Cantonese Dictionary

飛鼠

fei1 syu2

[粵/普] a flying squirrel; [粵] a bat

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盧廣仲

lou4 gwong2 zung6

Crowd Lu

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浪漫主義

long6 maan6 zyu2 ji6

Mandarin: lang4 man4 zhu3 yi4

romanticism

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水質污染

seoi2 zat1 wu1 jim5

Mandarin: shui3 zhi4 wu1 ran3

water pollution

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míhn

Mandarin: mandarin-or-written-only

mian3

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蔸

dau1

Mandarin: dou1

root and lower stem of certain plants | classifier for pieces and clumps | # adapted from cc-cedict

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接目鏡

zip3 muk6 geng3

Mandarin: jie1 mu4 jing4

eyepiece (on a microscope)

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善長仁翁

sin6 zoeng2 jan4 jung1

Mandarin: shan4 chang2 ren2 weng1

Simplified: 善长仁翁

philanthropist

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年初

nin4 co1

Mandarin: nian2 chu1

beginning of the year [粵]: 年頭

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花蟹

faa1 haai5

Mandarin: hua1 xie4

the old HK$10 note (slang)

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基音

gei1 jam1

Mandarin: ji1 yin1

[music] fundamental tone

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䟴高腳

ngan3 gou1 goek3

Mandarin: zhen4 gao1 jiao3

Cantonese

to stand (but not walk) on tiptoe; to tiptoe

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一房一廳

jat1 fong4*2 jat1 teng1

Mandarin: yi1 fang2 yi1 ting1

one bedroom and one living room

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咋咋臨

zaa3*4 zaa3*4 lam4

to hurry up

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甄拔

jan1 bat6

Mandarin: zhen1 ba2

select

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意粉屋

ji3 fan2 uk1

The Spaghetti House

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把舦

baa2 taai5

Mandarin: ba3 tai4

ship steering

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潰

kui2

Mandarin: kui4

Simplified: 溃

to be dispersed | to break down | to fester | to ulcerate | to burst | to break through | to collapse | to be defeated | flooding river | # adapted from cc-cedict

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雞胸

gai1 hung1

Mandarin: ji1 xiong1

Simplified: 鸡胸

chicken breast

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睇起上嚟

tai2 hei2 soeng5 lei4

Mandarin: di4 qi3 shang4 li2

Cantonese

seems; appears

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軛

ngaak1

Mandarin: e4

Simplified: 轭

to restrain | to yoke | harness shafts | # adapted from cc-cedict

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平地機

ping4 dei6 gei1

Mandarin: ping2 di4 ji1

land grader; road grader

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涸喉

kok3 hau4

Mandarin: he2 hou2

drys the throat (verb)

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讀屎片

duk6 si2 pin2

Mandarin: du2 shi3 pian4

Simplified: 读屎片

(literally: to read diaper); to have learned nothing from one's studies

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着想

zoek6 soeng2

Mandarin: zhuo2/zhao2 xiang3

to give thought to; to give consideration to

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傍友

bong6 jau5*2

enablers, "yes men": people who will say yes all the time to keep a rich/powerful person happy, no matter what the consequences

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副香主

fu3 hoeng1 zyu2

Cantonese

Assistant Incense Chief, the second highest position in the triad hierarchy

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乘數表

sing4 sou3 biu2

Mandarin: cheng2 shu4 biao3

Cantonese

multiplication table [華]: 乘法表

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縱橫捭闔

zung1 waang4 baai2 hap6

Mandarin: zong4 heng2 bai3 he2

Simplified: 纵横捭阖

to manoeuvre among various states or political groupings

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藍光碟

laam4 gwong1 dip6*2

Mandarin: lan2 guang1 die2

blu ray disc [Syn.] 藍光光碟

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