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- 豬頭骨zyu1 tau4 gwat1(n.) pork bone, usually for making stock; (slang something that is tough but not rewarding; something that is unprofitable; (slang) something that is not good enough to get you excited but that is still a pity to be discarded; the expendable things; the non-essentials
- 河源ho2 jyun4see 河源市[He2 yuan2 Shi4]
- 區隔keoi1 gaak3to mark off
- 重音cung5 jam1accent (of a word)
- 爲你wai6 nei5
- 莫卡mok1 kaa4mocha
- 單糖daan1 tong4monosaccharide
- 皮臉pei4 lim5naughty
- 通例tung1 lai6general rule
- 何媽ho4 maa1A pre-game to divide participants into two groups (each time). Participants first form a circle. Next, each one cotinuously hits his/her chest with one hand while makes the 何 (jyutping:ho4) sound. Then each one shows his/her hand in front of his/her chest and flip it twice immediately after that. While showing his/her hand, each one says 孖 (jyutping: maa1), and while flipping his/hand hand, each one says 術師 (jyutping:seot6 si1), one character for one flip. The teams are divided depending on whether the person's palm is facing upwards or downwards. If the division is not even or more teams are to be divided, the above procedures could be taken multiple times.
- 仿效fong2 haau6to follow the example of a person; to imitate
- 奄尖jim1 zim1picky (spoken)
- 貓樹maau1 syu6cat tree
- 空波hung1 bo1no gear (manual transmission); neutral gear (automatic transmission)
- 村夫cyun1 fu1male villager; (derog.) male peasant
- 心水清sam1 seoi2 cing1clearly knowing
- 內斂noi6 lim5introverted
- 大限daai6 haan6the limit
- 升班sing1 baan1to be promoted to the next grade / a higher class in school
- 九號gau2 hou6typhoon signal number 9; a warning issued by the Hong Kong Observatory that the the gale or storm is expected to increase significantly in strength
- 內檔noi6 dong3inner side of a bend
- 新冠san1 gun1novel coronavirus (abbr. for 新型冠狀病毒|新型冠状病毒[xin1 xing2 guan1 zhuang4 bing4 du2]) (esp. SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19)
- 象腿zoeng6 teoi2thunder thighs
- 觀火gun1 fo2penetrating (vision)
- 轉堂zyun3 tong4to switch class
- 沒影mut6 jing2to vanish
- 持論ci4 leon6to express a view, an idea, opinion; to make a stance; to present an argument
- 蕃薯faan1 syu2sweet potato
- 馬標maa5 biu1a parimutuel ticket (for horseracing)
- 赴難fu6 naan6to get involved in danger to save the country
- 燈位dang1 wai2traffic light junction
- 事隔si6 gaak3after the event; a certain period after an event or occurrence
- 血證hyut3 zing3evidence of murder
- 遊走jau4 zau2to wander about
- 水手服seoi2 sau2 fuk6Japanese sailor-style schoolgirl uniform; sailor fuku
- 中成藥zung1 sing4 joek6prepared prescription (Chinese medicine)
- 死老鬼sei2 lou5 gwai2(verb) scold someone as an old man
- 歸根gwai1 gan1to return home (after a lifetime's absence)
- 改錯帶goi2 co3 daai2correction tape
- 支族zi1 zuk6subfamily
- 實價sat6 gaa3net price; fixed price
- 曠課kwong3 fo3to play truant
- 故云gu3 wan4that's why it is called...
