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- 根數gan1 sou3the nth root of a number; radical (mathematical)
- 妖魔化jiu2 mo1 faa3to demonize
- 露兩點lou6 loeng5 dim2(literally: to expose two spots); topless, with breasts exposed
- 萬曆maan6 lik6reign name of Ming emperor (1573-1619)
- 大花面daai6 faa1 min2those who act as traitors in Cantonese opera; dirt on the face; to describe someone who is very evil and cunning
- 少數民族siu2 sou3 man4 zuk6ethnic minority
- 垃圾蟲laap6 saap3 cung4a litterbug
- 癲婆din1 po2mad woman (spoken)
- 搭拉daap3 laai1variant of 耷拉[da1 la5]
- 勸勉hyun3 min5to advise
- 至緊zi3 gan2urgent; most important; most critical; must
- 戒煙gaai3 jin1to give up smoking
- 殉情seon1 cing4to die together in the name of love
- 借指ze3 zi2to refer to
- 公產gung1 caan2public property
- 遠洋jyun5 joeng4distant seas
- 掛畫gwaa3 waa2painting hung on a wall
- 身量san1 loeng6height (of a person); stature
- 候鑊hau6 wok2a cook, a chef; to be in charge for cooking
- 美藍mei5 laam4methylene blue
- 神根san4 gan1Schengen zone
- 法碼faat3 maa5variant of 砝碼|砝码[fa3 ma3]
- 吹臺ceoi1 toi4(coll.) to fall through
- 亞聖aa3 sing3Second Sage, traditional title of Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3] in Confucian studies
- 節慶zit3 hing3festival
- 癮嚟jan5 lai4to feel the urge to take drugs inorder to satisfy an addiction [colloquial]
- 附有fu6 jau5to be attached
- 浮萍fau4 ping4duckweed
- 更夫gaang1 fu1night watchman (in former times)
- 藝伎ngai6 gei6geisha (Japanese female entertainer)
- 悼辭dou6 ci4variant of 悼詞|悼词[dao4 ci2]
- 落區lok6 keoi1to visit a district in person
- 衣著ji1 zoek3clothes
- 梳乎厘so1 fu4 lei2(HK) (loanword) soufflé
- 藥包joek6 baau1first-aid kit
- 出樣ceot1 joeng2(to do) great things, things with great honor or achievement; normally used as a question or present negative comment on someone whom would not likely to do anything big
- 踩單車caai2 daan1 ce1bicycle riding; cycling
- 行客hang4 haak3visitor
- 撥冗but6 jung2to find time to do sth in the midst of pressing affairs
- 咖啡仔gaa3 fe1 zai2a traffic warden; a parking inspector; a parking attendant; a parking enforcement officer [colloquial]
- 捱世界ngaai4 sai3 gaai3(slang) to endure difficulties in life for living and surviving; to persevere through a hard working life
- 二手貨ji6 sau2 fo3second-hand goods
- 台下toi4 haa6off the stage
- 平方根ping4 fong1 gan1square root
- 傾掂king1 dim6discussed a deal
- 捍衞hon5 wai6to defend; to safeguard
- 白鱔baak6 sin5(fish) Japanese eel
- 椰絲je4 si1shredded coconut
- 瑰麗gwai3 lai6elegant
- 心硬sam1 ngaang6hard-hearted; unfeeling; callous
- 各自為政gok3 zi6 wai4 zing3to do things each in one's own way
- 無何mou4 ho4(literary) soon; before long
- 後底hau6 dai2behind (spoken)
- 餵飼wai3 zi6to feed
- 死貨sei2 fo3unsellable products; literally: dead stock
- 緝私cap1 si1to suppress smugglers
- 外力ngoi6 lik6external force
- 腎上腺san6 soeng6 sin3adrenal glands
- 豆腐皮dau6 fu6 pei4tofu skin (made by drying the skin that forms on the surface of soymilk during cooking, and therefore not actually made from tofu)
