Cantonese Dictionary

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舊生
Mandarin: jiu4 sheng1
Simplified: 旧生
alumni; a student who has been in the school for some time (as opposed to new students)
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大自然
Mandarin: da4 zi4 ran2
nature; Mother Nature
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急不及待
Mandarin: ji2 bu4 ji2 dai4
too excited to wait; too urgent to wait
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企鵝
Mandarin: qi3 e2
the penguin
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芝麻灣
Mandarin: zhi1 ma5 wan1
Simplified: 芝麻湾
Chi Ma Wan, a place in Hong Kong
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連縣
Mandarin: lian2 xian4
Lian county (county in Guangdong)
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分數
Mandarin: fen1 shu4
Simplified: 分数
able to handle; planned in mind (Cantonese)
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皮相
Mandarin: pi2 xiang4
(adjective) superficial
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富士
Fuji (brandname)
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水循環
Mandarin: shui3 xun2 huan2
water cycle
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羅廣方言
Mandarin: luo2 guang3 fang1 yan2
Luoguang division of Yue dialects
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懶風騷
Mandarin: lan3 feng1sao1
Simplified: 懒风骚
to act cocky [colloquial]
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文言文
Mandarin: wen2 yan2 wen2
Classical Chinese; Literary Chinese -- written Chinese based on the grammar of Old Chinese (上古漢語). It was eventually replaced in the early 20th century by 白話文, Vernacular Chinese, which is written Chinese based on the Mandarin dialect.
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碎步
Mandarin: sui4 bu4
small quick steps
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薑醋
Mandarin: jiang1 cu4
Simplified: 姜醋
ginger and vinegar
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啲唎咑啦
Cantonese
speaking quickly but not having much to say
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衰格
Mandarin: shuai1 ge2
substandard characteristics (spoken)
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臘
Mandarin: la4
Simplified: 腊
12th lunar month | preserved (meat, fish etc) | year end sacrifice | # adapted from cc-cedict
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樂於
Mandarin: le4 yu2
be happy to; take delight in
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雄蕊
Mandarin: xiong2 rui3
[botany] stamen
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號碼
Mandarin: hao4 ma3
number
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第三季度
Mandarin: di4 san1 ji4 du4
third quarter (of a year)
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丙烯酸樹脂
Mandarin: bing3 xi1 suan1 shu4 zhi1
[n] acrylic
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bīk bāak
Mandarin: all
po4 pai3
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區區
Mandarin: qu1 qu1
trivial
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揚中
Mandarin: yang2 zhong1
Yangzhong (city in Jiangsu)
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勝算
Mandarin: sheng4 suan4
odds of success; stratagem that ensures success; be sure of success
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收條
a receipt
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氣溫
Mandarin: qi4 wen1
air temperature
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亂性
Mandarin: luan4 xing4
sexual misconduct
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