Cantonese Dictionary

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叻
Mandarin: le4
place names (alternative name for Singapore) | # adapted from cc-cedict
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身骨
Mandarin: shen1 gu3
[1] bones, relics (of Buddhist holy men), alternative term for 舍利 = sarira which means "body" in Sanskrit (source: Wikipedia) [2] "body" as defined in tea sensory tests used by expert tea tasters. This expresses the weight of the drink on the tongue, the strength of taste and the feeling of fullness in the mouth. It is graded from light to full. (source: Baidu, and the Wissotsky Tea web site)
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𧿒地仔
a policeman walking on the beat (lit., "trample earth boy")
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出洋
to go abroad
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巴拿馬運河
The Panama Canal
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成縣
Mandarin: cheng2 xian4
Cheng county (county in Gansu)
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反鎖
Mandarin: fan3 suo3
locked in (with the door locked from the outside)
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辮仔
Mandarin: bian4 zi3
Simplified: 辫仔
a braid (hairstyle)
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色相
Mandarin: se4 xiang4
hue, color phase
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濕腰
Mandarin: shi1 yao1
Simplified: 湿腰
wet nurse
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戀童癖的人
pedophile
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北洋
Mandarin: bei3 yang2
the Qing Dynasty name for the coastal provinces of Liaoning, Hebei, and Shandong; Pak Yeung
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祜
Mandarin: hu4
celestial blessing | happiness | prosperity | # adapted from cc-cedict
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下馬威
Mandarin: xia4 ma3 wei1
severity shown by a superior or an official
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會昌
Mandarin: hui4 chang1
Huichang (place in Jiangxi)
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同居
housemate, flatmate; living together but not married
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等比定理
Mandarin: deng3 bi3 ding4 li3
equal ratios theorems
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上壆
Mandarin: shang4 bo2
hit the curb (driving)
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中英邊界
Mandarin: zhong1 ying1 bian1 jie4
[n] Chinese and British boundary (between China and Burma)
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為民請命
Mandarin: wei4 min2 qing3 ming4
Simplified: 为民请命
to plead on behalf of the people
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心目中
Mandarin: xin1 mu4 zhong1
noun; from the eye of the heart
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蘋果袋
apple bag, a type of small brown striped paper bag that turns somewhat translucent when in contact with oil. 砂糖夾餅 are folded and place inside them.
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仔細女嫩
Cantonese
young children
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耘田
Mandarin: yun2 tian2
weeding the farmland; to get rid of the weeds
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炳
Mandarin: bing3
bright | brilliant | luminous | glorious | # adapted from cc-cedict
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雪茄煙
Mandarin: xue3 jia1 yan1
cigar
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獵獲
Mandarin: lie4 huo4
Simplified: 猎获
hunted prey
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縮埋一二角
Mandarin: suo1 mai2 yi1 er4 jiao3
Simplified: 缩埋一二角
hide in the corner
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蘇州過後冇艇搭
Mandarin: Su1 zhou1 guo4 hou4 mao3 ting3 da1
Simplified: 苏州过后冇艇搭
Cantonese
(phrase) If you let the chance slip away, you are not going to have a second one; opportunity knocks but once
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pèih béi
Mandarin: all
pi2
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