Cantonese Dictionary

開心手術

hoi1 sam1 sau2 seot6

open heart surgery

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伴奏

bun6 zau3

Mandarin: ban4 zou4

(music) to accompany

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外交

ngoi6 gaau1

Mandarin: wai4 jiao1

foreign affairs; diplomacy; diplomatic

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失款

sat1 fun2

Mandarin: shi1 kuan3

lost money; money that has gone missing

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身穿

san1 cyun1

Mandarin: shen1 chuan1

to wear; wearing; [粵] 著 zoek3

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大轆藕

daai6 luk1 ngau5

Mandarin: da4 lu4 ou3

Simplified: 大辘藕

people who spend money like water; a spendthrift

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嵩山

sung1 saan1

Mandarin: song1 shan1

Mount Song in Henan, central of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽

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踎凳

mau1 dang3

Mandarin: mou2 deng4

to do time in jail [colloquial]

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杳無音信

miu5 mou4 jam1 seon3

Mandarin: yao3 wu2 yin1 xin4

have not been heard of since

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櫃子

gwai6 zi2

Mandarin: gui4 zi5

cupboard; cabinet | [粵]: 櫃

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正氣

zing3 hei3

Mandarin: zheng4 qi4

Simplified: 正气

(noun) positive energy

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屙屎

o1 si2

Cantonese

defecate; to take a shit

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焫嚫

naat3 can3

Mandarin: ruo4 chen4

Cantonese

get burned; to be scalded

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沉底

zam6 dai2

Mandarin: chen2 di3

(verb) sink to the bottom; sunken

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撬長腳

giu6 coeng4 goek3

Mandarin: qiao4 zhang3 jiao3

Simplified: 撬长脚

to steal someone's else lover [colloquial]

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丟疏咗

diu1 so1 zo2

Mandarin: diu1 shu1 zuo5

Simplified: 丢疏咗

Cantonese

one's skills getting rusty after years of no practice

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天蠍座

tin1 kit3 zo6

Scorpio - a zodiac sign out of eleven other zodiac signs (十二星座). (10-24/11-22)

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屋村仔

uk1 cyun1 zai2

Estate Boy ("estate" reflects to the style of community living space common in Hong Kong from the 60s through the 80s. Eric So has a collection of figures known as the "Estate" collection depicting various people who live in a public housing estate, some not so savory.)

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自殺炸彈殺手

zi6 saat3 zaa3 daan6*2 saat3 sau2

Mandarin: zi4 sha1 zha4 dan4 sha1 shou3

suicide bomber

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白酒

baak6 zau2

Mandarin: bai2jiu3

(wine) White wine

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鬆一口氣

sung1 jat1 hau2 hei3

Mandarin: song1 yi1 kou3 qi4

breathe a breath of relief

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mi2

Mandarin: []

犬

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由始至終

jau4 ci2 zi3 zung1

Mandarin: you2 shi3 zhi4 zhong1

Simplified: 由始至终

From beginning to the end; all along

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求職

kau4 zik1

Mandarin: qiu2 zhi2

seek employment

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反倒

faan2 dou3

Mandarin: fan3 dao4

on the contrary; instead

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打字

daa2 zi6

Mandarin: da3 zi4

to type

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廢品

fai3 ban2

Mandarin: fei4 pin3

waste product; reject; scrap; waste; spoilage; discard; discarded products; spoil; throw-away; throw outs

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經痛

ging1 tung3

Mandarin: jing1 tong4

dysmenorrhea [Syn.] 月經困難症

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夕陽工業

zik6 joeng4 gung1 jip6

Mandarin: xi1 yang2 gong1 ye4

Simplified: 夕阳工业

noun; sunset industry or declining industry

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二手市場

ji6 sau2 si5 coeng4

Mandarin: er4 shou3 shi4 chang3

Simplified: 二手市场

second-hand goods market

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