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- 古國gu2 gwok3ancient country
- 西生菜sai1 saang1 coi3iceberg lettuce
- 發布會faat3 bou3 wui2press conference; news conference
- 的士高dik1 si6 gou1(HK) (loanword) disco
- 枯朽fu1 nau2withered and rotten
- 拉伸laai1 san1to draw
- 辮子bin1 zi2plait
- 扯平ce2 ping4to make even
- 踩台caai2 toi4stage rehearsal
- 吸貓kap1 maau1(neologism c. 2017) to dote on cats
- 子規zi2 kwai1cuckoo
- 所作所為so2 zok3 so2 wai4one's conduct and deeds
- 內壁noi6 bik1inner wall (usually that of organs, blood vessels, or other tube-like structure)
- 絲雨si1 jyu5drizzle
- 雨絲jyu5 si1drizzle
- 四靈sei3 ling4four divinities
- 更迭gang1 dit6to alternate
- 規條kwai1 tiu4regulations
- 租錢zou1 cin2rent
- 鹽基jim4 gei1a chemical base
- 潮南ciu4 naam4see 潮南區|潮南区[Chao2 nan2 Qu1]
- 罰單fat6 daan1violation ticket
- 好唱口hou2 coeng3 hau2in the mood to sing; in a good mood
- 香港小姐hoeng1 gong2 siu2 ze2Miss Hong Kong
- 清勁cing1 ging3fresh breeze; Beaufort 5 on the Beaufort wind force scale
- 石虎sek6 fu2Shi Hu (295-349), emperor of Later Zhao 後趙|后赵[Hou4 Zhao4]
- 墨水筆mak6 seoi2 bat1(noun) an ink pen
- 青檸ceng1 ling2lime (fruit)
- 冰片bing1 pin3borneol
- 弄混lung6 wan6to confuse (fail to differentiate)
- 鹹淡水haam4 taam5 seoi2brackish water
- 傳家寶cyun4 gaa1 bou2family heirloom
- 混編wan6 pin1mixed
- 出老千ceot1 lou5 cin1to cheat (in gambling)
- 盤谷pun4 guk1another translation of Bangkok
- 撞牆zong6 coeng4to bump against a wall ----
- 蕙蘭wai6 laan4Cymbidium
- 瓦工ngaa5 gung1tiling
- 籮霸lo1 baa3a nickname for a woman with a big buttocks [colloquial]
- 解簽gaai2 cim1to study the meaning of a Cim during Kau Cim
- 扯談ce2 taam4to talk nonsense (dialect)
- 鬼打鬼gwai2 daa2 gwai2(slang) infighting; internecine conflict of the people involved; quarrel among a group internally; falling out amongst villians
- 冰肉bing1 juk6sweet pork fat; literally: ice meat
- 口彩hau2 coi2complimentary remarks
- 己方gei2 fong1our side
- 法蘭克福faat3 laan4 hak1 fuk1Frankfurt, Germany
- 角秒gok3 miu5second of arc; 1/1296000 of a circle
- 爆錶baau3 biu1unmeasurably high; extremely high
- 霓虹燈ngai4 hung4 dang1(loanword) neon lights
- 拼版ping3 baan2to typeset
- 捉住zuk1 zyu6to catch
- 晶瑩zing1 jing4sparkling and translucent
- 軍功gwan1 gung1(military) meritorious service
- 石狀sek6 zong6stony
- 保溫bou2 wan1to keep hot
- 統貨tung2 fo3unified goods
- 吹爆ceoi1 baau3to be infuriated by someone; to be angry due to something or someone's act
- 吽仔ngau6 zai2pregnant; stupid boys
- 算帳syun3 zoeng3to square or settle accounts with; to get even with someone after suffering a loss or defeat
- 禮尚往來lai5 soeng6 wong5 loi4lit. proper behavior is based on reciprocity (idiom)
- 註音zyu3 jam1zhuyin, a Mandarin phonetic notation system used in Taiwan
- 兩頭蛇loeng5 tau4 se4(n.) literally: a snake with a head at each end; a disloyal, two-faced person who usually tries to take advantage of different sides; a Chinese chess tactic
- 腦波nou5 bo1brain wave
- 評鑒ping4 gaam3variant of 評鑑|评鉴[ping2 jian4]
- 風雅fung1 ngaa5cultured
- 虎牌fu2 paai4Tiger Brand (beer)
- 限界haan6 gaai3boundaries; limit; circumscription
- 變態婆bin3 taai3 po2an abnormal
- 晚頭黑maan5 tau4 hak1noun; night, evening
- 腸病毒coeng2 beng6 duk6enterovirus
- 划子waa4 zi2rowboat; small boat
- 埋周maai4 zau1A group game called "coming close to the boat". The ghost will guard the base (the "boat") and run around to catch other players. If a player can touch the base (come close to the boat), he is safe.
