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- 棒子paang5 zi2stick
- 戍邊syu3 bin1to garrison the border
- 圓號jyun4 hou6French horn; horn
- 港銀gong2 ngan2HK dollar; literally: Kong sliver
- 敵特dik6 dak6enemy (agents)
- 差失caa1 sat1mistake
- 相減soeng1 gaam2to subtract two numbers
- 鹽分jim4 fan6salt content
- 修道士sau1 dou6 si6friar; frater
- 回穩wui4 wan2return to being stable
- 和頭酒wo4 tau4 zau2banquet for settlement of disputes between gangs or anyone
- 倒臺dou2 toi4to fall from power; to collapse
- 風標fung1 biu1wind vane
- 天帝tin1 dai3God of heaven
- 有史以來jau5 si2 ji5 loi4since the beginning of history
- 木版muk6 baan2(printing) woodblock
- 在後zoi6 hau6behind
- 害鳥hoi6 niu5pest bird (esp. one that feeds on farm crops or newly hatched fish)
- 讀熟duk6 suk6to revise carefully over and over again; to learn something by heart
- 雙程soeng1 cing4return-trip
- 眼眉毛ngaan5 mei4 mou4eyebrow
- 田基tin4 gei1(noun) a field ridge
- 端菜dyun1 coi3to serve food
- 異言ji6 jin4dissenting words
- 舉火geoi2 fo2(literary) to light a fire
- 聽暇ting1 haa1in a while; in case (spoken)
- 門楣mun4 mei4lintel (of a door)
- 廢老fai3 lou5derived from 廢青, it means the elderly who are no better than the purportedly useless younger generation; roughly corresponds to "boomer"
- 主曆zyu2 lik6the Gregorian calendar, used by Christians or Catholics; literally: the Lord's calendar
- 曬馬saai3 maa5to summon subordinates in a show of force, to flaunt one's power; literally "all horses"
- 光束gwong1 cuk1light beam
- 俯仰fu2 joeng5lowering and raising of the head
- 茶客caa4 haak3customer in a teahouse
- 臼齒kau5 ci2molar tooth
- 錄象luk6 zoeng6variant of 錄像|录像[lu4 xiang4]
- 刀工dou1 gung1knife work (food preparation)
- 變現bin3 jin2to realize (an asset); to liquidate; to sell for cash; to monetize
- 回響wui4 hoeng2variant of 迴響|回响[hui2 xiang3]
- 牲口sang1 hau2animals used for their physical strength (mules, oxen etc)
- 麻雀腳maa4 zoek3 goek3mahjong partners (spoken)
- 配股pui3 gu2placing shares (of stock)
- 創匯cong3 wui6to earn foreign exchange
- 跳牀tiu3 cong4a ritual in a traditional Chinese wedding in which children jump on the bed, in wish of pregnancy soon
- 殺入saat3 jap6to break into a place by killing; to break into
- 泡子paau1 zi2small lake
- 隨吉ceoi4 gat1(of shops) to be vacant and ready to hand over anytime
- 失球sat1 kau4to concede a goal
- 夏州haa6 zau1old place name (up to Tang), in Hengshan county 橫山縣|横山县, Yulin, Shaanxi
- 巴松baa1 cung4(loanword) bassoon
- 奇絕kei4 zyut6strange
- 排解paai4 gaai2to mediate
- 義堂ji6 tong2a poor house ; a charity house [colloquial]
- 投影機tau4 jing2 gei1projector
- 倔篤gwat6 duk1No way out (the idea is not going to work; there's no way out down this road)
- 拍手掌paak3 sau2 zoeng2verb; clap your hand
- 夫婿fu1 sai3(literary) husband
- 原子粒jyun4 zi2 nap1semiconductor device
- 講評gong2 ping4to criticize
- 茶商caa4 soeng1tea merchant
- 八號baat3 hou6typhoon signal number 8; a warning issued by the Hong Kong Observatory of a gale or storm
- 煙圈jin1 hyun1smoke ring
- 大無畏daai6 mou4 wai3utterly fearless
- 暗轉am3 zyun2(theater) blackout (e.g. at the end of a scene)
- 莞爾wun5 ji5(literary) to smile
- 文萊man4 loi4Brunei
- 推撞teoi1 zong6to push and shove; to manhandle; to jostle
- 借以ze3 ji5so as to
