸

cheque

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仔畜

zai2 cuk1

Mandarin: zi3 chu4

newborn animal

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下關

haa5 gwaan1; haa6 gwaan1

Mandarin: xia4 guan1

[1] 下5: Shimonoseki, a city of extreme southwest Honshu, Japan, on the Korea Strait [2] 下6: (placename) Ha Kwan

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fung

Mandarin: all

feng3 feng4

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枇

pei4

Mandarin: pi2

loquat - the fruit and the plant

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chūk

Mandarin: all

su4

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