Cantonese Dictionary

招搖撞騙

ziu1 jiu4 zong6 pin3

Mandarin: zhao1 yao2 zhuang4 pian4

Simplified: 招摇撞骗

to bluff; to go around scamming people

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山豬仔

saan1 zyu1 zai2

Cantonese

baby wild boar

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招致

ziu1 zi3

Mandarin: zhao1zhi4

(verb) Beget

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吉達

gat1 daat6

Mandarin: ji2 da2

Jeddah (Saudi city, on Red Sea)

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sīk sek

Mandarin: all

xi1 xi2

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液晶顯示

jik6 zing1 hin2 si6

Mandarin: yi4 jing1 xian3 shi4 (Taiwan), ye4 jing1 xian3 shi4 (PRC)

LCD; liquid crystal display

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核支援

hat6 zi1 wun4/jyun4

Mandarin: he2 zhi1 yuan2

nuclear support

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肥皂

fei4 zou6

Mandarin: fei2 zao4

soap. Cant.: 番梘

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考牌

haau2 paai4

Mandarin: kao3 pai2

to take a test to obtain a license

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上個月

soeng6 go3 jyut6

last month

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亞媽

aa3 maa1

Mandarin: ya4 ma1

Simplified: 亚妈

mother, as called by her children

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溫帶

wan1 daai3

Mandarin: wen1 dai4

temperate zone

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手舞足蹈

sau2 mou5 zuk1 dou6

Mandarin: shou3 wu3 zu2 dao3

dance for joy; gesticulate with the hands and feet

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生長激素

saang1 zoeng2 gik1 sou3

Mandarin: sheng1 zhang3 ji1 su4

growth hormone

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點頭招呼

dim2 tau4 ziu1 fu1

Mandarin: dian3 tou2 zhao1 hu1

beckon

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吞那魚

tan1 naa5 jyu4*2

tunny

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娶親

ceoi2 can1

Mandarin: qu3 qin1

to take a wife, (of a man) to get married

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海味

hoi2 mei2

Mandarin: hai3 wei4

(n.) dried seafood.

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憤怒反抗機器

fan5 nou6 faan2 kong3 gei1 hei3

Mandarin: fen4 nu4 fan3 kang4 ji1 qi4

Rage Against The Machine

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雙極性

soeng1 gik6 sing3

bipolar (having two extreme natures)

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署

syu6

Mandarin: shu3

office | bureau | to sign | to deputize | to arrange | to put in order | # adapted from cc-cedict

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扮野

baan6 je5

Mandarin: ban4 ye3

feigning

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好勁

hou2 ging6

Mandarin: hao3 jin4

Simplified: 好劲

very powerful (spoken)

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有骨頭

jau5 gwat1 tau4

has backbone

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誣陷

mou4 haam6

Mandarin: wu1 xian4

to set sb. up; to entrap; to frame; to plant false evidence against sb.

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背手

bui3 sau2

Mandarin: bei4 shou3

hands behind one's back; items of bribery

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高樓大廈

gou1 lau4 daai6 haa6

Mandarin: gao1 lou2 da4 sha4

high buildings and large mansions

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保護海港協會

bou2 wu6 hoi2 gong2 hip3 wui6*2

the Society for the Protection of the Harbour

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武裝鬥爭

mou5 zong1 dau3 zang1

Mandarin: wu3 zhuang1 dou4 zheng1

Simplified: 武装斗争

armed struggle

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去旅行

heoi3 leoi5 hang4

Mandarin: qu4 lv3 xing2

to go travelling

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