Cantonese Dictionary

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憤慨
Mandarin: fen4 kai3
indignant; resentful
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交錯角
Mandarin: jiao1 cuo4 jiao3
[math.] alternate angles
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甘地
Mohandas Gandhi
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雜鹽
Mandarin: za2 yan2
[chem] carnallite
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吉之島
JUSCO (Japan United Stores Company, a hypermarket)
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深造
Mandarin: shen1 zao4
(adjective) (of study) 1. Advanced; (verb) Gong on to further study or research
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拆
Mandarin: chai1
to tear open | to tear down | to tear apart | to open | to break up | to split apart | to rip open | to dismantle | to demolish | to unwrap | to figure out | to solve problems | to discuss | to talk over a problem | to negotiate | # adapted from cc-cedict
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苦心
Mandarin: ku3 xin1
to do something with painstaking efforts
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公司印鑑
company chop
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瞓落床
Mandarin: xun4 luo4 chuang2
Cantonese
to lie down on the bed [colloquial]
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兔
Mandarin: tu4
a rabbit | a hare | a boy kept by older man for sex | # adapted from cc-cedict
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朔州
Mandarin: shuo4 zhou1
Shuozhou (city in Shanxi)
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修改
Mandarin: xiu1 gai3
to amend; to alter
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覥
Mandarin: tian3
Simplified: 觍
shameful | shameless | to be ashamed | # adapted from cc-cedict
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睇風水
Mandarin: di4 feng1 shui5
Simplified: 睇风水
Cantonese
(verb) to check with feng shui; to practice geomancy
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同性戀人權鬥士
Mandarin: tong2 xing4 lian4 ren2 quan2 dou4 shi4
gay rights activists
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鵝
Mandarin: e2
Simplified: 鹅
goose M: 只zhī [只] | # adapted from cc-cedict
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一招半式
Mandarin: yi1 zhao1 ban4 shi4
lit. half or part of a martial arts style, meaning one who is knowledgeable partially
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釘
Mandarin: ding1
Simplified: 钉
nail | to follow closely | to keep at sb (to do sth) | variant of 盯dīng [盯] | spike | to pursue closely | to urge | to press | to sew on | to drive in (a nail) | to die | to be investigated by the police | the interest on money borrowed from a loanshark | to mark someone (in a ball game) | # adapted from cc-cedict
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一動不如一靜
Mandarin: yi1 dong4 bu4 ru2 yi1 jing4
Simplified: 一动不如一静
lit. one move is not as good as standing still, meaning not to take action until one can clarify if any moves are of any value
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批死
Mandarin: pi1 si3
Cantonese
predict disdainfully; deride; look down on
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聳聽
Mandarin: song3 ting1
Simplified: 耸听
to urge someone to listen
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雜役
Mandarin: za2 yi4
odd-job man; handyman; general servant
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意氣
Mandarin: yi4 qi4
Simplified: 意气
noun; will and spirit
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攪得掂
Mandarin: jiao3 de5 dian1
Simplified: 搅得掂
no problems! (to reassure someone that it can be done and everything is under control)
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髮尾
Mandarin: fa4 wei3
Simplified: 发尾
ends of hair
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剷運機
Mandarin: chan3 yun4 ji1
a carry-scraper; a scraper
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助養
Mandarin: zhu4 yang3
Simplified: 助养
sponsoring the living of
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hái
Mandarin: cantonese-only
xi4
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有你冇我
Mandarin: you3 ni3 mao3 wo3
Cantonese
“it's you or me!” [colloquial]
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