Cantonese Dictionary

Try: 食飯  ·  nei5 hou2  ·  hello  ·  靚
T1 High
T2 Rising
T3 Mid
T4 Low Fall
T5 Low Rise
T6 Low
82,965 words · 115,838 definitions
Show definitions in:
Browse by Jyutping Initial
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Showing 10141–10170 of 82,784
謀殺
Mandarin: mou2 sha1
premeditated murder; to murder (lit., "scheme to kill")
View full entry →
諗嚟度去
Mandarin: shen3 li2 du4 qu4
Simplified: 谂嚟度去
Cantonese
think about this and that; to ponder
View full entry →
醫學上的
Mandarin: yi1 xue2 shang4 de5
medical
View full entry →
桀驁不馴
Mandarin: jie2 ao4 bu4 xun4
Simplified: 桀骜不驯
arrogant and stubborn (idiom)
View full entry →
單思
Mandarin: dan1 si1
Simplified: 单思
lovesick [colloquial]
View full entry →
趕唔切
Mandarin: gan3 n2 qie4
Simplified: 赶唔切
Cantonese
(slang) unable to catch something; to be too late for something; cannot make it in time (especially for the schedules of bus, train etc.)
View full entry →
債台高築
to be deep in debt; up to one’s ears in debt
View full entry →
打側身
Mandarin: da3 ce4 shen1
Simplified: 打侧身
verb; to lean on one's side
View full entry →
屍身
Mandarin: shi1 shen1
Simplified: 尸身
Corpse
View full entry →
吳宇森
Mandarin: wu2 yu3 sen1
Simplified: 吴宇森
John Woo Yu-Sum, a Hong Kong film director
View full entry →
Mandarin: leng2
less commonly-used variant of 棱
View full entry →
香雞
Mandarin: xiang1 ji1
Simplified: 香鸡
thin (for describing limbs; slang)
View full entry →
可靠
Mandarin: ke3 kao4
reliable
View full entry →
BB仔
Mandarin: BB zi3
a baby [colloquial]
View full entry →
大半天
Mandarin: da4 ban4 tian1
most of the day, the greater part of a day
View full entry →
去火
Mandarin: Qu4 huo3
noun; Chinese medical term, reduce internal heat or inflammation.
View full entry →
姑且
temporarily
View full entry →
雪耳
Cantonese
white fungus; agaric (mushroom) - one of three main types of edible fungus, the other two being 雲耳 and 木耳
View full entry →
裝電燈
Mandarin: zhuang1 dian4 deng1
[v] to install electric lights
View full entry →
松節油
Mandarin: song1 jie2 you2
turpentine oil | Also: 松節油精; 松脂精; 松脂
View full entry →
Mandarin: jie4
horned toad | a red spotted lizard | coccid | # adapted from cc-cedict
View full entry →
機槍
Mandarin: ji1 qiang1
machine gun | also 機關槍
View full entry →
Mandarin: o1
cry from pain of illness | # adapted from cc-cedict
View full entry →
煠下煠下
Mandarin: ye4 xia4 ye4 xia4
slow-witted; dim-witted; dorky [colloquial]
View full entry →
查良鏞
Mandarin: cha2 liang2 yong1
Simplified: 查良镛
Jin Yong | Louis Cha Leung-ying, a Chinese novelist
View full entry →
小組討論
Mandarin: xiao3 zu3 tao3 lun4
panel discussion
View full entry →
挑戰者
Mandarin: tiao3 zhan4 zhe3
challenger
View full entry →
拖蘇
Mandarin: tuo1 su1
Simplified: 拖苏
extension socket; a power strip
View full entry →
老虎蝦
Mandarin: lao3 hu3 xia1
tiger prawn [粵]: 鬼蝦
View full entry →
Mandarin: zha4
grasshopper; cicada
View full entry →