- 破讀po3 duk6pronunciation of a character other than the standard
- 讀破duk6 po3to read extensively and thoroughly
- 緝拿cap1 naa4to arrest
- 急難gap1 naan6misfortune
- 復活蛋fuk6 wut6 daan2Easter Eggs
- 戰歌zin3 go1battle song
- 送養sung3 joeng5to place out for adoption
- 圈外人hyun1 ngoi6 jan4outsiders [written and colloquial]
- 芋頭wu6 tau2taro
- 追緝zeoi1 cap1to pursue
- 牛津ngau4 zeon1Oxford (city in England)
- 放負fong3 fu6to express one's discontent; to convey one's distress
- 成夜sing4 je6all night long
- 嚇窒haak3 zat6(adjective + verb) frightened; panicked; scared
- 賽狗coi3 gau2to have dog racing
- 請纓cing2 jing1to volunteer for military service
- 基腳gei1 goek3footing
- 做功課zou6 gung1 fo3do homework
- 落點lok6 dim2point of landing
- 炮烙paau3 lok3form of torture said to have been used by King Zhou of Shang 商紂王|商纣王[Shang1 Zhou4 Wang2] in which the victim was forced onto a bronze pillar heated by a fire
- 還原劑waan4 jyun4 zai1reducing agent
- 香會hoeng1 wui2a company of pilgrims
- 情份cing4 fan6bond; attachment; relationship
- 做樣zou6 joeng2to pretend, to act like doing something but one does not; literally, make look
- 人和jan4 wo4to win the hearts of general public
- 口輕hau2 heng1make promise easily, or speak without thinking of consequence
- 花生肉faa1 saang1 juk6Shelled peanut
- 國粹gwok3 seoi5national essence
- 立言laap6 jin4to distinguish oneself through one's writing (one the three imperishables 三不朽[san1 bu4 xiu3])
- 檐蛇jim4 se2(reptile) Gecko
- 花結faa1 git3decorative bow of ribbon or fabric
- 片費pin2 fai3protection money [colloquial]
- 倒運dou2 wan6to have bad luck
- 鑊撈wok6 lou1soot on pot
- 山巒saan1 lyun4mountain range
- 食豆腐sik6 dau6 fu6handsy with female (spoken)
- 脫水tyut3 seoi2to dry out
- 飛機餐fei1 gei1 caan1in-flight meal
- 收身sau1 san1to slim down, especially to lose the baby weight
- 大信封daai6 seon3 fung1a dismissal letter
- 椰衣je4 ji1coir; coconut husk
- 鰨沙taap3 saa1Soleoidei; a flatfish
- 莫名mok6 ming4inexpressible; indescribable; unexplainable; inexplicable
- 雛妓co1 gei6underage prostitute
- 大打出手daai6 daa2 ceot1 sau2to come to blows
- 家山發gaa1 saan1 faat3having good luck because of the good feng shui of the ancestor cemetery
- 下臺階haa6 toi4 gaai1to extricate oneself
- 信納seon3 naap6to believe that sth is the case; to be satisfied that a representation is true
- 槐樹waai4 syu6locust tree (Sophora japonica)
- 搜尋器sau2 cam4 hei3a search engine
- 線民sin3 man4people who provide clue; informant
- 冷字laang5 zi6obscure word
- 修面sau1 min6to have a shave
- 金山丁gam1 saan1 ding1an overseas Chinese person who is rich and easily deceived
- 聰穎cung1 wing6smart; intelligent
- 運動褲wan6 dung6 fu3sport pants; joggers
- 的確涼dik1 kok3 loeng4(fabric) Dacron; Terylene
- 聖明sing3 ming4enlightened sage
- 黃茶wong4 caa4yellow tea, a type of slightly fermented tea
- 殉節seon1 zit3to sacrifice one's life by loyalty (to one's prince, one's husband etc)
- 拉丁舞laai1 ding1 mou5Latin dance
- 微管mei4 gun2tubule
- 背住bui3 zyu6to do something which is against someone else's will in secrecy
- 奢求ce1 kau4to make extravagant demands
- 湧入jung2 jap6to come pouring in