- 賊心caak6 sam1evil intentions
- 音視jam1 si6sound and video
- 豬頭三zyu1 tau4 saam1a fool; an idiot
- 書名號syu1 ming4 hou6Chinese guillemet 《》(punct. used for names of books etc)
- 僅餘gan2 jyu4Only remaining
- 善風sin6 fung1fair wind
- 椰菜花je4 coi3 faa1cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis)
- 自小zi6 siu2since childhood; from a young age
- 茶油caa4 jau4Tea oil; tea seed oil
- 開審hoi1 sam2to start a trial
- 油茶jau4 caa4(noun) oil tea
- 鬆氣sung1 hei3to relax one's efforts
- 舊歷gau6 lik6Lunar calendar
- 綑綁kwan2 bong2to tie up
- 明檔ming4 dong3open cooking area in a restaurant, to have booths for both displaying and cooking function, to let customers to see all dishes and the process of cooking in a glance ----
- 量程loeng4 cing4range (of scales or measuring equipment)
- 補色bou2 sik1complementary color
- 冰人bing1 jan4(old) matchmaker
- 駕到gaa3 dou3(of honorary people) to arrive
- 三文魚saam1 man4 jyu2salmon (loanword)
- 沉著cam4 zoek6steady
- 落形lok6 jing4facial changes due to excessive slimming or sickness
- 立食laap6 sik6to stand up eating jpn:立ち食い
- 穩便wan2 bin6reliable
- 身毒gyun1 duk1Sindhu, an ancient name for India
- 馬賊maa5 caak6horse thief
- 海豚音hoi2 tyun4 jam1(singing) (coll.) whistle note
- 閉會bai3 wui6close a meeting
- 作牙zok3 ngaa4to have a religious meal
- 奄悶jim1 mun6adj; boring, depressed mood, lack of energy
- 五服ng5 fuk6the five classifications of mourning attire used across East Asia
- 搜捕sau2 bou6to hunt and arrest (fugitives)
- 追念zeoi1 nim6to recollect
- 龍燈lung4 dang1dragon lantern
- 外邦ngoi6 bong1foreign country
- 備查bei6 caa4for future reference
- 指擬zi2 ji5think; hope
- 夢魔mung6 mo1night demon (malign spirit believed to plague people during sleep)
- 逃罪tou4 zeoi6to escape responsibility for a crime; to get away with a crime
- 聚眾zeoi6 zung3to gather a crowd
- 借支ze3 zi1to get an advance on one's pay
- 元兇jyun4 hung1chief culprit
- 軸對稱zuk6 deoi3 cing3(geometry) axial symmetry
- 禁播gam3 bo3to ban the broadcast of some commercials, films, songs, TV programs and dramas, etc.
- 某某人mau5 mau5 jan4(noun) someone
- 委過wai2 gwo3variant of 諉過|诿过[wei3 guo4]
- 躲年do2 nin4to avoid going home for the Chinese New Year (for any of various reasons: because one finds the festivities onerous in some way, or because it would be seen as inauspicious for one to attend, or, in former times, to avoid creditors, since it was the custom to have debts settled before New Year's Day, and once into the New Year, debtors got a reprieve)
- 秦漢ceon4 hon3the Qin (221-207 BC) and Han (206 BC-220 AD) dynasties
- 斯里蘭卡si1 lei5 laan4 kaa1Sri Lanka
- 螢光幕jing4 gwong1 mok6see 螢幕|萤幕[ying2 mu4]
- 頁底jip6 dai2the bottom of the page
- 擂鼓leoi4 gu2to beat a drum
- 侄女zat6 neoi2niece; brother's daughter of a man, or brother-in-law's daughter of a woman
- 學護hok6 wu6nursing student
- 摸象mo2 zoeng6to touch an elephant (of proverbial blind people)
- 備取bei6 ceoi2to be on the waiting list (for admission to a school)
- 一粒花jat1 nap1 faa1probationary police inspector, who has a star on the badge
- 借刀ze3 dou1to get someone else to do one's dirty work
- 家什gaa1 zaap6utensils
- 獨體duk6 tai2autonomous body
- 閉關bai3 gwaan1to close the passes
- 旗子kei4 zi2flag
- 那麽naa5 mo1variant of 那麼|那么[na4 me5]
