Cantonese Dictionary

沙冚

saa1 kam2

Mandarin: sha1 ka4

(noun) mudguard; fender; dust guard

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過後

gwo3 hau6

Mandarin: guo4 hou4

afterwards; after; later

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印度教

jan3 dou6 gaau3

Mandarin: yin4 du4 jiao4

Hinduism

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反轉三角式

faan2 zyun3*2 saam1 gok3 sik1

[yoga] Parivritta Trikonasana, Revolved Triangle

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閉翳

bai3 ai3

Mandarin: bi4 yi4

Simplified: 闭翳

(slang) distress; (of people) worried; depressed; annoyed

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明槍暗箭

ming4 coeng1 am3 zin3

Mandarin: ming2 qiang1 an4 jian4

Simplified: 明枪暗箭

verb; "a frontal spear thrust and an arrow in the dark"; Metaphor: various open and hidden attacks.

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執生

zap1 saang1

Mandarin: zhi2 sheng1

Simplified: 执生

(slang) (of ability) to watch for, to be careful of; to be able to handle a tough and problematic situation; to improvise; to take things as they come

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錶蓋

biu1 goi3

Mandarin: biao3 gai4

Simplified: 表盖

the cover of a watch

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死埋一邊啦

sei2 maai4 jat1 bin1 laa1

Mandarin: si3 mai2 yi1bian1 la5

Simplified: 死埋一边啦

Cantonese

get lost! [colloquial]

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三頭兩日

saam1 tau4 loeng5 jat6

Mandarin: san1 tou2 liang3 ri4

Cantonese

all the time; constantly

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高至

gou1 zi3

as high as

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黑椒

hak1 ziu1

Mandarin: hei1 jiao1

black pepper

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好嘅時候糖黐豆

hou2 ge3 si4 hau6 tong4 ci1 dau6*2

Cantonese

when in good relation, (the two are like) beans stuck together by molasses

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書舘

syu1 gun2

Mandarin: shu1 guan3

old term for school; a private school held at home [Var.] 書館

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大三刀

daai6 saam1 dou1

Mandarin: da4 san1 dao1

zebra morwong, a type of food fish. Several species of morwong are commercially harvested as food fish, particularly in Australia | Scientific name: Girella zebra

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投懷送抱

tau4 waai4 sung3 pou5

throw oneself at

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一閃

jat1 sim2

Mandarin: yi1 shan3

as quick as a flash, in an instant [Syn.] 一閃眼

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léuih

112

Mandarin: all

lei3

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當災

dong1 zoi1

Mandarin: dang1 zai1

Simplified: 当灾

(verb) suffer from bad deeds; Bear a disaster

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俞

syu3

Mandarin: shu4

insertion point in acupuncture | acupoint | # adapted from cc-cedict

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事主

si6 zyu2

Mandarin: shi4 zhu3

victim of a crime

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多點

do1 dim2

multidrop; multipoint

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怦

paang1

Mandarin: peng1

impulsive | anxious | # adapted from cc-cedict

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改簿

goi2 bou2

Mandarin: gai3 bu4

to mark homework

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寶典

bou2 din2

Mandarin: bao3 dian3

revered book, treasured book

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肥仔米

fei4 zai2 mai5

Mandarin: fei2 zi3 mi3

japonica rice

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明信片

ming4 seon3 pin3*2

Mandarin: ming2 xin4 pian4

(n.) postcard (cl: zoeng1 張)

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蜘蛛網

zi1 zyu1 mong5

Mandarin: zhi1 zhu1 wang3

spider web | [粵]: 蠄蟧絲網

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飲水思源

jam2 seoi2 si1 jyun4

Mandarin: yin3 shui3 si1 yuan2

(idiom) to not forget one's origins; to remember one's roots

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噴氣推進實驗室

pan3 hei3 teoi1 zeon3 sat6 jim6 sat1

Mandarin: pen1 qi4 tui1 jin4 shi2 yan4 shi4

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

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