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- 脫貧tyut3 pan4to lift oneself out of poverty
- 中華民族zung1 waa4 man4 zuk6the Chinese nation
- 不覺bat1 gok3unconsciously
- 替更tai3 gaang1to substitute for someone to take a shift
- 大白daai6 baak6(of facts or truth) to become fully revealed; to come to light
- 鐵則tit3 zak1iron discipline
- 月支jyut6 zi1the Yuezhi, an ancient people of central Asia during the Han dynasty (also written 月氏[Yue4 zhi1])
- 滾瀉gwan2 se2over boil till spilling over the top (spoken)
- 外祖父ngoi6 zou2 fu6maternal grandfather (i.e. mother's father)
- 賣血maai6 hyut3to be so poor that one have to sell their blood to survive [colloquial]
- 肝硬化gon1 ngaang6 faa3cirrhosis
- 唔掂m4 dim6no good; won't do
- 抓毛waa2 mou4polar fleece
- 怪叔叔gwaai3 suk1 suk1queer uncle, referring to a young to middle-aged male pedophile (Internet slang)
- 換領wun6 ling5to collect a replacement or gift
- 歌后go1 hau6diva; famous or accomplished female singer
- 零日ling4 jat6zero-day (attack, vulnerability etc) (computing)
- 水塔seoi2 taap3water tower
- 唱錢coeng3 cin2to exchange cash (e.g. into other denominations, coins, or other currencies)
- 九天gau2 tin1the ninth heaven; the highest of the heavens
- 搭當daap3 dong1variant of 搭檔|搭档[da1 dang4]
- 加試gaa1 si5to add material to an exam
- 糟糠zou1 hong1chaff, husks, distillers' dregs etc (food eaten by the poor)
- 收嗲sau1 de1verb; shut up
- 生埗saang1 bou2strange; unfamiliar
- 擄掠lou5 loek6to plunder; to pillage
- 感嘆號gam2 taan3 hou6exclamation point; exclamation mark (!)
- 走丟zau2 diu1to wander off; to get lost
- 地埗dei6 bou6address; place
- 高架gou1 gaa3overhead
- 獅子座si1 zi2 zo6Leo (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
- 甕缸ung3 gong1an urn
- 可怖ho2 bou3Horrifying
- 流浪狗lau4 long6 gau2stray dog
- 通讀tung1 duk6to read through
- 國門gwok3 mun4(archaic) capital's gate
- 運路wan6 lou6make a detour
- 一輪嘴jat1 leon2 zeoi2the act of telling or asking something impatiently (no pause in between words)
- 花鐵faa1 tit3deformed bar
- 起菜hei2 coi3to start serving dishes (in a Chinese-style restaurant)
- 對杯deoi3 bui1to raise glasses together; to toast one another
- 投師tau4 si1to join a guru for instruction
- 義師ji6 si1an army fighting a just war
- 白牛baak6 ngau2white ice cream into a colourless soft drink (often Sprite or 7 Up)
- 封鎖線fung1 so2 sin3blockade line; cordon
- 倍加pui5 gaa1to add up; to compound
- 微血管mei4 hyut3 gun2capillary
- 自發粉zi6 faat3 fan2self-rising flour
- 無名指mou4 ming4 zi2ring finger
- 左手便zo2 sau2 bin6on the left (spoken)
- 酒辦zau2 baan2sample of alcoholic drink, same package as original ones but reduced in size
- 副學士fu3 hok6 si6associate's degree
- 櫈仔dang3 zai2(noun) stool
- 邊卡bin1 kaa1border checkpoint
- 波圖bo1 tou4Porto
- 剛毛gong1 mou4bristle
- 書題syu1 tai4book title
- 焗爐guk6 lou4(noun) (cooking equipment) an oven
- 根由gan1 jau4the whys and the wherefores
- 男公關naam4 gung1 gwaan1a male nightclub host [colloquial]
- 吖嘛aa1 maa3isn't it; okay; right
- 傍友bong6 jau2an enabler; a yes man; a sycophant
- 負錢fu6 cin2to incur a negative value on an Octopus Card
- 綠的luk6 dik1green taxi; New Territories taxi
- 極值gik6 zik6maxima and minima
- 到埗dou3 bou6to arrive at; to reach
- 結點git3 dim2joint; node
- 旗號kei4 hou6military banner (often used figuratively, usually pejoratively, to mean "pretext" or "ostensible purpose")
- 編次pin1 ci3to arrange things in sequence
- 呢樹ni1 syu3here
- 神髓san4 seoi5lit. spirit and marrow
- 病案beng6 on3medical record
- 沙嗲saa3 de1(noun) satay
