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- 狼戾long1 lai2(adjective) outrageous; Angry; Insolent
- 破損po3 syun2to become damaged
- 有感jau5 gam2to feel prompted by one's perception of sth
- 鬆快sung1 faai3less crowded
- 搭坐daap3 zo6to travel by
- 忘情mong4 cing4unmoved
- 首播sau2 bo3to debut; to broadcast for the first time
- 青春豆cing1 ceon1 dau2acne
- 稚嫩zi6 nyun6young and tender
- 頹喪teoi4 song3dejected
- 諗落nam2 lok6thinking again or deeply (spoken)
- 鯽魚zak1 jyu2crucian carp
- 臍橙ci4 caang2navel orange
- 調弄tiu4 lung6to tease
- 起角hei2 gok3angular; bony; craggy
- 檯鐘toi4 zung1desk clock
- 痰盂taam4 gun3spittoon
- 借方ze3 fong1borrower
- 郡會gwan6 wui2county capital
- 引語jan5 jyu5quotation
- 超絕ciu1 zyut6surpassing
- 敏銳man5 jeoi6keen; sharp; acute
- 二打六ji6 daa2 luk2(noun) a flunky; an extra in a movie
- 造物zou6 mat6luck
- 按納on3 naap6variant of 按捺[an4 na4]
- 定然ding6 jin4certainly
- 吉事gat1 si6auspicious event
- 曼城maan6 sing4Manchester, England
- 茶海caa4 hoi2tea serving pot
- 諗住nam2 zyu6thinking (spoken)
- 福心fuk1 sam1kind; to do good to do virtuous actions; to be charitable
- 望住mong6 zyu6to look or stare at
- 食女sik6 neoi2to pursue or prey on girls for sex; literally "eat girl"
- 怠慢toi5 maan6to slight
- 打蘭daa2 laan4dram (1⁄16 ounce) (loanword)
- 曠達kwong3 daat6broad-minded
- 內角noi6 gok3interior angle; internal angle
- 報錄bou3 luk6entry pass for imperial examination
- 沖身cung1 san1to take a quick shower; literally, to shower the body.
- 文句man4 geoi3sentence
- 心土sam1 tou2subsoil
- 台前toi4 cin4see 台前縣|台前县[Tai2 qian2 Xian4]
- 訴説sou3 syut3To tell
- 拍演paak3 jin5(dialect) to perform; to act (in a play etc)
- 環化waan4 faa3to cyclize
- 心魔sam1 mo1inner demons; psychological obstacle or fixation
- 托業tok3 jip6TOEIC (Test of English for International Communication)
- 後補hau6 bou2To supplement, to replenish
- 晚禮服maan5 lai5 fuk6evening dress
- 赴死fu6 sei2to meet death
- 教落gaau3 lok6(Reported speech of) someone had taught you something
- 三音saam1 jam1third (musical interval, e.g. do-mi)
- 盤管pun4 gun2coil in still (used for distilling)
- 心頭高sam1 tau4 gou1being very ambitious
- 英歌jing1 go1Yingge Dance; "Hero's Song"
- 方術fong1 seot6arts of healing, divination, horoscope etc
- 穿橋cyun1 kiu2to expose, to spoil the key trope, final answer to the audiences deliberately, to leave them out of surprises when reading or watching the whole thing, applies to jokes, story telling, myth or movies. Literally: spill the trope
- 暴戾bou6 leoi6ruthless
- 拖放to1 fong3drag-and-drop (computing)
- 內設noi6 cit3to have something pre-installed
- 婉稱jyun2 cing1euphemism (tactful expression for sth unpleasant such as death)
- 節支zit3 zi1to save on expenditure
- 座火zo6 fo2fire proofing
- 搶通coeng2 tung1to rush through urgently (e.g. emergency supplies)
- 譜帶pou2 daai2band of a spectrum
- 腳註goek3 zyu3footnote
- 酣睡ham4 seoi6to sleep soundly
- 淥親luk6 can1scald by boiling liquid (spoken)
- 臭豆腐cau3 dau6 fu6stinky tofu
- 西皮sai1 pei4one of the two chief types of music in Chinese opera
- 停表ting4 biu2stopwatch
