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- 械鬥haai6 dau3armed confrontation
- 奸商gaan1 soeng1profiteer; crooked merchant
- 籠屋lung4 uk1cage home; bedspace
- 吉隆坡gat1 lung4 bo1Kuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia
- 激將法gik1 zoeng3 faat3indirect, psychological method of getting sb to do as one wishes (e.g. questioning whether they are up to the task)
- 器宇hei3 jyu5(literary) variant of 氣宇|气宇[qi4 yu3]
- 耳筒ji5 tung2headphones; earphones; earpieces
- 秘笈bei3 kap1secret book or collection of books
- 索馬里sok3 maa5 lei5Somalia
- 合浦hap6 pou2see 合浦縣|合浦县[He2 pu3 Xian4]
- 計程車gai3 cing4 ce1(Tw) taxi; cab
- 並無bing6 mou4not have, indicating absence or negation
- 主僕zyu2 buk6master and servant
- 紅腸hung4 coeng2saveloy
- 計畫gai3 waak6variant of 計劃|计划[ji4 hua4]
- 誠邀sing4 jiu1we warmly invite (you to participate, attend, collaborate etc)
- 柏油baak3 jau4asphalt
- 世界觀sai3 gaai3 gun1worldview
- 仆直puk1 zik6it is a swearing phrase which means falling on the street to the extent that someone lays flat on the ground, it is used to describe a bad situation
- 奸角gaan1 gok3bad characters in the movie
- 露械lou6 haai6act of male in showing his genitals in public; to flash (indecent exposure)
- 危樓ngai4 lau4(literary) tall building
- 副食品fu3 sik6 ban2non-staple foods
- 自然界zi6 jin4 gaai3nature
- 學霸hok6 baa3(slang) straight-A student; academic prodigy
- 偷柴tau1 caai4to get a boner; to have an erection [colloquial]
- 乳齒jyu5 ci2deciduous tooth
- 嫁禍gaa3 wo6to impute
- 亨通hang1 tung1to go smoothly
- 投資銀行tau4 zi1 ngan4 hong4investment bank
- 點號dim2 hou6punctuation mark
- 班主任baan1 zyu2 jam6teacher in charge of a class
- 迷魂mai4 wan4to bewitch
- 耐耐noi6 noi2long time; 'love love' (愛愛ngoi3 ngoi3) (this is a term derived from mandarin where耐耐 is used as愛愛)
- 枝頭zi1 tau4branch
- 首當其衝sau2 dong1 kei4 cung1to bear the brunt
- 令嬡ling6 oi2variant of 令愛|令爱[ling4 ai4]
- 雀局zoek3 guk6gathering for playing mahjong
- 姦情gaan1 cing4adultery
- 蹂躪jau4 leon6to ravage
- 女兒紅neoi5 ji4 hung4kind of Chinese wine
- 比才bei2 coi4Georges Bizet (1838–1875), French composer
- 台北toi4 bak1Taipei, capital of Taiwan
- 蠢材ceon2 coi4idiot
- 結怨git3 jyun3to arouse dislike
- 救護車gau3 wu6 ce1ambulance
- 同年tung4 nin4in the same year
- 花枝faa1 zi1spray (sprig of a plant with blossoms)
- 疑兇ji4 hung1suspected of murder
- 嗚呼wu1 fu1alas
- 齋校zaai1 haau6a single-sex school
- 鹼水gaan2 seoi2lye water; alkaline water (used in cooking)
- 起事hei2 si6to start an armed struggle; to rise in rebellion;to revolt
- 敷藥fu1 joek6to apply topical medicine on a wound [written and colloquial]
- 柏樹paak3 syu6cypress tree
- 結霜git3 soeng1to frost up
- 牛腸ngau4 coeng2(noun) xo's intestines; Or (food) bovine intestines or (dim sum) rice rolls with minced beef
- 暴擊bou6 gik1critical hit (gaming)
- 觀塘gun1 tong4Kwun Tong district of Kowloon, Hong Kong
- 食塵sik6 can4to be exposed to dust; to lag behind
- 忽而fat1 ji4suddenly
- 排卵paai4 leon2to ovulate
- 雀鳥zoek3 niu5bird
- 險阻him2 zo2dangerous and difficult (path)
- 底薪dai2 san1basic salary
- 西方人sai1 fong1 jan4Westerner
- 想問soeng2 man6want to ask
- 裸跑lo2 paau2to run naked
