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- 寄托gei3 tok3to entrust something abstract of great importance to another person or thing, such as a dream or one's feelings
- 蝦餃haa1 gaau2prawn dumplings
- 喉欖hau4 laam2adam's apple
- 無言mou4 jin4to remain silent
- 走題zau2 tai4to get off the main topic
- 劊子手kui2 zi2 sau2executioner
- 着眼zoek6 ngaan5to have something in mind; to see, view or consider from the angle of
- 雙性戀soeng1 sing3 lyun2bisexual
- 尖鋭zim1 jeoi6sharp
- 命相ming6 soeng3horoscope
- 不在bat1 zoi6not to be present
- 竹笙zuk1 sang1bamboo fungus
- 天蠍座tin1 kit3 zo6Scorpio or Scorpius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
- 敢問gam2 man6dare ask
- 下修haa6 sau1to revise downward
- 核對hat6 deoi3to check
- 中的zung1 dik1to hit the target
- 調較tiu4 gaau3to adjust; to fix
- 上緊soeng6 gan2approximately; about; reaching
- 淘汰賽tou4 taai3 coi3a knockout competition
- 獨木舟duk6 muk6 zau1dugout
- 賀咭ho6 kaat1greeting cards [colloquial]
- 樟腦zoeng1 nou5camphor
- 升華sing1 waa4to sublimate
- 兩造loeng5 zou6both parties (to a lawsuit)
- 印刷品jan3 caat3 ban2printed products
- 重兼zung6 gim1and also; plus; moreover;
- 本題bun2 tai4the subject under discussion
- 有人jau5 jan4someone
- 薯餅syu4 beng2hash browns
- 撈世界lou1 sai3 gaai3(slang) to make a living; to earn a living (usually a relatively poor one, muddling along
- 極力子gik6 lik1 zi2the clutch in a car
- 老鼠貨lou5 syu2 fo3(slang) stolen goods
- 摩擦力mo1 caat3 lik6friction
- 偷腥tau1 seng1to cheat on one's spouse
- 大鑊daai6 wok6something seriously bad that has happened; "bugger" (exclamation)
- 無啦啦mou4 laa1 laa1(adverb) unreasonably; suddenly; unexpectedly
- 低頭族dai1 tau4 zuk6smartphone addicts
- 番薯faan1 syu2(dialect) sweet potato
- 紀實gei2 sat6record of actual events
- 擢樣cok3 joeng2to forcefully put on facial expressions and poses to try and make oneself appear more cool
- 太平山taai3 ping4 saan1Tai Ping Shan, aka Victoria Peak, the highest peak on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong
- 座檯zo6 toi2tabletop
- 流別lau4 bit6branch (of a river)
- 出菜ceot1 coi3(at a restaurant) to bring a dish to a customer
- 轉船zyun2 syun4to transfer ships
- 拉雞laai1 gai1to pull the hammer before firing a gun
- 滿門mun5 mun4the whole family
- 跑調paau2 diu6to be off-key or out of tune (while singing) (colloquial)
- 都城dou1 sing4capital city
- 水飯seoi2 faan6cooked rice soaked with water ----
- 豆腐乾dau6 fu6 gon1see 豆干[dou4 gan1]
- 書聖syu1 sing3great calligraphy master
- 螢光jing4 gwong1Taiwan variant of 熒光|荧光[ying2 guang1]
- 打鑊daa2 wok6verb; beat up
- 豬玀zyu1 lo1(dialect) pig; swine
- 命數ming6 sou3fate; destiny
- 陳化can4 faa3to age; to mature (wine, tea, cheese etc)
- 頭掂tau4 dim6well-organized
- 熱層jit6 cang4(meteorology) thermosphere
- 還嘴waan4 zeoi2to retort
- 春茗ceon1 ming5noun; New Year banquet, spring dinner
- 入邊jap6 bin1in; inside
- 開鑊hoi1 wok6rape (slang)
- 戰列艦zin3 lit6 laam6battleship
- 藥膳joek6 sin6medicinal cuisine
- 古惑仔gu2 waak6 zai2gangster
- 跟身gan1 san1to take with oneself
- 打掂daa2 dim6to erect vertically, standing
- 中華民國zung1 waa4 man4 gwok3Republic of China
- 得掂dak1 dim6able to handle, able to finish; will do
