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- 暗盤am3 pun2over-the-counter; OTC
- 松木cung4 muk6pine wood
- 常溫soeng4 wan1room temperature
- 針車zam1 ce1sewing machine
- 犯罪記錄faan6 zeoi6 gei3 luk6criminal record
- 娘媽noeng4 maa5(coll.) woman
- 心理作用sam1 lei5 zok3 jung6a perception that doesn't reflect reality
- 大礙daai6 ngoi6(usually used in the negative) major issue
- 擦板caat3 baan2bank shot
- 才思coi4 si1imaginative power
- 插補caap3 bou2interpolation (math.)
- 冰塔bing1 taap3serac
- 農諺nung4 jin6farmers' saying
- 大牌檔daai6 paai4 dong3food stall; open-air restaurant (original Hong Kong written form, now usually written as 大排檔|大排档[da4 pai2 dang4])
- 產糧caan2 loeng4to grow crops
- 視距si6 keoi5visible range
- 表錯情biu2 co3 cing4to react inappropiately to a situation due to a misunderstanding or a misinterpretation
- 脫毛tyut3 mou4to lose hair or feathers
- 蟲類cung4 leoi6insects
- 賭具dou2 geoi6tools used in gambling; gambling device; gambling paraphernalia
- 醒目仔sing2 muk6 zai2(noun) a clever boy or kid; smart boy
- 變裝bin3 zong1to change clothes
- 租單zou1 daan1tenancy agreement
- 針法zam1 faat3stitch
- 回執wui4 zap1receipt (written acknowledgement of receipt of an item)
- 羊男joeng4 naam4goat-man
- 韓服hon4 fuk6hanbok (traditional Korean clothing)
- 五花茶ng5 faa1 caa4mixed herbal tea made of five different kinds of flowers
- 窩貼wo1 tip3pan-fried dumpling
- 復審fuk6 sam2to re-examine; to recheck
- 月後jyut6 hau6
- 音階jam1 gaai1musical scale
- 寶誌bou2 zi3Baozhi, or Pao-chih, Chinese monk (418–514), also known as 保誌|保志 or 誌公|志公
- 私通si1 tung1to have secret ties with
- 穩壓wan2 aat3stabilized voltage; regulated voltage
- 冧巴lam1 baa1number
- 零用錢ling4 jung6 cin2pocket money
- 城際sing4 zai3inter-city
- 漁村jyu4 cyun1fishing village
- 戀家lyun2 gaa1home-loving
- 綿延min4 jin4(esp. of a mountain range) to be continuous; to stretch long and unbroken
- 麗語lai6 jyu5beautiful wordage
- 番刀faan1 dou1type of machete used by Taiwan aborigines, worn at the waist in an open-sided scabbard
- 山陰saan1 jam1see 山陰縣|山阴县[Shan1 yin1 Xian4]
- 禮義lai5 ji6righteousness
- 難友naan6 jau5fellow sufferer; a friend who accompanies one through tough times
- 陽江joeng4 gong1see 陽江市|阳江市[Yang2 jiang1 Shi4]
- 泡貨paau1 fo3light but bulky goods
- 五五波ng5 ng5 bo1a fifty-fifty situation; a fifty-fifty chance (often used to describe an evenly matched sporting event)
- 筆湯bat1 tong1use a scoop to take the soup into the bowl
- 逾越jyu4 jyut6to exceed
- 祭物zai3 mat6sacrifices
- 厚報hau5 bou3generous reward
- 黃牛飛wong4 ngau4 fei1a scalped ticket; a touted ticket
- 右優jau6 jaau1right-handed person
- 比目魚bei2 muk6 jyu2flatfish
- 半旗bun3 kei4half-mast
- 修護sau1 wu6to repair and protect
- 積案zik1 on3long pending case
- 陸架luk6 gaa2continental shelf
- 香蕉糕hoeng1 ziu1 gou1banana roll, a type of Chinese pastry
- 聯校lyun4 haau6joint-school; joint collegiate
- 印譜jan3 pou2collection of seal stamps
- 村校cyun1 haau6village school
- 貨尾fo3 mei5goods that are left over after a selling period
- 打斧頭daa2 fu2 tau4(phrasal verb) to get a rake off by secretly pocketing the part of the money that is meant for a specific purpose or the earnings from a transaction
- 移借ji4 ze3to put to a different use
- 咋話zaa6 waa5used when something is more trivial than expected
- 大髀daai6 bei2(noun) thigh; lap
- 忤逆ng5 jik6disobedient to parents
