Cantonese Dictionary

不力

bat1 lik6

Mandarin: bu4 li4

not do one's best; not exert oneself

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估計

gu2 gai3

Mandarin: gu1 ji4

Simplified: 估计

estimation; guess

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入來

jap6 lei4/lai4

Cantonese

come in | Mand.: 進來

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煙客

jin1 haak3

a smoker (person who smokes cigarettes and similar products)

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東亞銀行

dung1 aa3 ngan4 hong4

Bank of East Asia Ltd.

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梧棲鎮

ng4 cai1 zan3

Mandarin: wu2 qi1 zhen4

Wuchi (town in Taiwan)

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份

fan6

Mandarin: fen4

classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc | variant of 分fèn [分] | portion | part | duty | suffix used after province | month to express unit | a unit | a share | # adapted from cc-cedict

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猱

nou4

Mandarin: nao2

macaque (zoology) | brisk and nimble | to scratch | a fingering technique for playing a guqin (an instrument) | # adapted from cc-cedict

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不中斷的

bat1 zung1 tyun5/dyun6 dik1

Mandarin: bu4 zhong1 duan4 de5

unbroken

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卑職

bei1 zik1

Mandarin: bei1 zhi2

Simplified: 卑职

I (as a lower level, such as when an employee talking to his supervisor)

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傳召證人

cyun4 ziu6 zing3 jan4

summon witnesses

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越秀公園

jyut6 sau3 gung1 jyun4*2

Mandarin: yue4 xiu4 gong1 yuan2

Yuexiu Park (largest park in downtown GZ)

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滮

piu4

Mandarin: biao1

flowing of water | to ooze | to spurt | # adapted from cc-cedict

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人民銀行

jan4 man4 ngan4 hong4

Mandarin: ren2 min2 yin2 hang2

The People's Bank of China

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二郎腿

ji6 long4 teoi2

Mandarin: er4 lang2 tui3

sit with one's legs crossed

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看中

hon3 zung3

Mandarin: kan4 zhong4

settle on; take a fancy to

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客輪

haak3 leon4

Mandarin: ke4 lun2

passenger vessel

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敬語

ging3 jyu5

Mandarin: jing4 yu3

words of courtesy/politeness; respectful remarks

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暗袋

am3 doi6*2

Mandarin: an4 dai4

camera bag (for changing film)

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勝任

sing1 jam6

competence, competency

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失職

sat1 zik1

neglect one's duty

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亞米巴

aa3 mei5 baa1

Mandarin: ya3 mi3 ba1 (Taiwan), ya4 mi3 ba1 (PRC)

amoeba

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潮流嘅趨勢

ciu4 lau4 ge3 ceoi1 sai3

Cantonese

trend

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小巴

siu2 baa1

Mandarin: xiao3 ba1

Cantonese

minibus (Hong Kong)

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巴辣臭寸

baa1 laat6 cau3 cyun3

Mandarin: ba1 la4 chou4 cun4

very cocky and insolent [colloquial]

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妒

dou3

Mandarin: du4

[adj] jealous; envious [n] jealousy; envy

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n次根

n-ci3 gan1

Mandarin: n ci4 gen1

[math.] n th root, nth root

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打稅

daa2 seoi3

Mandarin: da3 shui4

put tax on; impose a tax on

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學府

hok6 fu2

Mandarin: xue2fu3

Simplified: 学府

(noun) Institution of higher education

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伊於胡底

yi1 yu1 wu4 dai2

Mandarin: yi1 yu2 hu2 di3

how far will this go; where will this all end; when will this come to an end

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