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- 鏡腳geng3 goek3temples of glasses
- 夾具gaap3 geoi6clamp
- 評註ping4 zyu3to annotate
- 市曹si5 cou4market
- 瞎話hat6 waa6untruth; lie
- 圍圈wai4 hyun1to circle; to form a circle
- 徵士zing1 si6soldier (in battle)
- 針魚zam1 jyu2saury fish (family Scomberesocidae)
- 養娘joeng5 noeng4foster mother
- 新和san1 wo4see 新和縣|新和县[Xin1 he2 Xian4]
- 建功gin3 gung1to make contribution
- 招安ziu1 on1to enlist enemy or rebel soldiers by offering amnesty
- 服軟fuk6 jyun5to admit defeat
- 署任cyu5 jam6to act on behalf of; to deputise
- 挑弄tiu1 lung6to incite
- 無花果mou4 faa1 gwo2fig (Ficus carica)
- 圖景tou4 ging2landscape (in a picture)
- 科儀fo1 ji4ritual (Daoism)
- 肉鋪juk6 pou3butcher's shop
- 切牙cit3 ngaa4incisor tooth
- 撥子but6 zi2plectrum
- 過冷河gwo3 laang5 ho2rinse cooked food with cold water (spoken)
- 查探caa4 taam3to check
- 遊船jau4 syun4pleasure boat
- 露臺lou6 toi4balcony
- 評核ping4 hat6appraisal; assessment
- 熟普suk6 pou2ferment Pu-erh
- 三重奏saam1 cung4 zau3trio (musical ensemble)
- 省略號saang2 loek6 hou6(punctuation) ellipsis
- 幾十百gei2 sap6 baak3adj.; a few hundred
- 跪地gwai6 dei6to kneel down on the floor/ground
- 冰品bing1 ban2frozen dessert
- 解籤gaai2 cim1to study the meaning of a Cim during Kau Cim
- 牀尾cong4 mei5foot of a bed
- 功罪gung1 zeoi6achievements and crimes
- 色仔sik1 zai2a dice (more commonly written as 骰仔)
- 羣埋kwan4 maai4To hang around with; to make friends with
- 私塾si1 suk6private school (in former times)
- 吐血tou3 hyut3to cough up blood
- 廟塔miu6 taap3temples and pagodas
- 扒開paa4 hoi1to pry open or apart; to spread (sth) open with both hands
- 筆譯bat1 jik6written translation
- 短粗dyun2 cou1stocky (short and robust)
- 素聞sou3 man4as heard from others for a long time
- 粗飯cou1 faan6an unappealing and unsatisfying meal
- 虧格kwai1 gaak3(math.) genus
- 雪批syut3 pai1ice cream bar
- 開伙hoi1 fo2to cook meals
- 睇門口tai2 mun4 hau2guarding the entrance (spoken)
- 惟有wai4 jau5variant of 唯有[wei2 you3]
- 耳力ji5 lik6hearing ability
- 喬紅kiu4 hung4Qiao Hong (1968–), retired Chinese female table tennis player
- 判詞pun3 ci4reasons for judgment/verdict
- 厚意hau5 ji3Very kind thought
- 訪求fong2 kau4to seek
- 酒鋪zau2 pou2tavern
- 起稿hei2 gou2to make a draft
- 低莊dai1 zong1despicable
- 標緻biu1 zi3(usu. of women) lovely; pretty; good-looking
- 地和dei6 wo4(mahjong) earthly hand; a hand that is completed by a non-dealer on their first draw
- 調速tiu4 cuk1to adjust the speed
- 監守gaam1 sau2to have custody of
- 徇私seon1 si1verb; favoritism
- 白煤baak6 mui4anthracite
- 奴家nou4 gaa1(old) your servant (humble self-reference by young female)
- 爽皮song2 pei4feeling pleasant; feeling great
- 主審zyu2 sam2person in charge of a trial
- 曬料saai3 liu2to show off; to boast [colloquial]
- 倒吊dou3 diu3to hang upside down
- 馬膽maa5 daam2a horse racing term, the horse that you put your money on
