Cantonese Dictionary

志願者

zi3 jyun6 ze2

Mandarin: zhi4 yuan4 zhe3

voluntary worker, volunteer [Syn.] 義工

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緬甸蟒蛇

min5 din6 mong5 se4

Mandarin: Mian3 dian4 mang3 she2

Simplified: 缅甸蟒蛇

Burmese pythons

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月相

jyut6 soeng3

Mandarin: yue4 xiang4

lunar phase

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麻繩

maa4 sing4

Mandarin: ma2 sheng2

Simplified: 麻绳

hemp rope

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大話

daai6 waa6

Mandarin: da4 hua4

Simplified: 大话

(noun) a lie (this means 'big talk' in Mandarin)

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商河

soeng1 ho4

Mandarin: shang1 he2

Shanghe (place in Shandong)

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自盡

zi6 zeon6

Mandarin: zi4 jin4

to commit suicide

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大佛寺

daai6 fat6 zi2

Mandarin: da4 Fo2 si4

Big Buddha Temple

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前傳

cin4 zyun6*2

Mandarin: qian2 zhuan4

prequel

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芯

sam1

Mandarin: xin1

core of an object, e.g. wick, fuse, etc

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額爾古納左旗

ngaak6 ji5 gu2 naap6 zo2 kei4

Mandarin: e2 er3 gu3 na4 zuo3 qi2

E'ergu'na zuoqi (place in Inner Mongolia)

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殺傷力

saat3 soeng1 lik6

lethality

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誇獎

kwaa1 zoeng2

Mandarin: kua1 jiang3

to (excessively) praise; to applaud; to compliment

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並肩作戰

bing6 gin1 zok3 zin3

Mandarin: bing4 jian1 zuo4 zhan4

Simplified: 并肩作战

fight alongside

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自奉

zi6 fung6

Mandarin: zi4 feng4

to provide for all the living necessities for oneself

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裂紋

lit6 man4

Mandarin: lie4 wen2

crack, flaw

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羅屋民俗館

lo4 uk1 man4 zuk6 gun2

Mandarin: luo2 wu1 min2 su2 guan3

Simplified: 罗屋民俗馆

Law Uk Folk Museum

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橄欖

gaam3 laam5*2

Mandarin: gan3 lan3

olive

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㩧

bok1

Mandarin: bo2

to strike; to beat; to knock; to stone (to throw stone and hit someone); sound of hitting something; to screw (have sex with) | # adapted from cc-cedict

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兵力

bing1 lik6

Mandarin: bing1 li4

[1] military strength, [2] armed forces, troops

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休克

jau1 hak1

(medical) shock; to go into shock

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霸位

baa3 wai2

Mandarin: ba4 wei4

(v.) to occupy a vacant seat aggressively on public transport; to occupy a table in restaurants; to scramble for a seat; to save a seat

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合伙人

hap6 fo2 jan4

a partner (usu. referring to a business or professional relationship) | 伙 is sometimes written 夥

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孖葉

maa1 jip6*2

Mandarin: ma1 ye4

Cantonese

a slang word for 手鐐，手銬，手扣

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止痛法

zi2 tung3 faat3

Mandarin: zhi3 tong4 fa3

method of relieving pain

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積

zik1

Mandarin: ji1

Simplified: 积

to amass | to accumulate | to store | measured quantity (such as area of volume) | product (the result of multiplication) | to integrate (math.) | to solve (or integrate) an ordinary differential equation (math.) | old | long-standing | to store up | age-long | Jack | # adapted from cc-cedict

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元彪

jyun4 biu1

Mandarin: yuan2 biao1

Yuen Biao (born 26 July 1957) is a Chinese actor from Hong Kong. He specializes in martial arts. He is one of the Seven Little Fortunes. (source: Wikipedia)

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石門

sek6 mun4

Shek Mun (a station on the KCR Ma On Shan Rail of Hong Kong)

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喉嚨痛

hau4 lung4 tung3

Mandarin: hou2 long2 tong4

Simplified: 喉咙痛

sore throat

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相互作用

soeng1 wu6 zok3 jung6

Mandarin: xiang1 hu4 zuo4 yong4

coactions; interaction; interactivity; reciprocity

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