Cantonese Dictionary

六十後

luk6 sap6 hau6

Mandarin: liu4 shi2 hou4

the people who was born during the 60's [also see] 七十後 (70's), 八十後 (80's), etc...

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賢妻良母

jin4 cai1 loeng4 mou5

Mandarin: xian2 qi1 liang2 mu3

virtuous wife and good mother

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塗鴉

tou4 aa1

Mandarin: tu2 ya1

graffiti

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轎車

giu6*2 ce1

Mandarin: jiao4 che1

[1] (orig. meaning) sedan chair [2] sedan car (US); saloon car (UK) (ie. not stationwagon, estate, sports or coupé model of a car) [3] (dated) bus | Note: Many dictionaries, including CEDICT, give the meaning of 轎車 as "bus", which does not tally with this editor's observation of the term's actual usage.

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chìh

Mandarin: all

ci2

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熨衫板

tong3 saam1 baan2

Mandarin: yun4 shan1 ban3

(noun) an ironing board

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花言巧語

faa1 jin4 haau2 jyu5

Mandarin: hua1 yan2 qiao3 yu3

sweet but insincere words; flowery language; blandishments

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灌輸

gun3 syu1

Mandarin: guan4 shu1

channel water to another place; imbue with; inculcate; instill into; teach; impart

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譜

pou2

Mandarin: pu3

Simplified: 谱

chart | list | table | register | score (music) | spectrum (physics) | to set to music | manual | guidebook | to compose (song | music) | # adapted from cc-cedict

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檻火盆

laam6 fo2 pun4

Mandarin: kan3 huo3pen2

Simplified: 槛火盆

a ceremony where someone step over a basin of burning yellow paper to signify a new start | rid of the old past, such as when coming home after being in prison [colloquial]

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王志文

wong4 zi3 man4

Mandarin: wang2 zhi4 wen2

Wang Zhiwen

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揭開

kit3 hoi1

Mandarin: jie1 kai1

v. open; reveal

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鐵拐李打足球

tit3 gwaai2 lei5 daa2 zuk1 kau4

Mandarin: Tie3 guai3 Li3 da3 zu2 qiu2

Simplified: 铁拐李打足球

to handle something all by oneself

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遺精

wai4 zing1

Mandarin: yi2 jing1

involuntary discharge of semen - i.e. wet dream

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股

gu2

Mandarin: gu3

share | portion | part | classifier for smells, electric currents, spirals etc | whiff | low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科kē [科] | thigh | haunch | # adapted from cc-cedict

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扭計師爺

nau2 gai3 si1 je4

Mandarin: niu3 ji4 shi1 ye5

Simplified: 扭计师爷

a barrister in the ancient China who specialize in coming up with cunning strategies to win court cases

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電烙術

din6 lok3 seot6

electrocautery

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喬木

kiu4 muk6

Mandarin: jiao1 mu4

arbor

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飾櫃

sik1 gwai6

Mandarin: shi4 gui4

Simplified: 饰柜

a display cabinet

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乾巴

gon1 baa1

Mandarin: gan1 ba5

Simplified: 干巴

Dry

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抱負

pou5 fu6

Mandarin: bao4 fu4

ambition; aspiration

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咫尺天涯

zi2 cek3 tin1 ngaai4

Mandarin: zhi3 chi3 tian1 ya2

to see little of each other though living nearby

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冇得彈

mou5 dak1 taan4

Mandarin: mao3 de5 dan4

Simplified: 冇得弹

Cantonese

(adjective) perfect; flawless; excellent; impeccable

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光猛

gwong1 maang5

Mandarin: guang1 meng3

bright; well lit

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陣間

zan6 gaan1

Cantonese

soon; in a moment; in a while

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暗槓

am3 gong3

Mandarin: an4 gang4

(mahjong) concealed kong/quadruplet; a kong/quadruplet formed from an unmelded pong/triplet

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過嚟

gwo3 lai4

Cantonese

to come over here

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倒立的

dou2 laap6 dik1

Mandarin: dao4 li4 de5

inverted

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嚴禁

jim4 gam3

Mandarin: yan2jin4

Simplified: 严禁

(verb) Strictly forbid

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劃火柴

waak6 fo2 caai4/4*2

to strike a match

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