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- 太爺taai3 je4(respectful for) one's grandfather
- 名副其實ming4 fu3 kei4 sat6not just in name only, but also in reality (idiom)
- 廣州話gwong2 zau1 waa2Cantonese (language)
- 殯殮ban3 lim5to bury sb
- 發慌faat3 fong1to become agitated
- 維也納wai4 jaa5 naap6Vienna, capital of Austria
- 人話jan4 waa2(to explain) in layman's terms
- 勇武jung5 mou5brave
- 貼佬tip3 lou2describes a woman who pay money secretly to her secret lover, especially with money that from her husband or partner [colloquial]
- 在家zoi6 gaa1to be at home
- 夢遺mung6 wai4wet dream; nocturnal emission
- 去污heoi3 wu1to decontaminate; to clean
- 墨七mak6 cat1a burglar; a robber
- 南方naam4 fong1south; southern direction
- 走下坡zau2 haa6 bo1(fig.) to decline; to deteriorate; to go downhill
- 賓妹ban1 mui1(n.) a slightly racist term for the Hong Kong housemaids from Southeast Asia; it is an over generalised term as賓 is actually an abbreviation for 'Filipinos'; a Filipino girl or young woman; a Filipino domestic helper
- 獻技hin3 gei6(verb) to show or display recitals
- 斜陽ce4 joeng4setting sun
- 鹹蛋haam4 daan2a salted egg
- 壽板sau6 baan2coffin
- 借歪ze3 me2"excuse me" (asking someone to make way); to give way
- 多媒體do1 mui4 tai2multimedia
- 膠紙gaau1 zi2sticky tape; adhesive type
- 回魂wui4 wan4the soul
- 指甲鉗zi2 gaap3 kim2nail clipper
- 羊扒joeng4 paa2Lamb chop
- 檳榔ban1 long4betel palm (Areca catechu); betel nut
- 鴨掌aap3 zoeng2duck foot
- 仙丹sin1 daan1elixir
- 篡奪saan3 dyut6to usurp
- 訛詐ngo4 zaa3to extort under false pretenses
- 思疑si1 ji4(verb) to suspect; to doubt; (noun) doubt; suspicion
- 唐餐tong4 caan1Chinese cuisine
- 擇日zaak6 jat2to fix a date (for an event)
- 考綱haau2 gong1exam outline (outline of the content of an exam, published prior to the exam as a guide for examinees) (abbr. for 考試大綱|考试大纲[kao3 shi4 da4 gang1])
- 馬德里maa5 dak1 lei5Madrid, capital of Spain
- 天晴tin1 cing4noun; sunny day
- 衰鬼seoi1 gwai2an intimate way to call someone a "bad person
- 旅遊業leoi5 jau4 jip6tourism industry
- 自裁zi6 coi4(literary) to kill oneself; to commit suicide
- 拆賬caak3 zoeng3to work in an enterprise for a share of the profits
- 不軌bat1 gwai2errant
- 巡行ceon4 hang4to patrol
- 普渡pou2 dou6(Buddhism, Daoism) to deliver all sentient beings from suffering
- 鮮味sin1 mei6umami, one of the five basic tastes (cookery)
- 超頻ciu1 pan4overclocking
- 遞解dai6 gaai3to escort a criminal under guard (in former times)
- 驗眼jim6 ngaan5to have an eye examination
- 扒灰paa4 fui1incest between father-in-law and daughter-in-law
- 望遠鏡mong6 jyun5 geng3telescope (CL:部[bu4]); binoculars (CL:副[fu4])
- 剽竊piu5 sit3to plunder
- 排洪paai4 hung4to drain flood-water
- 牙縫ngaa4 fung4gap between teeth
- 評介ping4 gaai3to review (a book)
- 包艇baau1 teng5to reserve a boat
- 許可證heoi2 ho2 zing3license
- 凍肉dung3 juk6cold or frozen meat
- 添丁tim1 ding1to add a son to the family
- 刺鼻ci3 bei6to assail the nostrils
- 硬膠ngaang6 gaau1rigid plastic; euphemism for 'dumbass'
- 兄臺hing1 toi4brother (polite appellation for a friend one's age)
