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- 手背sau2 bui3back of the hand
- 法證faat3 zing3forensics, forensics science
- 碌咭luk1 kaat1swipe a credit card (spoken)
- 正劇zing3 kek6bourgeois tragedy
- 肚瀉tou5 se3diarrhea
- 拆掂caak3 dim6to settle an issue; to overcome an obstacle [colloquial]
- 成村人seng4 cyun1 jan4lit. a village of people, meaning lots of people or a big crowd
- 對了deoi3 liu5Correct!
- 叱喝cik1 hot3to shout at
- 快槍手faai3 coeng1 sau2a man who ejaculates very quickly during sex [colloquial]
- 脫開tyut3 hoi1to withdraw
- 海牙hoi2 ngaa4The Hague (seat of government of the Netherlands)
- 滿清mun5 cing1Manchurian Qing (refers to the Qing dynasty, esp. at its decline, or as an anti-Qing slogan)
- 狗腿gau2 teoi2lackey; henchman
- 圖例tou4 lai6legend (of a map, etc)
- 電唱din6 coeng3gramophone
- 墨硯mak6 jin2ink slab
- 難相與naan4 soeng1 jyu5hard to work with; incompatible (spoken)
- 斬纜zaam2 laam2to make a clean break from a relationship; to sever ties; to cut off the ropes of a steamboat from a ferry; to take drastic measures to halt investment activities in order to minimise the loss of money
- 解送gaai3 sung3To send under guard
- 三料saam1 liu2triple; three times; consisting of three similar things together
- 跑題paau2 tai4to digress; to stray from the topic
- 觀選gun1 syun2to observe an election campaign
- 塘蝨tong4 sat1Clariidae, airbreathing catfishes
- 天底tin1 dai2(astronomy) nadir
- 揩嘢haai1 je5to take drugs; to be high on drugs [colloquial]
- 著然zoek6 jin4really
- 資用zi1 jung6(physics) available
- 飯量faan6 loeng6amount of food one eats
- 舊飯gau6 faan6literally: a lump of rice; a idiot [colloquial]
- 恨人han6 jan4provoking
- 歸併gwai1 bing3to put together
- 悍匪hon5 fei2brutal bandit; ferocious criminal
- 怠工toi5 gung1to slacken off in one's work
- 水溫seoi2 wan1water temperature
- 領命ling5 ming6to accept an order
- 飛利fei1 lei6fury; sharp; fierce and tough; forceful; describes someone who is difficult to deal with
- 邊邊bin1 bin1which direction
- 傳波cyun4 bo1to pass the ball to another player
- 有形jau5 jing4material; tangible; visible
- 型板jing4 baan2template
- 俯首fu2 sau2to bend one's head
- 波檯bo1 toi2billiard table; snooker table ----
- 日料jat6 liu6Japanese cuisine (abbr. for 日本料理[Ri4 ben3 liao4 li3])
- 歸納法gwai1 naap6 faat3induction (method of deduction in logic)
- 單機daan1 gei1offline computer game, standalone video game; or the offline mode/single player mode of a online game. Literally: single machine
- 飛雞fei1 gai1derogatory term for female flight attendants, with an accusation of their easy attitude in sex life
- 慢線maan6 sin3the motorway lane for routine driving, the left lane in Hong Kong motorway
- 牛房ngau4 fong4transformer room; distribution substation
- 集錦zaap6 gam2a collection of choice items (poems, photos etc)
- 京畿ging1 gei1Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, surrounding Seoul and Incheon, capital Suweon City 水原市[Shui3 yuan2 shi4]
- 追記zeoi1 gei3to award posthumously
- 壁紙bik1 zi2wallpaper
- 聽憑ting3 pang4to allow (sb to do as he pleases)
- 油性jau4 sing3oily
- 幾微gei1 mei4tiny
- 怎麽zam2 mo1variant of 怎麼|怎么[zen3 me5]
- 衣着ji1 zoek3outfit; style of clothing
- 清水灣cing1 seoi2 waan1Clear Water Bay, a beach situated on the south-eastern side of New Territories in Hong Kong
