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- 盲年maang4 nin4Blind year, a year without Lichun (start of spring, when the sun is exactly at the celestial longitude of 315°), considered an unlucky year for marriage
- 出閘ceot1 zaap6literally: to exit the barrier [written and colloquial]; for a prostitute to finish serving a client [colloquial] [written and colloquial]
- 趣怪ceoi3 gwaai3interesting; fascinating; amusing
- 行年hang4 nin4age
- 誣衊mou4 mit6to slander
- 頸鍊geng2 lin2a necklace
- 燈芯dang1 sam1variant of 燈心|灯心[deng1 xin1]
- 焦距ziu1 keoi5focal length
- 凸字dat6 zi6braille, a writing system for the blind or low vision
- 枝節zi1 zit3branches and knots
- 陀槍to4 coeng1armed with gun; to carry a gun
- 機關槍gei1 gwaan1 coeng1machine gun
- 劈炮pek3 paau3quit (slang)
- 廢柴fai3 caai4(Cantonese) (coll.) good-for-nothing
- 植物人zik6 mat6 jan4person in a vegetative state
- 宿營suk1 jing4to camp; to bivouac
- 飲筒jam2 tung2(noun) a drinking straw
- 敷料fu1 liu2medical dressing
- 怪癖gwaai3 pik1eccentricity
- 當死dong3 sei2to treat someone as a nobody or irrelevant or unimportant [colloquial]
- 崩耳bang1 ji5to have protruding ears [colloquial]
- 你老闆nei5 lou5 baan2your boss [written and colloquial]; euphemism for '你老母', 'fuck your mother'. foul language insulting one's mother when cursing someone [colloquial]
- 識趣sik1 ceoi3tactful
- 誰不知seoi4 bat1 zi1who would have thought that; did not expect that; only to
- 塵封can4 fung1covered in dust
- 封塵fung1 can4to gather dust
- 聽講話teng1 gong2 waa6heard that (spoken)
- 遮醜ze1 cau2to hide one's shame; to cover up one's defects
- 腎虧san6 kwai1deficiency of the kidney; renal weakness
- 糖霜tong4 soeng1frosting; icing
- 心寒sam1 hon4bitterly disappointed
- 碟仙dip6 sin1form of divination similar to the Ouija board, in which participants use their forefingers to push a small saucer over a sheet of paper inscribed with numerous Chinese characters
- 韻事wan5 si6poetic occasion
- 考核haau2 hat6to examine
- 薈萃wui6 seoi6(of distinguished people or exquisite objects) to gather; to assemble
- 長笛coeng4 dek2(Western) concert flute
- 地下室dei6 haa6 sat1basement
- 人叢jan4 cung4crowd of people
- 傻婆so4 po2silly girl, it is usually used to address someone who is dearly loved; mentally-handicapped woman
- 魚貫jyu4 gun3one after the other
- 捉棋zuk1 kei2(verb) to play chess
- 趴街paa1 gaai1euphemism for 仆街, a curse word to tell someone to drop dead or go to hell; screw you! bastard [colloquial]
- 公信力gung1 seon3 lik6public trust
- 契媽kai3 maa1adoptive mother
- 事成si6 sing4(of events) to be completed
- 閘機zaap6 gei1turnstile
- 卡塔爾kaa1 taap3 ji5Qatar
- 說服seoi3 fuk6to persuade
- 田螺tin4 lo2river snail
- 至愛zi3 oi3most beloved
- 穿着cyun1 zoek3attire, clothes, especially of a particular or formal type; clothing
- 蟹柳haai5 lau5crab stick
- 中同zung1 tung4an abbreviation for 「中學同學」, i.e. secondary school classmates; usually used by people who have already graduated from secondary school
- 兇徒hung1 tou4A Perpetrator
- 刪剪saan1 zin2to cut (from a movie etc)
- 漣漪lin4 ji2ripple
- 昌明coeng1 ming4flourishing; thriving
- 體脂tai2 zi1body fat
- 拉閘laai1 zaap6to shut
- 寒門hon4 mun4poor and humble family
- 濫交laam5 gaau1to fall into bad company
- 螺母lo4 mou2nut (female component of nut and bolt)
- 鐵枝tit3 zi1an iron rod
- 肥婆fei4 po4a fat woman [written and colloquial]
- 韻頭wan5 tau4leading vowel of diphthong
- 篤穿duk1 cyun1disclose; to expose
- 咩話me1 waa2What do you mean?; What did you say?