- 花章faa1 zoeng1a technique used by a mahjong player who doesn't sort his/her hand at all
- 神廳san4 teng1small temple of a village
- 商水soeng1 seoi2see 商水縣|商水县[Shang1 shui3 Xian4]
- 級聯kap1 lyun4cascade
- 毛象mou4 zoeng6mammoth
- 碼線maa5 sin3yard line (sports)
- 大牀daai6 cong4Queen size bed; king size bed
- 搜查令sau2 caa4 ling6search warrant
- 海戰hoi2 zin3sea warfare; naval battle
- 病室beng6 sat1infirmary
- 除罪ceoi4 zeoi6to pardon
- 問句man6 geoi3question
- 兼差gim1 caai1to moonlight
- 花圃faa1 pou2flowerbed
- 正貨zing3 fo3genuine goods
- 一經jat1 ging1as soon as
- 封關fung1 gwaan1to close borders; to impose significant border controls
- 退地teoi3 dei2to remove the background of a photo (normally portraits or product photos)
- 上品soeng6 ban2top-quality
- 專管zyun1 gun2to be in charge of something specific
- 剖白fau2 baak6to explain oneself
- 新曆年san1 lik6 nin4new calendar year
- 病象beng6 zoeng6symptom (of a disease)
- 訂閲deng6 jyut6Subscription
- 男根naam4 gan1penis
- 裝船zong1 syun4to load cargo onto a ship
- 活火wut6 fo2flaming fire
- 平調ping4 diu6to be entitled to another post of the same rank
- 直指zik6 zi2to point directly to somebody or objects
- 劫持gip3 ci4to kidnap
- 苛責ho1 zaak3to criticize harshly
- 摺手工zip3 sau2 gung1origami
- 拋窒paau1 zat6to intimidate [colloquial]
- 白立baak6 laap6white sea bream
- 為害wai4 hoi6to cause harm
- 籌募cau4 mou6to raise funds; to collect money
- 口射hau2 se6to ejaculate inside sb's mouth
- 頂真ding2 zan1anadiplosis
- 搶跑coeng2 paau2to jump the gun
- 冷兵器laang5 bing1 hei3weapon not using gunpowder or explosives (opposite: 熱兵器|热兵器[re4 bing1 qi4])
- 草海cou2 hoi2Caohai Lake, Guizhou
- 背約bui3 joek3to break an agreement
- 開底hoi1 dai2open base; the outer side
- 水土seoi2 tou2water and soil
- 王八wong4 baat3softshell turtle
- 九龍灣gau2 lung4 waan1the name of a place in Hong Kong: Kowloon Bay
- 基片gei1 pin2gay pornography
- 摩擦音mo4 caat3 jam1fricative (phonetics)
- 坐藥zo6 joek6suppository
- 自持zi6 ci4to control onself; to exercise self-restraint
- 歸口gwai1 hau2to return to one's original trade
- 球座kau4 zo6tee (golf)
- 零線ling4 sin3neutral wire
- 家吓gaa1 haa5now; at this moment
- 官股gun1 gu2share of government institutions
- 於是乎jyu1 si6 fu4(literary) and so; thereupon; thus
- 無聊賴mou4 liu4 laai6to be utterly bored; to not have any sustenance; spiritual void
- 打瞌睡daa2 hap6 seoi6to doze; to nod off
- 同工tung4 gung1fellow workers
- 過牀gwo3 cong4transfer
- 七聲cat1 sing1tones of the musical scale
- 二手煙ji6 sau2 jin1second-hand smoke
- 銀點ngan4 dim2the silver point
- 推故teoi1 gu3to find a pretext for refusing
- 橋手kiu4 sau2use of forearms in attack and defense in martial arts
- 雙射soeng1 se6(math.) bijection
- 向例hoeng3 lai6custom
- 猛鑊maang5 wok6a hot frying pan
- 倒空dou2 hung1to empty (a bag)
- 易門jik6 mun4see 易門縣|易门县[Yi4 men2 Xian4]
- 機翼gei1 jik6wing (of an aircraft)
- 大料daai6 liu6star anise
- 掣肘zai3 zaau2to hold sb back by the elbow; to impede; to hinder
- 大炮鬼daai6 paau3 gwai2verb; speak with a sharp tongue; brag
- 背手bui3 sau2hands behind one's back; items of bribery
- 結數git3 sou3to pay a bill