- 灰度fui1 dou6grayscale
- 換擋wun6 dong3to change gear
- 格魯吉亞gaak3 lou5 gat1 aa3Georgia (country)
- 騷體sou1 tai2poetry in the style of 離騷|离骚[Li2 Sao1]
- 跌水dit3 seoi2drop of height in waterway
- 烏龍茶wu1 lung2 caa4oolong tea
- 播講bo3 gong2to broadcast a lecture, a book reading etc
- 托水龍tok3 seoi2 lung4to embezzle; to pocket the client's money
- 耳性ji5 sing3memory
- 國醫gwok3 ji1traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)
- 放聲氣fong3 seng1 hei3an act of spreading rumours; to sneak out some information in order to find out what the opinions and views are on something
- 藍移laam4 ji4blue shift (astronomy)
- 大口環daai6 hau2 waan4name for calling people who act stupidly or without thinking (slang)
- 免掉min5 diu6to eliminate
- 起撲hei2 pok3chip shot (golf)
- 土方tou2 fong1cubic meter of earth (unit of measurement)
- 心翳sam1 ngai3uncomfortable feeling in chest; hard feelings
- 北斗星bak1 dau2 sing1the Big Dipper
- 粗鄙cou1 pei2vulgar
- 生菜包saang1 coi3 baau1lettuce wraps
- 自然而然zi6 jin4 ji4 jin4(idiom) natural; unforced
- 食住上sik6 zyu6 soeng5seize the opportunity (spoken)
- 包心菜baau1 sam1 coi3cabbage
- 喜氣hei2 hei3hilarity
- 速報cuk1 bou3to report quickly; rapid reporting
- 條播tiu4 bo3to drill (i.e. plant seeds in spaced rows)
- 玻利維亞bo1 lei6 wai4 aa3Bolivia
- 陰文jam1 man4characters cut in intaglio
- 心雄sam1 hung4getting ambitious
- 黃牛黨wong4 ngau4 dong2scalper (spoken)
- 薄身bok6 san1thin
- 命薄meng6 bok6to be unlucky
- 取用ceoi2 jung6to access
- 中時zung1 si4China Times (newspaper published in Taiwan) (abbr. for 中國時報|中国时报[Zhong1 guo2 Shi2 bao4])
- 狂草kwong4 cou2"wild cursive", the wildest style of cursive script of Hanzi
- 門房mun4 fong4gatehouse
- 紙鷂zi2 jiu2kite
- 梘水gaan2 seoi2(noun) soap (noun) Lye Water, which is a cooking ingredient
- 什菜zaap6 coi3mixed vegetables
- 勸化hyun3 faa3to exhort (sb) to live a virtuous life (Buddhism)
- 爆音baau3 jam1sonic boom
- 早泄zou2 sit3to have prospermia; to have premature ejaculation; to ejaculate too soon when having sex
- 蘿蔔頭lo4 baak6 tau4an offensive slang for a Japanese person; literally 'carrot head'
- 優角jau1 gok3reflex angle
- 翳氣ngai3 hei3to choke with resentment
- 眼尾ngaan5 mei5outer corner of the eye
- 單擊daan1 gik1(computing) to single-click; to click
- 賒數se1 sou3on credit (spoken)
- 番客faan1 haak3(old) foreigner; alien
- 訪臺fong2 toi4to visit Taiwan
- 師宗si1 zung1see 師宗縣|师宗县[Shi1 zong1 Xian4]
- 沙冧saa3 lam1urinary stones; kidney stones [colloquial]
- 拼火ping3 fo2to exchange fire
- 折射率zit3 se6 leot2refractive index
- 嗰排go2 paai2that time; that period of time
- 齙牙baau6 ngaa4bucktooth
- 好說hou2 syut3easy to deal with; not a problem
- 采聲coi2 sing1applause; cheering
- 長釘coeng4 deng1spike
- 號脈hou6 mak6to feel sb's pulse
- 包衣baau1 ji1capsule (containing medicine)
- 布冧bou3 lam1a plum
- 惡恨ok3 han6to hate; to abhor
- 絕緣體zyut6 jyun4 tai2electrical insulation
- 工件gung1 gin2workpiece
- 碰杯pung3 bui1to drink a toast; literally: to clink glasses
- 甜片tim4 pin2porn; an euphemism coined by replacing the character for "salty" in 鹹片 haam4 pin2 by "sweet", literally, sweet clip
- 症象zing3 zoeng6symptom
- 西經sai1 ging1west longitude
- 胸章hung1 zoeng1lapel badge
- 滅聲mit6 seng1to silence (somebody's voice, opinion)
- 看在hon1 zoi6(in the expression 看在[kan4 zai4] + ... + 的份上[de5 fen4 shang5]) for the sake of ...; considering ...
