Cantonese Dictionary

垂直發射

seoi4 zik6 faat3 se6

Mandarin: chui2 zhi2 fa1 she4

vertical firing; vertical launching

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希有

hei1 jau5

Mandarin: xi1 you3

rare

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殘

caan4

Mandarin: can2

Simplified: 残

to destroy | to spoil | to ruin | to injure | cruel | oppressive | savage | brutal | incomplete | disabled | to remain | to survive | remnant | surplus | broken | crippled | wilted | brutally | # adapted from cc-cedict

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原平

jyun4 ping4

Mandarin: yuan2 ping2

Yuanping (city in Shanxi)

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旺菜

wong6 coi3

Mandarin: wang4 cai4

Napa cabbage

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成身裙

sing4 san1 kwan4

Mandarin: cheng2 shen1 qun2

a one piece dress [written and colloquial]

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正牌

zing3 paai4

Mandarin: zheng4 pai2

genuine goods

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剪接

zin2 zip3

Mandarin: jian3 jie1

film-editing; montage; to cut or edit film

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重慶

cung4 hing3

Mandarin: chong2 qing4

Chongqing; Chungking (largest of PRC's four provincial-level municipalities)

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科學管理

fo1 hok6 gun2 lei5

Mandarin: ke1 xue2 guan3 li3

scientific management

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孤苦

gu1 fu2

alone - alone and helpless.

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年宵市場

nin4 siu1 si5 coeng4

Mandarin: nian2 xiao1 shi4 chang3

Simplified: 年宵市场

Lunar New Year Fair; Lunar New Year market

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目無組織

muk6 mou4 zou2 zik1

Mandarin: mu4 wu2 zu3 zhi1

disregard organizational discipline; defy the leadership of one's organization

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發出

faat3 ceot1

Mandarin: fa1 chu1

to issue; to send out

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杞子

gei2 zi2

Mandarin: qi3 zi5

wolfberry; goji

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巍峨

ngai4 ngo4

Mandarin: wei1[PRC] / wei2[TW] e2

lofty

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也不

jaa5 bat1

Mandarin: ye3 bu2

also not; neither

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角馬

gok3 maa5

Mandarin: jiao3 ma3

[n] wildebeest; gnu; (antelope of the genus Connochaetes)

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工房

gung1 fong4

Mandarin: gong1 fang2

noun; workers quarters; factory; manufacturing plant

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眼掃視

ngaan5 sou3 si6

saccade, the series of small, jerky movements of the eyes when changing focus from one point to another

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志在必得

zi3 zoi6 bit1 dak1

Mandarin: zhi4 zai4 bi4 de2

Determined to win | have

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先

sin3

Mandarin: xian1

early | prior | former | in advance | first | for now | ancestor | pioneering | only then | # adapted from cc-cedict

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亂叫

lyun6 giu3

Mandarin: luan4 jiao4

to inconsiderately shout

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jān

Mandarin: all

zhen1

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嘗試

soeng4 si3

Mandarin: chang2 shi4

to try; to attempt

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合成類固醇

hap6 sing4 leoi6 gu3 seon4

Mandarin: he2 cheng2 lei4 gu4 chun2

anabolic steroids

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棋高一着

kei4 gou1 jat1 zoek6

Mandarin: qi2 gao1 yi1 zhao1

one step ahead; get the upper hand; outmatch one's opponent

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單手劍

daan1 sau2 gim3

single-handed sword, a sword designed to be wielded in one hand.

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重未死過

zung6 mei6 sei2 gwo3

Mandarin: zhong4 wei4 si3 guo4

Simplified: 重未死过

have you no fear?; get out of my sight or else! [colloquial]

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德陽

dak1 joeng4

Mandarin: de2 yang2

Deyang (city in Sichuan)

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