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- 週遊zau1 jau4variant of 周遊|周游, to tour
- 大過daai6 gwo3serious mistake
- 冇定性mou5 ding6 sing3to refer somebody cannot settle down, or pay attention to things
- 管井gun2 zeng2tube well
- 迎火jing4 fo2backfire (firefighting)
- 鋭利jeoi6 lei6sharp
- 貨櫃佬fo3 gwai6 lou2a container truck driver [colloquial]
- 燒瓶siu1 ping4laboratory flask
- 潮州粥ciu4 zau1 zuk1(food) Chiu-Chow style congee
- 西營盤sai1 jing4 pun4Sai Ying Pun, a town situated along the north-western coast of Hong Kong Island
- 拔海bat6 hoi2elevation (above sea level)
- 芙蓉蛋fu4 jung4 daan2egg foo yung; Chinese style egg omelette
- 剖面fau2 min6profile
- 殘雞caang4 gai1(of women) of a cranky, grumpy, fierce personality
- 兇死hung1 sei2to die in violence
- 增肥zang1 fei4to gain weight
- 皮箱pei4 soeng1leather suitcase
- 鉤編ngau1 pin1to crochet
- 西米露sai1 mai5 lou6tapioca pudding
- 追斬zeoi1 zaam2to chase after a person and attack him with a knife
- 胸骨hung1 gwat1sternum
- 宅子zaak6 zi2house; residence
- 倒賬dou2 zoeng3unrecoverable debt
- 洋底joeng4 dai2ocean floor
- 團扇tyun4 sin3circular fan
- 拖吊to1 diu3to tow (a car)
- 商業電台soeng1 jip6 din6 toi4Commercial Radio, a radio station in Hong Kong
- 石敢當sek6 gam2 dong1stone tablet erected to ward off evil spirits
- 受雇sau6 gu3to be employed by someone
- 三索線saam1 sok3 sin3radiated ratsnake (snake)
- 糧尾loeng4 mei5period of time where one's salary is nearly spent; In Hong Kong, it usually refers to the certain days in a month; literally: wage end
- 抓瞎zaau2 hat6to be caught unprepared
- 山岳saan1 ngok6towering mountains
- 私刑si1 jing4illegal punishment; taking the law into one's own hands
- 菠蘿釘bo1 lo4 deng1spikes on a pineapple
- 會幕wui2 mok6tabernacle (biblical word for a meeting hall or tent)
- 賊窩caak6 wo1thieves' lair
- 反瞓faan2 fan3to sleep with face facing the bed
- 麪醬min6 zoeng3sweet bean paste; sweet wheat paste
- 導購dou6 kau3shopper's guide
- 光棍佬gwong1 gwan3 lou2a bloke who is single [colloquial]
- 詩曰si1 joek6a poem goes:
- 秉燭bing2 zuk1variant of 炳燭|炳烛[bing3 zhu2]
- 授獎sau6 zoeng2to award a prize
- 沙釘saa1 deng1sand tent peg
- 探雷taam3 leoi4to detect mines
- 倒倉dou2 cong1to transfer grain from a store (e.g. to sun it)
- 伙夫fo2 fu1(old) mess cook
- 避孕丸bei6 jan6 jyun2contraceptive pill
- 瘦底sau3 dai2describing somebody who tends to be slim and does not easily get fat
- 開綠燈hoi1 luk6 dang1to give the green light
- 邪派ce4 paai1looks evil; behaves as if without concern of moral.