- 簡本gaan2 bun2concise edition
- 補電bou2 din6to charge (a battery)
- 雙下巴soeng1 haa6 paa4double chin
- 千周cin1 zau1kilocycle (KC), equals to 1,000 Hz
- 炎症jim4 zing3inflammation
- 吸地kap1 dei6to vacuum the floor
- 後味hau6 mei6aftertaste
- 無損mou4 syun2to do no harm (to sth)
- 瘡疤cong1 baa1scar
- 南嶽naam4 ngok6Nanyue district of Hengyang city 衡陽市|衡阳市[Heng2 yang2 shi4], Hunan
- 含氣ham4 hei3containing air
- 黑面神hak1 min6 san4one filled with anger (slang)
- 腳頭好goek3 tau4 hou2(someone) bringing good fortune
- 食力sik6 lik6to support oneself by one's own labour
- 混名wan6 meng2nickname
- 不嬲bat1 lau1always; all along
- 轄制hat6 zai3to control
- 耐用品noi6 jung6 ban2durable goods
- 殺熟saat3 suk6(coll.) (business) to exploit the trust of acquaintances or loyal customers for profit
- 眼白白ngaan5 baak6 baak6(adverb) (look on) dully or blankly; (look on) helplessly; to describe how one is watching something happening right before one's very eyes but that there is nothing that one can do about it
- 煙槍jin1 coeng1opium pipe
- 黃熟wong4 suk6to turn yellow and ripe
- 實事求是sat6 si6 kau4 si6lit. to seek truth from facts (idiom)
- 蛇車se4 ce1(of buses) split shift, supplementary service
- 保加利亞bou2 gaa1 lei6 aa3Bulgaria
- 生壅saang1 ung1(adjective) buried alive
- 音管jam1 gun2pipe (of an organ)
- 遙控車jiu4 hung3 ce1radio-controlled car (hobbyist's model car)
- 騙供pin3 gung1to cheat sb into confessing
- 核戰hat6 zin3nuclear warfare
- 餘項jyu4 hong6remainder term (math.)
- 停藥ting4 joek6to have drug withdrawal; to stop taking medicine
- 車燈ce1 dang1vehicle light (headlight, turn indicator etc)
- 苦因fu2 jan1affliction
- 春心動ceon1 sam1 dung6to be attracted to someone; to be sexually aroused [colloquial]
- 聞出man4 ceot1to identify by smell
- 捱打ngaai4 daa2to take a beating; to come under attack; to suffer from a beating; usually, without fighting back
- 雙抽soeng1 cau1black soy sauce
- 母線mou5 sin3generating line
- 驚蟄ging1 zik6Jingzhe or Insects Wake, 3rd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 6th-20th March
- 除牌ceoi4 paai4(of stocks) to be delisted
- 魯史lou5 si2History of Kingdom Lu
- 八步baat3 bou6see 八步區|八步区[Ba1 bu4 Qu1]
- 中譯zung1 jik6translation into Chinese
- 惡神ok3 san4malignant deity
- 派購paai3 kau3fixed government purchase (esp of farm products)
- 有錢佬jau5 cin2 lou2a rich guy; the rich [colloquial]
- 殉葬seon1 zong3(of servants etc) to be buried alive with the deceased; (of utensils etc) to be buried with the dead
- 毛料mou4 liu2rough lumber
- 硬照ngaang6 ziu3photo shoot (for magazines, advertisements, etc.)
- 濕疹sap1 can2eczema
- 裇衫seot1 saam1shirt
- 群落kwan4 lok6community
- 幫主bong1 zyu2leader of a gang or a faction
- 河工ho4 gung1river conservancy works (dike maintenance, dredging etc)
- 恨錯han6 co3to regret a mistake committed
- 里拉lei5 laai1(loanword) lira (currency of Turkey)
- 飛翔船fei1 coeng4 syun4hovercraft
- 全影cyun4 jing2total shadow
- 優生jau1 sang1outstanding student
- 關燈gwaan1 dang1to turn off the lights [written]
- 沓正daap6 zeng3(adverb) right on something
- 加農gaa1 nung4(loanword) cannon
- 錯角co3 gok3(math.) alternate angles
- 洗白白sai2 baak6 baak6(v.) to take a bath or a shower (child's talk)
- 影線jing2 sin3hatched road markings
- 社火se5 fo2festival entertainment (lion dance, dragon lantern etc)
- 反甲faan2 gaap3detached nail
- 台東toi4 dung1Taidong or Taitung city and county in Taiwan
- 蘊藏wan5 cong4to hold in store
- 抵諗dai2 nam2worth considering (spoken)