- 傾偈king1 gai2(verb) to chitchat; to chat; to talk
- 沙蟬saa1 sim4cicada
- 條鐵tiu4 tit3used to negate preceding verbs or adjectives and sometimes to ridicule; literally: a bar of iron
- 對板deoi3 baan2meeting expectations; satisfactory
- 點唱dim2 coeng3to request a song (by audience, typically used for radio public broadcast channels)
- 長空coeng4 hung1(literary) the vast sky
- 珊瑚礁saan1 wu4 ziu1coral reef
- 共產主義gung6 caan2 zyu2 ji6communism
- 教座gaau3 zo6bishop's seat
- 幾鬼gei2 gwai2very; quite
- 勞嘈lou4 cou4noisy, annoying
- 姐姐仔ze4 ze1 zai2noun; girl, normally used for someone older than you
- 淤塞jyu1 sak1choked with silt
- 量力loeng6 lik6to estimate one's strength
- 追入zeoi1 jap6to raise the stakes; to jump on a band wagon; to buy a rising stock [colloquial]
- 肉燥juk6 cou3(Tw) minced pork stewed with soy sauce and spices (served with rice or noodles, or as a filling in buns etc)
- 馴養seon4 joeng5to domesticate
- 鬼王gwai2 wong4Warrant Officer Class 1 (WOI), especially the Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM) of the British Army garrisoned in Hong Kong, literally "ghost king"
- 停機坪ting4 gei1 ping4aircraft parking ground
- 黨鐵dong2 tit3derogtaory address of MTR
- 姑丈gu1 zoeng2husband of paternal aunt
- 口輕輕hau2 heng1 heng1to describe when someone makes promises casually without considering it thoroughly
- 白表baak6 biu2White Form in Home Ownership Scheme of Hong Kong, for non-public rental housing residents to purchase flats sold under Home Ownership Scheme
- 粟粉suk1 fan2(ingredient) corn starch
- 臥底ngo6 dai2to hide (as an undercover agent)
- 網紅mong5 hung4Internet celebrity; influencer
- 自封zi6 fung1to proclaim oneself (sth)
- 渥太華ak1 taai3 waa4Ottawa, capital of Canada
- 願心jyun6 sam1a wish
- 聲談seng1 taam4accent
- 觀瞻gun1 zim1appearance
- 審美觀sam2 mei5 gun1esthetic conception
- 乾癟gon1 bit6dried out
- 走犯zau2 faan2escaped criminal
- 換毛wun6 mou4to molt (of birds)
- 起鑊hei2 wok6food is cooked, and ready for serving
- 沙拉saa1 laai1(loanword) salad
- 睇嚟tai2 lai4seems like (spoken)
- 螺旋槳lo4 syun4 zoeng2propeller
- 推度teoi1 dok6to infer; to guess
- 物聯網mat6 lyun4 mong5Internet of things (IoT)
- 老替lou5 tai3colloquial address for stunt doubles
- 鼠標syu2 biu1(computing) mouse
- 機頂盒gei1 deng2 hap2set-top box
- 一種jat1 zung2one kind of; one type of
- 天界tin1 gaai3heaven
- 包層baau1 cang4cladding
- 造市zou6 si5to manipulate market ----
- 癲狗din1 gau2mad dog (spoken)
- 敢死隊gam2 sei2 deoi2suicide squad
- 好賺hou2 zaan6profitable
- 燥底cou3 dai2to have excessive inner heat
- 水獺seoi2 caat3otter
- 小熊貓siu2 hung4 maau1lesser panda (Ailurus fulgens); red panda
- 蚯蚓jau1 jan5(zoology) earthworm
- 拍跳paak3 tiu3gallop in pairs; a friendly match
- 供花gung1 faa1flower offering
- 盎然ong3 jin4abundant; plentiful; overflowing; exuberant
- 朝門ciu4 mun4entrance portal (to a palace)
- 業權jip6 kyun4rights relating to real property
- 地貌dei6 maau6(geology) landform; geomorphology
- 逼挾bik1 gip6cramped [colloquial]
- 禮拜尾lai5 baai3 mei5(noun) weekend; the end of a week
- 停當ting4 dong3settled
- 好路數hou2 lou6 sou3profitable [colloquial]
- 主歌zyu2 go1verse of a song (as in verse–chorus form)
- 孤零零gu1 ling1 ling1lone
