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- 艱險gaan1 him2difficult and dangerous
- 著邊zoek6 bin1relevant
- 噉就gam2 zau6then so…
- 魚竿jyu4 gon1fishing rod
- 後生女hau6 saang1 neoi2(noun) a young lady; a young girl
- 三點水saam1 dim2 seoi2name of "water" radical 氵[shui3] in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85)
- 蜜柑mat6 gam1mandarin orange
- 坐檯co5 toi2to work sitting with the customers at the tables in a nightclub (rather than as a waitress, etc.). Literally: to sit at tables
- 浴袍juk6 pou4bathrobe
- 敘事zeoi6 si6to narrate; to recount
- 遺蹟wai4 zik1historical remains; historical site; relic
- 嫡子dik1 zi2son, esp. the eldest son, of the wife (contrasted with 庶子[shu4 zi3])
- 拍卡paak3 kaat1to tap a card on a card reader
- 收啦sau1 laa1short hand for 收皮啦, to tell people to shut up / get lost
- 極致gik6 zi3peak
- 交由gaau1 jau4to hand over (responsibility for sth) to (sb)
- 龍種lung4 zung2emperor's offspring
- 一草jat1 cou2ten dollars
- 天大tin1 daai6gargantuan
- 佢哋keoi5 dei6(pronoun) they
- 腳車goek3 ce1bicycle [written]
- 閏年jeon6 nin4leap year
- 型格jing4 gaak3stylish; aesthetically pleasant yet unique by nature
- 正意zing3 ji3sense (in DNA)
- 着意zoek6 ji3to act with care and effort; to take pains
- 他調taa1 tiu4(of a lifestyle or working environment) leisurely; unhurried; relaxed; pressure-free; undemanding
- 海水魚hoi2 seoi2 jyu2saltwater fish
- 同盟國tung4 mang4 gwok3allied nation
- 核武hat6 mou5nuclear weapon
- 咕哩gu1 lei1unskilled labour; coolie
- 撻着taat1 zoek6to start a car; to hit it off with someone
- 非份fei1 fan6variant of 非分[fei1 fen4]
- 纖腰cim1 jiu1slender waistline
- 義學ji6 hok6free school (old)
- 歧見kei4 gin3disagreement
- 過來人gwo3 loi4 jan4an experienced person
- 傳誦cyun4 zung6widely known
- 神科san4 fo1university slang: competitive university programme with high admission scores
- 裸泳lo2 wing6to swim naked; to skinny-dip
- 假分數gaa2 fan1 sou3improper fraction (with numerator ≥ denominator, e.g. seven fifths)
- 糠耳hong2 ji5dry ear
- 造物主zou6 mat6 zyu2the Creator (in religion or mythology)
- 穿幫cyun1 bong1(TV or movie) blooper
- 蝌蚪fo1 dau2tadpole
- 蠶蟲caam4 cung2silkworm
- 惹麻煩je5 maa4 faan4to create difficulties; to be troublesome; to invite trouble
- 外祖母ngoi6 zou2 mou5mother's mother
- 唔記得m4 gei3 dak1forget (spoken)
- 及物kap6 mat6transitive (grammar)
- 羅剎lo4 saat3demon in Buddhism
- 連片lin4 pin3forming a continuous sheet
- 打小人daa2 siu2 jan2a Chinese custom akin to a Voodoo doll, where a person can hire someone to use a wooden block or shoe to hit a man-shaped piece of paper with another person's name and birth date (or other details) on it, believing that it can curse one's enemy with bad luck
- 子產zi2 caan2Zi Chan (?-522 BC), statesman and philosopher during the Spring and Autumn period
- 憤青fan5 cing1angry youth – highly nationalistic young Chinese people (abbr. for 憤怒青年|愤怒青年[feng4 nu4 qing1 nian2]) (neologism c. 1970s)
- 乜滯mat1 zai6not; not too (spoken)
- 報夢bou3 mung6a deceased person or a spirit appearing in somebody's dream; some believe that it is a channel for the spirits to convey some information to the living
- 大哥大daai6 go1 daai6cell phone (bulky, early-model one); brick phone
