Cantonese Dictionary

血色

hyut3 sik1

Mandarin: xue4 se4 (PRC), xie3 se4 (Taiwan)

sanguinity, blood-red color

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鐵絲

tit3 si1

Mandarin: tie3 si1

iron wire

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企業內部網

kei5 jip6 noi6 bou6 mong5

Mandarin: qi3 ye4 nei4 bu4 wang3

intranet; company-internal network

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章子怡

zoeng1 zi2 ji4

Mandarin: zhang1 zi3 yi2

Zhang Ziyi

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摯友

zi3 jau5

Mandarin: zhi4 you3

close friend; intimate friend; bosom friend

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工效

gung1 haau6

Mandarin: gong1 xiao4

work efficiency

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色狼

sik1 long4

Mandarin: se4 lang2

(non) rapist

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主禮

zyu2 lai5

Mandarin: zhu3 li3

Simplified: 主礼

Officiating

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享有

hoeng2 jau5

Mandarin: xiang3you3

(modal verb) Shall have (rights, privileges, etc.)

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góu

Mandarin: all

gao3

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哥林多

go1 lam4 do1

Mandarin: ge1 lin2 duo1

Corinth

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屍骸

si1 haai4

Cantonese

a cadaver, a corpse, a stiff

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tō

Mandarin: all

tuo1

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白過

baahk3 gwo3

Cantonese

No definition available

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日出

jat6 ceot1

Mandarin: ri4 chu1

sunrise; sunup

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水果

seoi2 gwo2

Mandarin: shui3 guo3

Fruit. Cantonese speakers would normally say 生果.

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小商人

siu2 soeng1 jan4

Mandarin: xiao3 shang1ren2

a small trader [written and colloquial]

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落閘放狗

lok6 zaap6 fong3 gau2

Mandarin: luo4 zha2 fang4 gou3

Simplified: 落闸放狗

(to close the gate and unleash the dogs to ward off burglars); to express that a place is closed and visitors are not welcome; a phrase used for telling coworkers that it's time to lock up soon so that they should hurry and finish what they are doing; a phrase used to warn those who come asking for trouble to watch out and be careful of their actions

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初選

co1 syun2

Mandarin: chu1 xuan3

(US) primaries (election)

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娤

zong1

Mandarin: zhuang1

face appearance; make up

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狗笠

gau2 lap1

Mandarin: gou3 li4

a condom [colloquial]

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謁

kit3

Mandarin: ye4

Simplified: 谒

to visit (a superior) | to pay respects to | to pay homage | to call on (a superior) | to lodge accusation against | to request | a name card | to report to one's superior | # adapted from cc-cedict

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丙鑊甘

bing2 wok6 gam1

Mandarin: bing3 huo4 gan1

Simplified: 丙镬甘

to give someone a thorough thrashing [colloquial]

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墟

heoi1

Mandarin: xu1

ruins | (literary) village | variant of 圩xū [圩] | country fair | wasteland | a mound | # adapted from cc-cedict

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通書

tung1 syu1

a lunar-calendar farmer's almanac | [粵]: 通勝

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勢不可擋

sai3 bat1 ho2 dong2

Mandarin: shi4 bu4 ke3 dang3

Simplified: 势不可挡

unstoppable

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鶖鷺

cau1 lou6

Mandarin: qiu1 lu4

oriole; black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)

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重搖滾

cung5 jiu4 gwan2

Mandarin: zhong4 yao2 gun3

hard rock [music]

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食碗面，反碗底

sik6 wun2 min6 , faan2 wun2 dai2

Mandarin: shi2 wan3 mian4 , fan3 wan3 di3

to return one's kindess with ingratitude and betrayal

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撚樣

lan2 joeng2

Cantonese

variant of 𨶙樣

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