- 痛感tung3 gam2to feel deeply
- 專司zyun1 si1to work solely on
- 說上syut3 soeng6to say
- 奇解kei4 gaai2singular solution (to a math. equation)
- 穿梭機cyun1 so1 gei1space shuttle
- 搶客coeng2 haak3to compete for customers
- 汾酒fan4 zau2Fenjiu (sorghum-based Chinese liquor)
- 大頭針daai6 tau4 zam1a push pin; a drawing pin
- 早一排zou2 jat1 paai2noun; recently, not long ago
- 產程caan2 cing4the process of childbirth
- 好惹hou2 je5accommodating
- 牆根coeng4 gan1foot of a wall
- 略讀loek6 duk6to read cursorily
- 嘔吐物au2 tou3 mat6vomit
- 年鑒nin4 gaam3Yearbook; the Annual
- 高梁gou1 loeng4Takahashi (Japanese surname and place name)
- 退火teoi3 fo2annealing (metallurgy)
- 架橋gaa3 kiu4to bridge
- 題外話tai4 ngoi6 waa6off-topic comment; digression
- 罐頭刀gun3 tau2 dou1can opener
- 金禧gam1 hei1golden jubilee; fiftieth anniversary
- 破防po3 fong4(video games) to break through an opponent's defenses
- 算賬syun3 zoeng3(accounting) to balance the books; to do the accounts
- 排架paai4 gaa2scaffold
- 湯包tong1 baau1steamed dumpling
- 腳程goek3 cing4walking speed
- 本席bun2 zik6first-person pronoun used by officials, for example lawmakers, judges, etc.
- 額滿ngaak2 mun5to have all the available places taken; to have quota fulfilled
- 拖波to1 bo1Engine braking
- 拆招牌caak3 ziu1 paai4lit. to remove one's signboard, meaning to destroy one's good reputation
- 巴喳baa1 zaa1too talkative and noisy and unreasonable
- 魔幻mo1 waan6magical
- 回尾wui4 mei5to refund unconsumed food (usually bread) ordered earlier in a restaurant
- 率兵seot1 bing1to lead troops
- 觀音竹gun1 jam1 zuk1fernleaf bamboo
- 獨語duk6 jyu5solo part (in opera)
- 唱商coeng3 soeng1one's ability to give a convincing performance of a song
- 雞士gai1 si2dollar, buck
- 煙捲jin1 gyun2cigarette
- 吐字tou3 zi6diction; enunciation
- 慢綫maan6 sin3the motorway lane for routine driving, the left lane in Hong Kong motorway
- 十進制sap6 zeon3 zai3decimal
- 層狀cang4 zong6stratified
- 信函seon3 haam4letter
- 藏書票cong4 syu1 piu3bookplate
- 大頭蝦daai6 tau4 haa1(slang) a forgetful and absent-minded person
- 登六dang1 luk6to reach 60 years old (a homophone of 登陸 "to land")
- 土魷tou2 jau2dried squid
- 搭背daap3 bui3harness pad (on draft animal)
- 落架lok6 gaa2
- 會務wui2 mou6affairs of a club or society
- 李三腳lei5 saam1 goek3Bruce Lee's nickname [colloquial]
- 窩可wo1 ho2doomed; to get into big trouble
- 計數機gai3 sou3 gei1(noun) a calculator
- 司職si1 zik1to serve in the role of
- 今音gam1 jam1modern (i.e. not ancient) pronunciation of a Chinese character
- 板煙baan2 jin1plug (of tobacco)
- 冷鐘laang1 zung1bicycle bell; alarm clock; school bell
- 動腦dung6 nou5to use one's brain
- 爛酒laan6 zau2alcoholism
- 電勢din6 sai3electric potential
- 樓蘭lau4 laan4Loulan, aka Kroraina, ancient oasis town on the Silk Road near Lop Nor 羅布泊|罗布泊[Luo2 bu4 po1]
- 有數為jau5 sou3 wai4worthwhile; cost-effective; advantageous; a good deal
- 亞洲電視aa3 zau1 din6 si6Asia Television Network, a television station in Hong Kong
- 異龍ji6 lung4allosaurus
- 平素ping4 sou3usually
- 論政leon6 zing3to discuss political issues or policies
- 涅槃nip6 pun4(Buddhism) (loanword from Sanskrit) to achieve nirvana (extinction of desire and pain); to die (abbr. for 涅槃那[nie4 pan2 na4])
- 登極dang1 gik6to ascend the throne
- 善言sin6 jin4good words