- 生神仙saang1 san4 sin1someone who has a natural gift to be able to predict the future [colloquial]
- 滿懷mun5 waai4to have one's heart filled with
- 主族zyu2 zuk6main group
- 共治gung6 zi6to co-govern; to co-administer
- 説謊syut3 fong1To lie
- 打板daa2 baan2to clap the clapper sticks of a clapperboard
- 嘈醒cou4 seng2woken up by noise
- 唱本coeng3 bun2opera libretto
- 狗衝gau2 cung1to appear quickly yet indecently; literally: to dog-rush
- 除毛ceoi4 mou4to remove hair; to depilate
- 輕省hing1 saang2relaxed
- 街交gaai1 gaau1street fighting
- 合份gaap3 fan2to chip in
- 陷於ham6 jyu1caught in (a bad situation)
- 群情kwan4 cing4public sentiment
- 抗疫kong3 jik6to combat an epidemic
- 空名hung1 ming4vacuous reputation
- 掛科gwaa3 fo1to fail (a course)
- 週歲zau1 seoi3one full year (e.g. on child's first birthday)
- 遭難zou1 naan6to run into misfortune
- 查案caa4 on3to investigate an incident, usually refers to law enforcement investigating a possible crime
- 低利dai1 lei6low interest
- 天拿水tin1 naa4 seoi2paint thinner
- 開茶hoi1 caa4to choose a blend of tea at the beginning of a yum-cha meal
- 歌神go1 san4outstanding singer; "the god of the singer"
- 苛求ho1 kau4demanding
- 合球hap6 kau4korfball
- 巨蟹座geoi6 haai5 zo6Cancer (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
- 化妝師faa3 zong1 si1makeup artist
- 輪大米leon4 daai6 mai5gang rape
- 弒君si3 gwan1regicide
- 地陪dei6 pui4local guide
- 黑星hak1 sing1Literally: Black Star, or Black Star Pistol, means the russian TT-30/33 or the mainland China's Type 54 Pistol, the common point of these pistols are having a black star on the grip.
- 省治saang2 zi6a provincial capital
- 炊具ceoi1 geoi6cooking utensils
- 香氣hoeng1 hei3fragrance
- 嚎哭hou4 huk1to bawl
- 動嘴dung6 zeoi2to talk
- 少府siu3 fu2minister in charge of the palace treasury in imperial China
- 常哦soeng4 ngo4someone who nags continually; pun of 嫦娥 (soeng4 ngo4)
- 即係話zik1 hai6 waa6that is to say…
- 畀人bei2 jan4to give something to others; to have something done to oneself by others [colloquial]
- 不特只bat1 dak6 zi2Not only
- 兇殺案hung1 saat3 on3murder case
- 今個月gam1 go3 jyut6this month
- 浴簾juk6 lim2shower curtain
- 借開ze3 hoi1excuse me (rudely); please move away
- 三陪saam1 pui4an escort in a nightclub; the service to accompany customers to drink, to eat and to have sex; describes the phenomenon of escort services observed in the officialdom in mainland China [written and colloquial]
- 東鐵dung1 tit3East Rail Line, formerly Kowloon-Canton Railway
- 昏厥fan1 kyut3to faint
- 課間fo3 gaan1interval between lessons
- 鐵東tit3 dung1see 鐵東區|铁东区[Tie3 dong1 Qu1]
- 學養hok6 joeng5knowledge and virtue
- 弒父si3 fu6patricide
- 方通fong1 tung1square hollow section (SHS); box section
- 狗虱gau2 sat1(noun) dog louse
- 老世lou5 sai3boss; manager
- 唱作coeng3 zok3(of an artist) writes and sings (popular) songs
- 公教gung1 gaau3Roman Catholicism; Roman Catholic Church; less commonly used and usually seen in names of institutions and associations
- 抓取zaau2 ceoi2to seize
- 兼併gim1 ping3to annex
- 復讀fuk6 duk6to return to the same school and repeat a course from which one has already graduated, as a result of failing to get good enough results to progress to one's desired higher-level school
- 排泄物paai4 sit3 mat6excreta; waste matter (feces, urine etc)
- 期盼kei4 paan3to expect; to await
- 豆莢dau6 gaap3pod (of legumes)
- 嚇大haak3 daai6means someone experienced plenty of threats and intimidation since small, already got used to it and will no longer feel scare; it is usually used as a response to others' verbal attack or intimidation.
