Cantonese Dictionary

糾

gau2

Mandarin: jiu1

Simplified: 纠

to gather together | to investigate | to entangle | to correct | to inspect | to supervise | # adapted from cc-cedict

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中國社會科學院

zung1 gwok3 se5 wui6*2 fo1 hok6 jyun6*2

Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

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半職

bun3 zik1

Mandarin: ban4 zhi2

part-time work

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光筆

gwong1 bat1

Mandarin: guang1 bi3

a light pen (for a computer)

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關海山

gwaan1 hoi2 saan1

Mandarin: guan1 hai2 shan1

Kwan Hoi-San

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搵腳

wan2 goek3

Mandarin: wen3 jiao3

Simplified: 揾脚

Cantonese

to find an extra person for a team | game, normally used when looking for people to play Mahjong

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mèih

Mandarin: all

mi2

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得滯

dak1 zai6

Mandarin: de5 zhi4

Simplified: 得滞

very; over (spoken)

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熱咖啡

jit6 gaa3 fe1

Mandarin: re4 ka1 fei1

Simplified: 热咖啡

hot coffee

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昂坪

ngong5 ping4

Mandarin: ang2 ping2

Ngong Ping, a highland in the western part of Lantau Island

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貓兒山

maau1 ji4*1 saan1

Mao Er Shan (lit., "Little Cat Mountain" found in Guangxi), this is the highest point in Southern China at 2,141m

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老成

lou5 sing4

Mandarin: lao3 cheng2

[adj] experienced; trained; overly-mature | [粵]: also 老積

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丹墀

daan1 ci4

Mandarin: dan1 chi2

the front entry of a Chinese palace, usually the terrace is painted red

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開銷

hoi1 siu1

Mandarin: kai1 xiao1

outgoings

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一把手

jat1 baa2 sau2

Mandarin: yi1 ba3 shou3

a party to an undertaking; a member; a hand; a good hand

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意會

ji3 wui6

Mandarin: yi4 hui4

perceive by intuition; sense; infer

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定論

ding6 leon6

Mandarin: ding4 lun4

final conclusion / accepted argument

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慈利

ci4 lei6

Mandarin: ci2 li4

Cili (place in Hunan)

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謹小慎微

gan2 siu2 san6 mei4

Mandarin: jin3 xiao3 shen4 wei1

Simplified: 谨小慎微

meticulous; punctilious

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四千

sei3 cin1

Mandarin: si4 qian1

four thousand

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吃過

hek3 gwo3

ate

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民間傳說

man4 gaan1 cyun4 syut3

Mandarin: min2 jian1 chuan2 shuo1

folklore; popular legend

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深紅

sam1 hung4

Mandarin: shen1 hong2

Simplified: 深红

dark red; crimson

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身軀轉動第二式

san1 keoi1 zyun3*2 dung6 dai6 ji6 sik1

[yoga] Bharadvajasana II, Sage Bharadvaja's Pose II

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九宮格習字紙

gau2 gung1 gaak3 zaap6 zi6 zi2

the Nine-Palace Grids for Chinese calligraphy practice (the paper used in Chinese copybooks for characters approximately 3cm x 3cm)

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小飛象

siu2 fei1 zoeng6

Mandarin: xiao3 fei1 xiang4

Simplified: 小飞象

Dumbo

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步韻

bou6 wan6

Mandarin: bu4 yun4

to write a poem using another poem's rhymes

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購物天堂

kau3 mat6 tin1 tong4

a shopping mecca (lit., "shopping paradise")

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綁票者

bong2 piu3 ze2

Mandarin: bang3 piao4 zhe3

kidnapper [Syn.] 綁匪

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歌頌

go1 zung6

Mandarin: ge1 song4

laud; eulogize; extol; sing the praise of

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