- 舊習gau6 zaap6old habit
- 學系hok6 hai6academic department; faculty
- 農忙nung4 mong4(agriculture) busy season; peak farming season
- 餘存jyu4 cyun4remainder; balance
- 搞邊科gaau2 bin1 fo1"what on earth is (someone) doing?"
- 經絡ging1 lok6energy channels
- 唔過m4 gwo3not worth
- 負重fu6 cung5(lit. and fig.) to carry a heavy load
- 凡親faan4 can1whenever
- 禮制lai5 zai3etiquette
- 好醜hou2 cau2very bad looking; good and bad; at least
- 兩河loeng5 ho4the areas to the north and south of the Yellow River (in the Spring and Autumn Period)
- 班什baan1 sap6Binche (Belgian city)
- 皮包pei4 baau1handbag
- 豆瓣醬dau6 baan2 zoeng3sticky chili bean sauce
- 題簽tai4 cim1to write the title of a book on a label
- 扯氣ce2 hei3adj; angry or hyperventilating
- 製冷zai3 laang5to produce cold air (to cool a room etc)
- 心掛掛sam1 gwaa3 gwaa3keep thinking, missing
- 潮文ciu4 man4copypasta
- 蘇粉sou1 fan2souvenir
- 洋蔥圈joeng4 cung1 hyun1onion ring
- 微商mei4 soeng1derivative (math.)
- 排雷paai4 leoi4(military) to clear landmines
- 穩貼wan2 tip3safe
- 雙子座soeng1 zi2 zo6Gemini (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
- 打奶daa2 naai5lit. to beat milk
- 富戶fu3 wu6rich family
- 開夜車hoi1 je6 ce1to burn the midnight oil
- 消暑siu1 syu2to spend a summer holiday
- 配補pui3 bou2to replace (sth missing)
- 爬飯paa4 faan6to use chopsticks to paddle rice into the mouth
- 法家faat3 gaa1the Legalist school of political philosophy, which rose to prominence in the Warring States period (475–221 BC) (The Legalists believed that social harmony could only be attained through strong state control, and advocated for a system of rigidly applied punishments and rewards for specific behaviors.)
- 無人問津mou4 jan4 man6 zeon1to be of no interest to anyone (idiom)
- 啪啪啪paak1 paak1 paak1(slang) to have sex
- 大食會daai6 sik6 wui2a big eating party; a feast
- 事緣si6 jyun4cause; reason
- 星曆sing1 lik6astronomic calendar
- 交通工具gaau1 tung1 gung1 geoi6means of transportation
- 鬼扯gwai2 ce2nonsense
- 收匯sau1 wui6foreign exchange collection (finance)
- 果糖gwo2 tong4fructose
- 門派mun4 paai3sect
- 口花花hau2 faa1 faa1(adjective) smooth-tongued; glib-tongued; sweet-tongued
- 近義詞gan6 ji6 ci4near-synonym
- 官人gun1 jan4husband
- 木皮muk6 pei2wood veneer
- 欠安him3 on1ill (euphemism)
- 鋪家pou3 gaa1store
- 四喜sei3 hei24 kinds of great happiness in life : it rains after long drought; one meets an old friend when being stranger in a town; being in the first night of marriage; acquiring the qualification in the imperial civil service examinations
- 軍容gwan1 jung4the image of an army
- 攪喎gaau2 wo5to spoil; to destroy [colloquial]
- 收症sau1 zing3to receive a new patient in a healthcare institution
- 種族歧視zung2 zuk6 kei4 si6racial discrimination
- 散板saan2 baan2to fall apart
- 租住zou1 zyu6to rent a property for living
- 步子bou6 zi2step
- 會仔wui2 zai2associations; participants of money gatherings
- 好好先生hou2 hou2 sin1 saang1Mr Goody-goody
- 草席cou2 zek6Straw mat
- 香燈hoeng1 dang1descendant; offspring
- 電子郵件din6 zi2 jau4 gin2email
- 匯差wui6 caa1difference in exchange rates in different regions
- 拼讀ping3 duk6to pronounce a word after mentally processing its spelling
- 隨軍ceoi4 gwan1to be attached to armed forces; on secondment to armed forces