- 光氣gwong1 hei3phosgene COCl2, aka carbonyl chloride, a poisonous gas
- 知識分子zi1 sik1 fan6 zi2intellectual; intelligentsia
- 造手zou6 sau2hand gesture in Cantonese opera performances
- 小粉紅siu2 fan2 hung4young Chinese cyber-nationalists
- 有聲jau5 seng1(of a post) triggers one's imagination/memory of a scene
- 拉蘇laai1 sou4lysol
- 班白baan1 baak6variant of 斑白[ban1 bai2]
- 畀面bei2 min2to give face to; "do me the honor"
- 兩手loeng5 sau2one's two hands
- 馴良ceon4 loeng4docile
- 互勉wu6 min5to encourage each other
- 嘴子zeoi2 zi2mouth
- 魚白jyu4 baak2milt;soft roe;fish sperm
- 個鐘go3 zung1classifier for hours; period of an hour or hours
- 上客soeng5 haak3(of public transport) to pick up passengers; to allow passengers to get on
- 著緊zoek6 gan2urgent
- 摹本mou6 bun2a copy
- 立國laap6 gwok3to found a country
- 放飯fong3 faan6free from school/work for meals
- 釘子deng1 zi2nail
- 黑嘴hak1 zeoi2stock market manipulator
- 字款zi6 fun2typeface; font
- 屬象suk6 zoeng6variant of 屬相|属相[shu3 xiang4]
- 查飛caa4 fei1to check the ticket
- 剋制hak1 zai3
- 花托faa1 tok3receptacle (base of flower)
- 重叠cung4 dip6to overlap
- 滿員mun5 jyun4full complement
- 拗柴aau2 caai4to twist the ankle
- 鼠疫syu2 jik6plague
- 東經dung1 ging1east longitude
- 齋啡zaai1 fe1(noun) (of beverage) a coffee without milk and sugar: a black coffee
- 行事曆hang4 si6 lik6calendar
- 集氣zaap6 hei3to cheer up or to wish the wish will come true together
- 間封gaan3 fung1intermittently closed; intermittent closure
- 花貓faa1 maau1tabby cat; calico cat
- 第世dai6 sai3next life (spoken)
- 詐諦zaa3 dai3(v.) to pretend; to feign (adj.) describes someone who is pretentious.
- 發板faat3 baan2to decide what to do for a group
- 搖曳jiu4 jai6to sway gently (as in the wind); (of a flame) to flicker
- 真空管zan1 hung1 gun2vacuum tube; thermionic valve
- 搭正daap6 zeng3sharp; call of time with minute arm position is on 12
- 股神gu2 san4legendary stock investor
- 學社hok6 se5Societies, associations
- 婆媳po4 sik1mother-in-law and daughter-in-law
- 無法mou4 faat3unable to; incapable of
- 少於siu2 jyu1less than; fewer than
- 極超gik6 ciu1hyper-
- 寶書bou2 syu1treasured book
- 儘先zeon2 sin1in the first instance
- 社女se5 neoi2prostitutes (slang)
- 榕樹jung4 syu6banyan
- 之字線zi1 zi6 sin3Zigzag
- 小考siu2 haau2quiz
- 呀嘛aa6 maa5used at the end of sentence to express that the speaker "got the message" or has realised something, and to seek confirmation by repeating the information
- 抑制劑jik1 zai3 zai1suppressant
- 擢升zok6 sing1to promote (sb)
- 環保袋waan4 bou2 doi2a green bag; a reusable bag; an environmentally friendly bag
- 依傍ji1 bong6to rely on
- 走板zau2 baan2to be off the beat
- 決隄kyut3 tai4(of a watercourse) to breach its dike