- 陳米can4 mai5old rice (typically stored for over a year)
- 直觀zik6 gun1direct observation
- 核准hat6 zeon2to authorize
- 追還zeoi1 waan4to recover (lost property or money)
- 今歲gam1 seoi3(literary) this year
- 致命傷zi3 ming6 soeng1mortal wound
- 嫖妓piu4 gei6to visit a prostitute
- 哺蛋bou6 daan2to hatch an egg
- 紅魔鬼hung4 mo1 gwai2Red Devils, nickname of Manchester United Football Club
- 親中can1 zung1pro-China; especially pro-Beijing or pro-Chinese-Communist
- 推心teoi1 sam1to treat sincerely
- 孖鋪maa1 pou1sleepover (slang)
- 淵痛jyun1 tung3painful from within
- 口頭禪hau2 tau4 sim4Zen saying repeated as cant
- 潑水節put3 seoi2 zit3Songkran (Thai New Year)
- 讀頭duk6 tau4reading head (e.g. in tape deck)
- 牛性ngau4 sing3mulishness
- 活性wut6 sing3(chemistry) activity
- 內室noi6 sat1inner room
- 捲帶gyun2 daai2tape
- 鱸魚lou4 jyu2bass
- 破日po3 jat2unlucky day in the lunar calendar, especially not suitable for establishment or harvest
- 行人路haang4 jan4 lou6(noun) pedestrian paths; pedestrian walkway; sidewalk; pavement; footpath
- 選擇題syun2 zaak6 tai4multiple-choice question
- 煙火jin1 fo2smoke and fire
- 歧義kei4 ji6ambiguity
- 轉產zyun2 caan2to change production
- 桐油tung4 jau4tung oil, from the Japanese wood-oil tree Aleurites cordata, used in making lacquer
- 浸豬籠zam3 zyu1 lung4to drown sb in a wicker basket, a form of 沉潭[chen2 tan2]
- 假令gaa2 ling6if
- 塞舌爾coi3 sit3 ji5the Seychelles
- 幫教bong1 gaau3to mentor
- 種塊zung2 faai3seed tuber
- 閏月jeon6 jyut6intercalary month in the lunar calendar
- 接報zip3 bou3to receive a report, especially one directed to the police
- 投水tau4 seoi2to suicide by jumping into sea or river
- 藥劑師joek6 zai1 si1pharmacist
- 投生tau4 sang1reborn (of departed spirit)
- 公室gung1 sat1office (room)
- 蠶豆caam4 dau2broad bean (Vicia faba); fava bean
- 十三么sap6 saam1 jiu1terminal tiles, a type of winning hand in game of Mahjong
- 提爾tai4 ji5Tyre (Lebanon)
- 路邊雞lou6 bin1 gai1a streetwalker prostitute [colloquial]
- 潛水員cim4 seoi2 jyun4diver
- 錄音筆luk6 jam1 bat1voice recorder (handheld digital device)
- 壞種waai6 zung2bad kind
- 關格gwaan1 gaak3blocked or painful urination, constipation and vomiting (Chinese medicine)
- 闌干laan4 gon1(literary) crisscross
- 箱子soeng1 zi2suitcase
- 非金屬fei1 gam1 suk6nonmetal (chemistry)
- 死寂sei2 zik6deathly stillness
- 地球儀dei6 kau4 ji4globe
- 溫室wan1 sat1greenhouse
- 傳真機cyun4 zan1 gei1fax machine
- 白話文baak6 waa2 man4writings in the vernacular
- 跟腳gan1 goek3to feet the feet perfectly
- 傳電cyun4 din6to transmit electricity
- 李四lei5 sei3Li Si, name for an unspecified person, second of a series of three: 張三|张三[Zhang1 San1], 李四, 王五[Wang2 Wu3] Tom, Dick and Harry
- 神格san4 gaak3Godhead
- 中性zung1 sing3neutral
- 老視lou5 si6presbyopia
- 瀨粉laai5 fan2thick vermicelli made out of rice powder
- 紐倫堡nau2 leon4 bou2Nuremberg, town in Bavaria, Germany
- 藍精靈laam4 zing1 ling4the Smurfs
- 便溺bin6 nik1to urinate or defecate
- 全取cyun4 ceoi2take all
- 化德faa3 dak1see 化德縣|化德县[Hua4 de2 Xian4]
- 言重jin4 zung6to speak seriously
- 選讀syun2 duk6to choose to take (a subject)
- 在身zoi6 san1to possess
- 効力haau6 lik6to work for
- 大偈daai6 gai2chief officer (seaman)
- 狗官gau2 gun1a derogatory term for corrupt, incompetent, or morally reprehensible officials
