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- 疲累pei4 leoi6tired
- 保險套bou2 him2 tou3condom
- 叩頭kau3 tau4to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground)
- 活期wut6 kei4(banking) current (account)
- 老脾lou5 pei2tantrum; emotional outbreak (spoken)
- 打字機daa2 zi6 gei1typewriter
- 天然呆tin1 jin4 ngoi4(loanword from Japanese "tennen boke") space cadet
- 雙曲線soeng1 kuk1 sin3hyperbola
- 檯頭toi2 tau4desk top
- 子機zi2 gei1a slave machine in a master-slave setting
- 機子gei1 zi2machine
- 囚籠cau4 lung4cage used to hold or transport prisoners
- 咖啡因gaa3 fe1 jan1caffeine (loanword)
- 學家hok6 gaa1scholar
- 午宴ng5 jin3lunch banquet
- 安圖on1 tou4see 安圖縣|安图县[An1 tu2 Xian4]
- 喝茶hot3 caa4to drink tea
- 區畫keoi1 waak6subdivision (e.g. of provinces into counties)
- 小家種siu2 gaa1 zung2stingy; narrow-minded (spoken)
- 護城河wu6 sing4 ho4moat (surrounding the city wall)
- 蚌精pong5 zeng1the female sexual organ [colloquial]
- 旋轉門syun4 zyun2 mun4revolving door
- 占卦zim1 gwaa3Chinese fortune telling; to foresee, to predict
- 協議書hip3 ji5 syu1contract
- 包種baau1 zung2pre-fermented starter; mother dough (?)
- 孖女maa1 neoi2twin (girls)
- 乾包gon1 baau1dried jackfruit
- 個兒go3 ji4size
- 化水faa3 seoi2ink spreading on paper; to turn into water, meaning to lose one's possession
- 纖體cim1 tai2to get a slender figure
- 第九dai6 gau2(adjective) the ninth; to describe one's ability as poor; (of person) useless
- 約戰joek3 zin3to invite someone to be a rival in a fight or competition
- 台州toi1 zau1see 台州市[Tai1 zhou1 Shi4]
- 廣播劇gwong2 bo3 kek6radio drama
- 葉子jip6 zi2leaf (CL:片[pian4])
- 包書baau1 syu1to wrap book covers for protection
- 義會ji6 wui2rotating savings and credit association
- 猜嘢caa1 je5thousand dollars
- 為生wai4 sang1to make a living
- 自信心zi6 seon3 sam1self-confidence
- 服務費fuk6 mou6 fai3service charge
- 包住baau1 zyu6to envelop
- 夜裏je6 leoi5At night; during the night
- 大球daai6 kau4sports such as soccer, basketball and volleyball that use large balls
- 司鐸si1 dok6priest
- 差使caai1 sai2to send
- 工作坊gung1 zok3 fong1workshop; atelier; studio
- 核實hat6 sat6to verify; to check
- 比畫bei2 waak6variant of 比劃|比划[bi3 hua5]
- 受獎sau6 zoeng2being awarded
- 名節ming4 zit3reputation and integrity
- 超音速ciu1 jam1 cuk1supersonic
- 褪後tan3 hau6to move backwards; to reverse; to retreat
- 兵工廠bing1 gung1 cong2munitions factory
- 安卓on1 coek3Android (operating system for mobile devices)
- 檀香taan4 hoeng1sandalwood
- 格網gaak3 mong5(math.) lattice
- 街外gaai1 ngoi6outside
- 南極洲naam4 gik6 zau1Antarctica
- 派定paai3 ding6to believe
- 變文bin3 man4a popular form of narrative literature flourishing in the Tang Dynasty (618-907) with alternate prose and rhymed parts for recitation and singing (often on Buddhist themes)
- 聽差ting1 caai1attendant; footman; servant
- 死力sei2 lik6weak force
- 鎖匙so2 si4(dialect) key
- 北水bak1 seoi2mainland capital, especially investment in Hong Kong stock market
- 拜天地baai3 tin1 dei6to worship heaven and earth
- 協約國hip3 joek3 gwok3Allies
- 氧化物joeng5 faa3 mat6oxide
- 台語toi4 jyu5Taiwanese Hokkien (aka Taiwanese Minnan, or simply Taiwanese)
- 功夫茶gung1 fu1 caa4very concentrated type of tea drunk in Chaozhou, Fujian and Taiwan
- 成人之美sing4 jan4 zi1 mei5(idiom) beauty of helping others succeed; act of helping sb fulfill their wish
- 毒氣duk6 hei3poison gas
- 盤子pun4 zi2tray
- 流星雨lau4 sing1 jyu5meteor shower
- 狗王gau2 wong4a patrol who is in charge of catching out illegal street hawkers [colloquial]
- 洩漏sit3 lau6(of a liquid or gas) to leak
- 枉死wong2 sei2to die in tragic circumstances
- 撚雀nan2 zoek2breeding birds
- 四合院sei3 hap6 jyun2courtyard house with a fully enclosed courtyard (type of Chinese residence)
- 禮拜堂lai5 baai3 tong4chapel
- 聽過teng1 gwo3to know (about something); to have heard of; to have come across the mention of something
- 蓮藕lin4 ngau5lotus root
- 世侄sai3 zat6sons of friends
- 長週coeng4 zau1short weekend, referring to shift plans; literally "long week"
- 二獎ji6 zoeng2second prize (of a lucky draw, lottery, etc.)
