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- 規正kwai1 zing3to admonish
- 買帳maai5 zoeng3to acknowledge sb as senior or superior (often in negative)
- 隔空gaak3 hung1from a distance; through the air; remotely (esp. by means of telekinesis, magic, technology etc)
- 飢民gei1 man4famine refugee
- 打蟲daa2 cung4to swat an insect
- 肉刺juk6 cek3hangnail; agnail
- 求索kau4 saak3to search for sth
- 披上pei1 soeng5to put on; to drape over the shoulder
- 蒙求mung4 kau4(traditional title of first readers)
- 面肥min6 fei4topdressing (agriculture)
- 雞扎gai1 zaat3steamed chicken bundle in a beancurd sheet roll, a Cantonese dim sum dish
- 屋架uk1 gaa2a building
- 主祭zyu2 zai3to perform the sacrificial rites at a funeral
- 沉澱物cam4 din6 mat6precipitate; sediment
- 陳露can4 lou6Lu Chen (1976–), Chinese figure skater, 1995 world champion
- 膿瘡nung4 cong1Abscess
- 濟軍zai3 gwan1military
- 臊蝦sou1 haa1baby (old slang)
- 西藝sai1 ngai6Western skills
- 鹽邊jim4 bin1see 鹽邊縣|盐边县[Yan2 bian1 Xian4]
- 斯洛伐克si1 lok6 fat6 hak1Slovakia (officially the Slovak Republic since 1993)
- 跳扎tiu3 zaat3energetic; physically active; jumping all around
- 半條命bun3 tiu4 meng6half a life
- 人奶jan4 naai5breast milk
- 芝麻官zi1 maa4 gun1low ranking official
- 粉麪fan2 min6(various types of) noodles
- 家鴨gaa1 aap3domestic duck
- 計條數gai2 tiu4 sou3to make a calculation; to reckon up
- 沙盤saa1 pun4sand table (military)
- 折半zit3 bun3to reduce by fifty percent
- 三腳雞saam1 goek3 gai1three-wheeled motorcycle; auto rickshaw (slang)
- 幻象waan6 zoeng6illusion
- 巴扎baa1 zaat3bazaar (loanword)
- 壓歲錢aat3 seoi3 cin4money given to children as a gift on Chinese New Year's Eve
- 二氧化碳ji6 joeng5 faa3 taan3carbon dioxide CO2
- 亞撒aa3 saat3Asa (?-870 BC), third king of Judah and fifth king of the House of David (Judaism)
- 撞騙zong6 pin3to swindle
- 偏才pin1 coi4talent in a particular area
- 咂嘴zaap3 zeoi2to click one's tongue
- 唔生性m4 saang1 sing3(slang) immature; not sensible
- 石印sek6 jan3lithography
- 地蓆dei6 zek6mattress; mat
- 月租jyut6 zou1monthly rent; monthly fee
- 贓物zong1 mat6booty
- 拆用caak3 jung6to tear down and reuse
- 施教si1 gaau3teaching
- 出使ceot1 si5to go abroad as ambassador
- 末座mut6 zo6end seat
- 長蟲coeng4 cung4(coll.) snake
- 頭擋tau4 dong3first gear
- 梅頭mui4 tau2pork shoulder-butt
- 肺癆fai3 lou4tuberculosis
- 補底bou2 dai2to catch up; to improve one's skill or ability
- 大五碼daai6 ng5 maa5Big5 Chinese character coding (developed by Taiwanese companies from 1984)
- 結他手git3 taa1 sau2a guitarist
- 喜車hei2 ce1wedding car
- 拼合ping3 hap6to fit together
- 手板心sau2 baan2 sam1palm
- 銳利jeoi6 lei6sharp
- 拼錯ping3 co3to misspell
- 征調zing1 diu6to draft; to requisition
- 審改sam2 goi2to check and revise
- 脫鉤tyut3 ngau1to cut ties
- 盜賣dou6 maai6to steal sth and sell it
- 乾貝gon1 bui3conpoy; dried scallop (dried adductor muscle of a scallop)
- 淒厲cai1 lai6mournful (sound)
- 廟主miu6 zyu2head priest of a temple
- 頂燈deng2 dang1dome light (of a taxi etc)
- 阿米巴aa3 mai5 baa1(loanword) amoeba
- 掉粉diu6 fan2to lose fans
- 嗲掂de1 dim6to succeed in coaxing somone; to succeed in buttering someone up; to settle an issue [colloquial]
- 款服fun2 fuk6to obey
- 五十肩ng5 sap6 gin1adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)
- 拉麪laai1 min6Japanese noodles; ramen
- 牙血ngaa4 hyut3blood bled from someone's gums
- 吸嘴kap1 zeoi2(of a door) threshold; still
- 透澈tau3 cit3variant of 透徹|透彻[tou4 che4]
- 熟落suk6 lok6(adjective) familiar with; to know something or someone really well
- 魚頭雲jyu4 tau4 wan5a nickname of Hong Kong actor Liuyun
