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- 這不ze5 bat1(coll.) As a matter of fact, ... (used to introduce evidence for what one has just asserted)
- 菜板coi3 baan2chopping board; cutting board
- 率然seot1 jin4hastily
- 沙化saa1 faa2sofa; couch
- 詩聖si1 sing3"sage of poetry", epithet of Du Fu 杜甫[Du4 Fu3]
- 揸弗zaa1 fit1adj; in charge
- 分冊fan1 caak3fascicle; volume (of a book)
- 槍眼coeng1 ngaan5loophole (for firing)
- 親暱can1 nik1intimate
- 開春hoi1 ceon1beginning of spring
- 爆管baau3 gun2cartridge igniter
- 補假bou2 gaa3deferred holiday; day off for having worked overtime; day in lieu; compensatory leave
- 深表sam1 biu2to express sth to a high degree
- 育兒juk6 ji4to raise a child
- 葉輪jip6 leon4turbine wheel
- 復牌fuk6 paai4(of stocks) to be resumed
- 原聲帶jyun4 sing1 daai2original soundtrack (OST); soundtrack
- 司藥si1 joek6pharmacist
- 認腳jing6 goek3(of a shoe) designed to be worn on a specific foot – either the left or the right
- 牀墊cong4 din3mattress (pad)
- 許字heoi2 zi6betrothed
- 零嘴ling4 zeoi2nibbles
- 編結pin1 git3to weave
- 隔籬gaak3 lei4(noun) next door neighbour; (preposition) nearby; beside
- 發水樓faat3 seoi2 lau2(noun) an inflated building; an inflated apartment
- 急不及待gap1 bat1 kap6 doi6see 急不可待[ji2 bu4 ke3 dai4]
- 牌費paai4 fai3license fee
- 海頓hoi2 deon6Haydn (name)
- 貴府gwai3 fu2your home (honorific)
- 急板gap1 baan2(music) presto
- 土牛tou2 ngau4clay ox
- 兵馬bing1 maa5troops and horses
- 卷鬚gyun2 sou1tendril
- 聯係lyun4 hai6variant of 聯繫|联系[lian2 xi4]
- 電話簿din6 waa2 bou2telephone directory
- 插腳caap3 goek3to shove in
- 蛇管se4 gun2flexible hose
- 岩漿ngaam4 zoeng1(geology) magma
- 題解tai4 gaai2notes
- 定影ding6 jing2to fix a photographic image
- 毆跛au3 bai1to break; to smash [colloquial]
- 烏鴉口wu1 aa1 hau2a jinxster
- 端飯dyun1 faan6to serve (food)
- 聞見man4 gin3to smell
- 舅婆kau5 po4grandmother's brother's wife
- 直必zik6 bit1to speak in a brutally honest manner
- 大掃除daai6 sou3 ceoi4pre-Chinese New Year clean up (noun), cleaning for Chinese New Year (verb)
- 急急gap1 gap1nearly at once
- 黑過鬼hak1 gwo3 gwai2to have really bad luck [colloquial]
- 藥引joek6 jan5(Chinese medicine) medicinal catalyst
- 採出coi2 ceot1to extract
- 難為情naan4 wai4 cing4embarrassed
- 本島bun2 dou2main island
- 試客si3 haak3product tester; trial user (often receiving free or discounted items in exchange for feedback)
- 赴任fu6 jam6to travel to take up a new post
- 熟化suk6 faa3to cure
- 長散coeng4 saan2long-term temporary job or staff
- 商計soeng1 gai3to negotiate
- 金飯碗gam1 faan6 wun2secure and lucrative job
- 款步fun2 bou6to walk slowly
- 檔子dong3 zi2classifier for affairs, events etc
- 襟章kam1 zoeng1a badge; a medal
- 聽曲teng1 kuk1to listen to traditional Chinese Opera music
- 餿水saau3 seoi2swill; slops;
- 邊青bin1 cing1youths marginalized by society
- 印腳ngan3 goek3to jiggle one's feet
- 水蛭seoi2 zat6leech
- 破落po3 lok6broken down; to be in decline
- 工運gung1 wan6labour movement
- 紹興酒siu6 hing3 zau2Shaoxing wine a.k.a. "yellow wine", traditional Chinese wine made from glutinous rice and wheat