- 泰拳taai3 kyun2Muay Thai - "Thai fist" - Martial Art
- 兜路dau1 lou6detour
- 阿爺aa3 je4grandpa (paternal); the government; the country
- 阿叔aa3 suk1uncle (spoken)
- 度叔dok6 suk1stingy; parsimonious
- 星期四sing1 kei4 sei3Thursday
- 仗義zoeng3 ji6to uphold justice
- 土葬tou2 zong3burial (in earth)
- 尊容zyun1 jung4august countenance
- 兜頭dau1 tau4full in the face
- 星期天sing1 kei4 tin1Sunday
- 褲骨fu3 gwat1the creases pressed into the trouser legs
- 利比亞lei6 bei2 aa3Libya
- 製造商zai3 zou6 soeng1manufacturing company
- 鬼剃頭gwai2 tai3 tau4spot baldness (alopecia areata)
- 執漏zap1 lau6to miss or to forget to pack something; to repair leaks
- 沙膠saa1 gaau1an ink eraser
- 湊仔cau3 zai2child-rearing
- 莊荷zong1 ho2croupier; dealer
- 筒子tung4 zi2tube-shaped object
- 撈妹laau1 mui1girls from other regions, Cantonese people sometimes use this to refer to girls who migrated from the North; this term was used to refer to prostitutes in the past but this is less commonly used in this context nowadays
- 旅行社leoi5 hang4 se5travel agency
- 中區zung1 keoi1central district (of a city)
- 一心一意jat1 sam1 jat1 ji3concentrating one's thoughts and efforts
- 啪針paak1 zam1to take drugs through needle injection [colloquial]
- 平輩ping4 bui3of the same generation
- 燈謎dang1 mai4riddles written on lanterns (e.g. for the Lantern Festival at the end of Chinese New Year)
- 賣身契maai6 san1 kai3contract selling a person into servitude
- 贍養sim6 joeng5to support
- 中文字zung1 man4 zi6Chinese characters
- 琴鍵kam4 gin6a piano key
- 誣蔑mou4 mit6variant of 誣衊|诬蔑[wu1 mie4]
- 素顏sou3 ngaan4a face without makeup
- 姨媽巾ji4 maa1 gan1(coll.) sanitary towel
- 攪鬼gaau2 gwai2verb; to play underhand tricks
- 樁腳zong1 goek3pier foundation (architecture)
- 正途zing3 tou4see 正路[zheng4 lu4]
- 電筒din6 tung2flashlight
- 奉勸fung6 hyun3may I offer a bit of advice
- 坪洲ping4 zau1the name of a place in Hong Kong: Peng Chau
- 紅妝gung1 zong1beautiful feminine attire
- 吊扇diu3 sin3a ceiling fan
- 月錢jyut6 cin2monthly payment
- 拆息caak3 sik1daily interest on a loan
- 圍爐wai4 lou4to gather around the stove
- 一陣子jat1 zan6 zi2a while
- 碧空bik1 hung1a clear blue sky
- 一帆風順jat1 faan4 fung1 seon6propitious wind throughout the journey (idiom)
- 傾側king1 zak1to lean to one side
- 遞歸dai6 gwai1recursion
- 糖尿病tong4 niu6 beng6diabetes; diabetes mellitus
- 雪糕筒syut3 gou1 tung2(Cantonese-influenced Mandarin) (coll.) traffic cone
- 陰宅jam1 zaak2(feng shui term) tomb
- 凍親dung3 can1catch a cold
- 鼻梁bei6 loeng4bridge of the nose
- 緩步wun4 bou6to walk slowly
- 巡場ceon4 coeng2to watch over a gambling den; to make an inspection tour around a site [written and colloquial]
- 逢親fung4 can1whenever
- 紐埃nau2 aai1Niue (self-governing island state in free association with New Zealand)
- 吸血鬼kap1 hyut3 gwai2leech
- 漫天maan6 tin1lit. to fill the whole sky
- 堆填deoi1 tin4Landfill
- 攪基gaau2 gei1see 搞基[gao3 ji1]
- 欠賬him3 zoeng3to owe a debt
- 珠被zyu1 pei5integuments
- 車軌ce1 gwai2track; car track;train track
- 凍房dung3 fong4Cold room
- 面對面min6 deoi3 min6face to face