- 純樸seon4 pok3variant of 淳樸|淳朴[chun2 pu3]
- 裙褲kwan4 fu3culottes; pantskirt
- 盲公maang4 gung1a blind man (normally refers to an elderly blind man)
- 大棚daai6 paang4greenhouse; polytunnel
- 接枝zip3 zi1(tree) graft
- 裝甲車zong1 gaap3 ce1armored car
- 懼色geoi6 sik1looking scared; sign of fear; look of fear
- 撈攪laau2 gaau6messy; complicated; disorderly
- 腐女fu6 neoi2fujoshi (woman who likes manga about male homosexual love) (derived from Japanese 腐女子 "fujoshi")
- 大家樂daai6 gaa1 lok6Café de Coral, a fast food chains in Hong Kong
- 生殖器sang1 zik6 hei3reproductive organ
- 啪丸paak1 jyun2to take pills (illicit drugs)
- 擰頭ning6 tau2shaking of one's head
- 粒臣nap1 san2unit of 10 Hong Kong cents (110th of a Hong Kong dollar) [colloquial]
- 國宴gwok3 jin3state banquet
- 監護人gaam1 wu6 jan4guardian
- 奔襲ban1 zaap6to carry out a long-range raid
- 寒帶hon4 daai3polar climate
- 方呎fong1 cek3square foot
- 發還faat3 waan4to return
- 濫權laam5 kyun4to abuse one's authority; to misuse power
- 韻文wan5 man4verse (as opposed to prose 散文[san3 wen2])
- 雀仔zoek3 zai2(noun) a bird; (of Mahjong game) the "One Bamboo" tiles; (male sexual organ) penis
- 花蜜faa1 mat6nectar
- 濕柴sap1 caai4useless; loose change of small denominations or bank notes are that worth so little that they are virtually uselss; unsaleble goods; literally 'wet firewood'
- 煎堆zin1 deoi1(n.) Jin deui, a deep-fried Chinese pastry - glutinous rice ball coated with white sesame
- 生命力sang1 ming6 lik6vitality
- 頂癮ding2 jan5interesting; to satisfy a craving
- 彌留nei4 lau4seriously ill and about to die
- 刺蝟ci3 wai6hedgehog
- 朱柴zyu1 caai4a senior police constable [colloquial]
- 短癮dyun2 jan5a brief pleasure; a brief sex session [colloquial]
- 大種daai6 zung2large breed
- 閘口zaap6 hau2open sluice gate
- 借宿ze3 suk1to stay with sb
- 入閘jap6 zaap6to enter the gate, especially in the metro; horses to enter the gate before a race begins; to participate in the election
- 葡萄酒pou4 tou4 zau2(grape) wine
- 伯婆baak3 po4father's aunt
- 唔妥m4 to5not right, do not agree or like… [somebody]
- 閘住zaap6 zyu6(expression) literally: "stop it"; usually people say it in an attempt to prevent the unlucky things described
- 色盲sik1 maang4color-blind
- 大行daai6 hong2major firm
- 剷青caan2 ceng1shaving, a style of haircut
- 政治學zing3 zi6 hok6politics
- 衫刷saam1 caat2clothes washing brush (spoken)
- 杏林hang6 lam4Xinglin District of Xiamen city (renamed Haicang 海滄區|海沧区[Hai3 cang1 Qu1] in 2003)
- 生擒saang1 kam4to capture alive
- 低於dai1 jyu1to be lower than
- 依循ji1 ceon4to follow; to comply
- 是次si6 ci3(formal) this time
- 陶藝tou4 ngai6ceramic art
- 做咩zou6 me1what's up?