- 排舞paai4 mou5a dance in formation; choreographed dance; line dance
- 不單止bat1 daan1 zi2not only
- 洽詢hap1 seon1to inquire (of)
- 今譯gam1 jik6modern language version
- 彈雨daan6 jyu5hail of bullets
- 火尾fo2 mei5the tip of a flame
- 百果baak3 gwo2all kinds of fruits
- 支招zi1 ziu1to give advice
- 減計gaam2 gai3to write down (i.e. to decrease the expected value of a loan)
- 九七gau2 cat1the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong to China in 1997
- 盪漾dong6 joeng6variant of 蕩漾|荡漾[dang4 yang4]
- 對日deoi3 jat6(policy etc) towards Japan
- 重口cung5 hau2abbreviation of 重口味 cung5 hau2 mei6; having special taste or preference
- 扎鐵zaat3 tit3steel fixer; rod buster; bar bending; rebar bending; a type of construction work that involves bending and fixing steel reinforcing bars into a desired position
- 置備zi3 bei6Provisioning
- 恒大hang4 daai6HSU, the abbreviation of Hang Seng University of Hong Kong
- 爭勝zang1 sing3to compete for victory; to try to win
- 港普gong2 pou2Hong Kong pidgin (a mix of Standard Mandarin and Cantonese)
- 簡編gaan2 pin1concise edition; abridged edition; compendium
- 槍刺coeng1 ci3bayonet
- 沖服cung1 fuk6to take medicine in solution
- 花藝faa1 ngai6floriculture; art of flower arrangement
- 兼優gim1 jau1an all-rounder
- 半身bun3 san1half-length
- 口水歌hau2 seoi2 go1bubblegum pop song
- 白頭baak6 tau4hoary head
- 總歸zung2 gwai1in any case; anyhow; after all
- 承轉sing4 zyun2to transmit a document (up or down a chain of bureaucracy)
- 毒資duk6 zi1drug money
- 步程bou6 cing4walking distance or time
- 約伯joek3 baak3Job (name)
- 諺文jin6 man4hangul, Korean phonetic alphabet
- 中轉站zung1 zyun2 zaam6transit hub; transport hub; interchange
- 續任zuk6 jam6to serve the second term, may involve a pause during two term; to take up someone's role when one leave the role within the term.
- 南華naam4 waa2South China
- 港聞gong2 man4Hong Kong news as reported or seen in newspaper
- 怕死paa3 sei2to be scared of dying
- 羈留gei1 lau4to stay
- 靜雞雞zing6 gai1 gai1(adverb) quietly and secretly; silently and sneakily
- 室溫sat1 wan1room temperature
- 春貼ceon1 tip3see 春聯|春联[chun1 lian2]
- 海鮮醬hoi2 sin1 zoeng3hoisin sauce (barbecue sauce)
- 花面貓faa1 min6 maau1describes someone who has dirt on his
- 女性主義neoi5 sing3 zyu2 ji6feminism
- 趕考gon2 haau2to go and take an imperial examination
- 春卷ceon1 gyun2spring roll; a delicacy prepared by wrapping the filing with thin pastry into a flat cylindrical shape and frying
- 密率mat6 leot2Milv
- 舊態gau6 taai3old posture
- 全息cyun4 sik1holographic
- 外嫁ngoi6 gaa3(of a woman) to marry a non-local or foreigner
- 自足zi6 zuk1self-sufficient
- 起霧hei2 mou6(of fog or mist) to form; to set in
- 順平seon6 ping4see 順平縣|顺平县[Shun4 ping2 Xian4]
- 爽意song2 ji3pleasant
- 佗槍to4 coeng1carry a gun
- 細鬼sai3 gwai2kid; the smaller of the two jokers in a pack of cards (the black and white one rather than the color one)
- 多煩do1 faan4how annoying; a lot of annoying things
- 危殆ngai4 toi5grave danger
- 三隻手saam1 zek3 sau2pickpocket
- 欠單him3 daan1bill or notice signed in acknowledgement of debt; IOU, written promise to pay back a debt
- 女功neoi5 gung1variant of 女紅|女红[nu:3 gong1]
- 三腳貓saam1 goek3 maau1sb with only rudimentary skills (in a particular area)
- 韓燒hon4 siu1bulgogi; Korean barbecue
- 團隊精神tyun4 deoi2 zing1 san4group mentality
- 閃點sim2 dim2flash point (chemistry)
- 折實zit3 sat6to reckon the actual amount after a discount
- 個人衛生go3 jan4 wai6 sang1personal hygiene
- 專控zyun1 hung3exclusive control
- 風炮fung1 paau3pneumatic torque wrench
- 閉集bai3 zaap6closed set (math.)
