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- 脫檔tyut3 dong3sold out
- 末頁mut6 jip6last page
- 凡夫faan4 fu1common person
- 充場cung1 coeng4people who are hired to liven up an occasion by pretending to be a guest
- 承讓sing4 joeng6you let me win (said politely after winning a game)
- 標兵biu1 bing1parade guards (usually spaced out along parade routes)
- 螺紋lo4 man4spiral pattern
- 雜多zaap6 do1see 雜多縣|杂多县[Za2 duo1 Xian4]
- 喜色hei2 sik1happy expression
- 碳黑taan3 hak1soot
- 傷疤soeng1 baa1scar
- 些牙se1 ngaa4transliteration of 'share' in English
- 吉屋gat1 uk1a vacant house [written and colloquial]
- 搭錯線daap3 co3 sin3(v.) dialed a wrong number; (adj.) 'not on the same page'(in a conversation)
- 扯哈ce2 haa1asthma
- 腳骨goek3 gwat1shank
- 天腳底tin1 goek3 dai2till the end; keep pursuing
- 西充sai1 cung1see 西充縣|西充县[Xi1 chong1 Xian4]
- 瑪多maa5 do1see 瑪多縣|玛多县[Ma3 duo1 Xian4]
- 輪距leon4 keoi5tread (the distance between the two front – or two rear – wheels of a vehicle)
- 過路gwo3 lou6see 路過|路过[lu4 guo4]
- 醜相cau2 soeng3ugly expression
- 倒奶dou2 naai5to show cleavage (by leaning forward)
- 調擋diu6 dong3gear shift
- 曲筆kuk1 bat1falsification in writing
- 米餅mai5 beng2biscuit-like food made with rice; often translated as "rice cake"
- 護封wu6 fung1dust jacket (of a book)
- 譯碼jik6 maa5Decoding; decipher
- 探風taam3 fung1to make inquiries about sb or sth
- 腰子jiu1 zi2kidney
- 瘋狗fung1 gau2rabid dog
- 牽紅線hin1 hung4 sin3to play matchmaker
- 馬料水maa5 liu6 seoi2Ma Liu Shui, an area in Sha Tin District, Hong Kong
- 荔枝角lai6 zi1 gok3Lai Chi Kok; a neighbourhood in New Kowloon, Hong Kong
- 鬼城gwai2 sing4ghost town
- 偷影tau1 jing2to secretly take a photo or record a video
- 條針tiu4 zam1a source; a police informer [colloquial]
- 布藝bou3 ngai6fabric crafts
- 底價dai2 gaa3base price
- 自然科學zi6 jin4 fo1 hok6natural sciences
- 臭蟲cau3 cung4bedbug (Cimex lectularius)
- 時年si4 nin4war era; old times
- 志士zi3 si6person committed to a noble cause or ideal
- 亞仔aa3 zai2Son; Little boy
- 日月jat6 jyut6the sun and moon
- 親娘can1 noeng4biological mother
- 精深zing1 sam1refined
- 繞口kiu5 hau2hard to pronounce; difficult to say
- 蟲兒cung4 ji4see 蟲子|虫子[chong2 zi5]
- 刷子caat3 zi2brush
- 征夫zing1 fu1traveler
- 制勝zai3 sing3to win; to prevail; to come out on top
- 擠花zai1 faa1(cookery) to decorate using a piping bag
- 思情si1 cing4to miss
- 創優cong3 jau1to strive for excellence
- 白雪雪baak6 syut1 syut1(adjective) (of object) pure white; a perfect white; as white as snow
- 阿奶aa3 naai1granny
- 快鏡faai3 geng3fast-forward motion effect; time-lapse
- 日暈jat6 wan6a Halo (optical phenomenon)
- 陰力jam1 lik6just enough force
- 公糧gung1 loeng4grain collected by the government as tax
- 嘴嚴zeoi2 jim4prudent in speech
- 蟹厴haai5 jim2shell around the abdomen of crab
- 澳門朋友ou3 mun2 pang4 jau5literally: “Macau friend”, euphemism for ”麻㞗煩”, “fucking annoying” [colloquial]
- 轉下眼zyun2 haa5 ngaan2in the twinkling of an eye
- 梅酒mui4 zau2umeshu; a Japanese liqueur made by steeping ume plums in liquor