- 爆機baau3 gei1to beat a computer game, to finish all levels in a computer game; literally "explode machine"
- 世職sai3 zik1hereditary office
- 關係到gwaan1 hai6 dou3relates to
- 三公saam1 gung1royal cards; face cards; picture cards; the jack, queen and king of every suit ----
- 負笈fu6 kap1(literary) to leave home to pursue studies in (a distant place)
- 官印gun1 jan3official seal
- 竹茹zuk1 jyu4bamboo shavings (Bambusa tuldoides) used in Chinese medicine
- 撞臉zong6 lim5(coll.) to look alike
- 極晝gik6 zau3polar day
- 舅舅kau5 kau5mother's brother
- 滾球gwan2 kau4lawn bowls
- 調子diu6 zi2tune
- 守車sau2 ce1guard's van (on train)
- 麻醉藥maa4 zeoi3 joek6anesthetic; narcotic
- 庫藏fu3 cong4to store
- 結納git3 naap6to make friends
- 雨布jyu5 bou3rain tarp
- 沙白saa1 baak6a kind of clam with white shell
- 散話saan2 waa6digression
- 頂目ding2 muk6item
- 三角褲saam1 gok3 fu3briefs
- 雜種仔zaap6 zung2 zai2person of mixed blood
- 大曬daai6 saai3to be the best, to be the most successful, to "rule", to "call the shots", to dominate (typically used sarcastically or disparagingly)
- 熟語suk6 jyu5idiom
- 鬥法dau3 faat3to fight with sorcery and magic
- 河皮ho4 pei4riverbank
- 發泡faat3 pou5to produce foam
- 反鬥faan2 dau3naughty; mischievous
- 英石jing1 sek6stone (British unit of mass equal to 14 pounds (about 6.3 kilograms))
- 熱舞jit6 mou5a passionate dance; a sexy dance
- 略語loek6 jyu5abbreviation
- 生雪saang1 syut3ice made from un-boiled water
- 推託teoi1 tok3to dodge; to make excuse; cop-out (verb)
- 尼日利亞nei4 jat6 lei6 aa3Nigeria
- 扎住zaat3 zyu6to stop
- 敵臺dik6 toi4defensive tower
- 累死leoi6 sei2Exhausted; to drag someone down into a bad situation
- 斷代dyun6 doi6periodization (of history)
- 鎮紙zan3 zi2paperweight
- 詞譜ci4 pou2lyrics
- 聳肩sung2 gin1to shrug one's shoulders
- 用腦jung6 nou5to undertake mental work
- 演歌jin2 go1enka (Japanese genre of sentimental ballads)
- 響安hoeng2 on1to sound the horn of a vehicle, train, or ship; to blow a horn; to honk
- 屙屎o1 si2to defecate
- 求勝kau4 sing3wanting to win
- 氣塞hei3 sak1airlock
- 邊塞bin1 coi3frontier fortress
- 回民wui4 man4Hui ethnic group (Chinese muslims)
- 蓮花杯lin4 faa1 bui1ice cream in cup
- 備辦bei6 baan6to provide (items for an event)
- 閃閃sim2 sim2flickering; sparkling; glistening; glittering
- 寶刀bou2 dou1noun; a treasured sword (antique)
- 苦口fu2 hau2lit. bitter taste (cf good medicine tastes bitter 良藥苦口|良药苦口)
- 口苦hau2 fu2bitter taste in one's mouth, the lack of appetite
- 來人loi4 jan4it is a line used by a master to summon one's servant
- 品流ban2 lau4the types of characters of the people that frequent a particular area
- 吸經kap1 ging1absorb other players’ experience
- 齊書cai4 syu1History of Qi of the Southern Dynasties, seventh of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled by Xiao Zixian 蕭子顯|萧子显[Xiao1 Zi3 xian3] in 537 during Liang of the Southern Dynasties 南朝梁[Nan2 chao2 Liang2], 59 scrolls
- 大頭佛daai6 tau4 fat6a serious issue or problem; a messy situation; a cock-up; the big Buddha head mask used in lion dancing during festivals; to describe someone with no brains