- 單證daan1 zing3(international trade) documentation (e.g. a bill of lading)
- 寬假fun1 gaa2to pardon
- 拜檯baai3 toi2tables in a temple on which offerings are placed
- 弄短lung6 dyun2to shorten
- 很多han2 do1noun; a lot of
- 自瀆zi6 duk6masturbation
- 花紙faa1 zi2decorated gift wrapping; wrapping paper for presents
- 三角戀saam1 gok3 lyun2love triangle
- 月坑jyut6 haang1lunar crater
- 陪跑pui4 paau2to participate in a competition, with no chance to win or have rewards
- 情傷cing4 soeng1romantic heartbreak
- 教育電視gaau3 juk6 din6 si6Educational Television (Hong Kong)
- 立身laap6 san1to stand upright (physically)
- 料子liu2 zi2material
- 枕頭套zam2 tau4 tou3pillow case
- 戲詞hei3 ci4actor's lines (in theater)
- 嘈吵cou4 caau2noisy; racket
- 豬嘴zyu1 zeoi2colloquial address for half-face or full-face respirator mask
- 短火dyun2 fo2(noun) a pistol
- 牙垢ngaa4 gau3dental plaque
- 裝殮zong1 lim5to prepare the dead body and place it in a coffin
- 四方木sei3 fong1 muk6a slacker; those who doesn't know how to adapt to changing circumstances and are set in their ways (literally: a squared wood); describes someone who is very passive
- 地堂dei6 tong4front yard
- 痛經tung3 ging1period pain; menstrual cramps; dysmenorrhea
- 光油gwong1 jau4varnish; polish
- 核子hat6 zi2nuclear
- 托故tok3 gu3to make up excuses to do something; to find an excuse to do something
- 假若gaa2 joek6if
- 反蛋faan2 daan2over-easy egg; eggs that are fried on both sides, but the second side is not cooked for very long, so the yolk stays runny.
- 打丁daa2 ding1to masturbate (male)
- 拖數to1 sou3to make a payment later
- 半載bun3 zoi2half a year
- 小勝siu2 sing3(sports) to secure a narrow win; to edge out
- 貨件fo3 gin2an item or good to be shipped or delivered; package; parcel; order; cargo; freight; shipment
- 留飯lau4 faan6to put some food aside for sb
- 外插ngoi6 caap3to extrapolate
- 阿頂aa3 ding2the boss or the big brother (of a gang) [colloquial]
- 抱腳pou5 goek3shoes fit the feet nicely
- 切點cit3 dim2contact (math.)
- 外角ngoi6 gok3external
- 回防wui4 fong4to go back on defense
- 省招牌saang2 ziu1 paai4to bring honour
- 借讀ze3 duk6to attend school on a temporary basis
- 杯麵bui1 min6cup noodles
- 課表fo3 biu2school timetable
- 慢活maan6 wut6simple living; downshifting; literally: slow living
- 下架haa6 gaa3to take down from the shelves (e.g. a contaminated product)
- 花床faa1 cong4flower bed
- 船首syun4 sau2ship's bow
- 國音gwok3 jam1official pronunciation standard (esp. in the Republic of China in the early 20th century)
- 水族seoi2 zuk6Shui ethnic group
- 寬口fun1 hau2wide mouth
- 字紙zi6 zi2waste papers which have text written on them already
- 芹菜kan4 coi3celery (Apium graveolens)
- 歷下lik6 haa6see 歷下區|历下区[Li4 xia4 Qu1]
- 面洽min6 hap1to discuss face to face with somebody
- 單句daan1 geoi3simple sentence (grammar)
- 電話號碼din6 waa2 hou6 maa5phone number
- 絲發si1 faat3Silky hair
- 山寨廠saan1 zaai6 cong2a factory which imitates and produces pirated brands and goods
- 監國gaam1 gwok3regent; a person ruling in the monarch's place
- 切要cit3 jiu3essential
- 台資toi4 zi1Taiwan capital or investments
