Cantonese Dictionary

核威

hat6 wai1

Mandarin: he2 wei1

nuclear strength; nuclear might

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補票

bou2 piu3

Mandarin: bu3 piao4

to supplement (upgrade) a ticket (fare)

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必將

bit1 zoeng1

Mandarin: bi4 jiang1

inevitably

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置若罔聞

zi3 joek6 mong5 man4

Mandarin: zhi4 ruo4 wang3 wen2

to act indifferent; to pretend that one didn't hear sth.

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給予

kap1 jyu5

Mandarin: ji3yu3

Simplified: 给予

(verb) Offer (help etc.)

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棍仔糖

gwan3 zai2 tong4*2

Mandarin: gun4 zai3 tang2

Cantonese

lollipop; sucker [國] 棒棒糖

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自然

zi6 jin4

Mandarin: zi4 ran2

nature; natural

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仟

cin1

Mandarin: qian1

thousand (banker's anti-fraud numeral), a leader of one thousand men | # adapted from cc-cedict

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國度

gwok3 dou6

[1] state, nation; [2] state (of being): used in translating expressions such as "state of denial", "state of the art", etc.

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略

loek6

Mandarin: lve4

plan | strategy | outline | summary | slightly | rather | to rob | to plunder | to summarize | to omit | approximately | to leave out | # adapted from cc-cedict

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仙遊

sin1 jau4

Mandarin: xian1 you2

[粵]pass away and ascend to heaven on a stork; [國] Xianyou county in Putian 莆田, Fujian

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橫角

waang4 gok3

Mandarin: heng2 jiao3

Simplified: 横角

trousers [colloquial]

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廣西

gwong2 sai1

Mandarin: guang3 xi1

Guangxi province in China

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杏仁露

hang6 jan4 lou6

almond soup

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gwa

Mandarin: cantonese-only

gua4

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狡黠

gaau2 hat6

Mandarin: jiao3 xia2

cunning; sly; crafty

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洞悉

dung6 sik1

Mandarin: dong4 xi1

to know clearly; to understand thoroughly

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新幾內亞

san1 gei1 noi6 aa3

Mandarin: xin1 ji3 nei4 ya4

New Guinea

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黑超

haak1 ciu1

Cantonese

sunglasses, shades

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haih

Mandarin: all

xi4

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海外僱傭中心

hoi2 ngoi6 gu3 jung4 zung1 sam1

Mandarin: hai3 wai4 gu4 yong1 zhong1 xin1

overseas employment centre [Simp. & Var.] 海外僱佣中心

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留學生

lau4 hok6 saang1

student studying abroad, foreign exchange student

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流浪漢

lau4 long6 hon3

Mandarin: liu2 lang4 han4

tramp, wanderer, vagrant

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婚約

fan1 joek3

Mandarin: hun1 yue1

engagement; wedding contract

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娘子軍

noeng4 zi2 gwan1

Mandarin: niang2 zi3 jun1

Simplified: 娘子军

noun; army of women; a group consist of only women

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出盡八寶

ceot1 zeon6 baat3 bou2

Mandarin: chu1 jin4 ba1 bao3

Simplified: 出尽八宝

to go all out on something; to exhaust all avenues; to try every means

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理賠

lei5 pui4

Mandarin: li3 pei2

payment of claims; satisfaction of a claim; settlement of claims

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中華醫藥

zung1 waa4 ji1 joek6

Mandarin: zhong1 hua2 yi1 yao4

Chinese medicine

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悲天憫人

bei1 tin1 man5 jan4

Mandarin: bei1 tian1 min3 ren2

bemoan the state of the universe and pity the fate of mankind

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筋

gan1

Mandarin: jin1

muscle | tendon | veins that stand out under the skin | anything resembling a tendon or vein | # adapted from cc-cedict

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