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- 有後jau5 hau6to have a descendant; to have a son to continue one's lineage
- 簡裝gaan2 zong1paperback
- 捲煙gyun2 jin1noun; cigarette; cigar
- 色鍾sik1 zung1variant of 色盅[shai3 zhong1]
- 荔景lai6 ging2Lai King, a town situated in southern New Territories in Hong Kong
- 派勢paai3 sai3style
- 官服gun1 fuk6official uniform, especially worn by the officers in the old royal governments in East Asia
- 停盤ting4 pun4to suspend trading (stock market)
- 遊星jau4 sing1(old) planet
- 玩出火waan2 ceot1 fo2to describe a situation which has gone out of control when one plays with fire
- 茂名mau6 ming4see 茂名市[Mao4 ming2 Shi4]
- 我等ngo5 dang2we
- 等我dang2 ngo5wait for me [written and colloquial]; let me [colloquial]
- 豬灣zyu1 waan1Bay of Pigs (Cuba)
- 萬事得maan6 si6 dak1Mazda Motor Corporation
- 喃字naam4 zi6Vietnam characters (like Chinese characters but native to Vietnam)
- 密山mat6 saan1see 密山市[Mi4 shan1 Shi4]
- 維皮wai4 pei2(of a company, business) to break even
- 拼死ping3 sei2to go all out for sth at risk of one's life
- 說說syut3 syut3to say sth
- 煙酒jin1 zau2tobacco and alcohol
- 刺字ci3 zi6to tattoo
- 奶酪naai5 lok3cheese
- 地球科學dei6 kau4 fo1 hok6earth science
- 阿妗aa3 kam5aunty (the wife of a maternal uncle); the wife of a woman's younger brother
- 心窩sam1 wo1chest area around the heart
- 招領ziu1 ling5to advertise for the owner of lost property
- 炒起caau2 hei2to fight; to beat up; to kick someone [colloquial]
- 用勁jung6 ging6exert oneself
- 蓋子goi3 zi2cover
- 預覽jyu6 laam5preview
- 尾機mei5 gei1a perversion of 屈機, used in some online forums
- 雪格syut3 gaak3freezer; see 冰格 bing1 gaak3
- 受窮sau6 kung4poor
- 空額hung1 ngaak2vacancy
- 急眼gap1 ngaan5to be anxious
- 麵檔min6 dong3noodle stall or counter
- 精微zing1 mei4subtle
- 離獨lei4 duk6to be divorced
- 擬製ji5 zai3to draft (a plan etc)
- 臨河lam4 ho4see 臨河區|临河区[Lin2 he2 Qu1]
- 衝紅燈cung1 hung4 dang1to run the red light
- 光暗gwong1 am3brightness; luminosity; refers to the contrast between light and darkness, and can also be used metaphorically to describe the opposite relationship of things
- 銀碼ngan4 maa5price; transaction value
- 勒逼lak6 bik1to coerce
- 好手氣hou2 sau2 hei3to have luck at gambling [written and colloquial]
- 翻造faan1 zou6to rebuild
- 控球hung3 kau4(of ball games) to possess the ball; to control the ball at one's feet
- 天數tin1 sou3number of days
- 編錄pin1 luk6to select and edict
- 蛇島se4 dou2Shedao or Snake island in Bohai sea 渤海 off Lüshun 旅順|旅顺 on the tip of the Liaoning peninsula, small rocky island famous for snakes
- 鏈表lin2 biu2linked list
- 頭牙tau4 ngaa4prayer to the God of land on the second day of the second month in Chinese calendar
- 普度pou2 dou6to widely save others with one's ability (in a religious sense); generally referring to relief and enlightenment in Buddhism or Taoism, or ghost worship in Yulan Festival
- 曬相saai3 soeng2(of photography) to develop and print a photo
- 梁書loeng4 syu1History of Liang of the Southern Dynasties, eighth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled by Yao Silian 姚思廉[Yao2 Si1 lian2] in 636 during Tang dynasty, 56 scrolls
- 閃光彈sim2 gwong1 daan2flashbang; stun grenade
- 石洗sek6 sai2stone washing
- 合體字hap6 tai2 zi6a Chinese character formed by combining existing elements - i.e. a combined ideogram 會意|会意 or radical plus phonetic 形聲|形声
- 開砲hoi1 paau3to open fire
- 傷及soeng1 kap6(formal) (of consequences) to hurt; to damage
- 洪流hung4 lau4a powerful current
- 佛書fat6 syu1Buddhist scripture