- 漢化hon3 faa3to sinicize
- 台戲toi4 hei3a stage show [written and colloquial]
- 雙計soeng1 gai3to charge twice the normal amount of money
- 端線dyun1 sin3end line
- 局氣guk1 hei3to be angry; to choke with resentment
- 封入fung1 jap6to enclose
- 改嘴goi2 zeoi2to deny
- 通草tung1 cou2rice-paper plant (Tetrapanax papyriferus)
- 山水畫saan1 seoi2 waa2landscape painting
- 啓程kai2 cing4to depart; to set off
- 詞目ci4 muk6headword (in a dictionary)
- 領罪ling5 zeoi6to confess one's fault
- 通感tung1 gam2Synesthesia; a perceptual phenomenon in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to automatic, involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway
- 牛皮癬ngau4 pei4 sin2psoriasis
- 七情cat1 cing4seven emotional states
- 貼邊tip3 bin1welt
- 鞭撻bin1 taat3to lash; (fig.) to castigate
- 呷醋haap3 cou3(adjective) jealous; envious
- 棺材本gun1 coi4 bun2money saved up for one's death
- 美容師mei5 jung4 si1hairdresser
- 正然zing3 jin4in the process of (doing something or happening)
- 教院gaau3 jyun2the then HKIE (The Hong Kong Institute of Education), the former name of The Education University of Hong Kong
- 意中人ji3 zung1 jan4sweetheart
- 重置cung4 zi3to reset
- 見光死gin3 gwong1 sei2(lit.) to wither in the light of day
- 免稅min5 seoi3not liable to taxation (of monastery, imperial family etc)
- 味兒mei6 ji4taste
- 幫輕bong1 heng1to alleviate; to help out
- 芋角wu6 gok2taro puff dumpling
- 感恩節gam2 jan1 zit3Thanksgiving Day
- 從眾cung4 zung3to follow the crowd
- 咖啡妹gaa3 fe1 mui1lit. coffee girl, a nickname for female traffic inspectors of Hong Kong
- 所有人so2 jau5 jan4everyone
- 翻去faan1 heoi3going back (spoken)
- 札幌zaat3 fong2Sapporo, Japan
- 幹架gon3 gaa3(dialect) to come to blows
- 王爺wong4 je4prince
- 聖殿sing3 din6temple
- 社教se5 gaau3Socialist education
- 具格geoi6 gaak3instrumental case (grammar)
- 玩硬waan2 ngaang6to play hardball; to play it tough [colloquial]
- 定形ding6 jing4to be fixed in shape or appearance
- 字碼zi6 maa5character code
- 頂啦ding2 laa1used at the end of an utterance to express certainty about deduction or guessing that one has just made
- 會展wui6 zin2conventions and exhibitions (abbr. for 會議|会议[hui4 yi4] + 展覽|展览[zhan3 lan3])
- 出料ceot1 liu2to show what one is made of; to ejaculate [colloquial]
- 西牆sai1 coeng4Western Wall, or Wailing Wall (Jerusalem)
- 加鐘gaa1 zung1to request to extend the duration of service
- 攪掂gaau2 dim6done; fixed (spoken)
- 菜系coi3 hai6(regional) cuisine
- 急件gap1 gin2urgent document
- 徵稅zing1 seoi3to levy taxes
- 引線jan5 sin3fuse (for an explosive device)
- 跳過tiu3 gwo3to jump over
- 十字車sap6 zi6 ce1ambulance (spoken)
- 風水師fung1 seoi2 si1a Feng Shui geomancer; a Feng Shui master
- 白托baak6 tok3day care for the elderly (abbr. of 白天托管[bai2 tian1 tuo1 guan3])
- 菜遠coi3 jyun5tender section of leafy greens (usually choy sum or kailan)
- 封后fung1 hau6to confer the title of queen
- 占滿zim3 mun5to fill
- 自白zi6 baak6confession
- 大清早daai6 cing1 zou2early in the morning
- 上架soeng5 gaa2to put goods on shelves
- 明文ming4 man4to state in writing (laws, rules etc)
- 復查fuk6 caa4to check again; to re-examine
- 西客sai1 haak3troublesome customer; cocky customer
- 滑雪板waat6 syut3 baan2ski
- 大關daai6 gwaan1see 大關縣|大关县[Da4 guan1 Xian4]