- 末流mut6 lau4late degenerate stage
- 支爆zi1 baau3economic meltdown of China
- 可導ho2 dou6differentiable (calculus)
- 去濕heoi3 sap1eliminate inner humidity of one's body (Chinese medicinal)
- 獸術sau3 seot6animal training
- 翻糖faan1 tong4(loanword) fondant
- 騷話sou1 waa6obscenities
- 偏科pin1 fo1to overemphasize some topic (at the expense of others)
- 承重sing4 cung5(usu. of a structural component of a building) to bear a load
- 續假zuk6 gaa3extended leave
- 裙帶關係kwan4 daai3 gwaan1 hai6(idiom) favoritism shown to sb because of the influence of the person's wife or other female relative
- 獨睡duk6 seoi6(verb) to sleep alone
- 油脂仔jau4 zi1 zai2young adult male who dresses up oddly or dresses up like Grease
- 貝南bui3 naam4Benin (Tw)
- 爽氣song2 hei3cool fresh air
- 台球toi2 kau4billiards
- 中西區zung1 sai1 keoi1Central and Western district of Hong Kong
- 父幹fu6 gon3father's deed; father's assistance to his kid's career or investment
- 視帝si6 dai3best television actor
- 好不容易hou2 bat1 jung4 ji6with great difficulty
- 糧期loeng4 kei4payday
- 強似koeng4 ci5to be better than
- 有環境jau5 waan4 ging2to have a customer (for a taxi driver) [colloquial]
- 吹波波ceoi1 bo1 bo1to take an alcohol breathalyzer test; to blow bubbles [colloquial]
- 林審lam4 sam2trivial and unimportant
- 三奶saam1 naai1the second mistress; literally "third wife"
- 插眼caap3 ngaan5to poke in the eye
- 物態mat6 taai3(physics) state of matter
- 細調sai3 tiu4to fine tune
- 運移wan6 ji4migration (geology)
- 顯擺hin2 baai2(coll.) to show off
- 喜報hei2 bou3announcement of joyful news
- 豬陸zyu1 luk6a pigsty
- 兒孫ji4 syun1descendant
- 滅種mit6 zung2to commit genocide
- 金魚黃gam1 jyu4 wong2literally: goldfish yellow, a orange – yellowish colour
- 趕貨gon2 fo3to finish work in a hurry, by the deadline
- 秘書長bei3 syu1 zoeng2secretary-general
- 月月jyut6 jyut6every month
- 撐場caang3 coeng4(of important people) to grace an occasion by making an appearance
- 脫手tyut3 sau2(not of regular commerce) to sell or dispose of (goods etc)
- 引以為戒jan5 ji5 wai4 gaai3to take sth as a warning (idiom)
- 博亂bok3 lyun6to take advantage or stir up more trouble during chaos
- 倒帳dou2 zoeng3variant of 倒賬|倒账[dao3 zhang4]
- 板子baan2 zi2board
- 陋習lau6 zaap6corrupt practice
- 中庸zung1 jung4the Doctrine of the Mean, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Si4 shu1]
- 不速bat1 cuk1uninvited (guest)
- 果核gwo2 wat6stone (of a fruit); pit
- 插戴caap3 daai3a woman's head ornament; to wear (an ornament) on the head
- 粉板fan2 baan2blackboard