- 散叫saan2 giu3à la carte; as opposed to set meal
- 衝決cung1 kyut3to burst (e.g. a dam)
- 好的hou2 dik1good; yes
- 相容soeng1 jung4compatible
- 狂奔kwong4 ban1to run like crazy; to rush
- 有聲書jau5 seng1 syu1audiobook
- 黐家ci1 gaa1a homebody
- 鄉曲hoeng1 kuk1remote village
- 美人尖mei5 jan4 zim1widow's peak (in China, regarded as attractive in women)
- 密教mat6 gaau3esoteric Buddhism
- 日記簿jat6 gei3 bou2noun; daybook; journal;diary
- 演替jin2 tai3succession (of changes in an ecological community)
- 傳告cyun4 gou3to pass on (a message); to relay (the information)
- 頂拜ding2 baai3to prostrate oneself
- 唯美wai4 mei5aesthetics
- 混交wan6 gaau1mixed (growth of wood)
- 譯語jik6 jyu5target language (linguistics)
- 零落ling4 lok6withered and fallen
- 始發ci2 faat3(of trains etc) to set off (on a journey)
- 死勁sei2 ging6all one's strength
- 炸物zaa3 mat6(Tw) deep-fried food
- 來路菜loi4 lou2 coi3imported vegetables; a young woman from abroad [colloquial]
- 懾人sip3 jan4intimidating; fearsome
- 銻煲tai1 bou1aluminium cooking pot
- 兩廣loeng5 gwong2the two provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi (traditional)
- 唆擺so1 baai2Instigate
- 終之zung1 zi1after all; in the end; at last; finally; at the end of the day
- 長生板coeng2 sang1 baan2coffin
- 調赴diu6 fu6to dispatch (troops to the front)
- 首音sau2 jam1(linguistics) onset
- 八苦baat3 fu2the eight distresses - birth, age, sickness, death, parting with what we love, meeting with what we hate, unattained aims, and all the ills of the five skandhas (Buddhism)
- 爆林baau3 lam4to cut a path or even a trail through a jungle
- 細作sai3 zok3(old) spy; secret agent
- 倒翻轉dou3 faan1 zyun3upside down
- 補滿bou2 mun5to make up for what is lacking
- 油然jau4 jin4(adjective) contented; cheerful
- 回旋wui4 syun4variant of 迴旋|回旋[hui2 xuan2]
- 落貨lok6 fo3to unload goods
- 不而bat1 ji4How about
- 散件saan2 gin2spare parts
- 折水sit6 seoi2returning water; currency devaluation; to shrink
- 廚子cyu4 zi2cook
- 露體lou6 tai2naked
- 官守gun1 sau2ex officio; official
- 猜波caai1 bo1when playing ball games, both sides just keep passing, without smashing or put spin on the ball
- 燒飯siu1 faan6to cook a meal
- 精銳zing1 jeoi6elite (e.g. troops)
- 北極洋bak1 gik6 joeng4Arctic Ocean
- 掛失gwaa3 sat1to report the loss of something
- 一品紅jat1 ban2 hung4poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima)
- 走索zau2 sok3tightrope walking
- 直認zik6 jing6to admit frankly
- 坐攝zo6 sip1bicycle seat; bicycle saddle
- 細細sai3 sai3attentive
- 洗衣粉sai2 ji1 fan2laundry detergent
- 撞火zong6 fo2(slang) to get pissed off; to get angry
- 採買coi2 maai5to purchase; to buy
- 隊形deoi6 jing4formation
- 春令ceon1 ling6spring
- 千禧cin1 hei1millennium
- 耍花樣saa2 faa1 joeng2to play tricks on sb
- 捲逃gyun2 tou4to bundle up valuables and abscond
- 倉促cong2 cuk1all of a sudden
- 茶青caa4 cing1freshly picked tea leaves
- 青茶ceng1 caa4oolong tea, a semi-oxidised tea
- 更番gang1 faan1alternately
- 折本sit6 bun2a loss
- 椰棗je4 zou2date palm; date (fruit)
- 膠捲gaau1 gyun2variant of 膠卷|胶卷[jiao1 juan3]
- 對症deoi3 zing3correct diagnosis
- 千術cin1 seot6skill of cheating in gambling
- 鞋金haai4 gam1Shoe money. A kind of "lease transference fee". After the second world war, the rent went up dramatically following the population growth, but as there was Tenancy Control to limit the increasing rate of rent, the flat owner used some other methods to charge tenant for the difference from market price, like the "shoe money", means the compensation of the wearing of flat owner's shoes to walk preparing the flat for tenant.
