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- 烏藍wu1 laam4dark blue
- 牙音ngaa4 jam1velar consonants of Middle Chinese
- 花花公子faa1 faa1 gung1 zi2playboy
- 爆甲baau3 gaap3to have a broken nail (usually toe nail)
- 吸音kap1 jam1sound-absorbing
- 執倒zap1 dou2to pick up
- 密絲mat6 si1noun; Miss
- 哈欠haa1 him3yawn
- 冧友lam1 jau5to kill someone
- 打鉤daa2 ngau1to tick
- 斬中zaam2 zung1(soccer) crossing kick toward the midfield
- 風鏡fung1 geng3goggles (esp. against wind and sandstorms)
- 評劇ping4 kek6Pingju, a form of local Chinese opera from northern China
- 油症jau4 zing3Yusho disease or Yu-cheng disease, mass poisoning caused by rice bran oil in northern Kyushu, Japan (1968), and in Taiwan (1979)
- 缺頁kyut3 jip6missing page
- 甜故tim4 gu2erotic story; porn story
- 早播zou2 bo3to plant early; to sow seeds in early spring
- 就著zau6 zyu3(eat sth) with (sth else)
- 榜文bong2 man4official notice; proclamation; literally: bulletin board/notice board message
- 針卡zam1 kaat1vaccination record card; immunisation card; vaccine card
- 低腰dai1 jiu1low-waisted
- 撐船caang1 syun4to punt
- 緊絀gan2 zyut3supply shortage
- 親緣can1 jyun4blood relationship; genetic relationship; consanguinity
- 柴娃娃caai4 waa1 waa1for fun; a group of people hanging out to have fun [written and colloquial]
- 素服sou3 fuk6mourning dress
- 詔書ziu3 syu1imperial edict
- 起哄hei2 hung3(of a crowd of people) to jeer; to gather and create a disturbance
- 回力刀wui4 lik6 dou1a boomerang [written and colloquial]
- 慘殺caam2 saat3to slaughter
- 劃切waak6 cit3to slice
- 爆雷baau3 leoi4(of a P2P lending platform) to collapse
- 礦水kwong3 seoi2mineral water
- 掉轉頭diu6 zyun3 tau4To turn to the opposite direction; to turn around; to invert
- 擊劍gik1 gim3fencing (sport)
- 私運si1 wan6to smuggle
- 髮簪faat3 zaam1hairpin
- 黑胡椒hak1 wu4 ziu1black pepper
- 打亂種daa2 lyun6 zung2people of mixed ethnicities; bastard
- 三合會saam1 hap6 wui2triad, Chinese crime gang
- 再教育zoi3 gaau3 juk6Re-education; often referred to as 'de-extremist' education and training
- 狗雄gau2 hung4irony term for a person that could be a hero but failed
- 嗰陣go2 zan6(noun) that time; then; those days; (adverb) at that time; at the time; back then; in those days
- 集散zaap6 saan3to assemble (goods, passengers etc from various locations) and dispatch (them)
- 側便zak1 bin6to the side
- 搶包山coeng2 baau1 saan1the bun scrambling competition, which is an annual traditional event in Cheung Chau Island in Hong Kong
- 走精面zau2 zeng1 min2taking an unauthorised shortcut (spoken)
- 八度baat3 dou6octave
- 蟲草cung4 cou2see 冬蟲夏草|冬虫夏草[dong1 chong2 xia4 cao3]
- 遠勞jyun5 lou4(courteous expression) you have made a long and exhausting journey
- 冉冉jim5 jim5gradually; slowly
- 文儀man4 ji4stationery
- 搭沉船daap3 cam4 syun4to go on a sinking ship; to ride on a wrong vehicle; it is also used to describe someone who is very unlucky that he
- 喫屎jaak3 si2a vulgar way to express contempt or to tell someone to leave, "go eat shit", "eat shit and die!".
