Cantonese Dictionary

作

zok3

Mandarin: zuo4

to do | to grow | to write or compose | to pretend | to regard as | to feel | writings or works | to work | to act | to make | to cook up | to blackmail | # adapted from cc-cedict

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不為五斗米折腰

bat1 wai6 ng5 dau2 mai5 zit3 jiu1

Mandarin: bu4 wei4 wu3 dou3 mi3 zhe2 yao1

Simplified: 不为五斗米折腰

would not compromise for living or survival

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甭客氣

bung2 haak3 hei3

Mandarin: beng2 ke4 qi4

don't mention it; you're welcome; don't be so polite [Syn.] 別客氣 , 不用客氣 [粵]: 唔使客氣

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園林樹木

jyun4 lam4 syu6 muk6

garden plants

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舉腳贊成

geoi2 goek3 zaan3 sing4

Mandarin: ju3 jiao3 zan4 cheng2

Simplified: 举脚赞成

total support; complete agreement

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紹菜

siu6 coi3

Mandarin: shao4 cai4

Simplified: 绍菜

(vegetable) Chinese cabbage; celery cabbage

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gān

Mandarin: all

jin1

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差舘

caai1 gun2

Cantonese

police station [Var.] 差館 [華]: PRC Mandarin: 派出所. Non-PRC Chinese: 警察局

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屌開

diu2 hoi1

Mandarin: diao3 kai1

Simplified: 屌开

fuck off [colloquial]

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適量

sik1 loeng6

Mandarin: shi4 ​liang4​

appropriate amount

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吹口哨

ceoi1 hau2 saau3

Mandarin: chui1 kou3 shao4

whistle

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夜冷貨

je6 laang1 fo3

Mandarin: ye4 leng3 huo4

Simplified: 夜冷货

noun; Flea market, bargains, auction goods, secondary goods market

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三角鈴

saam1 gok3 ling4

Mandarin: san1 jiao3 ling2

[music] triangle

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板子

baan2 zi2

Mandarin: ban3 zi5

bamboo or birch for corporal punishment; board; plank

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嚟唔切

lei4 m4 cit3

Cantonese

cannot make it; too late for sth. [Syn.] 趕唔切 , 趕唔到 [華]: 來不及

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二十六日

ji6 sap6 luk6 jat6

Mandarin: er4 shi2 liu4 ri4

twenty six days; twenty-sixth [date]

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貼子

tip3 zi2

Mandarin: tie1 zi5

[Web/Internet] (a forum) post, thread, topic

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八十五

baat3 sap6 ng5

Mandarin: ba1 shi2 wu3

eighty-five; 85

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王子

wong4 zi2

Mandarin: wang2 zi3

prince

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琍

lei4

Mandarin: li2

(phonetic character used in transliteration of foreign names) | Taiwan pr. [lì] | variant of 璃lí [璃], glass | # adapted from cc-cedict

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放光蟲

fong3 gwong1 cung4

Mandarin: fang4 guang1 chong2

Simplified: 放光虫

firefly

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工人階級

gung1 jan4 gaai1 kap1

Mandarin: gong1 ren2 jie1 ji2

the working class

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延續

jin4 zuk6

Mandarin: yan2 xu4

to continue; to last longer

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安鄉

on1 hoeng1

Mandarin: an1 xiang1

Anxiang (place in Hunan)

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同音

tung4 jam1

Mandarin: tong2 yin1

unison; homonym (exactly the same sound)

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曲尺樓梯

kuk1 cek3 lau4 tai1

Mandarin: qu1 chi3 lou2 ti1

staircase with right-angled turn; L-shaped staircase

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色情照片

sik1 cing4 ziu3 pin3*2

pornographic images

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鋁

leoi5

Mandarin: lv3

[chem] aluminium (Al)

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天性

tin1 sing3

Mandarin: tian1xing4

(adjective) 1. Instinctive; 2. Congenital

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半山

bun3 saan1

Mandarin: ban4 shan1

Mid-levels, an area situated on the northern slopes of the mountain ranges on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong

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