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- 較味gaau3 mei6to season; to flavour
- 音準jam1 zeon2sense of pitch
- 撒種saat3 zung2to sow seeds
- 本港bun2 gong2Hong Kong (to be said in the context of Hong Kong in formal situations)
- 未有耐mei6 jau5 noi2not quite yet (spoken)
- 風水佬fung1 seoi2 lou2fortune teller; fung shui master (spoken)
- 越席jyut6 zik6to leave one's seat
- 是以si6 ji5therefore
- 消元siu1 jyun4elimination (math)
- 胸推hung1 teoi1massage using one's breasts
- 砣錶to4 biu1pocket watch
- 筆記簿bat1 gei3 bou2note book
- 署長cyu5 zoeng2director of a type of government departments
- 王孫wong4 syun1children of the nobility
- 總帳zung2 zoeng3Ledger; general ledger
- 原廠jyun4 cong2original manufacturer
- 散座saan2 zo6single seat (in theater)
- 補碼bou2 maa5complementary code
- 飛征fei1 zing1(archaic) birds and animals
- 功過gung1 gwo3merits and demerits
- 煙土jin1 tou2raw opium
- 艾酒ngaai6 zau2wine flavored with Chinese mugwort
- 折光zit3 gwong1refraction
- 搭補daap3 bou2to subsidize
- 籮拔lo1 bat4Robert; a fool; a sucker [colloquial]
- 方劑fong1 zai1prescription
- 倒汗水dou3 hon6 seoi2drip of an air conditioner, drops of water on the window
- 禁受gam3 sau6to stand
- 積車zik1 ce1handjack, pallet jack
- 族長zuk6 zoeng2clan elder
- 追思zeoi1 si1memorial
- 服滿fuk6 mun5to have completed the mourning period (traditional)
- 滿服mun5 fuk6at the end of the mourning period
- 大有daai6 jau5there is a great deal of ... (typically followed by a bisyllabic word, as in 大有希望[da4 you3 xi1 wang4])
- 真亮zan1 loeng6clear
- 存根cyun4 gan1stub
- 母題mou5 tai4motif (loanword)
- 酒興zau2 hing3interest in wine
- 回力球wui4 lik6 kau4(sports) jai alai; cesta punta
- 大快活daai6 faai3 wut6Fairwood, a fast food chains in Hong Kong
- 皮秒pei4 miu5picosecond, ps, 10^-12 s
- 徵費zing1 fai3(formal) to collect fee; to charge for something
- 道喜dou6 hei2to congratulate
- 雞頭米gai1 tau4 mai5Gorgon fruit
- 抱恨pou5 han6to have a gnawing regret
- 槍砲coeng1 paau3firearm
- 存戶cyun4 wu6depositor (in bank or shares)
- 圍門wai4 mun2entrance of a walled village
- 長崎coeng4 kei4Nagasaki (city in Japan)
- 貼服tip3 fuk6obedient; following instructions ----
- 扶乩fu4 gei1planchette writing
- 可鄙ho2 pei2base
- 漱口sau3 hau2to rinse one's mouth; to gargle
- 替角tai3 gok3(theater) understudy
- 炒風caau2 fung1atmosphere of speculation
- 善行sin6 hang6good actions
- 良種loeng4 zung2improved type
- 數週sou3 zau1several weeks
- 敏鋭man5 jeoi6to describe someone who is sharp
- 筆升bat1 sing1brush pot for writing brush
- 血胸hyut3 hung1(medicine) hemothorax
- 處暑cyu2 syu2Chushu or End of Heat, 14th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 23rd August-7th September
- 酸化syun1 faa3acidification;acidare
- 承應sing4 jing1to agree
- 婢女pei5 neoi5slave girl
- 咸豐年haam4 fung1 nin4donkey years ago; many years ago [colloquial]
- 燒硬siu1 ngaang6to fire (pottery)
- 波曲bo1 kuk1ballcock; fill valve; float valve
- 攝親sip3 can1because of sudden change of temperature, the cold/ the flu catch someone off-guard
- 家規gaa1 kwai1family rules; family code of conduct
- 聖者sing3 ze2holy one
- 樂評ngok6 ping4a music review; a music critique
- 出世紙ceot1 sai3 zi2a birth certificate