- 立威laap6 wai1to establish one's authority
- 體側tai2 zak1side of the body
- 接骨zip3 gwat1(medicine) to set a broken bone
- 深偽sam1 ngai6(technology) deepfake
- 統購tung2 kau3state purchasing monopoly
- 餅卡beng2 kaat1cake coupon
- 署方cyu5 fong1(government) department
- 千般cin1 bun1all kinds of; all varieties of; all sorts of
- 判明pun3 ming4to distinguish
- 掛擋gwaa3 dong3to put into gear
- 感覺上gam2 gok3 soeng6referring to the sensation felt through the senses or psychologically
- 私樓si1 lau2private housing, built by a private developer, as opposed to a public housing built by the Hong Kong Housing Authority or the Hong Kong Housing Society
- 軟性jyun5 sing3soft
- 畸胎kei1 toi1a teratism; monster; severely deformed individual
- 苦於fu2 jyu1to suffer from (a disadvantage)
- 拉雜laap6 zaap6disorganized
- 科勞fo1 lou4to use the 'follow' function on social media
- 教儀gaau3 ji4ordinance
- 菩提子pou4 tai4 zi2grapes
- 賊贓caak6 zong1stolen goods
- 味素mei6 sou3monosodium glutamate (MSG)
- 塞牙sak1 ngaa4to get food stuck between one's teeth
- 紅血球hung4 hyut3 kau4erythrocyte
- 鴨記aap3 gei3nickname of Apliu Street in Sham Shui Po
- 追肥zeoi1 fei4top soil dressing
- 播客bo3 haak3podcast (loanword)
- 遊春jau4 ceon1to go for a trip in spring
- 倒屎dou2 si2emptying a latrine
- 錯峰co3 fung1to stagger usage to ameliorate peak load
- 測板cak1 baan2a type of clappers made from several flat pieces of wood or bamboo, which is a percussion instrument in traditional music and opera
- 排酸paai4 syun1land turtle to excrete uric acid
- 住家菜zyu6 gaa1 coi3home cooking, homemade dishes
- 鴨血aap3 hyut3duck blood curd
- 慘笑caam2 siu3bitter smile
- 通紅tung1 hung4very red
- 引種jan5 zung2(agriculture, animal husbandry) to introduce a new variety of plant or animal
- 唇膏seon4 gou1lip balm
- 落狗屎lok6 gau2 si2raining cats and dogs
- 結彩git3 coi2to adorn
- 班導baan1 dou6(Tw) teacher in charge of a class
- 深得sam1 dak1to gain; to get
- 獻花hin3 faa1to offer flowers
- 財演coi4 jin2abbreviation of 財經演員 (coi4 ging1 jin2 jyun4)
- 校驗gaau3 jim6to check
- 犯勁faan6 ging6to become excited
- 紋面man4 min6variant of 文面[wen2 mian4]
- 鯉魚門lei5 jyu4 mun4Lei Yue Mun, a fishing village in south-eastern Kowloon in Hong Kong
- 笞刑ci1 jing4whipping with bamboo strips (as corporal punishment)
- 藏躲cong4 do2to hide
- 值租zik6 zou1valuable
- 租值zou1 zik6rental value
- 鋪子pou3 zi2store
- 承保sing4 bou2to underwrite
- 總書記zung2 syu1 gei3general secretary (of the Communist Party)
- 後秋hau6 cau1to kick with back heel
- 量瓶loeng4 ping4measuring flask
- 血清素hyut3 cing1 sou3serotonin
- 小白臉siu2 baak6 lim5attractive young man (usually derog.)