- 雞腸gai1 coeng2the slang to describe the English writing (literal meaning: chicken intestine)
- 敗仗baai6 zoeng3lost battle
- 虐心joek6 sam1heartbreaking; tear-jerking
- 反過來faan2 gwo3 loi4conversely
- 霸位baa3 wai2(v.) to occupy a vacant seat aggressively on public transport; to occupy a table in restaurants; to scramble for a seat; to save a seat
- 透明度tau3 ming4 dou6transparency
- 麻鷹maa4 jing1(bird) eagle; black-eared kite
- 孟加拉maang6 gaa1 laa1Bengal
- 阻嚇zo2 haak3to deter
- 拋磚paau1 zyun1to get the ball rolling (abbr. for 拋磚引玉|抛砖引玉[pao1 zhuan1 yin3 yu4])
- 倒斃dou2 bai6to fall dead
- 弟婦dai6 fu5younger brother's wife
- 婆媽po4 maa1indecisive; always changing one's mind; verbose; a maidservant
- 高攀gou1 paan1social climbing
- 剃面tai3 min6shaving (spoken)
- 空腸hung1 coeng4jejunum (empty gut, middle segment of small intestine between duodenum 十二指腸|十二指肠[shi2 er4 zhi3 chang2] and ileum 回腸|回肠[hui2 chang2])
- 鳳梨酥fung6 lei4 sou1pineapple cake, traditional Taiwanese sweet pastry
- 展翅zin2 ci3to spread wings
- 姦殺gaan1 saat3to rape and murder
- 悲歌bei1 go1to sing with solemn fervor
- 符弗fu4 fit1method; tricks (spoken)
- 倖存者hang6 cyun4 ze2survivor
- 就真zau6 zan1negates the previous sentence so as to correct an error; usually placed after the predicate (phrase) of the correction and sometimes used in conjunction with a rhetorical question
- 政治犯zing3 zi6 faan2political prisoner
- 傷悲soeng1 bei1sad
- 抗生素kong3 sang1 sou3antibiotic
- 隆冬lung4 dung1midwinter
- 思想家si1 soeng2 gaa1thinker
- 訓示fan3 si6to admonish
- 屍斑si1 baan1livor mortis
- 石螺sek6 lo2River snail
- 紙媒zi2 mui4print media
- 禪機sim4 gei1Buddhist allegorical word or gesture; subtleties of Buddhist doctrine
- 明目張膽ming4 muk6 zoeng1 daam2openly and without fear
- 自刎zi6 man5to commit suicide by cutting one's own throat
- 梗房gang2 fong2a room partitioned by brick walls and rented out to tenants independently
- 梗板gang2 baan2stubborn; mechanical; rigid; inflexible
- 投契tau4 kai3to get along well (with sb)
- 肯尼亞hang2 nei4 aa3Kenya
- 陀鐵to4 tit3armed with gun; to carry a gun
- 打巢daa2 caau4to defeat [colloquial]
- 經濟體ging1 zai3 tai2an economy; a country (or region etc) viewed as an economic entity
- 拉筋laai1 gan1stretching (exercise)
- 消炎siu1 jim4to reduce fever
- 剃度tai3 dou6to take the tonsure
- 甜筒tim4 tung2ice-cream cone
- 響朵hoeng2 do2to reveal one's identity or to invoke the name of one's triad big brother or boss in order to get protection or to make an impression [colloquial]
- 神砂san4 saa1coins; loose change [colloquial]
- 幼滑jau3 waat6smooth and silky
- 下墜haa6 zeoi6(of objects) to fall
- 維吾爾wai4 ng4 ji5Uyghur ethnic group
- 融雪jung4 syut3melting snow
- 惡作劇ok3 zok3 kek6practical joke
- 禍患wo6 waan6disaster
- 有凸jau5 dat6enough with a surplus; having leftovers
- 醋酸cou3 syun1acetic acid (CH3COOH)
- 陰囊jam1 nong4scrotum
- 禪定sim4 ding6Meditation
- 細婆sai3 po2Concubine; mistress
- 頻撲pan4 pok3(slang) flitting; darting from place to place
- 作曲家zok3 kuk1 gaa1composer
- 囑咐zuk1 fu6to urge; to exhort
- 朴刀po1 dou1sword with a curved blade and a long hilt, wielded with both hands
- 生產線sang1 caan2 sin3assembly line
