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- 省稱saang2 cing1abbreviation
- 啓發kai2 faat3to inspire
- 子彈人zi2 daan2 jan4a man who ejaculates very quickly during sex [colloquial]
- 販夫faan3 fu1peddler
- 睡袍seoi6 pou4nightgown
- 煩擾faan4 jiu2to bother
- 礦物質kwong3 mat6 zat1mineral, esp. dietary mineral
- 遊樂園jau4 lok6 jyun4amusement park
- 慰勞wai3 lou4to show appreciation (by kind words, small gifts etc)
- 啓用kai2 jung6to start using; to come into use
- 戶口wu6 hau2population (counted as number of households for census or taxation)
- 喀麥隆haak3 mak6 lung4Cameroon
- 拉勻laai1 wan4to make even, to spread equally
- 發明家faat3 ming4 gaa1inventor
- 幽谷jau1 guk1deep valley
- 湯羹tong1 gang1a spoon for drinking soup
- 怒斥nou6 cik1to angrily rebuke
- 冇符mou5 fu4hopeless; at wit's end; nothing else can be done
- 鬱結wat1 git3to suffer from pent-up frustrations
- 節能zit3 nang4to conserve energy; to minimize energy consumption
- 面癱min6 taan2facial nerve paralysis
- 雄渾hung4 wan6vigorous
- 水髮seoi2 faat3hair-flinging, in Cantonese Opera, a circular swinging of the ponytail, expressing extreme sadness and frustration
- 二次ji6 ci3second (i.e. number two)
- 充饑cung1 gei1satisty one's hunger
- 水廁seoi2 ci3(noun) flushing toilet
- 餐巾caan1 gan1napkin
- 未水mei6 seoi2to submerge in water for short time
- 第三者dai6 saam1 ze2third party
- 省心saang2 sam1to cause no trouble
- 鹵味lou5 mei2variant of 滷味|卤味[lu3 wei4]
- 盲腸maang4 coeng2appendix (anatomy)
- 崖鷹ngaai4 jing1a sparrow hawk; a black kite (milvus migrans), a bird of prey
- 反仰faan2 joeng5lying down with face up
- 新澤西san1 zaak6 sai1New Jersey, US state
- 酬神cau4 san4to offer thanks to the gods
- 啄食doek3 sik6(of a bird) to peck at food
- 婦產科fu5 caan2 fo1department of gynecology and obstetrics
- 寬慰fun1 wai3to console
- 番茜faan1 sai1parsley
- 印尼語jan3 nei4 jyu5Indonesian language
- 老而不lou5 ji4 bat1a licentious old man
- 濕滯sap1 zai6gastrointestinal discomfort (adjective) (of situation) troublesome; knotty; messed up; thorny; unfortunate;
- 倒後dou3 hau6to move backwards; to back up; to reverse
- 自隊zi6 deoi2to finish off a certain amount of alcohol, as a punishment or as an action to show respect
- 歡暢fun1 coeng3happy
- 庶出syu3 ceot1born of a concubine (rather than of the wife)
- 傲氣ngou6 hei3air of arrogance
- 爽脆song2 ceoi3sharp and clear
- 鐵腕tit3 wun2iron fist (of the state)
- 大洋洲daai6 joeng4 zau1Oceania
- 穿煲cyun1 bou1(slang) fail to cover up a secret; to let a secret out; to have a secret exposed
- 四更sei3 gaang1fourth of the five night watch periods 01:00-03:00 (old)
- 正線zing3 sin3a kind of musical scale in traditional Cantonese music, equivalent to C major; literally: regular line
- 跟車gan1 ce1vehicle attendant
- 蒼涼cong1 loeng4desolate
- 領導層ling5 dou6 cang4ruling class
- 夏令營haa6 ling6 jing4summer camp
- 瑪瑙maa5 nou5cornelian (mineral)
- 駝鳥to4 niu5an ostrich
- 當透明dong3 tau3 ming4to treat someone as a nobody or irrelevant or unimportant [colloquial]
- 育嬰juk6 jing1to look after a baby
- 禾塘wo4 tong4(noun) a pond
- 香茅hoeng1 maau4lemongrass (Cymbopogon)
- 係呢hai5 ne1by the way
- 里數lei5 sou3mileage; number of miles
- 隸書dai6 syu1clerical script; official script (Chinese calligraphic style)
- 慢動作maan6 dung6 zok3(cinema) slow motion
- 一條龍jat1 tiu4 lung4lit. one dragon
- 一部份jat1 bou6 fan6A part
- 南北行naam4 bak1 hong2Nam Pei Hong, a Chinese herbal and medicinal chain in Hong Kong
- 立法會laap6 faat3 wui2legislative council
- 凍齡dung3 ling4to maintain a youthful appearance
- 保衞bou2 wai6Defend
- 青椒ceng1 ziu1Capsicum annuum
- 煙草jin1 cou2tobacco
- 亂葬崗lyun6 zong3 gong1unmarked burial mound; untended graveyard; mass grave
- 溼地sap1 dei6variant of 濕地|湿地[shi1 di4]
- 爆煲baau3 bou1(adj.)(v.) used when a secret is exposed; used when a person cannot tolerate something, such as stress, workload, debt etc, anymore; to go over the limit.
