Cantonese Dictionary

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叫和
Mandarin: jiao4 hu2
(mahjong) waiting to win | cf. 叫牌
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楊鈺瑩
Mandarin: yang2 yu4 ying2
Yang Yuying
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不暇
Mandarin: bu4 xia2
have no time (for sth); be too busy (to do sth)
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屎桶
[n] a toilet (lit., "a shit bucket")
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製衣
Mandarin: zhi4 yi1
manufacture clothes
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斯坦福
Mandarin: si1 tan3 fu2
Stanford (university)
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追到天腳底
Mandarin: zhui1 dao4 tian1 jiao3 di3
Simplified: 追到天脚底
to hunt down someone to the end of the earth [colloquial]
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妝嫁
Mandarin: zhuang1 jia4
Simplified: 妆嫁
dowry
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臨屋
Mandarin: lin2 wu1
Simplified: 临屋
temporary house
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汝
Mandarin: ru3
[1] you [2] name of a river [3] a Chinese surname
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轉介
Mandarin: zhuan3 jie4
Simplified: 转介
referral; to refer (someone) to
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寄件者
Mandarin: ji4 jian4 zhe3
sender (of mail)
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色鬼
a sex maniac, a satyr, a “wolf.”
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暴飲暴食
engorgement
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唔好阿吱阿咗
Mandarin: wu2 hao3 a5 zhi1 a5 zuo5
Simplified: 唔好啊吱啊咗
Cantonese
stop nagging | moaning | whining | fussing | complaining so much [colloquial]
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觸角
Mandarin: chu4 jiao3
a tentacle, feeler, antenna, antennae | also 觸鬚
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撞板多過食飯
Mandarin: zhuang4 ban3 duo1 guo4 shi2 fan4
Simplified: 撞板多过食饭
verb; literally: someone hit the wooden plank more than having a meal, it means failing more than succeeding (be rebuffed)
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意大利商業銀行
Banca Commerciale Italiana
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跌咁多
Cantonese
a little bit
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三衰六旺
Mandarin: san1 shuai1 liu4 wang4
fate; describes the challenges and | or fortune in life where everyone will have good fortune and bad fortune in life
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周身骨痛
Mandarin: zhou1 shen1 gu3 tong4
aching of the entire body [Var.] 週身骨痛
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潮州話
Mandarin: chao2 zhou1 hua4
Chiu-Chow dialect
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無限大
Mandarin: wu2 xian4 da4
Simplified: 无限大
infinitely large
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素月
the bright moon
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第十
Mandarin: di4 shi2
the tenth
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魑
Mandarin: chi1
a mountain demon resembling a tiger
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大白菜
Mandarin: da4 bai2 cai4
napa cabbage; chinese cabbage (Cantonese: 黃芽白)
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燒臘
collective name for all dried and preserved meat and fish
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產生逆火
[v] to backfire
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總署
Mandarin: zong3 shu3
departmental headquarters
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