Cantonese Dictionary

人頭獅身

jan4 tau4 si1 san1

Mandarin: ren2 tou2 shi1 shen1

sphinx

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上台

soeng5 toi4

Mandarin: shang4 tai2

to go up to the stage; to rise to authority; to be in the limelight

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隆隆

lung4 lung4

Mandarin: long2 long2

[onomatopoeia] rumble; boom; roll; thunder

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金秀瑤族自治縣

gam1 sau3 jiu4 zuk6 zi6 zi6 jyun6

Mandarin: jin1 xiu4 Yao2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 xian4

Jinxiu Yaozu autonomous county (county in Guangxi)

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起先

hei2 sin1

at first; at prime tense

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劫獄

gip3 juk6

Mandarin: jie2 yu4

break into a prision to free a prisioner

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上下

soeng6 haa6*2; soeng6 haa6

Mandarin: shang4 xia4

下6*2: top and bottom, more or less, approximately; 下6: (placename) Sheung Ha

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開餐館

hoi1 caan1 gun2

to start a Chinese restaurant (abroad)

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強盜

koeng4 dou6

Mandarin: qiang2 dao4

bandit; robber | [粵]: 賊, 賊佬,　土匪

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泵把

bam1 baa2

Mandarin: beng4 ba4

bumper (car)

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大概

daai6 koi3/3*2

Mandarin: da4 gai4

approximately

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發大水

faat3 daai6 seoi2

Mandarin: fa1 da4 shui3

Simplified: 发大水

Flood

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宣漢

syun1 hon3

Mandarin: xuan1 han4

Xuanhan (place in Sichuan)

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成奎安

sing4 fui1 on1

Mandarin: cheng2 kui2 an1

Shing Fui-On, name of an actor in Hong Kong

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疾病頭

zat6 beng6 tau4

Mandarin: ji2 bing4 tou2

Cantonese

Kangxi radical 104 疒

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恩膏

jan1 gou1

Mandarin: en1 gao1

1.[v] anoint 2.[n] annointing

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急需

gap1 seoi1

Mandarin: ji2 xu1

urgently need

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政界

zing3 gaai3

Mandarin: zheng4 jie4

political and government circles

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甲骨

gaap3 gwat1

Mandarin: jia3 gu3

tortoise shell and animal bones used in divination; oracle bone inscriptions (early Chinese script)

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象牙質

zoeng6 ngaa4 zat1

Mandarin: xiang4 ya2 zhi2

dentine

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盲年

maang4 nin4

Mandarin: mang2 nian2

Blind year, a year without Lichun (start of spring, when the sun is exactly at the celestial longitude of 315°), considered an unlucky year for marriage

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有頭冇尾

jau5 tau4 mou5 mei5

Mandarin: you3 tou2 mao3 wei3

Simplified: 有头冇尾

Cantonese

(adjective) finish a task | job incompletely

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斌

ban1

Mandarin: bin1

variant of 彬 , meaning "refined; graceful"

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慶陽地區

hing3 joeng4 dei6 keoi1

Mandarin: qing4 yang2 di4 qu1

Qingyang district (district in Gansu)

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改變形像

goi2 bin3 jing4 zoeng6

Mandarin: gai3 bian4 xing2 xiang4

transfiguration

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jám

Mandarin: cantonese-only

zhen3

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飛魚

fei1 jyu4

Mandarin: fei1 yu2

flying fish; fast swimmer

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摩囉差

mo1 lo1 caa1

Mandarin: mo2 luo2 cha1

Simplified: 摩罗差

Cantonese

Indian or South Asian; Indian police officer in Hong Kong

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住處

zyu6 cyu3

Mandarin: zhu4 chu4

residence; dwelling place; quarters; accomodation

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一本正經

jat1 bun2 zing3 ging1

Mandarin: yi1 ben3 zheng4 jing1

in all seriousness; in dead earnest

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