- 响度hoeng2 dou6placed in front of a verb to indicate that an action is on-going
- 攻心gung1 sam1to mount a psychological attack
- 底蘊dai2 wan5inside information
- 粉牆fan2 coeng4whitewashed wall
- 伊波拉ji1 bo1 laai1Ebola (virus)
- 角鬥gok3 dau3to wrestle
- 鬧忙naau6 mong4(dialect) bustling
- 拉丁美洲laai1 ding1 mei5 zau1Latin America
- 當鋪dong1 pou1pawnshop
- 八字腳baat3 zi6 goek3splayfoot
- 神殿san4 din6shrine
- 愕然ngok6 jin4stunned
- 客席haak3 zik6guest; visiting
- 偏待pin1 doi6to show favoritism against sb
- 拖鏈to1 lin2cable carrier (used to protect cables and hoses attached to a machine)
- 食香腸sik6 hoeng1 coeng2literally: to eat sausage; to perform fellatio [colloquial]
- 逼夾bik1 gip6cramped; uncomfortably small; with little space to move about
- 守土sau2 tou2to guard one's territory
- 禮樂lai5 lok6(Confucianism) rites and music (the means of regulating society)
- 杜門dou6 mun4to close the door (lit. and fig.)
- 煙斗jin1 dau2(smoking) pipe
- 白蘿蔔baak6 lo4 baak6daikon; white radish (Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus)
- 灣京waan1 ging1Vienna
- 烏賊wu1 caak6cuttlefish
- 感光gam2 gwong1light-sensitive
- 餅電beng2 din6button cell; literally: biscuit cell
- 負評fu6 ping4downvote; literally: negative feedback
- 高妹gou1 mui1tall young woman, often used as an epithet
- 雅故ngaa5 gu3old friend
- 立定laap6 ding6to stop
- 自卑感zi6 bei1 gam2feeling of inferiority
- 康城hong1 sing4noun; Cannes
- 骨病gwat1 beng6osteopathy
- 藥籤joek6 cim1medical swab
- 魚扣jyu4 kau3fish stomach
- 銀牙ngan4 ngaa4sound of explosion, originating from anime
- 審閱sam2 jyut6to review or peruse
- 光頭佬gwong1 tau4 lou2bald man
- 冰刀bing1 dou1ice skates
- 社會科學se5 wui2 fo1 hok6social sciences
- 散嗌saan2 aai3to order individually
- 酸根syun1 gan1negative ion
- 爛瓦laan6 ngaa4literally: broken tile; a cat [colloquial]
- 唔方m4 fong1is not, will not; impossible, no need to expect. Literally: not afraid
- 搭的士daap3 dik1 si2to take a taxi
- 香梘hoeng1 gaan2soap
- 唔及m4 kap6do not compare with something; can’t compare with something
- 網軍mong5 gwan1internet troll army; online propaganda army
- 茲因zi1 jan1(formal) whereas
- 魔影mo1 jing2(fig.) specter
- 淨色zing6 sik1monochromatic
- 花粉症faa1 fan2 zing3hay fever
- 身己san1 gei2pregnancy
- 禮器lai5 hei3ritual object; sacrificial vessel
- 倒冧dou2 lam3collapse; cave in; topple
- 水溝seoi2 kau1gutter
- 搬兵bun1 bing1to call for reinforcements
- 針管zam1 gun2syringe
- 晒招saai3 ziu1to show off [colloquial]
- 狼毒long4 duk6venomous; wicked; nefarious; malicious
- 山脊saan1 zek3mountain ridge
- 一家jat1 gaa1the whole family
- 翳熱ngai3 jit6steaming hot (weather)
- 雜家zaap6 gaa1Miscellaneous School of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) whose leading advocate was Lü Buwei 呂不韋|吕不韦[Lu:3 Bu4 wei2]
- 悲喜劇bei1 hei2 kek6tragicomedy
- 邊旗bin1 kei4soccer linesman; sideline soccer referee
- 摺光zip3 gwong1refraction
- 亮星loeng6 sing1bright star
- 耍太極saa2 taai3 gik6the slang for the act of pushing things around in order to avoid responsibility; literally: to play Tai Chi; buck passing