- 開炮hoi1 paau3to open fire with artillery; to start bombarding
- 惡德ok3 dak1wickedness
- 做人世zou6 jan4 sai3to be with someone for life
- 永續wing5 zuk6sustainable
- 甲由gaat6 zaat2a common typographical error of cockroach 曱甴
- 慢待maan6 doi6to slight (treat badly)
- 趕早gon2 zou2as soon as possible; at the first opportunity; the sooner the better; before it's too late
- 激化gik1 faa3to intensify
- 差皮caa1 pei2bad, poor
- 片石pin2 sek6stone skipping
- 石片sek6 pin3slab
- 炸手zaa3 sau2to have tattoo all over one's arms; lit. to fry hand
- 金腳帶gam1 goek3 daai2banded krait (snake)
- 噴射機pan3 se6 gei1jet plane
- 鉸剪gaau3 zin2scissors
- 駢文pin4 man4parallel prose
- 移時ji4 si4for a while
- 發嬲faat3 nau1getting furious
- 拗撬aau3 giu6(noun
- 眼毛ngaan5 mou4(noun) eyelash
- 丟命diu1 ming6to die
- 蘇菜sou1 coi3Jiangsu cuisine
- 五音ng5 jam1five notes of pentatonic scale, roughly do, re, mi, sol, la
- 燈臺dang1 toi4lampstand
- 好命水hou2 meng6 seoi2good
- 工房gung1 fong4workshop
- 紅果hung4 gwo2haw fruit
- 扼要ak1 jiu3to the point
- 巴黎帽baa1 lai4 mou2noun; beret cap
- 勒殺lak6 saat3to strangle
- 絲光si1 gwong1(textiles) mercerized cotton
- 從優cung4 jau1preferential treatment
- 批語pai1 jyu5criticism
- 海牀hoi2 cong4seabed; sea floor
- 音級jam1 kap1a note on a musical scale
- 頂輪ding2 leon4sahasrāra or sahasrara, the crown or fontanel chakra 查克拉, residing at the top of the skull
- 東登dung1 dang1(of tropical cyclones) to land on the east of Hong Kong
- 溫差wan1 caa1difference in temperature
- 蠶繭caam4 gaan2silkworm cocoon
- 煙鬼jin1 gwai2heavy smoker
- 球品kau4 ban2sportsmanship (in ball games)
- 毋須mou4 seoi1unnecessary
- 拉爆laai1 baau3expansion anchor; wedge anchor
- 形質jing4 zat1form
- 抗原kong3 jyun4(immunology) antigen
- 略字loek6 zi6abbreviated character
- 畿內亞gei1 noi6 aa3see 幾內亞|几内亚[Ji3 nei4 ya4]
- 提純tai4 seon4to purify
- 也不jaa5 bat1also not; neither
- 屬土suk6 tou2dependency; a dependent territory
- 毀謗wai2 bong6slander; libel
- 勞力士lou4 lik6 si6Rolex (Swiss wristwatch brand)
- 華夫waa4 fu1waffle (loanword)
- 公引gung1 jan5hectometer
- 脫除tyut3 ceoi4to get rid of
- 食水深sik6 seoi2 sam1making excessive profits (slang)
- 藏有cong4 jau5to possess (illegal items)
- 丁權ding1 kyun4Small House Concessionary Rights; ding rights
- 看做hon3 zou6to regard as
- 移用ji4 jung6to use (sth) for a purpose other than its original one; to adapt (tools, methods etc) for another purpose
- 開罐頭hoi1 gun3 tau2to open a can
- 沒什麼mut6 sam6 mo1it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind
- 客室haak3 sat1guest room
- 全優cyun4 jau1overall excellence
- 標圖biu1 tou4mark on map or chart
- 開味hoi1 mei6whet the appetite
- 飲水機jam2 seoi2 gei1water dispenser
- 季子gwai3 zi2youngest brother
- 洞子dung6 zi2cave
- 重臨cung4 lam4to return
- 落座lok6 zo6to sit down
- 爆門baau3 mun4to break into
- 衛冕wai6 min5to defend the crown (in sports championship)
- 晚世maan5 sai3nowadays
- 矮行星ai2 hang4 sing1dwarf planet
- 視盤si6 pun2optic disc (anatomy)
- 地頭龍dei6 tau4 lung4someone who holds powerful influence over a particular area [colloquial]
- 西裝友sai1 zong1 jau2a man in a suit
- 流佈lau4 bou3to spread; to circulate; to disseminate
- 憑靠pang4 kaau3to use
- 半晝bun3 zau3half day (slang)
- 左證zo2 zing3evidence; witness; to confirm
- 引河jan5 ho4irrigation channel
- 鐘室zung1 sat1bell chamber (at the top of a bell tower)
- 國家公園gwok3 gaa1 gung1 jyun2national park
- 一腳踢jat1 goek3 tek3(slang) to describe someone who handles all the tasks for a project or a business