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- 文面man4 min6to tattoo the face
- 四化sei3 faa3abbr. for 四個現代化|四个现代化[si4 ge4 xian4 dai4 hua4], Deng Xiaoping's four modernizations
- 集部zaap6 bou6non-canonical text
- 高追gou1 zeoi1to buy investment products at a high price compared to the historical data
- 變產bin3 caan2to sell off one's property
- 滋擾zi1 jiu2to cause trouble
- 集管zaap6 gun2header (of piping system)
- 兩極loeng5 gik6the two poles
- 產期caan2 kei4time of birth
- 防衞fong4 wai6defence
- 趁墟can3 heoi1(slang) to go to a flea market; to visit a street market; (phrasal verb) to join the fun
- 酒渦zau2 wo1variant of 酒窩|酒窝[jiu3 wo1]
- 轉科zyun2 fo1to change major (at college)
- 阿燦aa3 caan3Mainland Chinese (slang)
- 家聲gaa1 sing1reputation of the family
- 推動力teoi1 dung6 lik6driving force
- 白種人baak6 zung2 jan4(noun) Caucasian
- 奴役nou4 jik6to enslave
- 相離soeng1 lei4separate from each other
- 報格bou3 gaak3journalistic ethics
- 假狗gaa2 gau2dildo
- 負離子fu6 lei4 zi2negative ion
- 大名daai6 meng2see 大名縣|大名县[Da4 ming2 Xian4]
- 反接faan2 zip3trussed
- 長肉zoeng2 juk6to put on weight
- 驟忌zaau6 gei6taboo [colloquial]
- 飛機友fei1 gei1 jau2someone who always fails to keep an appointment
- 兼開gim1 hoi1also
- 精神科zing1 san4 fo1psychiatry
- 接髮zip3 faat3hair extensions
- 北半球bak1 bun3 kau4the Northern Hemisphere
- 圖層tou4 cang4layer (imaging)
- 鬼月gwai2 jyut6a nickname for the seventh month in the traditional agricultural calendar, literally ghost month
- 神體san4 tai2Godhead
- 食物鏈sik6 mat6 lin2food chain
- 娶老婆ceoi2 lou5 po4verb; to marry one as wife
- 內燃機noi6 jin4 gei1internal combustion engine
- 短打dyun2 daa2Bunt; short range sparring
- 前座cin4 zo6Front Seat
- 出邊ceot1 bin1outside
- 重型cung5 jing4heavy
- 亞原子aa3 jyun4 zi2subatomic
- 黑化hak1 faa3to blacken
- 布隆迪bou3 lung4 dik6Burundi
- 著意zoek6 ji3to act with diligent care
- 轉臉zyun2 lim5to turn one's head
- 場口coeng2 hau2venues such as bars, night clubs, triad headquarters [colloquial]
- 主力牆zyu2 lik6 coeng4load-bearing wall; structural wall
- 前情cin4 cing4former love
- 網槍mong5 coeng1net gun
- 愛迪生oi3 dik6 sang1Edison (name)
- 無局mou4 guk6non-vulnerable (in bridge)
- 電單車din6 daan1 ce1(noun) a motorbike; a motorcycle
- 新字體san1 zi6 tai2shinjitai, simplified Japanese character used since 1946
- 民法man4 faat3civil law
- 追想zeoi1 soeng2to recall
- 腳心goek3 sam1arch of the foot
- 快餐店faai3 caan1 dim3fast food shop
- 起意hei2 ji3to conceive a scheme
- 午餐會ng5 caan1 wui2luncheon
- 電教din6 gaau3multimedia education (abbr. for 電化教育|电化教育)
- 胚囊pui1 nong4(botany) embryo sac
- 英年jing1 nin4the prime of one's life
- 安息日on1 sik1 jat6Sabbath
- 班戟baan1 kik1pancake (a loanword)
- 啓蒙kai2 mung4to supply rudimentary knowledge
- 置喙zi3 fui3to offer an opinion
- 老牛lou5 ngau4an old cow or bull
- 鞍馬on1 maa5pommel horse (gymnastics)
- 下功夫haa6 gung1 fu1variant of 下工夫[xia4 gong1 fu5]
- 過山車gwo3 saan1 ce1roller coaster
- 扑嘢bok1 je5Slang for 'having sex'
