Cantonese Dictionary

保守行為

bou2 sau2 hang4 wai4

Mandarin: bao3shou3 xing2wei2

Simplified: 保守行为

conservative behaviour; a binding over [written and colloquial]

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冚場

kam2 coeng4

Mandarin: kan3 chang3

Cantonese

to go to another persons club and cause trouble by obstructing their business

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詐取

zaa3 ceoi2

swindle

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國債

gwok3 zaai3

national debt

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爍

lok6

Mandarin: shuo4

Simplified: 烁

to flake | # adapted from cc-cedict

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𤜯

gap6

Mandarin: cha1

(Cant.) to bite | # adapted from cc-cedict

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咦

ji4

Mandarin: yi2

expression of surprise | disapproval | # adapted from cc-cedict

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故城縣

gu3 sing4 jyun6

Mandarin: gu4 cheng2 xian4

Gucheng county (county in Shandong)

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香港杜鵑

hoeng1 gong2 dou6 gyun1

Mandarin: xiang1 gang3 du4 juan1

Rhododendron hongkongense (Hongkong azalea)

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間諜

gaan3 dip6

Mandarin: jian4 die2

spy

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伶

ling4

Mandarin: ling2

clever | (old) actor | actress | lonely | solitary | an entertainer | # adapted from cc-cedict

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食長齋

sik6 coeng4 zaai1

Mandarin: shi2 chang2 zhai1

Cantonese

1. adopt a long term vegetarian diet 2. to refrain from doing sth. on a long term basis

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鳳姐一樓一

fung6 ze2 jat1 lau4 jat1

Cantonese

a one-woman brothel

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納西語

naap6 sai1 jyu5

Mandarin: na4 xi1 yu3

the Nakhi / Naxi language, dialect spoken by the ethnic group Nakhi 納西族 (can be written in the Naxi script, the Dongba script, the Latin alphabet or the Geba script)

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市議會

si5 ji5 wui6*2

Mandarin: shi4 yi4 hui4

city council

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殺菌作用

saat3 kwan2 zok3 jung6

Mandarin: sha1 jun4 zuo4 yong4 (Taiwan), sha1 jun1 zuo4 yong4 (PRC)

sterilization

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天譴

tin1 hin2

Mandarin: tian1 qian3

punishment meted out by God; stand condemned by God; the wrath of God

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垂死的

seoi4 sei2 dik1

Mandarin: chui2 si3 de5

dying

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居安思危

geoi1 ngon1 si1 ngai4

Mandarin: ju1 an1 si1 wei2

Lit. Living in peace, thinking of danger.

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柔然

jau4 jin4

Mandarin: rou2 ran2

Rouran Khaganate, the name of a confederation of nomadic tribes on the northern borders of Inner China from the late 4th century until the middle 6th century

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梁靜茹

loeng4 zing6 jyu4

Mandarin: liang2 jing4 ru2

Fish Leong (a.k.a, Jasmine)

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守

sau3

Mandarin: shou3

part of the title for officials in ancient times | # adapted from cc-cedict

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哪邊

naa5 bin1

Mandarin: na3 bian1

[1] which side? [2] [Syn.] 哪一邊 [3] [粵]: 邊便 ; 邊一便

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回事

wui4 si6

Mandarin: hui2 shi4

result (回 is actually a measure word for 事, but they occur together often without a number in front that many dictionaries consider this a word; Cantonese speakers typically use 件事 instead)

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不迭

bat1 dit6

Mandarin: bu4 die2

cannot cope; find it too much; incessantly

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藍色火焰

laam4 sik1 fo2 jim6

Mandarin: lan2 se4 huo3 yan4

blue flame

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擔高頭

daam1 gou1 tau4

Mandarin: dan1 gao1 tou5

Simplified: 担高头

to raise one's head to look up

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大腳友

daai6 goek3 jau5

Mandarin: da4jiao3 you3

Simplified: 大脚友

an obsequious person who often sucks up to others [colloquial]

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洋樓

joeng4 lau4*2

Mandarin: yang2 lou2

a foreign-style building (with lift)

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此地不宜久留

ci2 dei6 bat1 ji4 gau2 lau4

not good to stay here for a long time; this place is not suitable to stay any longer

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