- 驚天ging1 tin1Shocking
- 骨器gwat1 hei3bone tool (archaeology)
- 賊眼caak6 ngaan5shifty gaze
- 冰皮bing1 pei2shorthand for 冰皮月餅 snowy mooncake
- 撥正but6 zing3to set right
- 權責kyun4 zaak3power and responsibility
- 斬新zaam2 san1variant of 嶄新|崭新[zhan3 xin1]
- 悠悠jau4 jau4lasting for ages
- 脈口mak6 hau2location on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in TCM
- 熬出頭ngaau4 ceot1 tau4to break clear of all the troubles and hardships
- 豪情hou4 cing4lofty ideals
- 冧把lam1 baa2number (spoken)
- 抗稅kong3 seoi3to refuse to pay taxes
- 試算表si3 syun3 biu2spreadsheet
- 薄板bok6 baan2thin plate
- 附身fu6 san1to enter a body
- 超級電腦ciu1 kap1 din6 nou5(Tw) supercomputer
- 代扣doi6 kau3to withhold tax (from employee's salary)
- 續編zuk6 pin1sequel
- 水飯房seoi2 faan6 fong4the punishment block in prison [colloquial]
- 骨血gwat1 hyut3flesh and blood
- 錯愕co3 ngok6astonished; startled
- 西多士sai1 do1 si2French toast
- 直踩zik6 caai2to keep going without rest or sleeping
- 偏題pin1 tai4to go off-topic; to stray from the topic
- 創練cong3 lin6to form and train (a military unit)
- 讀友duk6 jau5an intimate form of address of "reader"
- 色友sik1 jau5photography enthusiast
- 消弭siu1 mei5(literary) to eliminate; to put an end to (sth undesirable)
- 彩卷coi2 gyun2color film
- 烏煙wu1 jin1black smoke
- 冧歌lam1 go1sweet or heart-melting song (spoken)
- 跌風dit3 fung1falling prices
- 刷爆caat3 baau3to max out (a credit card)
- 天佑tin1 jau6phrase used to seek a blessing from the heavens; "may the heavens bless"; similar to "God bless"
- 偷渡客tau1 dou6 haak3stowaway
- 走卒zau2 zeot1pawn (i.e. foot soldier)
- 還要waan4 jiu3still want more; still want to; still need to; also; but also [written and colloquial]
- 沿住jyun4 zyu6along [written and colloquial]
- 灰領fui1 ling5gray collar
- 鹽源jim4 jyun4see 鹽源縣|盐源县[Yan2 yuan2 Xian4]
- 騷情sou1 cing4frivolous
- 唔好話m4 hou2 waa6don't say
- 腰力jiu1 lik6strength of one's waist
- 抽斗cau1 dau2drawer
- 練筆lin6 bat1to practise writing
- 慘紅caam2 hung4dark red
- 靈塔ling4 taap3memorial pagoda
- 賭資dou2 zi1gambling money
- 狙擊槍zeoi1 gik1 coeng1a sniper gun
- 海鏡hoi2 geng3a type of flat shellfish with semi-transparent shell
- 廣彩gwong2 coi2Kwon-glazed porcelain; Cantonese porcelain
- 單側daan1 zak1one-sided
- 夫君fu1 gwan1(honorific) husband
- 筷子架faai3 zi2 gaa2a chopstick holder
- 癡呆ci1 ngoi4dull-witted
- 歷史家lik6 si2 gaa1historian
- 租讓zou1 joeng6to lease out
- 增防zang1 fong4to reinforce defenses
- 外患ngoi6 waan6foreign aggression
- 側風zak1 fung1crosswind
- 雞公花gai1 gung1 faa1Celosia cristata, a type of flower
- 偏壓pin1 aat3biasing (electronics)
- 韓圓hon4 jyun4variant of 韓元|韩元[han2 yuan2]
- 明眼人ming4 ngaan5 jan4perspicacious person
- 祝謝zuk1 ze6to give thanks
- 鉤住ngau1 zyu6to hook onto
- 洗消sai2 siu1decontamination
- 探知taam3 zi1to find out
- 千方百計cin1 fong1 baak3 gai3lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means
- 蟲蛀cung4 zyu3damaged by moths or worms
- 雪恨syut3 han6to avenge
- 查鋪caa4 pou1to conduct a bed check
- 進獻zeon3 hin3to offer as tribute
- 規率kwai1 leot2law
- 嘲弄zaau1 lung6to tease
- 餘缺jyu4 kyut3surplus and shortfall
- 七大洲cat1 daai6 zau1Seven continents
- 拉落水laai1 lok6 seoi2to drag someone into a situation for which they are not to blame [colloquial]
- 加幅gaa1 fuk1the degree or quantity of increment
- 圍村wai4 cyun1walled village
- 菜脯coi3 pou2dried, pickled white radish
- 格屎gaak3 si2triad (secret Chinese society usually associated with organized crime)
- 交困gaau1 kwan3beset with difficulties
- 香附hoeng1 fu6red nut sedge (Cyperus rotundus)
- 獸性sau3 sing3brutal
- 拆局caak3 guk6to analyze
- 嘴甜zeoi2 tim4sweet-talking