- 偏將pin1 zoeng3deputy general
- 老友記lou5 jau5 gei3very close friend [written and colloquial]
- 上個soeng6 go3first (of two parts)
- 暗星am3 sing1minor celebrity; little-known artiste
- 魔棒mo1 paang5magic wand
- 秋千cau1 cin1swing, a seat that you sit in for enjoyment
- 响道hoeng2 dou6placed in front of a verb to indicate that an action is on-going
- 套丁tou3 ding1In Hong Kong New Territories, every male indigenous villager over 18 years old is entitled to one concessionary grant during his lifetime to build one small house for himself to live in, this grant is called "Male Indigenous's Right". But actually not every male indigenous can have land to build his house, so some landlords and developers will buy their grants to build housing estate in the village districts. Literally: extracting male indigenous's right
- 檢閱gim2 jyut6to inspect
- 波季bo1 gwai3Poti, port city in Georgia, on the coast of the Black Sea
- 門擋mun4 dong2doorstop
- 平裝本ping4 zong1 bun2paperback (book)
- 老牛聲lou5 ngau4 seng1a loud and harsh voice
- 時蔬si4 so1seasonal vegetables
- 四方帽sei3 fong1 mou2see 方帽[fang1 mao4]
- 折算zit3 syun3to convert (between currencies)
- 踩車caai2 ce1to ride a bike
- 這次ze5 ci3this time
- 寫字檯se2 zi6 toi2writing desk
- 洞府dung6 fu2cave dwelling
- 寄聲gei3 sing1to ask someone to say hi to others for them; to pass on a message
- 走遍zau2 pin3to travel around
- 插秧caap3 joeng1to transplant rice seedlings
- 大額daai6 ngaak2big, usually used to describe money
- 病弱beng6 joek6sick and weak
- 象牙塔zoeng6 ngaa4 taap3ivory tower
- 餘毒jyu4 duk6pernicious influence; residual poison
- 補貨bou2 fo3to restock (an item); to replenish inventory
- 魚刺jyu4 ci3fishbone
- 塔台taap3 toi4control tower
- 感暑gam2 syu2the sick feeling weak people get from hot weather
- 靈快ling4 faai3agile
- 勢族sai3 zuk6influential family
- 板刷baan2 caat3scrubbing brush
- 板胡baan2 wu4a bowed stringed instrument with a thin wooden soundboard
- 排印paai4 jan3typesetting and printing
- 曳曳jai1 jai1adj; naughty; mischievous
- 生草藥saang1 cou2 joek6herbal medicine
- 饑渴gei1 hot3hunger and thirst
- 累犯leoi5 faan2to repeatedly commit an offense
- 四方形sei3 fong1 jing4square (shape)
- 扣發kau3 faat3to deprive
- 補鐘bou2 zung1to have additional tutors or labour works for undertime situation
- 退居teoi3 geoi1to be downgraded in terms of rank/status; to resign from a higher position
- 來路貨loi4 lou2 fo3imported goods
- 山草藥saan1 cou2 joek6wild medicinal herbs
- 柳絮lau5 seoi5willow catkin
- 坐席zo6 zik6seat (at a banquet)
- 佈防bou3 fong4to set up defenses; to make tactical arrangements in order to defend; to place troops on garrison duty
- 外線ngoi6 sin3(military) line of troops encircling an enemy position
- 毀傷wai2 soeng1to injure
- 停擺ting4 baai2(of a pendulum) to stop swinging
- 頂補ding2 bou2to fill a vacancy
- 皮衣pei2 ji1leather jacket or coat
- 導人dou6 jan4to instill in other people
- 平陸ping4 luk6see 平陸縣|平陆县[Ping2 lu4 Xian4]
- 層樓cang4 lau2multistoried building
- 真金白銀zan1 gam1 baak6 ngan4real money; cold, hard cash
- 雞胸gai1 hung1chicken breast
- 妗婆kam5 bo4the wife of one's maternal granduncle