- 潤滑油jeon6 waat6 jau2lubricating oil
- 浣熊wun2 hung4raccoon (Procyon lotor)
- 中山裝zung1 saan1 zong1Chinese tunic suit, a jacket style introduced by Sun Yat-sen 孫中山|孙中山[Sun1 Zhong1 shan1] and often worn by Mao Zedong
- 烘托hung3 tok3background (of a painting)
- 接更zip3 gang1to change shifts; to take over one's duty from the previous shift
- 性取向sing3 ceoi2 hoeng3sexual orientation
- 私家車si1 gaa1 ce1private car
- 街站gaai1 zaam6street counter
- 耿直gang2 zik6honest; frank; candid
- 半自動bun3 zi6 dung6semiautomatic
- 催淚彈ceoi1 leoi6 daan2tear bomb
- 重災區cung5 zoi1 keoi1area particularly hard-hit by a disaster
- 守寡sau2 gwaa2to live as widow
- 紓緩syu1 wun4to relax
- 受格sau6 gaak3objective
- 爵祿zoek3 luk6rank and emolument of nobility
- 石綿sek6 min4variant of 石棉[shi2 mian2]
- 病號beng6 hou6sick personnel
- 雙語soeng1 jyu5bilingual
- 面頭min2 tau4on top
- 表述biu2 seot6to express; to articulate; to formulate
- 之故zi1 gu3for the reason of; due to
- 古跡gu2 zik1relic of ancient times; historic monuments
- 廉恥lim4 ci2honor and shame
- 頭目tau4 muk6ringleader
- 獻媚hin3 mei4to ingratiate oneself with
- 轉瞬間zyun2 seon3 gaan1a moment later; in the blink of an eye
- 短多dyun2 do1good prospects in the short term (finance)
- 部頭bou6 tau2length of a book
- 年宵nin4 siu1noun; Lunar New Year
- 籃球場laam4 kau4 coeng4basketball court
- 兩清loeng5 cing1to square accounts (between borrower and lender or between buyer and seller)
- 房租fong4 zou1rent for a room or house
- 安眠藥on1 min4 joek6sleeping pill
- 用藥jung6 joek6to take or apply medicine
- 中局zung1 guk6middle game (in go or chess)
- 一剎那jat1 saat3 naa5a moment
- 着實zoek6 sat6in fact; actually; indeed
- 寢具cam2 geoi6bedding
- 打槍daa2 coeng1to fire a gun
- 衰咗seoi1 zo2failed (spoken)
- 東帝汶dung1 dai3 man4Timor-Leste (East Timor)
- 先師sin1 si1one's late teacher
- 向著hoeng3 zoek6towards
- 母親節mou5 can1 zit3Mother's Day
- 簡體字gaan2 tai2 zi6simplified Chinese character, as opposed to traditional Chinese character 繁體字|繁体字[fan2 ti3 zi4]
- 烏欖wu1 laam2black olive (Canarium tramdenum)
- 位值wai2 zik6(math.) place value
- 髮包faat3 baau1bun hair extension
- 南蘇丹naam4 sou1 daan1South Sudan
- 跟包gan1 baau1to work as footman
- 角落頭gok3 lok1 tau2(slang) corner; at the corner
- 跑數paau2 sou3to exert maximum effort to meet a quota/sales target
- 拉活laai1 wut6(northern dialect) to pick up a fare (as a taxi driver)
- 他表taa1 biu1multimeter
- 有分數jau5 fan1 sou3(slang) to know what to do; to know how to handle a situation;
- 阿水aa3 seoi2who
- 火星文fo2 sing1 man4lit. Martian language
- 喜鵲hei2 zoek3magpie
- 汗腺hon6 sin3sweat gland
- 通去tung1 heoi3to lead to
- 昏庸fan1 jung4muddleheaded