- 基面gei1 min6ground plane (in perspective drawing)
- 回目wui4 muk6chapter title (in a novel)
- 負起fu6 hei2to shoulder; to bear
- 參薯sam1 syu4Dioscorea alata (Kinampay or aromatic purple yam, a sweet root crop)
- 收詞sau1 ci4to collect words
- 入氣jap6 hei3to refill the gas for liquefied petroleum gas vehicles
- 登臺dang1 toi4perform on stage
- 預防針jyu6 fong4 zam1immunization injection
- 連理lin4 lei5two trees that grow together as one
- 溪澗kai1 gaan3stream
- 亂離lyun6 lei4the suffering brought to a country by its political instability
- 撲克pok3 hak1poker (game) (loanword)
- 頑疾waan4 zat6stubborn illness; chronic disease
- 布辦bou3 baan2cloth sample
- 傳聲筒cyun4 sing1 tung2loudhailer
- 帶波daai3 bo1(of ballgames such as football and basketball) to do dribbling (i.e. moving while keeping the ball by one's side)
- 拍得住paak3 dak1 zyu6to be able to compete or well-matched with someone
- 天秤座tin1 ping4 zo6Libra (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
- 羅口lo4 hau2rib collar
- 輪任leon4 jam6rotating appointment (e.g. presidency of EU)
- 有數jau5 sou3to have kept count; to know how many; (fig.) to know exactly how things stand; to know the score
- 脾臟pei4 zong6spleen
- 綠小luk6 siu2green minibus
- 火路fo2 lou6(noun) fire shaft
- 新正頭san1 zing1 tau2the entire period of the Spring Festival, which starts from the Chinese New Year's Eve up until the 15th of the first month of lunar calendar, the lantern festival, the final event of the Spring Festival
- 着迷zoek6 mai4to be fascinated; to be captivated; to be obsessed with; to be infatuated with
- 綽頭coek3 tau4a gimmick
- 西山sai1 saan1see 西山區|西山区[Xi1 shan1 Qu1]
- 血漬hyut3 zik1bloodstain
- 方腳fong1 goek3british electric socket
- 將軍澳zoeng1 gwan1 ou3the name of a place in Hong Kong: Tseung Kwan O
- 事必si6 bit1certainly, necessarily
- 塊體faai3 tai2a block
- 聲卡sing1 kaat1sound card
- 桃子tou4 zi2peach
- 幾夠gei2 gau3very; quite
- 佔便宜zim3 pin4 ji2advantageous
- 蘇州屎sou1 zau1 si2(slang) the mess
- 合龍hap6 lung4to join the two sections (of a linear structure: bridge, dike etc) to complete its construction
- 夠算gau3 syun3adj; satisfy; enough
- 反嘴faan2 zeoi2to answer back
- 脫落tyut3 lok6to drop off; to fall off; (of hair, teeth etc) to fall out
- 稻草人dou6 cou2 jan4scarecrow
- 副廠fu3 cong2unofficial manufacturer
- 借過ze3 gwo3excuse me (i.e. let me through, please)
- 歸期gwai1 kei4one's return date
- 如日中天jyu4 jat6 zung1 tin1lit. like the sun at noon (idiom)
- 被子pei5 zi2blanket; quilt
- 西洋人sai1 joeng4 jan4Westerner
- 奚落hai4 lok6to taunt
- 鉑金baak6 gam1platinum
- 發祥地faat3 coeng4 dei6the birthplace (of sth good)
- 十足十sap6 zuk1 sap6normally used to describe people or things that are very similar each other; to be exactly like something
- 體溫tai2 wan1(body) temperature
- 持槍ci4 coeng1to carry a gun
- 搵錢wan2 cin2(dialect) to make money
- 雞花gai1 faa1a baby chicken that has just hatched out from the egg
- 西鐵sai1 tit3West Rail Line, formerly KCR West Rail; now incorporated into Tuen Ma Line
- 互補wu6 bou2complementary
- 死絕sei2 zyut6to die out
- 潮流興ciu4 lau4 hing1(adjective) trendy; the most recent chic things
- 酒德zau2 dak1good manners in drinking