- 跳蚤tiu3 zou2flea
- 內河noi6 ho4river that flows only within a country's borders; inland waterway (esp. for transportation, in contrast to coastal or maritime waters)
- 年輕人nin4 hing1 jan4young people
- 沒譜mut6 pou2to be clueless
- 柑桔gam1 gat1(fruit) Kumquat
- 種蛋zung2 daan2breeding egg
- 開動hoi1 dung6to start
- 雲呢拿wan6 nei1 laa2vanilla
- 傻瓜機so4 gwaa1 gei1A point-and-shoot camera; easy-control camera
- 棍子gwan3 zi2stick; rod
- 塞子sak1 zi2cork
- 怪氣gwaai3 hei3weird (temperament)
- 藥流joek6 lau4medical abortion
- 貨卡fo3 kaa1freight wagon; goods wagon
- 成丁sing4 ding1(of a male) to come of age
- 狗牌gau2 paai2dog tag
- 案板on3 baan2kneading or chopping board
- 鐵館tit3 gun2traditional fitness centre
- 甚至乎sam6 zi3 fu4(adverb) even,
- 盤倒pun4 dou2to interrogate, leaving sb speechless
- 複利fuk1 lei6compound interest
- 綠表luk6 biu2Green Form in Home Ownership Scheme of Hong Kong, for public rental housing residents to purchase flats sold under Home Ownership Scheme
- 頂格ding2 gaak3(typesetting) to not indent; to set text flush with the left (or top) margin
- 石台sek6 toi4see 石台縣|石台县[Shi2 tai2 Xian4]
- 彈網daan6 mong5trampolining
- 斷語dyun3 jyu5conclusion
- 借力ze3 lik6to have something bare your bodyweight so that it is easier for you to perform some other tasks
- 八沖baat3 cung1eight surges (a group of eight acupoints in Chinese acupuncture, namely PC-9, TB-1, HT-9 and LV-3, bilaterally)
- 大水daai6 seoi2flood
- 香蕉仔hoeng1 ziu1 zai2Chinese youngsters born or brought up in western countries (spoken)
- 跟足gan1 zuk1to strictly follow
- 叫牌giu3 paai2to bid (bridge and similar card games)
- 卡司kaa1 si2(Tw) (loanword) cast (of a film, TV show etc)
- 取悅ceoi2 jyut6to try to please
- 焦慮症ziu1 leoi6 zing3neurosis
- 格硬gaak3 ngaang2(of people and things) to compel; unyieldingly; by force
- 留鳥lau4 niu5nonmigratory bird
- 腦出血nou5 ceot1 hyut3cerebral hemorrhage
- 料頭liu6 tau4remainder of cloth
- 是拉差si6 laai1 caai1sriracha (loanword)
- 放料fong3 liu2to provide intelligence or information
- 熟地suk6 dei6cultivated land
- 米青mai5 cing1semen, sperm
- 脫機tyut3 gei1offline
- 正印zing3 jan3the senior wife; originally means the leading actress in Cantonese opera.
- 和事酒wo4 si6 zau2meal
- 雞飯gai1 faan6chicken rice [written and colloquial]
- 搭接daap3 zip3to join
- 明斷ming4 dyun6clear judgement; to be clear and firm
- 時沙si4 saa1Station Sergeant
- 辟腥pik1 seng1to get rid of a fishy
- 環流waan4 lau4atmospheric circulation
- 兵書bing1 syu1a book on the art of war
- 備有bei6 jau5to be equipped with; to have
- 拍劇paak3 kek6to shoot a film; to act in a film
- 詩史si1 si2history of poetry
- 黃雨wong4 jyu5amber rainstorm signal; literally "yellow rain"
- 氣圈hei3 hyun1(planet) atmosphere
- 親族can1 zuk6relatives
- 雙工soeng1 gung1(telecommunications) duplex
- 畫板waa2 baan2drawing board ----
- 酒托zau2 tok3person hired to lure customers to high-priced bars
- 方頂fong1 deng2square roof
- 出銃ceot1 cung1to discard a tile that causes opponent to win immediately (mahjong)
- 僻遠pik1 jyun5remote and faraway
- 創刊號cong3 hon2 hou6first issue