- 圖博tou4 bok3Tibet (see 西藏 sai1zong6)
- 前無古人cin4 mou4 gu2 jan4(idiom) unprecedented
- 嘴鬆zeoi2 sung1loose-tongued
- 穩拿wan2 naa4a sure gain
- 舉架geoi2 gaa3(dialect) height of a house
- 保角bou2 gok3(math.) angle-preserving
- 胡樂wu4 ngok6Hu music
- 水鬼隊seoi2 gwai2 deoi2(noun) Water Assault Team
- 吳用ng4 jung6Wu Yong, character of 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4], nicknamed Resourceful Star 智多星[Zhi4 duo1 xing1]
- 可可豆ho2 ho2 dau2Cocoa beans
- 黑財hak1 coi4
- 黐身ci1 san1clingy
- 坐定定co5 ding6 ding6sit tight
- 冒頭mou6 tau4to emerge
- 筆供bat1 gung1written evidence, as opposed to oral evidence 口供[kou3 gong4]
- 黃沙wong2 saa1Wong Sha, located in Canton (Guangzhou)
- 黐線ci1 sin3crazy
- 布控bou3 hung3to deploy surveillance
- 宛轉jyun2 zyun2sinuous
- 答理daap3 lei5(usu. used in the negative) to acknowledge (sb's greeting etc); to respond; to answer
- 追購zeoi1 kau3to purchase in addition (an extra item)
- 齊腳cai4 goek3to have enough players for sports games or other activities
- 匯票wui6 piu3bill of exchange
- 就來zau6 lai4coming soon; nearly; almost; close to
- 核試hat6 si3nuclear test
- 有日jau5 jat6some day; one day
- 乾爽gon1 song2dry and clean
- 折錢zit3 cin2a loss
- 終天zung1 tin1all day long
- 男爵naam4 zoek3baron
- 苦待fu2 doi6treat harshly
- 長炮coeng4 paau3telephoto lens, usually with a focal length of >200mm (35mm equiv.); literally: long cannon
- 上圍soeng6 wai4bust measurement ----
- 一樓一jat1 lau4 jat1a one woman brothel [written and colloquial]
- 運毒wan6 duk6to smuggle
- 報審bou3 sam2to report for judgment
- 生炒saang1 caau2stir-fried the ingredients from raw
- 告求gou3 kau4to ask
- 到訂dou3 deng6to come (in sex) [colloquial]
- 波羅雞bo1 lo4 gai1a sponger who exploit and take advantage of other people to gain benefits [colloquial]
- 英女皇jing1 neoi5 wong4the Queen of the United Kingdom
- 劇作kek6 zok3theatrical work (includes TV dramas, stage plays, musicals, etc.)
- 牌戲paai4 hei3a card game
- 寺門zi6 mun4temples; monasteries
- 交際舞gaau1 zai3 mou5social dance
- 端然dyun1 jin4upright
- 民防man4 fong4civil defense
- 燈草dang1 cou2the spongy, white pulp inside the stem of rush plants, used as a wick for oil lamps
- 長輩圖zoeng2 bui3 tou4(Internet slang) boomer meme (Tw)
- 操切cou1 cit3rash
- 試音si3 jam1to have an audition; literally, to try one's voice out
- 納福naap6 fuk1to accept a life of ease
- 洗脫sai2 tyut3to cleanse
- 頂戴ding2 daai3cap badge (official sign of rank in Qing dynasty)
- 帶炒daai3 caau2to mislead someone to crash into a trap in car racing [colloquial]
- 沉穩cam4 wan2steady
- 擂臺leoi4 toi4elevated stage on which martial competitions or duels were held
- 逆襲jik6 zaap6to counterattack; to strike back
- 勇者jung5 ze2hero; brave person
- 煙葉jin1 jip6leaf tobacco
- 咖啡佬gaa3 fe1 lou2a traffic warden; a parking inspector; a parking attendant; a parking enforcement officer [colloquial]
- 家娘gaa1 noeng4(dialect) husband's mother
- 萬寶路maan6 bou2 lou6Marlboro (cigarette)
- 曲周kuk1 zau1see 曲周縣|曲周县[Qu3 zhou1 Xian4]
- 劑子zai1 zi2piece of dough cut to the right size (for making jiaozi etc)