- 煲煙bou1 jin1to smoke
- 蛤蚧gaap3 gaai3tokay gecko (Gekko gecko), used in TCM
- 打搞daa2 gaau2(humble) to disturb; to trouble
- 嬰兒車jing1 ji4 ce1baby carriage
- 囚車cau4 ce1prisoner transport vehicle
- 心法sam1 faat3method or technique for cultivating specific skills
- 神諭san4 jyu6oracle
- 膠喉gaau1 hau4rubber or plastic hose
- 虧蝕kwai1 sik6Losses; to have a deficit
- 花蕊faa1 jeoi5stamen
- 巴哈馬baa1 haa1 maa5the Bahamas
- 皺紙zau3 zi2(noun) crepe paper
- 瓦煲ngaa5 bou1a clay pot
- 首度sau2 dou6first time
- 女廁neoi5 ci3women's restroom; women's toilet
- 乜人mat1 jan4what kind of person, every kind of person
- 腕足wun2 zuk1(zoology) tentacle
- 絨布jung4 bou3flannel
- 疑竇ji4 dau3(literary) doubts
- 不鏽鋼bat1 sau3 gong3stainless steel
- 乜水mat1 seoi2who
- 慰安婦wai3 on1 fu5comfort woman (woman or girl forced into sex slavery by the Japanese military 1937-1945) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 慰安婦 "ianfu")
- 戀棧lyun2 zaan2to be reluctant to give up a post
- 黑話haak1 waa2argot
- 駝背to4 bui3hunchbacked
- 卸除se3 ceoi4to remove; to get rid of
- 姑仔gu1 zai2little sister of husband; sister-in-law (spoken)
- 棄嬰hei3 jing1abandoned baby
- 拚爛pun3 laan2to give up on oneself and act recklessly; to write oneself off as hopeless and let oneself go
- 公主抱gung1 zyu2 pou5to carry sb the way grooms carry brides across the threshold
- 東道主dung1 dou6 zyu2host
- 沉吟cam4 jam4to mutter to oneself irresolutely
- 吟沉ngam4 cam4nagging; mumbling
- 地下鐵dei6 haa6 tit3underground mass transit; subway; metro
- 生厭sang1 jim3to disgust
- 稟神ban2 san4praying to God; muttering to oneself
- 膏蟹gou1 haai5female mud crab; crab with roe
- 集散地zaap6 saan3 dei6distribution center
- 宿疾suk1 zat6chronic ailment
- 同位素tung4 wai2 sou3isotope
- 出城ceot1 seng2to leave a city
- 妓寨gei6 zaai2brothel
- 啤灰be1 fui1to take heroin [colloquial]
- 大夥兒daai6 fo2 ji4a group of people together; everyone; everybody
- 土豆tou2 dau6potato
- 本地菜bun2 dei6 coi3(noun) local cuisine; or (slang) local girls
- 學車hok6 ce1to learn to drive
- 症候群zing3 hau6 kwan4(Tw) syndrome
- 教大gaau3 daai6abbreviation of The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK)
- 杏壇hang6 taan4(noun) the teaching profession
- 分式fan6 sik1(math.) fractional expression
- 姑母gu1 mou5father's sister
- 入稟jap6 ban2(HK) to file a lawsuit; to initiate legal proceedings
- 平均值ping4 gwan1 zik6average value
- 既有gei3 jau5existing
- 指住zi2 zyu6to point at
- 嘍囉lau4 lo4rank and file member of an outlaw gang
- 椅墊ji2 zin2(n.) a seat cushion.