- 過雲雨gwo3 wan4 jyu5shower (rain)
- 赫然haak1 jin4with astonishment
- 松露cung4 lou6truffle
- 唱反調coeng3 faan2 diu6to express a different view
- 半腰bun3 jiu1middle
- 炒底caau2 dai2(in cha chaan teng) to replace plain rice with fried rice
- 廢青fai3 cing1a derogatory term used by (successful) elders against failing teenagers, then commonly used by youngsters for self-mocking
- 差仔caai1 zai2ethnic slur for South Asian youngsters
- 宗親zung1 can1members of the same clan-family
- 收官sau1 gun1(Go) to play the endgame
- 滑車waat6 ce1pulley block
- 四野sei3 je5around the proximity or visibility
- 莊員zong1 jyun4a committee member of a university-based student organisation (莊 zong1), a university jargon
- 撐破caang1 po3to burst
- 病脈beng6 mak6abnormal pulse
- 各種各樣gok3 zung2 gok3 joeng6various kinds
- 課後fo3 hau6after-school
- 意想不到ji3 soeng2 bat1 dou3unexpected
- 施洗si1 sai2baptize
- 暑期工syu2 kei4 gung1a summer job
- 銳減jeoi6 gaam2steep decline
- 客家話haak3 gaa1 waa2Hakka dialect
- 落肥lok6 fei4fertilize
- 牙牀ngaa4 cong4gum, part of the mouth
- 正階zing3 gaai1block letters; regular script in Chinese
- 套匯tou3 wui6illegal currency exchange
- 精幹zing1 gon3crack (troops)
- 速讀cuk1 duk6speed reading
- 冰蓋bing1 goi3ice sheet
- 人地jan4 dei6others (spoken)
- 圈地hyun1 dei6staking a claim to territory
- 槍衣coeng1 ji1gun cover
- 重聚cung4 zeoi6to meet again
- 借問聲ze3 man6 seng1Excuse me. Could you tell me…?
- 睇醫生tai2 ji1 sang1to see a doctor
- 莎士比亞saa1 si6 bei2 aa3Shakespeare (name)
- 火灰fo2 fui1ash
- 打稿daa2 gou2(printing) prepress proofing; a proof
- 鬃毛zung1 mou4mane
- 增持zang1 ci4(of an investor) to increase one's holdings
- 哭窮huk1 kung4to bewail one's poverty
- 白血球baak6 hyut3 kau4white blood cell
- 薩其馬saat3 kei4 maa5see 沙琪瑪|沙琪玛[sha1 qi2 ma3]
- 參閲caam1 jyut6to read and take it as reference
- 掙脫zang1 tyut3to throw off
- 煙酸jin1 syun1niacin (vitamin B3)
- 超車ciu1 ce1to overtake (another car)
- 座上客zo6 soeng6 haak3guest of honor
- 通判tung1 pun3local magistrate
- 滑門waat6 mun4sliding door
- 訂造deng6 zou6to have something made to order
- 雨鞋jyu5 haai4waterproof footwear (rubber boots etc)
- 拼爭ping3 zang1to fight desperately
- 女魔頭neoi2 mo1 tau4a villainess [written and colloquial]; a bitch [colloquial]
- 物鏡mat6 geng3objective (optics)
- 畫鬼腳waak6 gwai2 goek3ghost leg (game)
- 青蘿蔔ceng1 lo4 baak6green radish
- 白羊baak6 joeng4Aries (star sign)
- 幫凶bong1 hung1accomplice
- 藏私cong4 si1(Tw) to withhold (knowledge, resources etc) out of reluctance to share
- 果脯gwo2 pou2candied fruit
- 中下zung1 haa6lower middle
- 喜聯hei2 lyun2wedding couplets
- 鉤花ngau1 faa1to crochet
- 執包袱zap1 baau1 fuk6(slang) to pack up one's things, usually it implies to quit or resign from a job
- 後媽hau6 maa1(coll.) stepmother
- 電鍵din6 gin6electric key
- 彈道導彈daan6 dou6 dou6 daan2ballistic missile
- 炸雷zaa3 leoi4thunderclap
- 勸酒hyun3 zau2to urge sb to drink alcohol