- 潤滑劑jeon6 waat6 zai1lubricant
- 是非根si6 fei1 gan1lit. root of trouble, meaning male's genitals
- 處女作cyu5 neoi5 zok3first publication; maiden work
- 恒星hang4 sing1star (luminous celestial body)
- 炒股票caau2 gu2 piu3to speculate in stocks
- 隱患jan2 waan6a danger concealed within sth
- 淘寶tou4 bou2Taobao, a Chinese online shopping website (abbr. for 淘寶網|淘宝网[Tao2 bao3 Wang3])
- 活火山wut6 fo2 saan1active volcano
- 搖櫓jiu4 lou5to scull (with a single oar, usually mounted on the stern of the boat)
- 消防局siu1 fong4 guk2fire department
- 阿布aa3 bou3transliteration coined by Australian Cantonese speakers, from 'Aborigine' in English
- 攻擊力gung1 gik1 lik6potential for attack
- 愛琴海oi3 kam4 hoi2Aegean Sea
- 美短mei5 dyun2American shorthair
- 貼生tip3 sang1male supporting actor in a Chinese opera
- 走後門zau2 hau6 mun2(lit.) to enter through the back door
- 體團tai2 tyun4community
- 卡通片kaa1 tung1 pin2(noun) cartoon
- 新式san1 sik1new style; latest type
- 洞察力dung6 caat3 lik6insight
- 黃六wong4 luk6swindler, cheat, fraud; literally: wong six
- 喉鉗hau4 kim2spanner
- 複聽fuk1 ting1double hearing
- 雇員gu3 jyun4employee
- 離教lei4 gaau3to leave a religion; to deconvert
- 神經質san4 ging1 zat1nervous
- 蛆蟲zeoi1 cung4maggot
- 家豬gaa1 zyu1domestic pig
- 傲嬌ngou6 giu1(coll.) presenting as unfriendly and blunt, but warm and tender inside (loanword from Japanese "tsundere")
- 搏懵bok3 mung2(verb) to take benefits or advantages in a chaotic situation; (of stranger in a chaotic situation) to paw
- 賽車手coi3 ce1 sau2racing driver
- 籠子lung4 zi2cage; basket; container
- 除子ceoi4 zi2divisor (math.)
- 泳灘wing6 taan1beach for swimming
- 拗口aau2 hau2hard to pronounce; awkward-sounding
- 有幾何jau5 gei2 ho2seldomly
- 悍然hon5 jin4outrageous
- 核彈hat6 daan2nuclear bomb
- 兩點水loeng5 dim2 seoi2name of the "ice" radical 冫[bing1] in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 15)
- 瀨屎laai6 si2(verb) to poo
- 絆腳石bun6 goek3 sek6stumbling block
- 代謝doi6 ze6replacement
- 色號sik1 hou4shade (of lipstick etc); color option
- 闔家hap6 gaa1variant of 合家[he2 jia1]
- 提包tai4 baau1handbag
- 投殺tau4 saat3(sports) (cricket) to bowl a batsman out
- 灶窟zou3 fat1stovetop burner
- 大戶daai6 wu6great family
- 見面禮gin3 min6 lai5gift given to sb when meeting them for the first time
- 流會lau4 wui2(of meetings) to be adjourned or to fail to be convened for a lack of quorum
- 血小板hyut3 siu2 baan2blood platelet
- 噉樣gam2 joeng2(phrase
- 三點式saam1 dim2 sik1Bikini
- 基本功gei1 bun2 gung1basic skills
- 樂見lok6 gin3to be pleased to see (a circumstance, occurrence etc); to look favorably on
- 詞頭ci4 tau4prefix
- 叩謝kau3 ze6to express one's sincere gratitude by kowtow
- 差派caai1 paai3to dispatch
- 貪靚taam1 leng3liking as of appearance (spoken)
- 壁咚bik1 dung1(slang) to kabedon; to corner (sb in whom one has a romantic interest) against a wall (loanword from Japanese 壁ドン "kabedon")
- 精悍zing1 hon5(of a person) lean, tough and capable
- 台獨toi4 duk6Taiwan independence
- 拗數aau3 sou3disputes; conflicts
- 射手se6 sau2archer
- 俊俏zeon3 ciu3attractive and intelligent
- 全然cyun4 jin4completely
- 港臺gong2 toi4Hong Kong and Taiwan
- 降落傘gong3 lok6 saan3parachute
- 紅提hung4 tai4red grape
- 水豚seoi2 tyun4capybara