- 畫圓waak6 jyun4to draw a circle
- 公孫gung1 syun1two-character surname Gongsun
- 瀏海lau4 hoi2variant of 劉海|刘海[liu2 hai3]
- 清廷cing1 ting4the Qing court (as government of China)
- 皎潔gaau2 git3shining clean
- 高功gou1 gung1leading Taoist priest in a ritual
- 籌組cau4 zou2to assemble people to form a team
- 喜錢hei2 cin4tip given on a happy occasion (traditional)
- 拙荊zyut3 ging1my wife (humble)
- 挑明tiu1 ming4to illuminate
- 將我zoeng1 ngo5
- 透支tau3 zi1(banking) to overdraw
- 公眾人物gung1 zung3 jan4 mat2public figure
- 霸王客baa3 wong4 haak3a customer who uses a service but then refuses to pay
- 機會成本gei1 wui6 sing4 bun2opportunity cost
- 眾望zung3 mong6people's expectations
- 草花頭cou2 faa1 tau2the Kangxi radical 140 in Chinese writing, visibly similar to two crosses lining up in a row
- 這麽ze5 mo1variant of 這麼|这么[zhe4 me5]
- 不大bat1 daai6not very (clear, far away etc); not too
- 黐餐ci1 caan1to save money by having meals at friends or family's place (spoken)
- 烏海wu1 hoi2see 烏海市|乌海市[Wu1 hai3 Shi4]
- 乘方sing4 fong1(math.) to exponentiate; to raise (a number) to a power
- 勸和hyun3 wo4to mediate
- 檸水ning2 seoi2lemonade
- 收買佬sau1 maai5 lou2(noun) a scrap buyer
- 巔峯din1 fung1apex; peak
- 回潮wui4 ciu4to become moist again
- 那裡naa5 leoi5there; that place
- 臭格cau3 gaak3detention cell (of the police station)
- 十號sap6 hou6typhoon signal number 10, a warning issued by the Hong Kong Observatory of a hurricane-force wind
- 走甜zau2 tim4(of a drink) having no sugar or syrup; unsweetened
- 警務ging2 mou6police affairs
- 蒙師mung4 si1primary school teacher
- 把幾火baa2 gei2 fo2angry; furious (spoken)
- 恐怖分子hung2 bou3 fan6 zi2terrorist
- 白俄baak6 ngo4Belarus
- 尾七mei5 cat1traditionally when a person dies, his family is supposed to do memorial rituals every 7 days for 7 times, the last one, called 尾七, is to be done on the 49th day; literally: last seven
- 好不hou2 bat1not at all ...
- 講鬼話gong2 gwai2 waa2to talk nonsense [colloquial]
- 審讀sam2 duk6to read (a draft)
- 匯單wui6 daan1Money Order;
- 鬆章sung1 zoeng1a mahjong term: to play sloppily and give opponents a chance to win
- 勞動力lou4 dung6 lik6labor force
- 潮位ciu4 wai2tide level
- 彩頭coi2 tau4good omen
- 紙角zi1 gok3
- 齊射cai4 se6volley (of gunfire)
- 甜水tim4 seoi2dessert soup
- 絲足si1 zuk1feet and legs in silk stockings (especially in the massage context)
- 諸生zyu1 sang1Imperial scholar from the Ming Dynasty onwards
- 不想bat1 soeng2unexpectedly; to one's surprise
- 專訊zyun1 seon3Newsletter
- 粗用cou1 jung6to use sth in a careless or reckless manner
- 殺訂saat3 deng6to forfeit the deposit paid
- 哲理zit3 lei5philosophic theory
- 煙絲jin1 si1loose tobacco; fine-cut tobacco
- 西梅sai1 mui2European plum (Prunus domestica), esp. prune plum
- 級距kap1 keoi5range of values
- 催眠曲ceoi1 min4 kuk1lullaby
- 畸士kei1 si2case (a loanword, normally describes a police case)
- 薄面bok6 min2my meager sensibilities
- 修甲sau1 gaap3to do manicure or pedicure
- 套購tou3 kau3a fraudulent purchase
- 對拆deoi3 caak3to share the benefits
- 通爽tung1 song2well-ventilated; airy; fresh
- 囉唆lo1 so1long-winded; wordy
- 踩動caai2 dung6to operate by means of a pedal