Cantonese Dictionary

起字容

hei2 zi6 jung4

Mandarin: qi3 zi4 rong2

to reveal something about someone (usually big secrets); to dig up some information about someone; to get to the bottom of something

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坐廣角式

co5 gwong2 gok3 sik1

[yoga] Wide Angle Forward Extending

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封印

fung1 jan3

Mandarin: feng1 yin4

seal (on envelopes)

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hāp hahp

Mandarin: cantonese-only

ke1

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dāan

Mandarin: all

dan1

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人力車夫

jan4 lik6 ce1 fu1

Mandarin: ren2 li4 che1 fu1

rickshaw puller

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後尾枕

hau6 mei5 zam2

Mandarin: hou4 wei3 zhen3

Simplified: 后尾枕

occiput (back of the head)

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殺人

saat3 jan4

Mandarin: sha1 ren2

to kill a person

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兵庫縣

bing1 fu3 jyun6

Hyogo Prefecture (capital is Kobe) in Japan

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中南海

zung1 naam4 hoi2

Mandarin: zhong1 nan2 hai3

Zhongnanhai (located in Beijing)

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囡

neoi1

Mandarin: nan1

child | daughter | a small | young girl | girlfriend | a prostitute | # adapted from cc-cedict

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沙包

saa1 baau1

Mandarin: sha1 bao1

a punch bag

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天津大學

tin1 zeon1 daai6 hok6

Mandarin: tian1 jin1 da4 xue2

Tianjin University

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扶助

fu4 zo6

Mandarin: fu2 zhu4

to assist

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簷口

jim4 hau2

Mandarin: yan2 kou3

Simplified: 檐口

cornice; eaves

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自然數

zi6 jin4 sou3

Mandarin: zi4 ran2 shu4

[math.] natural number

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封老毛

fung1 lou5 mou4

Mandarin: feng1 lao3 mao2

to give a red packet of lucky money [colloquial]

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朱古力奶

zyu1 gu1 lik1 naai5

Mandarin: zhu1 gu3 li4 nai3

(noun) chocolate milk

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薄荷糖

bok6 ho4 tong4*2

mint candy; peppermint candy

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三角板

saam1 gok3 baan2

Mandarin: san1 jiao3 ban3

set square (drawing tool)

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跟蹤審計

gan1 zung1 sam2 gai3

Mandarin: gen1 zong1 shen3 ji4

follow-up auditing

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條凳

tiu4 dang3

trestle

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價格操縱

gaa3 gaak3 cou1 zung3

Mandarin: jia4 ge2 cao1 zong4

price manipulation; price rigging

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打瞌睡

daa2 hap1 seoi6

Mandarin: da3 ke1 shui4

to doze [Var.] 打䁯睡

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激勵約束制度

gik1 lai6 joek3 cuk1 zai3 dou6

Mandarin: ji1 li4 yue1 shu4 zhi4 du4

incentive and control mechanism

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交換貼士

gaau1 wun6 tip3*1 si6*2

swap tips

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繁

pun4

Mandarin: fan2

an alternative form for 鞶, big leather belt | # adapted from cc-cedict

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纏腳娘

cin4 goek3 noeng4*1

Cantonese

a woman with bound feet; [slang] any timid and conservative person

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手工泥

sau2 gung1 nai4

Mandarin: shou3gong1 ni2

modelling clay [written and colloquial]

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食詐糊

sik6 zaa3 wu2

Mandarin: shi2 zha4 hu2

Simplified: 食诈糊

to announce good news by mistake, often used while playing majong when a person mistakenly thinks that he | she has won the game

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