Cantonese Dictionary

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雙企人
Mandarin: shuang1 qi3 ren2
Simplified: 双企人
the Chinese radical of "彳"
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姨媽姑姐
Mandarin: yi2 ma1 gu1 jie3
Simplified: 姨妈姑姐
noun; aunts within one's family
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舒夫真高
Mandarin: shu1 fu1 zhen1 gao1
Andriy Shevchenko, a professional footballer
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酸餿
Mandarin: suan1 sou1
(of food and human body) sour; smelly; odourous
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發牙痕
Mandarin: fa1 ya2 hen2
Simplified: 发牙痕
craving for snacks or junk food; infants love to bite (spoken)
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seūt
Mandarin: all
xu4
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唔制得過
Mandarin: n2 zhi4 de2 guo4
Simplified: 唔制得过
Cantonese
it's not worth going for
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想不起
Mandarin: xiang3 bu4 qi3
can't remember; have forgotten
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揸鐵筆
Mandarin: zha1 tie3 bi3
Simplified: 揸铁笔
Cantonese
literally meaning to hold a 'metal pen' (usually refers to a crow bar), describes someone who use manual tools (often metallic) to make a living, compared to those who uses a pen to make a living (office based work)
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初衷
Mandarin: chu1 zhong1
original intention
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跛腳婆
Mandarin: bo3 jiao3 po2
Simplified: 跛脚婆
a cripple | limp woman
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式微
Mandarin: shi4 wei2 [TW] wei1 [PRC]
decline; wane; dwindle
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打單信
Mandarin: da3 dan1 xin4
Simplified: 打单信
noun; blackmail letter
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步
Mandarin: bu4
[1] [n] step; pace [2] [v] walk; stroll; on foot [3] situation; state; degree [4] banks of rivers, ponds, etc. [5] fortune; doom [6] a unit in length in ancient China of about 5.5 feet [7] a Chinese family name
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記者會
Mandarin: ji4 zhe3 hui4
press conference
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昧水
Mandarin: mei4 shui3
to dive
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商戶
Mandarin: shang1 hu4
merchant ; trader; businessman; firm
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早抖
Mandarin: zao3 dou3
good night; go and take an early rest [colloquial]
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邊個阿媽生你㗎
Mandarin: bian1 ge4 a1ma1 sheng1 ni3 jia4
Simplified: 边个阿妈生你㗎
Cantonese
what kind of person are you? (negative connotation) [colloquial]
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上身
Mandarin: shang4 shen1
the torso, upper part of the body
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點歌
Mandarin: dian3 ge1
Simplified: 点歌
Cantonese
to request a song
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礦渣
Mandarin: kuang4​ zha1​
slag (in mining)
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怪茄
Cantonese
weirdo
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死剩把口
Mandarin: si3 sheng4 ba3 kou3
to talk too much, to keep chattering away (lit., "a person's body has died but the mouth is still alive and talking")
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體能
Mandarin: ti3 neng2
fitness; physical strength
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香笄
Mandarin: xiang1 ji1
the remaining supporting stick of an incense | joss stick
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言教不如身教
Mandarin: yan2 jiao4 bu4 ru2 shen1 jiao4
teaching by action is better than teaching by word; actions speak louder than words
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養老保險
Mandarin: yang3 lao3 bao3 xian3
old-age insurance; endowment insurance
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硬皮書
Mandarin: ying4 pi2 shu1
[n] hardcover book | Syn.: 精裝書
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日本腦炎
Mandarin: ri4 ben3 nao3 yan2
Japanese encephalitis
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