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- 鄰舍leon4 se3neighbor
- 家婆gaa1 po2(dialect) mother-in-law
- 婆家po4 gaa1husband's family (traditionally where the wife moves into)
- 壽衣sau6 ji1burial clothes
- 桃紅tou4 hung4pink
- 胎生toi1 sang1viviparous
- 避嫌bei6 jim4to avoid arousing suspicion
- 漫談maan6 taam4relax conversation
- 煤爐mui4 lou4coal stove
- 齋菜zaai1 coi3vegetarian dishes
- 琥珀fu2 paak3amber
- 打頭陣daa2 tau4 zan6to take the lead
- 糕盤gou1 pun2Cake mould; cake tin
- 醋意cou3 ji3jealousy (in love rivalry)
- 社壇se5 taan4(noun) the shrine of the Earth God
- 懸紅jyun4 hung4a bounty
- 打烊daa2 joeng2to close shop in the evening
- 衰仔seoi1 zai2(n.) a naughty boy; a bad kid; (appellation) 'naughty boy'
- 翻渣faan1 zaa1(verb of traditional Chinese herbal decoction) recook; reboil
- 矮瓜ai2 gwaa1eggplant (Cantonese)
- 寒暄hon4 hyun1to exchange conventional greetings; to exchange pleasantries
- 商譽soeng1 jyu6(commerce) prestige; reputation
- 周末zau1 mut6weekend
- 死婆sei2 po2“bitch”, can be used as a term of insult or as an affectionate term to address one's girlfriend or wife [colloquial]
- 解囊gaai2 nong4lit. to loosen one's purse
- 繳交giu2 gaau1to hand in; to hand over; to pay (a fee etc)
- 工商業gung1 soeng1 jip6industry and commerce
- 介懷gaai3 waai4to mind
- 郵匯jau4 wui6to remit by post
- 縱慾zung3 juk6to indulge in debauchery
- 股災gu2 zoi1stock market crash
- 鹹蝦haam4 haa1salted shrimp; shrimp paste
- 高危gou1 ngai4high-risk
- 失寵sat1 cung2to lose favor
- 拔尖bat6 zim1top-notch (colloquial)
- 幼細jau3 sai3(adjective) thin and small; delicate
- 輔幣fu6 bai6fractional currency (coin or note of value smaller than the country's unit of currency)
- 食齋sik6 zaai1to be a vegetarian
- 惠顧wai6 gu3your patronage
- 事業線si6 jip6 sin3(palmistry) fate line; career prospects line (running vertically up the palm to the base of the middle finger)
- 蕭牆siu1 coeng4(literary) screen wall shielding an entrance in traditional Chinese architecture
- 打招呼daa2 ziu1 fu1to greet sb by word or action
- 耳珠ji5 zyu1the ear lobe
- 精乖zeng1 gwaai1clever and obedient
- 跨欄kwaa1 laan4hurdles
- 傳説cyun4 syut3legend; myth
- 灑水saa2 seoi2to sprinkle
- 融和jung4 wo4warm
- 媒人mui4 jan2matchmaker
- 獻策hin3 caak3to offer advice
- 攤檔taan1 dong3(dialect) vendor's stall
- 礙眼ngoi6 ngaan5to be an irksome presence (i.e. sth or sb one wishes were not there)
- 血癌hyut3 ngaam4leukemia
- 灑家saa2 gaa1(archaic) I; me (used by males during the Song and Yuan dynasties)
- 蝦丸haa1 jyun2Shrimp balls
- 麻麻maa4 maa2describes the satisfaction level as only moderate or "so-so"
- 薑餅goeng1 beng2gingerbread
- 防暴fong4 bou6to suppress a riot
- 隱忍jan2 jan2to suffer in silence; to endure hardship or injustice without complaint; to swallow one's grievances
- 公積金gung1 zik1 gam1official reserves
- 聖賢sing3 jin4a sage
- 花灑faa1 saa2showerhead
- 雙蒸soeng1 zing1double distilled rice wine
- 靈符ling4 fu4Daoist talisman
- 清蒸cing1 zing1steamed in broth
- 奶罩naai5 zaau3bra