- 電瓶din6 ping4accumulator; battery (for storing electricity)
- 土狼tou2 long4aardwolf (Proteles cristatus), a small insectivorous relative of the hyena
- 晏晝aan3 zau3(noun) afternoon; noon; (adverb) in the afternoon; at noon
- 白骨baak6 gwat1bones of the dead
- 雞帳gai1 zoeng3money owed for prostitute services such as from the lending of prostitutes from another brothel [colloquial]
- 苦不堪言fu2 bat1 ham1 jin4to suffer unspeakable misery
- 頁尾jip6 mei5footer
- 尾頁mei5 jip6last page
- 陸戰luk6 zin3(military) to fight on land; ground warfare
- 修習sau1 zaap6to study
- 酸民syun1 man4(Tw) (Internet) troll
- 越禮jyut6 lai5to overstep etiquette
- 補登bou2 dang1record entry (e.g. into a bank passbook)
- 擺到明baai2 dou3 ming4clearly
- 欠身him3 san1to half rise out of one's chair (a polite gesture)
- 寥落liu4 lok6sparse
- 白鋼baak6 gong3steel
- 電子貨幣din6 zi2 fo3 bai6electronic money
- 功令gung1 ling6(historical) official decree; statute
- 仰光joeng5 gwong1Yangon (Rangoon), city, capital of Myanmar from 1948 to 2006
- 鄰家leon4 gaa1next-door neighbor; neighboring household
- 順民seon6 man4docile subject (of new dynasty)
- 攪拌機gaau2 bun6 gei1blender
- 空乘hung1 sing4flight attendant
- 黃腳雞wong4 goek3 gai1one having illicit sex (slang)
- 唔明m4 ming4do not understand
- 掃把頭sou3 baa2 tau4broom head, can also be used to mock one's headstyle that looks like a broom; describes someone with unruly messy hair [colloquial]
- 服眾fuk6 zung3to convince the masses
- 避稅bei6 seoi3to avoid taxation
- 中位數zung1 wai2 sou3(statistics) median
- 集體經濟zaap6 tai2 ging1 zai3collective economy
- 等腰dang2 jiu1isosceles
- 整爛zing2 laan6to break or destroy
- 挑嘴tiu1 zeoi2picky about food
- 前朝cin4 ciu4the previous dynasty
- 臣服san4 fuk6to acknowledge allegiance to (some regime)
- 雙馬尾soeng1 maa5 mei5(hairstyle) unplaited pigtails
- 持卡人ci4 kaat1 jan4cardholder
- 合擊hap6 gik1combined assault
- 口探hau2 taam3to measure body temperature using an oral thermometer
- 拖拉to1 laai1to drag along
- 收規sau1 kwai1to accept bribes; to be bought
- 霸王鴨baa3 wong4 aap3a dish made from roasted duck filled with stuffing
- 執相zap1 soeng2to edit images with programs like Photoshop or with darkroom technique
- 調轉頭diu6 zyun3 tau4to turn around; upside down
- 驚西geng1 sai1nothing to fear; not to fear
- 炮樓paau3 lau4a gun blockhouse; a firing fort; a gun tower
- 人礦jan4 kwong3(neologism, attested by 2023) (slang) the Chinese people, seen as a resource that is exploited for its value to the nation
- 黨友dong2 jau5fellow party member
- 骨力gwat1 lik6(Chinese calligraphy) vigor of brushstrokes
- 淨麵zing6 min6plain noodles
- 河伯ho4 baak3name or river God associated with Yellow river
- 教仔gaau3 zai2to teach one's own son/daughter
- 餅圖beng2 tou4pie chart
- 雞髀gai1 bei2chicken leg (spoken)
- 冰火bing1 fo2fire and ice
- 冧酒lam1 zau2rum
- 殯儀ban3 ji4funeral