Cantonese Dictionary

敗家

baai6 gaa1

Mandarin: bai4 jia1

Simplified: 败家

spending extravagantly and wasting one's family's financial resources

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戰隊

zin3 deoi2

Mandarin: zhan4 dui4

rangers, squad, military team, sentai (Japanese)

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祖國

zou2 gwok3

Mandarin: zu3 guo2

homeland; motherland; fatherland

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二林鎮

ji6 lam4 zan3

Mandarin: er4 lin2 zhen4

Erhlin (town in Taiwan)

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丘縣

jau1 jyun6

Mandarin: qiu1 xian4

Qiu county (county in Hebei)

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打遊戲機

daa2 jau4 hei3 gei1

Mandarin: da3 you2 xi4 ji1

Simplified: 打游戏机

Playing video games

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例示

lai6 si6

Mandarin: li4 shi4

exemplify

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sóng

Mandarin: all

shuang3

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死有餘辜

sei2 jau5 jyu4 gu1

Mandarin: si3 you3 yu2 gu1

Simplified: 死有余辜

(saying) Deserve to die

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救急

gau3 gap1

Mandarin: jiu4 ji2

to help in an emergency

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赤柬

cek3 gaan2

Mandarin: chi4 jian3

Democratic Kampuchea; Khmer Rouge

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酒是故鄉醇

zau2 si6 gu3 hoeng1 seon4

Mandarin: jiu3 shi4 gu4 xiang1 chun2

Simplified: 酒是故乡醇

an expression to say that things (food, wine etc) from one's hometown is always the best

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候教

hau6 gaau3

Mandarin: hou4 jiao4

Waiting for instructions

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行運

haang4 wan6

Mandarin: xing2 yun4

Simplified: 行运

to be in luck

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筆嘴

bat1 zeoi2

Mandarin: bi3 zui3

Simplified: 笔嘴

tip of a pen

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註釋

zyu3 sik1

Mandarin: zhu4 shi4

Simplified: 注释

annotations

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選票

syun2 piu3

Mandarin: xuan3 piao4

a vote/ballot

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小提琴手

siu2 tai4 kam4 sau2

Mandarin: xiao3 ti2 qin2 shou3

a violinist

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meih

Mandarin: all

wei4

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星期五

sing1 kei4 ng5

Mandarin: xing1 qi1 wu3 (PRC), xing1 qi2 wu3 (Taiwan)

Friday. Syn.: 禮拜五

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白犀

baak6 sai1

Mandarin: bai2 xi1

white rhinoceros [written colloquial]

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牙科

ngaa4 fo1

Mandarin: ya2 ke1

dentistry

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喬宏

kiu4 wang4

Mandarin: qiao2 hong2

Simplified: 乔宏

Roy Chiao, name of an actor (dead)

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昏暗

fan1 am3

Mandarin: hun1 an4

dusky; dark; dim

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避孕用品

bei6 jan6 jung6 ban2

Mandarin: bi4 yun4 yong4 pin3

[n] contraceptive

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膚皮潦草

fu1 pei4 liu4 cou2

Mandarin: fu1 pi2 liao2 cao3

Simplified: 肤皮潦草

perfunctory; casual; cursory

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脫水

tyut3 seoi2

[v][n] dehydration, evaporation

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死傷者

sei2 soeng1 ze2

Mandarin: si3 shang1 zhe3

casualty (of an accident); dead and wounded

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如蟻附膻

jyu4 ngai5 fu6 saan1

Mandarin: ru2 yi3 fu4 shan1

leaning on poweful people for support (lit., "like ants swarming to rank odors")

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作反

zok3 faan2

Mandarin: zuo4 fan3

to rebel

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