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In Cantonese 剩翻 often means left over or surplus, as in 剩翻好少錢 (only a little money remains) or 剩翻好多飯 (lots of rice/food left over). What's the Mandarin equivalent of 剩翻? Would it be 留下?

CantoDict page: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/48306/

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剩翻 can also be written as 剩番

广州话方言词典

剩下;只剩

剩番兩個

剩番地理未考完。

只剩地理還沒考完。

《广州话-普通话》

留下;剩下

剩番佢兩個喺度值班

留下他兩個值班

份稿剩番幾頁未抄。

稿子剩下幾頁沒有抄完

Here we have 剩下, 留下 and 只剩 all used in different translations of 剩番 or 剩翻.

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I don't know much about Cantonese, but based on your description, I believe the appropriate translation for Mandarin would be 剩下.

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