- 瓦渣ngaa5 zaa1(Slang) someone's behaviour is overbearing and blatant
- 番攤faan1 taan1'fan-tan' (a gambling game)
- 查究caa4 gau3to follow up a study
- 白皙baak6 sik1(of complexion or skin) fair and clear
- 順攤seon6 taan1an easy-going attitude; not fussed; (running) smoothly
- 要不是jiu3 bat1 si6if it were not for
- 勤政kan4 zing3to govern diligently; diligent governance
- 震倉zan3 cong1a squeeze (financial stock market terminology) [colloquial]
- 基本法gei1 bun2 faat3basic law (constitutional document)
- 橫蠻waang4 maan4see 蠻橫|蛮横[man2 heng4]
- 仆開puk1 hoi1go to hell!; fuck off! [colloquial]
- 一連串jat1 lin4 cyun3a succession of
- 顯示器hin2 si6 hei3display device; monitor
- 墨爾本mak6 ji5 bun2Melbourne, Australia
- 通訊社tung1 seon3 se5a news service (e.g. Xinhua)
- 丟疏diu1 so1become rusty with a once perfected skill due to less practice or usage
- 傢俬gaa1 si1(noun) furniture
- 癖好pik1 hou3one's passion
- 仆到puk1 dou2to dash to (said in a vulgar manner) [colloquial]
- 三角洲saam1 gok3 zau1delta (geography)
- 仿皮fong2 pei2imitation leather
- 破柴po3 caai4(verb) to chop wood
- 起誓hei2 sai6to vow
- 遊戲機jau4 hei3 gei1video game machine
- 副作用fu3 zok3 jung6side effect
- 守孝sau2 haau3to observe mourning for one's parents
- 耳罩ji5 zaau3earmuffs
- 胎教toi1 gaau3prenatal education
- 神婆san4 po4(noun) a witch; ghost whisperer; a sorceress; necromancer
- 亂籠lyun2 lung4messy; confused (spoken)
- 呵欠ho1 him3yawn
- 一本jat1 bun2ippon; "one full point" in judo or karate jpn:一本（いっぽん）
- 撕票si1 piu3lit. to tear the ticket
- 癡肥ci1 fei4Obese
- 犬齒hyun2 ci2canine tooth
- 粗獷cou1 gwong2rough
- 背囊bui3 nong4backpack
- 抵債dai2 zaai3to repay a debt in kind or by labor
- 車裂ce1 lit6to tear off sb's four limbs and head using five horse-drawn carts (historical form of capital punishment)
- 你就想nei5 zau6 soeng2you wish (spoken)
- 再說zoi3 syut3to say again
- 必殺技bit1 saat3 gei6(gaming or wrestling) finishing move; finisher
- 哈薩克haa1 saat3 hak1Kazakh ethnic group
- 朱粒zyu1 lap1a police inspector; a probationary police inspector [colloquial]
- 太婆taai3 po4great-grandmother
- 祕書bei3 syu1a secretary
- 青苗cing1 miu4green sprouts; young seedlings
- 違例wai4 lai6to break the rules
- 洪亮hung4 loeng6loud and clear; resonant
- 赤貧cek3 pan4poverty-stricken
- 荒年fong1 nin4year of famine
- 駙馬fu6 maa5emperor's son-in-law
- 磁頭ci4 tau2magnetic head (of a tape recorder etc)
- 普通法pou2 tung1 faat3common law
- 恆常hang4 soeng4constant
- 時間表si4 gaan3 biu2schedule
- 仿造fong2 zou6to copy
- 打趣daa2 ceoi3to make fun of
- 利物浦lei6 mat6 pou2Liverpool (England)
- 謾罵maan6 maa6to hurl abuse
- 怯懦hip3 no6timid; cowardly; chicken-hearted
- 甜粥tim4 zuk1sweet congee
- 潛艦cim4 laam6a submarine
- 適婚sik1 fan1of marriageable age
- 地契dei6 kai3title deed (for land)
- 起薪hei2 san1starting salary
- 神秘san4 bei3mysterious
- 髮廊faat3 long4hair salon
- 用者jung6 ze2user
- 裂口lit6 hau2breach
- 自然段zi6 jin4 dyun6paragraph
- 上契soeng5 kai3the establishment of the relationship of godparent(s) [godfather or godmother] and godchild [godson or goddaughter] under Chinese customary practice