- 養蜂joeng5 fung1to raise bees
- 酥皮sou1 pei2pastry
- 黎巴嫩lai4 baa1 nyun6Lebanon
- 日市jat6 si5the day session of a security market
- 視姦si6 gaan1(neologism) to obsessively monitor sb's social media posts (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 視姦 "shikan", ogling; leering)
- 妥貼to5 tip3variant of 妥帖[tuo3 tie1]
- 篤波duk1 bo1billiard; to play pool
- 洗塵sai2 can4welcome dinner for a friend or relative from overseas (spoken)
- 坐梗zo6 gang2certainly to sit on… [a spot]; certainly to have… [a position]
- 發矛faat3 maau4panic
- 樓契lau4 kai3title deed
- 棉豆min4 dau2lima bean, aka butter bean (Phaseolus lunatus)
- 實習生sat6 zaap6 sang1intern (esp. a student in practical training)
- 衞星wai6 sing1satellite
- 大本營daai6 bun2 jing4headquarters
- 砥礪dai2 lai6whetstone
- 膽汁daam2 zap1gall
- 群揪kwan4 cau1a gang fight [colloquial]
- 貧賤pan4 zin6poor and lowly
- 結腸git3 coeng2colon (large intestine)
- 淫蟲jam4 cung4sex maniac
- 奇趣kei4 ceoi3quaint charm
- 放射性fong3 se6 sing3radioactive
- 大市daai6 si5stock market using major indices as reference
- 嘍口lau3 hau2stammering (in speaking)
- 賺衰zaan2 seoi1slang for "this is not gonna work"
- 化學能faa3 hok6 nang4chemical energy
- 女一neoi5 jat1leading actress
- 儲君cyu5 gwan1heir apparent to a throne
- 不要緊bat1 jiu3 gan2unimportant
- 俗例zuk6 lai6customary rule
- 隻揪zek3 cau1to fight a duel
- 太陽系taai3 joeng4 hai6solar system
- 煩悶faan4 mun6moody; gloomy
- 紅樓夢hung4 lau4 mung6A Dream of Red Mansions (first completed edition 1791) by Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹[Cao2 Xue3 qin2], one of the four great novels
- 盲打maang4 daa2to touch-type
- 飛機師fei1 gei1 si1pilot
- 快錢faai3 cin2quick buck
- 淫魔jam4 mo1lewd demon
- 正中間zing3 zung1 gaan1(noun) middle; centre (adjective) in the middle, central
- 垂青seoi4 cing1to show appreciation for sb
- 鞦韆cau1 cin1swing (seat hung from a frame or branch)
- 大寒daai6 hon4Great Cold, 24th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 20th January-3rd February
- 地糊dei6 wu2a terminology of mahjong, one of the kinds of scoring
- 威爾斯wai1 ji5 si1noun; Wales, in Hong Kong, it normally refers to the Prince of Wales Hospital
- 僧尼zang1 nei4(Buddhist) monks and nuns
- 天糊tin1 wu2noun; terminal tiles in mahjong game, to win the game
- 季後賽gwai3 hau6 coi3a playoff
- 乳溝jyu5 kau3cleavage (hollow between a woman's breasts)
- 區議會keoi1 ji5 wui2district council
- 申辯san1 bin6to defend oneself
- 鼻腔bei6 hong1nasal cavity
- 原材料jyun4 coi4 liu2raw and semifinished materials
- 猿人jyun4 jan4apeman
- 寒天hon4 tin1chilly weather
- 碗碟wun2 dip6bowls and plates; crockery [written and colloquial]
- 尋歡cam4 fun1to seek pleasure (esp. sexual)
- 潤肺jeon6 fai3to moisten the lungs
- 炎夏jim4 haa6hot summer
- 和事佬wo4 si6 lou2peacemaker; mediator
- 清燉cing1 dan6to stew meat without seasoning
- 波霸bo1 baa3(slang) (loanword) big boobs
- 小寒siu2 hon4Lesser Cold, 23rd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 6th-19th January
- 契哥kai3 go1god brother
- 安全感on1 cyun4 gam2sense of security
- 劈友pek3 jau2a close-quarters knife fight; a gang fight; beheading
- 電療din6 liu4electrotherapy
- 黝黑jau2 hak1dark