- 倒彩dou2 coi2adverse audience reaction: boos and jeers, hissing, catcalls or deliberate applause after a mistake
- 圈粉hyun1 fan2(neologism c. 2015) (coll.) to win (sb) over as a fan
- 坑騙haang1 pin3to cheat
- 存底cyun4 dai2keeping a copy
- 閃水sim2 seoi2to leave
- 惹毛je5 mou4(coll.) to irritate
- 學友hok6 jau5schoolmate; classmate
- 警探ging2 taam3police detective
- 大中daai6 zung1Greater China
- 檸茶ning2 caa4lemon tea
- 批皮pai1 pei4to peel an edible part of a plant by knife; to remove the skin of an edible part of a plant with a knife
- 綠營luk6 jing4Green Standard Army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units
- 諸相zyu1 soeng3the appearance of all things (Buddhism)
- 取態ceoi2 taai3attitude; the side that one takes
- 天生麗質tin1 saang1 lai6 zat1(idiom) to be naturally beautiful; to be born beautiful
- 曲架kuk1 gaa2cocker ----
- 巴巴閉baa1 baa1 bai3effing arrogant; flashy; impressive [colloquial]
- 威重wai1 zung6august
- 喊停haam3 ting4to ask to stop; to call a halt
- 推委teoi1 wai2variant of 推諉|推诿[tui1 wei3]
- 要擊jiu3 gik1to intercept
- 身態san1 taai3pose
- 馬友maa5 jau5fourfinger threadfin, a commonly consumed marine ray-finned fish
- 停運ting4 wan6to stop operating/running
- 彈牀daan6 cong4trampoline
- 有效數字jau5 haau6 sou3 zi6significant figures (in a measured value)
- 雞賊gai1 caak2(dialect) stingy
- 燒青siu1 ceng1cloisonné
- 獸環sau3 waan4a door-knocker
- 風擋fung1 dong2windshield
- 探馬taam3 maa5mounted scout (arch.)
- 保呈bou2 cing4document guaranteeing the words or actions of a third party (old)
- 先容sin1 jung4to introduce sb, putting in a good word for them in advance
- 檸檬茶ling4 mung1 caa4lemon tea
- 失拖sat1 to1noun; lovelorn, breakup
- 點著dim2 zoek6to light (a candle, cigarette etc)
- 細草sai3 cou2cursive small letters
- 濕水sap1 seoi2to wet; tight fisted; money
- 潮州話ciu4 zau1 waa2Chiuchow dialect (A Chinese dialect)
- 首日封sau2 jat6 fung1first day cover (philately)
- 廟口miu6 hau2Miaokou, market district in Keelung, Taiwan
- 口水尾hau2 seoi2 mei1leftover food or drinks
- 少甜siu2 tim4(of a drink) having relatively little sugar or syrup; less sweet
- 疍家daan6 gaa1(noun) the fishermen who live in fishing boats
- 爽身song2 san1to refresh one's body
- 力行雞lik6 haang4 gai1leghorn; a breed of fowl
- 牀憑cong4 peng1backrest of a bed
- 撒腳saat3 goek3to run off
- 的士錢dik1 si2 cin2literally: taxi money; money given by a customer to a prostitute that he has called but has decided that he does not want her service after she arrived [colloquial]
- 修齊sau1 cai4to make level; to make even; to trim
- 開鑽hoi1 zyun3to start drilling
- 心摺sam1 zip3convinced
- 腦電波nou5 din6 bo1see 腦波|脑波[nao3 bo1]
- 狗熊gau2 hung4black bear
- 愛沙尼亞oi3 saa1 nei4 aa3Estonia
- 石勒sek6 lak6Shi Le, founder of Later Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms 後趙|后赵[Hou4 Zhao4] (319-350)
- 梅紅mui4 hung4pinkish-red (color)
- 鞋幫haai4 bong1uppers of a shoe
- 超脫ciu1 tyut3to stand aloof
- 除冰ceoi4 bing1to defrost
- 機謀gei1 mau4stratagem
- 躺槍tong2 coeng1(neologism, attested by 2014) (coll.) to be criticized, blamed or implicated in sth despite having done nothing to deserve it; to be unfairly targeted; to catch a stray (abbr. for 躺著也中槍|躺着也中枪[tang3 zhe5 ye3 zhong4 qiang1])
- 黐肺ci1 fai3to an extreme extend [colloquial]