- 攔河laan4 ho4to block off the river (with a dam
- 裸睡lo2 seoi6to sleep naked
- 爆竊baau3 sit3burglary
- 遵命zeon1 ming6to follow your orders
- 跟著gan1 zoek6to follow after
- 松柏cung4 paak3pine and cypress
- 暖壺nyun5 wu2vacuum flask
- 好奇心hou3 kei4 sam1interest in sth
- 事旦si6 daan6whatever; wishy-washy [colloquial]
- 約嗎joek3 maa1(neologism, attested by 2014) (slang) Are you interested? (originally an invitation for casual sex, later generalized as a playful or humorous invitation for any activity)
- 螳螂tong4 long4mantis
- 坐禪zo6 sim4to sit in meditation; to meditate
- 寒意hon4 ji3a nip in the air
- 白鶴baak6 hok2(bird species of China) Siberian crane (Leucogeranus leucogeranus)
- 腸粉coeng2 fan2rice noodle roll, a roll made from sheets of rice flour dough, steamed and stuffed with meat, vegetables etc
- 粉腸fan2 coeng2hopeless, lazy and having no progress in life; literally 'pig's intestine'; chitterlings (the small intestines of livestocks used as food); can be used as a curse word to call someone a jerk, used as an euphemism for the swear words 'dickface'
- 醬汁zoeng3 zap1sauce
- 大不了daai6 bat1 liu5at worst; if worst comes to worst
- 拔罐bat6 gun3cupping glass
- 詐病zaa3 beng6to feign illness
- 慘況caam2 fong3tragic situation; dreadful state
- 點只dim2 zi2not only (used in rhetorical questions)
- 志趣zi3 ceoi3inclination
- 科威特fo1 wai1 dak6Kuwait
- 殘渣caan4 zaa1remainder
- 監誓gaam1 sai6to administer an oath
- 梗塞gang2 sak1to clog; to block; to obstruct
- 係咩hai6 me1really? [colloquial]
- 高血壓gou1 hyut3 aat3high blood pressure
- 浮沉fau4 cam4ups and downs (of life etc)
- 盟鼻mang4 bei6(noun) stuff nose
- 墜火zeoi6 fo2noun; Chinese medical term, reduce internal heat or inflammation.
- 玩巢waan2 caau4to destroy [colloquial]
- 楊桃joeng4 tou2carambola
- 濫殺laam5 saat3to kill indiscriminately
- 膽囊daam2 nong4gallbladder
- 寶琳bou2 lam4the name of a place in Hong Kong: Po Lam
- 咋舌zaa3 sit3(literary) to be speechless
- 臂章bei3 zoeng1armband
- 屋契uk1 kai3noun; title deeds
- 莫過於mok6 gwo3 jyu1nothing can surpass
- 誓願sai6 jyun6(verb) to swear; to vow an oath
- 窗框coeng1 kwaang1window frame
- 位能wai6 nang4(physics) potential energy
- 噴灌pan3 gun3sprinkler irrigation
- 盲流maang4 lau4(PRC) flow of people from the countryside into the cities
- 禪院sim4 jyun2Buddhist hall
- 洋桃joeng4 tou2(fruit) star fruit
- 釐定lei4 ding6to collate and stipulate
- 擰轉ning6 zyun3turn around
- 清寒cing1 hon4poor
- 顯示卡hin2 si6 kaat1graphics card
- 墨盒mak6 hap2ink cartridge
- 目擊者muk6 gik1 ze2eyewitness
- 盲毛maang4 mou4(noun) someone not sees things carelessly; someone cannot see
- 棟樑dung6 loeng4a column; the pillar
- 魚腐jyu4 fu6fish curd; fish tofu
- 旺舖wong6 pou3a popular shop; a shop in a bustling location with a busy flow of people
- 花旦faa1 daan2role of vivacious young female in Chinese opera
- 宏願wang4 jyun6great aspiration
- 契仔kai3 zai2(noun) an adopted son; a godson
- 含冤ham4 jyun1wronged
- 大姊daai6 zi2eldest sister
- 雙胞胎soeng1 baau1 toi1twin
- 盲眼maang4 ngaan5(adjective) blind; unseeing
- 你先nei5 sin1You first
- 湊巧cau3 haau2fortuitously
- 剃刀tai3 dou1razor
- 科索沃fo1 sok3 juk1Kosovo
- 面盆min6 pun2face washing basin
- 拿破崙naa4 po3 leon4Napoleon (name)
- 捨不得se2 bat1 dak1to hate to do sth
- 睇中tai2 zung3fancy; liking someone or something (spoken)
- 高跟鞋gou1 gan1 haai4high-heeled shoes
- 好睇hou2 tai2good-looking (Cantonese)
- 睇好tai2 hou2(verb) believe in;
- 逢迎fung4 jing4to fawn on
- 天文學tin1 man4 hok6astronomy
- 篤爆duk1 baau3to bust (spoken)
- 恰似hap1 ci5just like
- 在學zoi6 hok6(formal) to be at the stage of pursuing one's studies