Cantonese Dictionary

展板

zin2 baan2

Mandarin: zhan3 ban3

noun; display boards

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高原

gou1 jyun4

Mandarin: gao1 yuan2

[1] plateau; highlands | See also 高地 [2] (placename) Ko Yuen

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能源保護

nang4 jyun4 bou2 wu6

energy conservation

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咖

kaa1

Mandarin: ka1

coffee | class | grade | phonetic transliteration such as in the word 'curry' | # adapted from cc-cedict

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社會公共利益

se5 wui6*2 gung1 gung6 lei6 jik1

Mandarin: she4 hui4 gong1 gong4 li4 yi4

public interest

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不然的話

bat1 jin4 dik1 waa6*2

Mandarin: bu4 ran2 de5 hua4

otherwise

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美製

mei5 zai3

Mandarin: mei3 zhi4

American made

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險

him2

Mandarin: xian3

Simplified: 险

danger | dangerous | rugged | narrow pass | strategic point | risky | perilous | sinister | treacherous | nearly | almost | within an inch of | # adapted from cc-cedict

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思

soi1

Mandarin: si1

long and thick beard | mustache | # adapted from cc-cedict

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無綫

mou4 sin3

Mandarin: wu2 xian4

Simplified: 无綫

wireless

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蜓

ting4

Mandarin: ting2

dragonfly

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下半年

haa6 bun3 nin4

Mandarin: xia4 ban4 nian2

second half of the year

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賽馬日

coi3 maa5 jat6

racing day

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開口及著脷

hoi1 hau2 gap6 zoek6 lei6

Mandarin: kai1kou3 ji2 zhe5 li4

Simplified: 开口及着脷

to put one's foot in one's mouth; to keep on saying the wrong or inappropriate things whenever one speaks [colloquial]

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syū

Mandarin: all

shu1

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揍

cau3

Mandarin: zou4

to beat up | to break to pieces | to hit | to mash | # adapted from cc-cedict

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別

bit6

Mandarin: bie2

Simplified: 别

to leave | to depart | to separate | to distinguish | to classify | other | another | do not | must not | to pin | to stick (sth) in | distinction | category | alternative | special | # adapted from cc-cedict

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哀怨

oi1 jyun3

Mandarin: ai1 yuan4

sad; plaintive

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期待

kei4 doi6

Mandarin: qi1 dai4

to anticipate

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早產

zou2 caan2

to deliver a preterm/premature baby

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薩達姆侯賽因

saat3 daat6 mou5 hau4 coi3 jan1

Saddam Hussein

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七姊妹道

cat1 zi2 mui6*2 dou6

Tsat Tsz Mui Road

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名古屋

ming4 gu2 uk1

Mandarin: ming2 gu3 wu1

Nagoya (Japan's fourth most populated city)

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家婆

gaa1 po4*2

mother-in-law (husband's mother)

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征戰

zing1 zin3

Mandarin: zheng1 zhan4

go on a campaign or an expedition; march into battle

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粗生粗養

cou1 saang1 cou1 joeng5

Mandarin: cu1 sheng1 cu1 yang3

Simplified: 粗生粗养

no need to pay much attention during the growing period

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非生物

fei1 sang1 mat6

Mandarin: fei1 sheng1 wu4

non-living thing

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夠派

gau3 paai3

Mandarin: gou4 pai4

Simplified: 够派

well-dressed; trendy; glamorous (spoken)

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劗

zin2

Mandarin: zuan1

to cut (with scissors)

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應急

jing3 gap1

Mandarin: ying4 ji2

to respond to an emergency; to respond to an urgent need; to meet an contingency

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