- 另一方面ling6 jat1 fong1 min6on the other hand
- 聽清teng1 cing1to hear clearly
- 口乾hau2 gon1mouth feeling dry
- 談笑taam4 siu3to chat and laugh
- 到肉dou3 juk6to hit the key point; to target at the essence
- 追和zeoi1 wo4to score an equaliser; to gain more points and match the score of the opponent
- 周書zau1 syu1History of Zhou of the Northern Dynasties, twelfth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Linghu Defen 令狐德棻[Ling2 hu2 De2 fen1] in 636 during Tang Dynasty, 50 scrolls
- 發牢騷faat3 lou4 sou1to whine
- 指南針zi2 naam4 zam1compass
- 單幹daan1 gon3to work on one's own
- 碌葛luk1 got3(noun) sucker; idiot; stupid or dumb person
- 和局wo4 guk6draw
- 匿埋nei1 maai4(verb) to hide;
- 小記siu2 gei3a humble form of self-address of journalist
- 展覽館zin2 laam5 gun2exhibition hall
- 故去gu3 heoi3(euphemism) to pass away; to die
- 大球場daai6 kau4 coeng4noun; literally is "big stadium", the abbreviation or nickname used in Hong Kong for Hong Kong Stadium
- 連綿lin4 min4continuous
- 倒褪dou3 tan3to go back, move back, become worse; not doing things in order
- 團花tyun4 faa1rounded embroidery design
- 闌尾laan4 mei5appendix
- 大年初一daai6 nin4 co1 jat1Lunar New Year's Day
- 解説gaai2 syut3explain
- 私底下si1 dai2 haa6privately
- 無緣mou4 jyun4to have no opportunity
- 生麪saang1 min6a kind of Chinese noodles which are not fried
- 忽然間fat1 jin4 gaan1adv; suddenly; all of a sudden; in an instant
- 浴巾juk6 gan1bath towel
- 含蕉ham4 ziu1to suck dick [colloquial]
- 王五wong4 ng5Wang Wu, name for an unspecified person, third of a series of three: 張三|张三[Zhang1 San1], 李四[Li3 Si4], 王五 Tom, Dick and Harry
- 救市gau3 si5market rescue (by central bank)
- 竄擾cyun3 jiu2to invade and harass
- 疲弱pei4 joek6tired
- 傳報cyun4 bou3notification
- 轉按zyun3 on3to remortgage
- 向隅hoeng3 jyu6(lit.) to face the corner
- 有平jau5 peng4to be available at a bargain price; to be on sale; to have a discount
- 行政區劃hang4 zing3 keoi1 waak6administrative subdivision
- 說謊syut3 fong1to lie
- 揩草haai1 cou2to take marijuana; to be high on weed
- 加設gaa1 cit3to set up a new post or a new team
- 二進制ji6 zeon3 zai3binary system (math.)
- 售貨員sau6 fo3 jyun4sales clerk; sales associate; retail salesperson
- 特大dak6 daai6exceptionally big
- 樽頸zeon1 geng2bottle-neck
- 寫真集se2 zan1 zaap6photobook (loanword from Japanese), generally sexy portraits of an actress or model
- 罪惡感zeoi6 ok3 gam2feeling of guilt
- 肉地juk6 dei2(often of females) chubby
- 孖仔maa1 zai2twins (boys)
- 心事重重sam1 si6 cung4 cung4to have a lot on one's mind
- 總論zung2 leon6(often used in book or chapter titles) general introduction; overview
- 屍骸si1 haai4corpse
- 詞法ci4 faat3morphology (linguistics)