Cantonese Dictionary

坐視

zo6 si6

Mandarin: zuo4 shi4

Simplified: 坐视

to sit and observe without participating or helping

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意識到

ji3 sik1 dou3*2

to wake up/notice/realize

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妹仔丁

mui6*1 zai2 deng1

Cantonese

a young maid

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三棟屋博物館

saam1 dung6 uk1 bok3 mat6 gun2

Mandarin: san1 dong4 wu1 bo2 wu4 guan3

Simplified: 三栋屋博物馆

Sam Tung Uk Museum

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敞篷車

cong2 pung4 ce1

Mandarin: chang3 peng2 che1

cabriolet; convertible — an open-top car with a foldable roof

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物競天擇

mat6 ging3 tin1 zaak6

Mandarin: wu4 jing4 tian1 ze2

natural selection

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天口

tin1 hau2

Mandarin: tian1 kou3

the weather

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唔單只

m4 daan1 zi2

Mandarin: n2 dan1 zhi3

Simplified: 唔单只

Cantonese

not only; nevertheless

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兜巴身

dau1 baa1 san1

Mandarin: dou1 ba1 shen1

to slap; to smack [colloquial]

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氣概

hei3 koi3

Mandarin: qi4 gai4

lofty quality; mettle; spirit

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不妥

bat1 to5

Mandarin: bu4 tuo3

inappropriate; not proper; not right | Cant.: 唔妥

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歌壇

go1 taan4

Mandarin: ge1 tan2

music world

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暗殺者

am3 saat3 ze2

Mandarin: an4sha1 zhe3

Simplified: 暗杀者

an assassin [written and colloquial]

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牾

ng6

Mandarin: wu3

to oppose | to gore | # adapted from cc-cedict

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越南生春卷

jyut6 naam4 saang1 ceon1 gyun2

Mandarin: yue4 nan2 sheng1 chun1 juan3

Gỏi cuốn (summer rolls)

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hūng

Mandarin: all

kong1 kong4

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晨運

san4 wan6

Mandarin: chen2 yun4

Simplified: 晨运

early morning exercise

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大氣壓

daai6 hei3 aat3

Mandarin: da4 qi4 ya1

atmospheric pressure; barometric pressure

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揸兜

zaa1 dau1

Mandarin: zha1 dou1

Cantonese

describes a person who is in poverty and has to beg for money like a beggar

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沕水撞牆

mei6 seoi2 zung1 coeng4

Cantonese

go through hurdles and hardship

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口啞

hau2 aa2

Mandarin: kou3 ya3

Simplified: 口哑

speechless

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面具

min6 geoi6

a mask

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北周

bak1 zau1

Mandarin: bei3 zhou1

the Northern Zhou Dynasty (557-581); one of the Northern Dynasties

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行不得

haang4 bat1 dak1

may not be done

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海冰

hoi2 bing1

Mandarin: hai3 bing1

sea ice

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肛門袋

gong1 mun4 doi6*2

Mandarin: gang1 men2 dai4

a colostomy bag

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德化

dak1 faa3

Mandarin: de2 hua4

Dehua (place in Fujian)

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歐洲復興開發銀行

au1 zau1 fuk6 hing1 hoi1 faat3 ngan4 hong4

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development [EBRD]

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亨

hang1

Mandarin: heng1

going smoothly; prosperous

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㘈

jik6

Mandarin: yi4

a child being knowledgeable

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