- 講數口gong2 sou3 hau2negotiating the terms or the price; to haggle
- 豬皮zyu1 pei4pig skin
- 南國naam4 gwok3Southern China
- 定標ding6 biu1to calibrate (measure or apparatus)
- 曾孫女zang1 syun1 neoi2great-granddaughter
- 雙失soeng1 sat1dropping studies and unemployed; literally: double loss
- 炸燬zaa3 wai2to blow up
- 掉價diu6 gaa3drop in price
- 未遂mei6 seoi6to fail to accomplish
- 壓板aat3 baan2vise jaw
- 布防bou3 fong4to lay out a defense
- 跳價tiu3 gaa3price jump
- 修法sau1 faat3to amend a law
- 暗經am3 ging1latent menstruation (TCM)
- 星火sing1 fo2spark
- 抽球cau1 kau4to smash the ball
- 戲寶hei3 bou2classic Cantonese opera
- 評話ping4 waa6storytelling dramatic art dating back to Song and Yuan periods, single narrator without music, often historical topics with commentary
- 下陸haa6 luk6see 下陸區|下陆区[Xia4 lu4 Qu1]
- 雪車syut3 ce1vehicle designed for use in snow (sled, sleigh, snowmobile etc)
- 做生活zou6 sang1 wut6to work
- 樓價lau4 gaa3property prices; property value
- 輕慢hing1 maan6irreverent
- 稅基seoi3 gei1tax base
- 引火jan5 fo2to kindle
- 失錯sat1 co3to make a careless mistake
- 準保zeon2 bou2certainly
- 大賊daai6 caak6master thief
- 食色sik6 sik1food and sex
- 搭界daap3 gaai3an interface
- 複句fuk1 geoi3compound phrase
- 展期zin2 kei4to extend the period
- 血雨hyut3 jyu5rain of blood
- 上都soeng6 dou1Shangdu, also known as Xanadu, summer capital of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368)
- 方舟fong1 zau1ark
- 八卦妹baat3 gwaa3 mui1a young girl who is a busybody or a gossiper
- 爆山baau3 saan1to blast a mountain with explosives
- 有緣jau5 jyun4related
- 遠略jyun5 loek6long-term strategy
- 鬧心naau6 sam1to be vexed or annoyed
- 劍河gim3 ho4see 劍河縣|剑河县[Jian4 he2 Xian4]
- 嵩山sung1 saan1Mt Song in Henan, central mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4]
- 異像ji6 zoeng6extraordinary image
- 英資jing1 zi1British-owned business
- 極角gik6 gok3polar angle
- 讀譜duk6 pou2to read a score
- 蛋逼daan2 bik1(dialect) to talk nonsense
- 善信sin6 seon3faithful believers or devotees of religions, often referring specifically to Buddhism
- 趕腳gon2 goek3to work as a carter or porter
- 家庭教師gaa1 ting4 gaau3 si1tutor
- 陪罪pui4 zeoi6to apologize
- 兵營bing1 jing4military camp
- 政經zing3 ging1politics and the economy (from 政治[zheng4 zhi4] and 經濟|经济[jing1 ji4])
- 瓢蟲piu1 cung4ladybug
- 試杯si3 bui1Petri dish
- 雪線syut3 sin3snow line
- 量地官loeng4 dei6 gun1an unemployed person; a jobless person; a hobo; a vagrant
- 半響bun3 hoeng2half the day
- 地熱dei6 jit6geothermal heat
- 柔韌jau4 jan6pliable and tough
- 口訊hau2 seon3oral message
- 直排zik6 paai4vertical setting (printing)
- 舅父kau3 fu2mother's brother
- 羅生門lo4 sang1 mun4Rashomon, Japanese novel and movie
- 癩瘡laai3 cong1favus (skin disease)
- 質證zat1 zing3examination of the evidence of the opposing party in a court of law
- 呈文cing4 man4petition (submitted to a superior)
- 賭本dou2 bun2money to gamble with
- 打麻雀daa2 maa4 zoek2(verb) to play mah-jong
- 傳燈cyun4 dang1to pass on the light of Buddha