Cantonese Dictionary

算是

syun3 si6

Mandarin: suan4 shi4

[1] considered to be [2] at last

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泡饃

paau3 mo4

Mandarin: pao4 mo2

meat and bread soup (a specialty of Shaanxi cuisine)

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加拿大廣播公司

gaa1 naa4 daai6 gwong2 bo3 gung1 si1

Mandarin: Jia1 na2 da4 Guang3 bo1 Gong1 si1

Simplified: 加拿大广播公司

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

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船隻

syun4 zek3

ships; vessels

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榨

zaa3

Mandarin: zha4

to press | to extract (juice) | device for extracting juice, oils etc | a type of vegetable | # adapted from cc-cedict

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有咁遠，得咁遠

jau5 gam3 jyun5, dak1 gam3 jyun5

Cantonese

as far as possible

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不求甚解

bat1 kau4 sam6 gaai2

Mandarin: bu4 qiu2 shen4 jie3

not seek to understand things thoroughly; be content with superficial understanding

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實驗心理學

sat6 jim6 sam1 lei5 hok6

Mandarin: shi2 yan4 xin1 li3 xue2

experimental psychology

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心儀已久

sam1 ji4 ji5 gau2

Mandarin: xin1 yi2 yi3 jiu3

to have admired (in one's heart) for quite some time

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沒收

mut6 sau1

Mandarin: mo4 shou1

to confiscate

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全球氣候變暖

cyun4 kau4 hei3 hau6 bin3 nyun5

Mandarin: quan2 qiu2 qi4 hou4 bian4 nuan3

global warming

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咕咕雀

gu4 gu1 zoek2

Mandarin: gu1 gu5 que4

cuckoo

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０靚ｋｅｎｔ

leng1 keng1

Mandarin: ０¿ jing4ｋｅｎｔ

Simplified: ０靓ｋｅｎｔ

a young dude; a young lad [colloquial]

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翳氣

ai3 hei3

Mandarin: yi4 qi4

Simplified: 翳气

to choke with resentment

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心意

sam1 ji3

Mandarin: xin1 yi4

to regard; intention; kindly feelings

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打鼓

daa2 gu2

feel uncertain; play the drum; drumming

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寵物店

cung2 mat6 dim3

Mandarin: chong3 wu4 dian4

Simplified: 宠物店

noun; pet shop

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途

tou4

Mandarin: tu2

way | route | road | path | journey | # adapted from cc-cedict

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我們自己

ngo5 mun4 zi6 gei2/1

Mandarin: wo3 men5 zi4 ji3

ourselves | Cant.: 我哋自己

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木裡藏族自治縣

muk6 leoi5 zong6 zuk6 zi6 zi6 jyun6

Mandarin: mu4 li3 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 xian4

Muli Zangzu autonomous county (county in Sichuan)

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人死不能復生

jan4 sei2 bat1 nang4 fuk6 sang1

Mandarin: ren2 si3 bu4neng2 fu4sheng1

Simplified: 人死不能复生

the dead cannot be revived [written and colloquial]

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臨沂

lam4 ji4

Mandarin: lin2 yi2

Linyi (city in Shandong)

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跛

bai1 bo2

Mandarin: bo3

lame; limping; crippled

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前生

cin4 sang1

Mandarin: qian2 sheng1

pre-existence

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爆石

baau3 sek6

Mandarin: bao4 shi2

rock blasting; take a dump

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準許

zeon2 heoi2

Mandarin: zhun3 xu3

Simplified: 准许

to allow; to permit; to grant

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服務規章

fuk6 mou6 kwai1 zoeng1

Mandarin: fu2 wu4 gui1 zhang1

service regulation

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今日

gam1 jat6

Mandarin: jin1 tian1

Simplified: 今天

Cantonese

today (Cantonese)

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幼鹽

jau3 jim4

Mandarin: you4 yan2

Simplified: 幼盐

noun; fine salt

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在深處

zoi6 sam1 cyu3 /syu3

Mandarin: zai4 shen1 chu4

deeply

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