Cantonese Dictionary

弱不禁風

joek6 bat1 kam1 fung1

Mandarin: ruo4 bu4 jin1 feng1

a physically weak person

View full entry →

祈使句

kei4 sai2 geoi3

Mandarin: qi2 shi3 ju4

[ling.] imperative sentence

View full entry →

一團

jat1 tyun4

Mandarin: yi1 tuan2

Simplified: 一团

a group

View full entry →

無事不登三寶殿

mou4 si6 bat1 dang1 saam1 bou2 din6

Mandarin: wu2 shi4 bu4 deng1 san1 bao3 dian4

visiting with a need of getting assistance or help

View full entry →

修女

sau1 neoi5*2

Mandarin: xiu1 nv3

nun

View full entry →

誶

seoi3

Mandarin: sui4

Simplified: 谇

to abuse | to speak ill of | to vilify | to berate | to interrogate | # adapted from cc-cedict

View full entry →

探險家

taam3 him2 gaa1

Mandarin: tan4 xian3 jia1

explorer

View full entry →

小心翼翼

siu2 sam1 jik6 jik6

Mandarin: xiao3 xin3 yi4 yi4

(saying) carefully; cautiously

View full entry →

翎

ling4

Mandarin: ling2

tail feathers | plume | wing | # adapted from cc-cedict

View full entry →

愛爾蘭的

oi3 ji5 laan4 dik1

Mandarin: ai4 er3 lan2 de5

[adj] Irish

View full entry →

君之

gwan1 zi1

Mandarin: jun1 zhi1

the king's

View full entry →

離遠

lei4 jyun5

Mandarin: li2 yuan3

Simplified: 离远

from far; at a distance

View full entry →

凍薪

dung3 san1

freeze pay

View full entry →

含住碌𨳊

ham4 zyu6 luk1 gau1

to give sb a blow

View full entry →

趵突泉

paau3 dat6 cyun4

Mandarin: Bao4 tu1 quan2

Spouting Spring | Baotu Spring , a famous spring in Jinan, Guangzhou, China

View full entry →

sīk

Mandarin: all

shi4

View full entry →

熱死

jit6 sei2

Mandarin: re4 si3

Simplified: 热死

boiling hot; scorching; too hot [colloquial]

View full entry →

大出血

daai6 ceot1 hyut3

Mandarin: da4 chu1 xie3

(noun) (of literature) a massive hemorrhage; (slang) to spend a lot of money on products on sale

View full entry →

非洲蝸牛

fei1 zau1 wo1 ngau4

African snail

View full entry →

頻密

pan4 mat6

Mandarin: pin2 mi4

Simplified: 频密

intense

View full entry →

通氣

tung1 hei3

Mandarin: tong1 qi4

Simplified: 通气

(slang) not to play a gooseberry (to interfere two people or in a relationship)

View full entry →

大拿拿

daai6 naa4 naa4

Mandarin: da4 na2 na2

(adj.) to describe a huge amount of something, usually money related, such as money, debt, prize etc.

View full entry →

總的來說

zung2 dik1 loi4 syut3

Mandarin: zong3 de5 lai2 shuo1

in short; in summary; generally speaking

View full entry →

用勁

jung6 ging6

Mandarin: yong4 jin4

Simplified: 用劲

exert oneself

View full entry →

豆沙

dau6 saa1

Mandarin: dou4sha1

(food) Bean paste

View full entry →

西施

sai1 si1

Mandarin: xi1 shi1

Xi Shi, one of the renowned Four Beauties of ancient China; a beautiful woman

View full entry →

問題兒童

man6 tai4 ji4 tung4

problem child

View full entry →

斤両

gan1 loeng2

Mandarin: jin1 liang3

ability of someone or something to influence decisions or actions; the importance attributed to something; the weight [written and colloquial]

View full entry →

老大娘

lou5 daai6 noeng4

Mandarin: lao3 da4 niang2

(Mand.) aunty; granny | term of address for old women (with no esp. with no blood ties)

View full entry →

雲吞麵

wan4 tan1 min6

Mandarin: yun2 tun1 mian4

Simplified: 云吞面

Wonton noodles

View full entry →