Cantonese Dictionary

好頭好尾

hou2 tau4 hou2 mei5

Mandarin: hao3 tou2 hao3 wei3

Simplified: 好头好尾

good start and good ending

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沉痛

cam4 tung3

Mandarin: chen2 tong4

bitter; resentful

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突然之間

dat6 jin4 zi1 gaan1

Mandarin: tu1 ran2 zhi1 jian1

Simplified: 突然之间

Suddenly

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人事管理

jan4 si6 gun2 lei5

Mandarin: ren2 shi4 guan3 li3

personnel management, staff management

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黑車

haak1 ce1

Mandarin: hei1 che1

unlicensed or unofficial taxi; unlicensed motor vehicle

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松濤

cung4 tou4

Mandarin: song1 tao1

Simplified: 松涛

Shoto, a residential district in Japan

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撉

dan3

Mandarin: den4

variant form of 撴

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拯救

cing2 gau3

Mandarin: zheng3 jiu4

to save, to rescue

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鏡

geng3

Mandarin: jing4

Simplified: 镜

mirror | lens | glass | # adapted from cc-cedict

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楞

ling6

Mandarin: leng2

stupified | dumbfounded | ferous | rash | # adapted from cc-cedict

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死跟

sei2 gan1

Mandarin: si3 gen1

to blindly follow

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聯合組織

lyun4 hap6 zou2 zik1

Mandarin: lian2 he2 zu3 zhi1

syndicate

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哪個

naa5 go3

Mandarin: na3 ge5

[1] which (one); who [2] [Syn.] 哪一個 [3] [粵]: 邊個 ; 邊一個

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賴貓

laai3 maau1

Mandarin: lai4 mao1

Simplified: 赖猫

(slang) rascally; scoundrelly; roguish; to not admit failure by giving many excuses; to refuse to acknowledge that one has lost a game; to deny that one has made a promise; to act as if something never happened

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蔘

sam1

Mandarin: shen1

ginseng | towering trees | # adapted from cc-cedict

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走資派

zau2 zi1 paai3

Mandarin: zou3 zi1 pai4

capitalist roader is a Maoist concept that denotes persons or groups on the political left who demonstrate a marked tendency to bow to pressure from bourgeois forces and subsequently attempt to pull the Revolution in a capitalist direction -- thus onto the "capitalist road". (source: Wikipedia)

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阿光

aa3 gwong1

Cantonese

No definition available

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拖把

to1 baa2

Mandarin: tuo1 ba3

mop

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落仔

lok6 zai2

Mandarin: luo4 zi3

to have an abortion

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維持秩序

wai4 ci4 dit6 zeoi6

Mandarin: wei2 chi2 zhi4 xu4

Simplified: 维持秩序

To maintain order

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到來

dou3 lei4/lai4/loi4

Mandarin: dao4 lai2

to arrive; to reach; to have arrived; arrival; advent

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勝在

sing3 zoi6

Mandarin: sheng4 zai4

Simplified: 胜在

The advantage is..

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鬧市

naau6 si5

Mandarin: nao4 shi4

bustling city; busy street; downtown area

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巧令

haau2 ling6*3

Cantonese

very beautiful [homophonic Syn.] 好靚

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薈

wui6

Mandarin: hui4

Simplified: 荟

to flourish | luxuriant growth | flourishing | abundant | # adapted from cc-cedict

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友好訪問

jau5 hou2 fong2 man6

Mandarin: you3 hao3 fang3 wen4

a friendly visit

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黑曜石

hak1 jiu6 sek6

Mandarin: hei1 yao4 shi2

obsidian

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名副其實

ming4 fu3 kei4 sat6

Mandarin: ming2fu4qi2shi2

Simplified: 名副其实

(adjective) Veritable

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食道語

sik6 dou6 jyu5

esophageal speech

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洩漏

sit3 lau6

Mandarin: xie4 lou4

Simplified: 泄漏

to leak

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