- 暈機wan4 gei1to become airsick
- 袒護taan2 wu6to shield (a miscreant) from punishment, criticism etc
- 球瓶kau4 ping4pin (ten-pin bowling)
- 什葉sap6 jip6Shia (a movement in Islam)
- 睇老婆tai2 lou5 po4pick a wife (spoken)
- 陰雨jam1 jyu5overcast and rainy
- 採青coi2 ceng1"plucking the greens", during the lion dance to celebrate Chinese New Year or the opening of new shops, auspicious green vegetable such as a lettuce (due to it sounding similar to "making money") is normally hung on a pole for the lion to eat
- 暗影am3 jing2shadow; umbra
- 掏空tou4 hung1to hollow out
- 回撥wui4 put6Roaming call back service
- 剩落zing6 lok6leftover
- 飛車黨fei1 ce1 dong2gang involved in illegal car racing; biker gang
- 尾註mei5 zyu3endnote
- 你地nei5 dei6you guys; you all
- 土邦tou2 bong1native state (term used by British Colonial power to refer to independent states of India or Africa)
- 氣鑽hei3 zyun3pneumatic drill
- 煩亂faan4 lyun6anxious
- 驚錯ging1 co3puzzled
- 亞妹aa3 mui1Little sister;little girl
- 凡例faan4 lai6notes on the use of a book
- 剪子zin2 zi2clippers
- 拉鉤laai1 ngau1to make a pinky promise
- 驚飛ging1 fei1to go off like a rocket; to rocket
- 雞仔gai1 zai2a chick
- 命仔meng6 zai2a humorous way to refer to one's life
- 採食coi2 sik6to forage
- 同婚tung4 fan1same-sex marriage
- 俗諺zuk6 jin6common saying
- 釘口deng1 hau2the interest on loan [colloquial]
- 肥皂劇fei4 zou6 kek6soap opera (loanword)
- 拆船caak3 syun4ship breaking
- 故衣gu3 ji1recycled clothes
- 回暖wui4 nyun5(of the weather) to warm up again
- 婚書fan1 syu1(old) marriage contract
- 二婚ji6 fan1(coll.) (usu. of women in former times) to marry for a second time
- 十仔sap6 zai2sub-contractor
- 鋪墊pou1 zin3to spread out bedding
- 家基冷gaa6 gi6 laang1one's own people [colloquial, Chiu-Chow
- 豆腐婆dau6 fu6 po2(literally: bean curd woman); a lesbian
- 虧產kwai1 caan2shortfall in production
- 粗率cou1 seot1rough
- 笑紋siu3 man4laugh lines (on the face)
- 謀計mau4 gai3stratagem; scheme
- 迷亂mai4 lyun6confusion
- 積落zik1 lok6to acculmulate for a long time
- 炮台山paau3 toi4 saan1Fortress Hill, a town situated in northern Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong
- 啓航kai2 hong4to set sail
- 前置詞cin4 zi3 ci4preposition
- 工展會gung1 zin2 wui2noun; Brands & Products Expo
- 中過zung3 gwo3
- 嚇一跳haak3 jat1 tiu3startled
- 象聲詞zoeng6 sing1 ci4onomatopoeia
- 新進san1 zeon3(of one) new to a certain industry
- 掛旗gwaa3 kei4vertical banner (for display at exhibitions, advertising hung from poles in the street etc)
- 跳樓貨tiu3 lau2 fo3a business strategy to sell inventory at a relatively low price to attract customers
- 孔門hung2 mun4Confucius' school (i.e. his direct disciples)
- 濟急zai3 gap1to give relief (material)
- 收驚sau1 geng1a Taoist ritual to shout the name of a person to call back his soul
- 租樓zou1 lau2to rent a house or flat
- 冧檔lam3 dong3to close down