- 陳書can4 syu1History of Chen of the Southern Dynasties, ninth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled by Yao Silian 姚思廉[Yao2 Si1 lian2] in 636 during Tang dynasty, 36 scrolls
- 意志力ji3 zi3 lik6willpower
- 讀書人duk6 syu1 jan4scholar; intellectual
- 豬肉乾zyu1 juk6 gon1pork jerky
- 孖展maa1 zin2margin (profit); security deposits; a merchant; foreign currency trading
- 留都lau4 dou1the old capital (after a move)
- 分頁fan1 jip6(computing) to insert a page break
- 天地堂tin1 dei6 tong4to have lessons very far apart with a big break in between, such as one early in the morning and the next one not till late in the afternoon [colloquial]
- 栓塞saan1 sak1(medicine) embolism
- 改轉goi2 zyun3to change into
- 格陵蘭gaak3 ling4 laan4Greenland
- 電容器din6 jung4 hei3capacitor
- 紅綠燈hung4 luk6 dang1traffic light
- 毛水mou4 seoi2colour of fur
- 佛得角fat6 dak1 gok3Cape Verde
- 卡數kaat1 sou3credit card debts
- 增產zang1 caan2to increase production
- 憐愛lin4 oi3to have tender affection for
- 杯子bui1 zi2cup
- 貶斥bin2 cik1to demote
- 義肢ji6 zi1artificial limb
- 唐蒿tong4 hou1Glebionis coronaria
- 讀書會duk6 syu1 wui2study group
- 香港仔hoeng1 gong2 zai2Aberdeen, a town situated in southern Hong Kong Island
- 寡淡gwaa2 daam6insipid
- 雲版wan4 baan2umpan, a flat metal gong; literally: cloud plate
- 下氣haa6 hei3calm the internal energy in Chinese medicine
- 咭片kaat1 pin2(noun) a name card; a business card
- 影相機jing2 soeng2 gei1(noun) a camera
- 街場gaai1 coeng4government-owned outdoor sports premises; free outdoor pitch and court; literally: street field
- 大砲daai6 paau3big gun
- 受取sau6 ceoi2to accept
- 清玩cing1 wun6a refined and elegant object for enjoyment
- 原動力jyun4 dung6 lik6motive force
- 下顎haa6 ngok6mandible (lower jaw)
- 山澗saan1 gaan3mountain stream
- 平沽peng4 gu1verb; sell it at a low
- 調走diu6 zau2transfer; move
- 走調zau2 diu6out of tune
- 四舊sei3 gau6the Four Olds (target of the Cultural Revolution)
- 準許zeon2 heoi2to allow; to permit; to grant
- 得戚dak1 cik1(adjective) self-righteous; smug; haughty
- 唔自然m4 zi6 jin4unnatural
- 約束力joek3 cuk1 lik6(of a contract) binding (law)
- 陪審員pui4 sam2 jyun4juror
- 武士刀mou5 si6 dou1katana
- 犧牲品hei1 sang1 ban2sacrificial victim
- 錶的biu1 dik1the winding crown on a watch
- 係噉hai6 gam2be this way, like this; that's it, that's all
- 秒差距miu5 caa1 keoi5parsec (astronomy)
- 電鍍din6 dou6to electroplate
- 世界仔sai3 gaai3 zai2(noun) a guy who is skillful and good at socializing; a man of the world, usually pejorative.
- 習性zaap6 sing3character acquired through long habit
- 短見dyun2 gin3short-sightedness; suicide (esp. in 尋短見|寻短见[xun2 duan3 jian4])
- 馬鞍山maa5 on1 saan1see 馬鞍山市|马鞍山市[Ma3 an1 shan1 Shi4]
- 揭秘kit3 bei3to reveal a secret
- 爛攤子laan6 taan1 zi2terrible mess; shambles
- 等邊dang2 bin1equilateral
- 茄汁ke2 zap1tomato sauce
- 西史sai1 si2Western history; world history; usually referring to the subject taught in schools
- 牌匾paai4 bin2board (attached to a wall)
- 帶調daai3 diu6to have a tone mark
- 正球zing3 kau4Pre-play finish and the game start.