- 俗世zuk6 sai3the mundane world; the world of mortals
- 和應wo6 jing3to answer
- 滾筒gwan2 tung2roller
- 財爺coi4 je4common name for the Financial Secretary of Hong Kong government
- 泥磚nai4 zyun1(noun) clay bricks
- 狀棍zong6 gwan3a pettifogger; a shyster
- 援兵wun4 bing1(military) reinforcements
- 聽證會ting3 zing3 wui2(legislative) hearing
- 厚顏hau5 ngaan4shameless
- 饋贈gwai3 zang6to present (a gift) to (sb)
- 銷賬siu1 zoeng3to write off
- 通融tung1 jung4flexible
- 西雅圖sai1 ngaa5 tou4Seattle, city in Washington State
- 佛爺fat6 je4Buddha (term of respect for Sakyamuni 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2])
- 戴孝daai3 haau3to wear mourning garb
- 仔爺zai2 je4son and father
- 扭蛋nau2 daan2toy in a capsule (dispensed from a vending machine)
- 唔憂m4 jau1no need to worry
- 打雀daa2 zoek2to smoke; to play mahjong [colloquial]
- 豈止hei2 zi2not only; far from; more than
- 盟邦mang4 bong1ally; allied country
- 切腹cit3 fuk1harakiri (formal Japanese: seppuku), a samurai's suicide by disemboweling
- 壯丁zong3 ding1able-bodied man (capable of fighting in a war)
- 澳紐ou3 nau2Australia and New Zealand
- 盛怒sing6 nou6enraged; furious
- 胸肌hung1 gei1pectoral muscles
- 學生會hok6 saang1 wui2student union
- 老雀lou5 zoek2thief; pickpocket (slang)
- 澎湃paang4 baai3(of the sea etc) surging; tempestuous
- 施予si1 jyu5variant of 施與|施与[shi1 yu3]
- 胎毛toi1 mou1foetal hair; pappus; lanugo hair
- 冰雕bing1 diu1ice sculpture
- 分曉fan1 hiu2the result (becomes apparent)
- 傳教士cyun4 gaau3 si6missionary
- 分毫fan1 hou4fraction
- 雷暴leoi4 bou6thunderstorm
- 褲浪fu3 long6crotch (clothing)
- 鬼婆gwai2 po4Caucasian woman (Cantonese)
- 原子彈jyun4 zi2 daan2atomic bomb; A-bomb
- 使婆sai2 po2Nanny; Maidservant
- 上址soeng6 zi2The above address
- 政治部zing3 zi6 bou6political division
- 稍候saau2 hau6to wait a moment
- 釋疑sik1 ji4to dispel doubts
- 菊普guk1 pou2chrysanthemum Pu-erh tea [written and colloquial]
- 蜀漢suk6 hon3Shu Han (c. 200-263), Liu Bei's kingdom in Sichuan during the Three Kingdoms, claiming legitimacy as successor of Han
- 叫人giu3 jan4to greet someone; to ask someone to do something [written and colloquial]
- 印度洋jan3 dou6 joeng4Indian Ocean
- 主題曲zyu2 tai4 kuk1theme song
- 縫紉fung4 jan6to sew
- 永珍wing5 zan1Vientiane, capital of Laos (Tw)
- 蜥蜴sik1 jik6lizard
- 敬賀ging3 ho6to offer one's congratulations (formal)
- 圍捕wai4 bou6to fish by casting a net
- 懸空jyun4 hung1to hang in the air
- 兩可loeng5 ho2both options are plausible
- 奏摺zau3 zip3memorial to the emperor (folded in accordion form)
- 艇仔teng5 zai2describes someone who is working for an illegal gambling boss or someone who acts as a middleman between the borrower and the loan shark; a small boat; a soup spoon
- 邂逅haai5 hau6(literary) to meet sb by chance; to run into sb
- 社畜se5 cuk1(coll.) corporate drone (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 社畜 "shachiku")
- 仆轉puk1 zyun2face front and lay down
- 磁化ci4 faa3to magnetize