- 建築公司gin3 zuk1 gung1 si1Construction company
- 笑吟吟siu3 jam4 jam4smiling; with a smile
- 配音員pui3 jam1 jyun4a voice actor
- 庇蔭bei3 jam3to give shade (of a tree etc)
- 偵測zing1 caak1to detect
- 掛鉤gwaa3 ngau1to couple; to link; to hook together
- 層流cang4 lau4laminar flow
- 曬月光saai3 jyut6 gwong1to go out for a romantic walk in the moonlight
- 枕頭包zam2 tau4 baau1a type of handbag
- 電結din6 git3abbreviation of electric guitar
- 復命fuk6 ming6to report on completion of a mission
- 懇切han2 cit3earnest
- 差餉caai1 hoeng2rates, a type of property tax system
- 並稱bing6 cing1joint name
- 腐朽fu6 nau2rotten
- 重載cung5 zoi3(computing) overloading
- 驢子leoi4 zi2donkey; ass
- 配圖pui3 tou4illustration; image matched with a passage
- 掉色diu6 sik1to lose color
- 不經濟bat1 ging1 zai3not value of money
- 拖帶to1 daai3traction
- 喝掛hot3 gwaa3(coll.) to get drunk
- 拜別baai3 bit6(formal) to take leave of sb; to bid farewell
- 紅樹hung4 syu6red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle)
- 龍捲lung4 gyun2tornado
- 恨到han6 dou2to want something very much, and subsequently getting it
- 傳觀cyun4 gun1to pass sth around (for others to look at)
- 刺史ci3 si2provincial governor (old)
- 曾祖母zang1 zou2 mou5father's father's mother; paternal great-grandmother
- 間隔號gaan3 gaak3 hou6middle dot (·), a punctuation mark used in Chinese text to separate the parts of a transliterated foreign name or elements in a list
- 短週dyun2 zau1long weekend, referring to shift plans; literally: short week
- 任課jam6 fo3to give classes
- 凱撒hoi2 saat3Caesar or Kaiser (name)
- 車蓋ce1 goi3a car bonnet; the front hood of vehicle
- 小賣部siu2 maai6 bou6kiosk
- 試表si3 biu2to take temperature
- 都是dou1 si6all are [written]
- 吹頭ceoi1 tau4to dry one's hair with a blow dryer
- 這裡ze5 leoi5here
- 筍嘢seon2 je5(adjective) good thing; nice stuff; goodies; good stuff; bargain; good deal
- 鬚髮sou1 faat3hair and beard
- 草魚cou2 jyu2grass carp
- 吃煙hek3 jin1(dialect) to smoke (tobacco)
- 垮臺kwaa1 toi4(of a dynasty, regime etc) to collapse; to fall from power
- 外底ngoi6 dai1noun; shoe or boot outsole or base
- 無料mou4 liu6free of charge; for free; adapted from Japanese
- 搶口coeng2 hau2(of speech) harsh, confrontational
- 洗機sai2 gei1to reset or format a machine and reinstall everything from scratch; to do a fresh re-installation; literally, to wash machine
- 坦言taan2 jin4to say candidly
- 瀨嘢laai2 je5(verb) get busted; get caught by the police
- 子孫根zi2 syun1 gan1penis (slang)
- 昇華sing1 waa4to sublimate ----
- 追平zeoi1 ping4to draw level with sby; to level the scoreline
- 術數seot6 sou3divination
- 落花生lok6 faa1 sang1peanut (the plant)
- 單人房daan1 jan4 fong2single room (hotel)
- 酒氣zau2 hei3the smell of alcohol or liquor; especially when somebody has just binged on alcohol
- 古交gu2 gaau1see 古交市[Gu3 jiao1 Shi4]
- 排期paai4 kei4to schedule
- 的確良dik1 kok3 loeng4dacron (loanword)
- 萬用表maan6 jung6 biu1multimeter
- 刀類dou1 leoi6knives
- 源點jyun4 dim2source
- 心足sam1 zuk1feeling content at heart
- 聳立sung2 laap6to stand tall
- 選課syun2 fo3to select courses
- 重碼cung4 maa5repeated code
- 戰時zin3 si4wartime
- 曲目kuk1 muk6repertoire
- 擺位baai2 wai2placement, arrangement
- 雖説seoi1 syut3although; despite
- 搶風coeng2 fung1against the headwind
- 轉步zyun2 bou6to turn around