Cantonese Dictionary

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小火花
Mandarin: xiao3 huo3 hua1
sparklet
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井研
Mandarin: jing3 yan2
Jingyan (place in Sichuan)
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黃色暴雨警告
rainstorm amber warning
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洗馬欖
Mandarin: xian3ma3 lan3
Simplified: 洗马榄
to embezzle funds [colloquial]
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兇暴
Mandarin: xiong1 bao4
Simplified: 凶暴
Fierce and brutal
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呷乾醋
Mandarin: xia1 gan1 cu4
Simplified: 呷干醋
be jealous (spoken)
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出賣
Mandarin: chu1 mai4
Cantonese
betray. Also written and spoken as 背叛.
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鳳凰樹
Mandarin: feng4 huang2 shu4
Simplified: 凤凰树
Flamboyant | Royal Poinciana; Flame Tree
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人生路不熟
Mandarin: ren2 sheng1 lu4 bu4 shu2
Cantonese
unfamiliar surroundings (describing a new place); strangers and unfamiliar streets
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kāu
Mandarin: all
kou1
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碎
Mandarin: sui4
to break down | to break into pieces | fragmentary | to smash | broken | busted | torn | trivial | unimportant | paltry | too elaborate and dull (writing) | garrulous | # adapted from cc-cedict
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怒罵
Mandarin: nu4 ma4
to scold or snarl
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透
Mandarin: tou4
to penetrate | to pass through | thoroughly | completely | transparent | to appear | to show | to leak out | to ignite (fire) | # adapted from cc-cedict
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久仰大名
Mandarin: jiu3 yang3 da4 ming2
[polite] I have been looking forward to seeing you, it's an honor to meet you at last [also] 久仰,久仰!
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賭神
Mandarin: du3 shen2
Simplified: 赌神
God of gamblers; a gambler gifted with superhuman intuition and skill in gambling
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校場
Mandarin: jiao4 chang3
(military) drill ground
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緊
Mandarin: zheng4 zai4
Simplified: 正在
Cantonese
progressive aspect particle; -ing (Cantonese)
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紙包雞
Mandarin: zhi3 bao1 ji1
paper-wrapped fried chicken - a popular dish
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套票
Mandarin: tao4 piao4
noun; admission package; ticket combo
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賄款
Mandarin: hui4kuan3
Simplified: 贿款
bribery money [written and colloquial]
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迷路
Mandarin: mi2 lu4
become lost; a maze [粵]: 蕩失路
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起上嚟
Mandarin: qi3 shang4 li2
Cantonese
(after a verb) indicating an upward movement; (after a verb or adjective) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state
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唔見得
Mandarin: n2 jian4 de5
Simplified: 唔见得
Cantonese
not necessarily; not likely; unable to see; unable to catch sight of [colloquial]
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熱熱地
a little hot
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酋長
leader of a tribe; chief
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牙箍
Mandarin: ya2 gu1
braces (as an orthodontic appliance for teeth)
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斷片
Mandarin: duan4 pian4
Simplified: 断片
a total blackout with no recollection of the events that had happened after getting drunk
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大字本
Mandarin: da4 zi4 ben3
[printing] large-character edition; large-type edition
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白蘿蔔
daikon radish/turnip
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槲寄生
Mandarin: hu2 ji4 sheng1
mistletoe; Viscum album
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