Cantonese Dictionary

wáhn

Mandarin: all

yin3

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雷鬼

leoi4 gwai2

Mandarin: lei2 gui3

reggae (as Mandarin loanword)

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腦炎

nou5 jim4

Mandarin: nao3 yan2

brain fever; encephalitis

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踩踏

caai2 daap6

Mandarin: cai3 ta4

to trample on

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分頭

fan1 tau4

Mandarin: fen1 tou2

separately; individually

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平到笑

peng4 dou3 siu3

Mandarin: ping2 dao4 xiao4

the price is very cheap

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公所

gung1 so2

Mandarin: gong1 suo3

village office or town hall in Taiwan

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枯

fu1

Mandarin: ku1

dried up | withered | dull | uninteresting | # adapted from cc-cedict

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蜑

daan6

Mandarin: Dan4

Tanka people | the boat of the Tanka people | an alternative form (dated) for 蛋, egg | # adapted from cc-cedict

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承認

sing4 jing6

Mandarin: cheng2 ren4

to recognise; to acknowledge; to admit | [粵]: 認

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洗手盆

sai2 sau2 pun4

Mandarin: xi3 shou3 pen2

wash hand basin [Syn.] 盥洗盆 , 洗手面盆 , 洗面盆

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女人

neoi5 jan2

Mandarin: nu:3 ren2

woman; female

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壽仔

sau6 zai2

Mandarin: shou4 zi3

Simplified: 寿仔

(noun) a fool; a clumsy person; an idiot

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透徹

tau3 cit3

Mandarin: tou4 che4

careful; thorough; meticulous

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穌

sou1

Mandarin: su1

Simplified: 稣

Perilla frutescens (Chinese basil or wild red basil) | place name | to revive | used as phonetic in transliteration | to regain consciousness | to come to | # adapted from cc-cedict

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仁

jan4

Mandarin: ren2

humane | kernel | benevolence | kindness | respectable | # adapted from cc-cedict

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陣陣

zan6 zan6

Mandarin: zhen4 zhen4

Simplified: 阵阵

spasmodically; in bursts

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菲律賓人

fei1 leot6 ban1 jan4

Mandarin: fei1 lv4 bin1 ren2

Filipino, Pinoy, Pinay

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扶疏

fu4 so1

Mandarin: fu2 shu1

luxuriant

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邛

kung4

Mandarin: qiong2

mound | place name | in distress | # adapted from cc-cedict

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滾蛋

gwan2 daan6*2

Mandarin: gun3 dan4

beat it! scram! piss off!

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痛惡

tung3 ok3

Mandarin: tong4 wu4

Simplified: 痛恶

abominate; to detest

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冇味道

mou5 mei6 dou6

Cantonese

tasteless

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唞啖氣

tau2 daam6 hei3

Mandarin: dou3 dan4 qi4

Simplified: 唞啖气

rest and take a breath

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招財貓

ziu1 coi4 maau1

fortune cat

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水半球

seoi2 bun3 kau4

Mandarin: shui3 ban4 qiu2

[geology] the water hemisphere

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保持平衡的

bou2 ci4 ping4 hang4 dik1

Mandarin: bao3 chi2 ping2 heng2 de5

equilibratory; libratory

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總結

zung2 git3

Mandarin: zong3jie2

Simplified: 总结

(noun) Conclusion

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芽豆

ngaa4 dau6*2

Mandarin: ya2 dou4

sprouted broad bean

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陳可辛

can4 ho2 san1

Peter Chan (film director and producer)

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