- 梵蒂岡faan4 dai3 gong1the Vatican
- 吧檯baa1 toi2bar; counter (in a pub, bar, restaurant, or kitchen)
- 肚兜tou5 dau1undergarment covering the chest and abdomen
- 含羞ham4 sau1Shy
- 母公司mou5 gung1 si1parent company
- 慎密san6 mat6cautious
- 甲骨文gaap3 gwat1 man4oracle script
- 顯示屏hin2 si6 ping4display screen
- 人力車jan4 lik6 ce1rickshaw
- 煲劇bou1 kek6to binge watch drama
- 長面coeng4 min6a face that is long
- 紓解syu1 gaai2to relieve
- 稟報ban2 bou3to report (to one's superior)
- 巫婆mou4 po4witch
- 古城gu2 sing4ancient city
- 迅即seon3 zik1immediately
- 卸職se3 zik1to resign from office
- 白鴿baak6 gaap3pigeons; doves
- 惜身sek3 san1be sparing of one's body; to look after and care for one's body
- 獅子山si1 zi2 saan1(Tw) Sierra Leone
- 妙齡miu6 ling4(of a girl) in the prime of youth
- 點對點dim2 deoi3 dim2p2p (peer-to-peer)
- 卑職bei1 zik1I (as a lower level, such as when an employee talking to his supervisor)
- 誘捕jau5 bou6to trap (an animal); to lure (a suspect) into a trap
- 壯闊zong3 fut3grand
- 深圳河sam1 zan3 ho4Shenzhen or Shamchun river Guangdong, the border between Hong Kong new territories and PRC
- 奔喪ban1 song1to hasten home for the funeral of a parent or grandparent
- 飛蛾fei1 ngo4moth
- 米制mai5 zai3metric system
- 奸詐gaan1 zaa3treachery
- 碌地luk1 dei2roll on the floor (spoken)
- 晏覺aan3 gaau3(noun) an afternoon nap
- 哨子saau3 zi2whistle
- 防衛fong4 wai6to defend
- 萬子maan6 zi2(mahjong) maanzi (literally little ten-thousand) or character tile (as the numerals are expressed in characters), one of the three suits, with four tiles for each ten-thousand (i.e. from 一萬 one ten-thousand to 九萬 nine ten-thousands)
- 起錨hei2 naau4to weigh anchor
- 電機din6 gei1electrical machinery
- 瞳人tung4 jan4pupil (of the eye)
- 惆悵cau4 coeng3melancholy
- 猴擒hau4 kam4anxious (spoken)
- 扭擰nau2 ning6(adj.) to be very hesitant about doing something; uneasy due to nervousness; bashful
- 央求joeng1 kau4to implore
- 力矩lik6 geoi2torque
- 反殺faan2 saat3to respond to an assault by killing one's assailant
- 洞悉dung6 sik1to clearly understand
- 殷切jan1 cit3ardent
- 做乜zou6 mat1(verb) what are you doing?; (interrogative adverbs) why
- 笑死siu3 sei2to laugh uncontrollably
- 攬枕laam2 zam2a bolster pillow
- 幽靜jau1 zing6quiet
- 頭箍tau4 ku1headband
- 要脅jiu1 hip3to coerce; to threaten; to blackmail [written and colloquial]
- 大個女daai6 go3 neoi2adj.; grown up; Metaphor, "she knows the way to work". Others do not care or worry about her
- 蒙古包mung4 gu2 baau1yurt
- 老人院lou5 jan4 jyun2nursing home
- 第一手dai6 jat1 sau2first-hand
- 刁時diu1 si4deuce (sport)
- 三次元saam1 ci3 jyun4three-dimensional
- 移民局ji4 man4 guk2immigration office
- 鳥類niu5 leoi6birds
- 電磁波din6 ci4 bo1electromagnetic wave
- 割喉got3 hau4to slit sb's throat
- 扳手baan2 sau2spanner