Cantonese Dictionary

開片

hoi1 pin3*2

Cantonese

to have a fight with knives and choppers; to start a gang fight

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大皮

daai6 pei4*2

Mandarin: da4 pi2

Cantonese

high cost

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倒按揭

dou3 on3 kit3

a reverse mortgage, a home equity conversion loan

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淨土宗

zing6 tou2 zung1

Mandarin: jing4 tu3 zong1

Pure Land Buddhism (branch of Mahayana Buddhism)

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大公無私

daai6 gung1 mou4 si1

Mandarin: da4gong1wu2si1

Simplified: 大公无私

(adjective) Fair and unselfish

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碇

ding3

Mandarin: ding4

anchor - heavy stone to anchor a boat to

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棺材舖

gun1 coi4 pou3*2

a coffin shop; Anti-Corruption Bureau

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製版

zai4 baan2

Mandarin: zhi4 ban3

plate making (in typesetting)

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郵箱

jau4 soeng1

Mandarin: you2 xiang1

[1] a post office box P.O.B. [2] a mailbox

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呼應

fu1 jing3

Mandarin: hu1 ying4

1.coordinate 2. echo

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有Ｔａｓｔｅ

jau5 tei1 si2

Mandarin: you3Ｔａｓｔｅ

to have good taste [colloquial]

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五結鄉

ng5 git3 hoeng1

Mandarin: wu3 jie2 xiang1

Wuchieh (village in Taiwan)

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波多黎各

bo1 do1 lai4 gok3

Mandarin: bo1 duo1 li2 ge4

Puerto Rico

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議院

ji5 jyun6*2

Mandarin: yi4 yuan4

parliament; council

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不可再生的

bat1 ho2 zoi3 sang1 dik1

Mandarin: bu4 ke3 zai4 sheng1 de5

non-renewable

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無人駕駛

mou4 jan4 gaa3 sai2

Mandarin: wu2 ren2 jia4 shi3

unmanned; unpiloted

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着手

zoek6 sau2

Mandarin: zhuo2 shou3

to commence; to begin

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延壽

jin4 sau6

Mandarin: yan2 shou4

Yanshou (place in Heilongjiang)

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寧縣

ning4 jyun6

Mandarin: ning2 xian4

Ning county (county in Gansu)

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廿呀一

jaa6 aa6 jat1

Mandarin: nian4 ya5 yi1

twenty-one [colloquial]

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白椰菜花

baak6 je4 coi3 faa1

Mandarin: bai2 ye1 cai4 hua1

White cauliflower; gonorrhea

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優質

jau1 zat1

Mandarin: you1 zhi4

excellent quality

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朱槿

zyu1 gan2

Mandarin: zhu1 jin3

the Chinese hibiscus (a flower)

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標槍

biu1 coeng1

Mandarin: biao1 qiang1

javelin

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頗

po2

Mandarin: po1

Simplified: 颇

rather | quite | considerably (Taiwan pr. [pǒ]) | very | # adapted from cc-cedict

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為咩

wai6 me1

for what?

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鋸木架

geoi3 muk6 gaa3*2

Mandarin: ju4 mu4 ​jia4​

sawhorse

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地板步

dei6 baan2 bou6

footwork (from breakdancing)

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今天天氣哈哈

gam1 tin1 tin1 hei3 haa1 haa1

Mandarin: jin1tian1 tian1qi4 ha1ha5

Simplified: 今天天气哈哈

an ironic expression used by Lu Xun to depict a period of political sensitivity in society where people would not dare to express their opinions on anything [written]; an expression used by someone to imply that they have nothing else further to say [colloquial] [written and colloquial]

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歔

heoi1

Mandarin: xu1

to snort | # adapted from cc-cedict

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