- 驗傷jim6 soeng1to examine a wound or injury (typically for forensic purposes)
- 歌碟go1 dip2disc
- 糖寮tong4 liu4sugar mill
- 戰鬥力zin3 dau3 lik6fighting strength
- 國際化gwok3 zai3 faa3to internationalize
- 叔公suk1 gung1great uncle
- 寵信cung2 seon3to dote on and trust
- 蜷縮kyun4 suk1to curl up
- 當災dong1 zoi1(verb) suffer from bad deeds; Bear a disaster
- 青蟹ceng1 haai5a ten dollar Hong Kong banknote (a 10HKD note used to be green in the past); a mud crab
- 磨鏡mo4 geng3literally: mirror grinding; lesbian sex [colloquial]
- 政綱zing3 gong1political program
- 續弦zuk6 jin4(literary) (of a widower) to remarry
- 直尺zik6 cek3straight ruler
- 外勤ngoi6 kan4work done in the field (rather than in the office or at the headquarters); fieldwork
- 粒鐘nap1 zung1hour [colloquial]
- 催谷ceoi1 guk1to boost
- 屍臭si1 cau3odor of a dead body
- 心知肚明sam1 zi1 tou5 ming4to be well aware
- 埋岸maai4 ngon6to reach the shore
- 磨滅mo4 mit6to obliterate
- 細佬sai3 lou2(noun of sibling) younger brother; slang for penis
- 技倆gei6 loeng5variant of 伎倆|伎俩[ji4 liang3]
- 表叔biu2 suk1son of grandfather's sister
- 有的是jau5 dik1 si6have plenty of
- 大部份daai6 bou6 fan6adj.; mostly; a majority of
- 莫薑mok6 goeng1gutless; cowardly [colloquial]
- 峭壁ciu3 bik1cliff
- 夢魘mung6 jim2nightmare
- 座談會zo6 taam4 wui2conference
- 挨拼aai1 peng1the back of a chair
- 兜風dau1 fung1to catch the wind
- 絢爛hyun3 laan6splendid
- 尋訪cam4 fong2to inquire after
- 紅棍hung4 gwan3(noun) a senior position in a triad
- 木棉muk6 min4cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
- 醜頸cau2 geng2bad tempered (spoken)
- 進出口zeon3 ceot1 hau2importation and exportation; import-export
- 墨綠mak6 luk6dark green
- 胃鏡wai6 geng3gastroscope (medicine)
- 運營wan6 jing4to be in operation
- 風筒fung1 tung2(noun) a hair dryer; a blowdryer
- 硬碟ngaang6 dip2(Tw) hard disk
- 玲瓏ling4 lung4(onom.) clink of jewels
- 透爐tau3 lou4igniting a cooking stove (spoken)
- 湯丸tong1 jyun2(noun) (food) sticky rice ball dessert; glutinous rice ball dessert
- 洗腎sai2 san6to have dialysis treatment
- 劏房tong1 fong2(HK) subdivided flat (apartment); partitioned apartment; tiny residential unit created by dividing a larger flat
- 有運行jau5 wan6 haang4to be in luck; to be fortunate [colloquial]
- 退庭teoi3 ting4to retire from the courtroom
- 攪錯gaau2 co3made a mistake; got it wrong
- 攤直taan1 zik6dead (literally 'to lie down flat')
- 恐狼hung2 long4dire wolf (Canis dirus)
- 支離破碎zi1 lei4 po3 seoi3scattered and smashed (idiom)
- 世界語sai3 gaai3 jyu5Esperanto
- 公函gung1 haam4official letter
- 秘技bei3 gei6cheat code
- 彈珠daan2 zyu1a marble (used in games)
- 拿到naa4 dou3 / dou2to get
- 漁產jyu4 caan2seafood
- 鼻屎bei6 si2booger; dried nasal mucus
- 遺志wai4 zi3the mission in life of a deceased person, left to others to carry on
- 餐屎caan1 si2chance
- 妙計miu6 gai3excellent plan; brilliant scheme
- 聽會ting3 wui2to attend a meeting (and hear what is discussed)
- 地鐵站dei6 tit3 zaam6subway station
- 拘謹keoi1 gan2reserved
- 重災cung5 zoi1severe disaster
- 蠢頓ceon2 deon6Stupid
- 敗陣baai6 zan6to be defeated on the battlefield
- 烈酒lit6 zau2strong alcoholic drink