Cantonese Dictionary

矇查查

mung4 caa4 caa4

Mandarin: meng2 cha2 cha2

Simplified: 蒙查查

clumsy; confused (spoken)

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經閉

ging1 bai3

Mandarin: jing1 bi4

amenorrhea

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廣告商

gwong2 gou3 soeng1

Mandarin: guang3 gao4 shang1

advertising company

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討論的議題

tou2 leon6 dik1 ji5 tai4

Mandarin: tao3 lun2 de5 yi4 ti2

topic of discussion

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若干

joek6 gon1

Mandarin: ruo4 gan1

a certain amount of; how many/how much? [粵]: 些少

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抛妻棄子

paau1 cai1 hei3 zi2

Mandarin: pao1 qi1 qi4 zi3

to abandon one's wife and children; run off one one's family

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褪色

tan3 sik1

Mandarin: tun4 se4

to fade, discoloration [粵]: 甩色

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蒔蘿

si4 lo4

Mandarin: shi2 luo2

dill (herb)

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粒粒

lap1 lap1

Mandarin: li4 li4

(noun) pieces; bits; acnes

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開句

hoi1 geoi3

Mandarin: kai1 ju4

[math.] open sentence

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忪

zung1

Mandarin: zhong1

restless | agitated | # adapted from cc-cedict

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階級式

gaai1 kap1 sik1

Mandarin: jie1 ji2 shi4

hierarchical

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狙

zeoi1

Mandarin: ju1

macaque | to spy | to lie in ambush | ape | monkey | spy | to watch for | to lie | # adapted from cc-cedict

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糟質

zou1 zat1

Mandarin: zao1 zhi4

Simplified: 糟质

(verb) to mock; to deride; to taunt; to treat someone harshly; to be mean to someone(a person); to ruin; to wreck (an object)

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窩打老道

wo1 daa2 lou5 dou6

Mandarin: wo1 da3 lao3 dao4

Simplified: 窝打老道

(road) Waterloo Road in Kowloon, Hong Kong

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撰稿

zaan6 gou2

Mandarin: zhuan4 gao3

contribute an article; write things for a newspaper, magazine, etc

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鬲

lik6

Mandarin: ge2

earthen pot | iron cauldron | # adapted from cc-cedict

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利比裡亞

lei6 bei2 lei5 aa3

Mandarin: li4 bi3 li3 ya4

Liberia

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搏大膽

bok3 daai6 daam2

Mandarin: bo2 da4 dan3

Simplified: 搏大胆

to dare | make a bet with someone (usually to pick a fight)

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互相

wu6 soeng1

Mandarin: hu4 xiang1

[1] mutual, mutually, [2] each other

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博學

bok3 hok6

Mandarin: bo2 xue2

learned; erudite; educated

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官方

gun1 fong1

Mandarin: guan1 fang1

government official; official; by the government

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頭暈暈

tau4 wan4 wan4

Mandarin: tou2 yun4 yun4

Simplified: 头晕晕

dizzy

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經手人

ging1 sau2 jan4

person who handles or deals with the business/issue

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畀人歧視

bei2 jan4 kei4 si6

Cantonese

being discriminated (here it doesn't mean you are discriminated because of your race or gender but because you do something unusual) [華]: 被人歧視

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新潮

san1 ciu4

Mandarin: xin1 chao2

trendy

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碌

luk6

Mandarin: lu4

to record | to tape | to write down | to hire | to employ | # adapted from cc-cedict

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頻數

pan4 sou3

Mandarin: pin2/bin1 shu4

[sci.] frequency

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恩施地區

jan1 si1 dei6 keoi1

Mandarin: en1 shi1 di4 qu1

Enshi district (district in Hubei)

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訓導員

fan3 dou6 jyun4

a truant officer, an attendance officer

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