Cantonese Dictionary

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插眼
Mandarin: cha1 yan3
to poke one's eyes with fingers [colloquial]
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大大啖
Mandarin: da4 da5 dan4
a big bite
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大事宣傳
Mandarin: da4 shi4 xuan1 chuan2
boom, boost, campaign for vigorously by large-scale propaganda
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làahn
Mandarin: all
lan2
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yún yuhn
Mandarin: all
yuan4
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鱗次櫛比
Mandarin: lin2 ci4 jie2 [TW] / zhi4 [PRC] bi4[TW] / bi3 [PRC]
row after row of houses; row upon row of buildings; row after row of houses just like likened to fish scales and hair brush bristles
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健將
Mandarin: jian4 jiang4
Simplified: 健将
top-notch soldier, fit athletes
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警棍
truncheon, a police baton
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三相
Mandarin: san1 xiang4
Triphase
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無明火
Mandarin: wu2 ming2 huo3
flames of anger/fury
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漢溪長隆站
Mandarin: Han4 xi1 zhang3 long2 zhan4
Simplified: 汉溪长隆站
Hanxi Changlong Station, a metro station in Guangzhou, China
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街工
Neighbourhood and Worker's Service Centre
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歸根
in the end (fail, succeed, etc.)
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一肚氣
Mandarin: yi1 du4 qi4
Simplified: 一肚气
a belly full of air, it is used to describe a person being very angry and annoyed
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藝員
Mandarin: yi4 yuan2
Simplified: 艺员
television artiste
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飆淚
Mandarin: biao1 lei4
shed tears
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核彈
Mandarin: he2 dan4
nuclear bomb; N-bomb; nuke
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踩雪橇
Mandarin: cai3 xue3 qiao1
roller skating
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yihk
Mandarin: all
ye4
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小寫
Mandarin: xiao3 xie3
lowercase
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漏底
Mandarin: lou4 di3
secret exposed (spoken)
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咬飯
Mandarin: yao3 fan4
Simplified: 咬饭
to eat [colloquial]
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檐蛇
Cantonese
gekko; lizard [Var.] 鹽蛇 | Mand.: 壁虎
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橡膠
Mandarin: xiang4 jiao1
rubber - that stretchable, bouncy material derived from the latex of the rubber tree. Malaysian Cant.: 樹溶 | [粵]: also 膠 (gaau1)
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純樸
Mandarin: chun2 pu3
honest and simple; unsophisticated
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過期
Mandarin: guo4 qi1 (PRC), guo4 qi2 (Taiwan)
overdue, expire
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農務
Mandarin: nong2 wu4
Simplified: 农务
farming; agricultural vocations; agriculture
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諗頭
Mandarin: shen3 tou2
Simplified: 谂头
Cantonese
(n.) creative idea; thoughts; a well thought out idea; a solution to a problem; (adjective) to describe someone who is good at thinking up ideas or solutions; to describe someone who has plans and ambition; to describe someone with big ideas; to describe something (such as an opportunity) that is worth considering
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頭痕
Mandarin: tou2 hen2
Simplified: 头痕
to have an itchy scalp; to be vexed
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工讀
Mandarin: gong1 du2
Simplified: 工读
a student doing part-time work
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