- 遇救jyu6 gau3to be rescued; to be saved
- 糖尿tong4 niu6diabetes mellitus
- 抗震kong3 zan3anti-seismic measures
- 病友beng6 jau5a friend made in hospital or people who become friends in hospital
- 審犯sam2 faan6to interrogate
- 水紋seoi2 man4ripples
- 訂座deng6 zo6Reservations
- 八字波baat3 zi6 bo1breasts that are shaped as "eight [八]" in Chinese character
- 紅毛鬼hung4 mou4 gwai2westerners [colloquial]
- 羊公joeng4 gung1A ram
- 紅蘿蔔hung4 lo4 baak6carrot
- 擦油caat3 jau4to oil
- 並不bing6 bat1not at all; by no means
- 評章ping4 zoeng1to appraise
- 叫鴨giu3 aap2to visit a male prostitute
- 宣導syun1 dou6(Tw) to educate the public; to raise awareness
- 戰衣zin3 ji1battle-suit, a suit worn in battles for protection; figuratively, the clothes worn in competition
- 冒題mou6 tai4writing style in which the main subject is not introduced initially (opposite: 破題|破题[po4 ti2])
- 心肝sam1 gon1darling
- 垃圾鏟laap6 saap3 caan2dustpan
- 理神論lei5 san4 leon6deism, theological theory of God who does not interfere in the Universe
- 包探baau1 taam3detective (in former times)
- 每天mui5 tin1every day
- 油鞋jau4 haai4waterproof shoes; oiled shoes (for wet weather)
- 雜事zaap6 si6miscellaneous tasks; various chores
- 煙頭jin1 tau2variant of 菸頭|烟头[yan1 tou2]
- 獨斷duk6 dyun6to decide alone without consultation
- 暗角am3 gok3dark corner
- 暖調nyun5 diu6warm tone
- 家小gaa1 siu2wife and children
- 與眾不同jyu5 zung3 bat1 tung4(idiom) to stand out from the crowd; distinctive; different from the rest
- 私酒si1 zau2bootleg, alcoholic liquor unlawfully made
- 可蘭經ho2 laan4 ging1Quran (Islamic scripture)
- 太醫taai3 ji1imperial physician
- 獻縣hin3 jyun6Xian County or Xianxian, a county in Cangzhou City 滄州市|沧州市[Cang1 zhou1 Shi4], Hebei
- 隨喜ceoi4 hei2(Buddhism) to be moved at the sight of good deeds
- 沙河粉saa1 ho4 fan2flat rice noddles
- 旅長leoi5 zoeng2(military) brigade commander
- 夫姓fu1 sing3surname of one's husband
- 疝氣saan3 hei3hernia
- 重砲cung5 paau3heavy artillery
- 麥角mak6 gok3ergot
- 元氏jyun4 si6see 元氏縣|元氏县[Yuan2 shi4 Xian4]
- 嘮嘈lou4 cou4describes a person's act of being noisy
- 多倫do1 leon4see 多倫縣|多伦县[Duo1 lun2 Xian4]
- 腦囟nou5 seon2fontanelle
- 死忍sei2 jan2to endure
- 走秀zau2 sau3a fashion show
- 引徵jan5 zing1quotation
- 徵引zing1 jan5to quote; to recommend
- 戀童lyun2 tung4Pedophilia
- 壓埋aat3 maai4to crush and bury
- 九龍塘gau2 lung4 tong4the name of a place in Hong Kong: Kowloon Tong
- 依順ji1 seon6to comply
- 卷起gyun2 hei2variant of 捲起|卷起[juan3 qi3]
- 剝花生mok1 faa1 sang1being the outsider; to be a third wheel; rubbernecking; to be an onlooker
- 折刀zit3 dou1folding knife; jackknife; pocketknife
- 折衝zit3 cung1to make enemies retreat; to repulse or subdue enemies; negotiation
- 啓德kai2 dak1Kai Tak
- 菸絲jin1 si1loose tobacco; fine-cut tobacco
- 訪員fong2 jyun4(old) reporter; journalist
- 說客seoi3 haak3(old) itinerant political adviser
- 逼遷bik1 cin1to force somebody to leave a house or land; to evict somebody
- 武清mou5 cing1Wuqing rural district in Tianjin 天津[Tian1 jin1]
- 別針bit6 zam1pin