- 手推車sau2 teoi1 ce1trolley
- 沽空gu1 hung1(finance) to short sell
- 鄉頭hoeng1 tau2leader of a rural village or rural village alliance
- 追比zeoi1 bei2to flog
- 後衛hau6 wai6rear guard
- 推問teoi1 man6to interrogate
- 滿足感mun5 zuk1 gam2sense of satisfaction
- 着火zoek6 fo2to catch fire; to be on fire
- 蓄電池cuk1 din6 ci4secondary (rechargeable) battery; accumulator; storage cell
- 久已gau2 ji5long ago
- 佛手柑fat6 sau2 gam1Buddha's hand; fingered citron (Citrus medica var. sarcodactylis)
- 大器daai6 hei3very capable person
- 周不時zau1 bat1 si4every once in a while
- 班馬baan1 maa5to call for back up; to call for followers to come and help
- 白羊座baak6 joeng4 zo6Aries (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
- 三點三saam1 dim2 saam1three point three; a quarter past three, which also means afternoon tea
- 僅次gan2 ci3to be second only to something
- 文化中心man4 faa3 zung1 sam1the Cultural Centre
- 啤啤bi1 bi1Teddy bear; to drink beer with friends
- 鐵道tit3 dou6railway line
- 三級片saam1 kap1 pin2third category movie (containing sexual or violent content)
- 條毛tiu4 mou4used to negate preceding verbs or adjectives and sometimes to ridicule; literally: a fur / hair
- 毛條mou4 tiu4wool top, semiprocessed raw wool
- 蠔油hou4 jau4oyster sauce
- 牟取mau4 ceoi2to gain profit (by underhand means)
- 聰敏cung1 man5bright; sharp; quick-witted
- 胡說wu4 syut3to talk nonsense
- 防腐劑fong4 fu6 zai1preservative
- 外戚ngoi6 cik1(historical) consort kin
- 腳制goek3 zai3pedal
- 腳法goek3 faat3footwork skills or foot position of any kinds of sports and martial arts using legs, but mostly used to refer to soccer skills, particularly dribbling and twisting skills
- 掛圖gwaa3 tou4wall chart
- 十二碼sap6 ji6 maa512-yard (sports)
- 阿難aa3 naan4Prince Ananda, cousin of the Buddha and his closest disciple
- 作實zok3 sat6to confirm
- 圭亞那gwai1 aa3 naa4Guyana
- 通約tung1 joek3common measure
- 不外乎bat1 ngoi6 fu4nothing else but
- 保險箱bou2 him2 soeng1safe deposit box; safe
- 鬼國gwai2 gwok3underworld; figuratively, awful country of thugs
- 三號saam1 hou6typhoon signal number 3, a warning from the Hong Kong Observatory that a tropical cyclone is expected to come near enough to Hong Kong to cause strong winds
- 落幕lok6 mok6the curtain drops
- 褒義bou1 ji6commendatory sense
- 往歲wong5 seoi3in former years
- 灼熱coek3 jit6burning hot; scorching
- 誦經zung6 ging1to chant the sutras
- 戰神zin3 san4god of war
- 遠山jyun5 saan1distant mountains
- 死對頭sei2 deoi3 tau4arch-enemy
- 孖必maa1 bit1two police officers on the beat
- 熱頭jit6 tau2the sun
- 更年期gang1 nin4 kei4menopause
- 拿獲naa4 wok6to capture
- 鳩笠gau1 lap1a condom [colloquial]
- 迫鈕baak1 nau2a snap button;a snap fastener; a press stud; a popper
- 淡化daam6 faa3to water down
- 離合器lei4 hap6 hei3clutch (mechanics)
- 蒼翠cong1 ceoi3verdant
- 閏日jeon6 jat6intercalary day; leap day
- 好相與hou2 soeng1 jyu5(adjective) kind; likeable; amiable; good-natured; genial
- 啡色fe1 sik1brown
- 官子gun1 zi2endgame (in go)
- 一十jat1 sap6The whole thing
- 以示ji5 si6to express something through action or words
- 身後事san1 hau6 si6matters to attend to after sb's death (esp. funeral arrangements)