- 心窗sam1 coeng1a place burying one's inner thoughts that are not to be revealed
- 海塗hoi2 tou4tidal marsh
- 口賤hau2 zin6to always commit a gaffe and say some bad things
- 巴松管baa1 cung4 gun2(loanword) bassoon
- 打震daa2 zan3to tremble
- 時宜si4 ji4contemporary expectations
- 盡可能zeon6 ho2 nang4see 儘可能|尽可能[jin3 ke3 neng2]
- 國皇gwok3 wong4king
- 簽帳cim1 zoeng3to make a credit card transaction; to use a credit card to pay
- 吉儀gat1 ji4gift for mourners in a funeral ceremony
- 針狀zam1 zong6needle-shaped
- 遇啱jyu6 ngaam1by chance;happen to; by concidence; as it happens; as luck would have it
- 拋臉paau1 lim5to lose face
- 馬後炮maa5 hau6 paau3(Chinese chess) moving the cannon after moving the horse away
- 鐵嘴雞tit3 zeoi2 gai1(slang) a woman who is quarrelsome and sharp-tongued; an argumentative woman who will not admit defeat
- 參雜caam1 zaap6to mix
- 慘毒caam2 duk6cruel
- 翻釘faan1 deng1pickaxe
- 年尊nin4 zyun1aged and respected; senior
- 咋嘛za1 maa3added at the end of a clause to indicate that the topic in question is nothing special or unimpressive, contrary to what one might think
- 積冰zik1 bing1ice accretion
- 預試jyu6 si5pretest
- 泥刀nai4 dou1trowel
- 討吃tou2 hek3to beg for food
- 檔仔dong3 zai2a small stall for drugs; a small drug business [colloquial]
- 糯米粉no6 mai5 fan2glutinous rice flour
- 竹刀zuk1 dou1shinai (bamboo sword for kendō)
- 顯鏡hin2 geng3microscope
- 維德角wai4 dak1 gok3Cape Verde (Tw)
- 家訓gaa1 fan3instructions to one's children
- 耳軟ji5 jyun5credulous
- 遲吓ci4 haa5after a while; later on
- 穿山甲cyun1 saan1 gaap3pangolin (Manis pentadactylata)
- 有否jau5 fau2(more formal) whether someone has done something or not
- 紅茶菌hung4 caa4 kwan2kombucha (fermented tea)
- 摔交seot1 gaau1variant of 摔跤[shuai1 jiao1]
- 鬥踩dau3 caai2to slander each other
- 湊蹺cau3 kiu2coincidentally; as chance would; it just so happens that
- 遊車河jau4 ce1 ho2(noun) (of enjoyment) to go for a car ride; to go for a drive; to go for a spin
- 殊死syu4 sei2to behead
- 伊府麵ji1 fu2 min6see 伊麵|伊面[yi1 mian4]
- 人身安全jan4 san1 on1 cyun4personal safety
- 淬火ceoi3 fo2to quench
- 前震cin4 zan3foreshock
- 遂願seoi6 jyun6to have one's wish fulfilled
- 腦電圖nou5 din6 tou4electroencephalogram (EEG)
- 支吾zi1 ng4to resist
- 抄網caau1 mong5dip net
- 赫本haak1 bun2Hepburn (name)
- 多個do1 go3many
- 右玉jau6 juk6see 右玉縣|右玉县[You4 yu4 Xian4]
- 收枱sau1 toi2to pack up the table (usually the Mahjong table after the game has finished)
- 田雞東tin4 gai1 dung1Tang Lai Tung, name of a triad member; to go dutch; splitting the bill at meal gatherings
- 排律paai4 leot6long poem in lüshi form 律詩|律诗
- 互素wu6 sou3(math.) coprime
- 片岩pin3 ngaam4(geology) schist
- 銅獎tung4 zoeng2third prize; literally: bronze prize
- 搭鉤daap3 ngau1a hook
- 花拳faa1 kyun4showy boxing of no practical use
- 布袋彈bou3 doi6 daan2bean bag round
- 版刻baan2 hak1carving
- 極辣gik6 laat6very spicy
- 附寄fu6 gei3to enclose
- 給與kap1 jyu5variant of 給予|给予[ji3 yu3]
- 粘性nim1 sing3variant of 黏性[nian2 xing4]
- 嘮叨lou4 dou1to prattle
- 抗禮kong3 lai5to behave informally as equals
- 坊子fong1 zi2see 坊子區|坊子区[Fang1 zi3 Qu1]
- 執屋zap1 uk1to tidy up the house
- 可想而知ho2 soeng2 ji4 zi1(idiom) (it) goes without saying; can well be imagined
- 定息ding6 sik1fixed rate of interest
- 挑刺tiu1 ci3to carp
- 綿羊仔min4 joeng2 zai2the slang for a scooter or moped; literal meaning 'sheep'
- 爭鳴zang1 ming4to contend
- 鼓風gu2 fung1a forced draft (of wind, for smelting metal)
- 狼籍long4 zik6variant of 狼藉[lang2 ji2]
- 臉皮薄lim5 pei4 bok6thin-skinned
- 尊老zyun1 lou5respect the aged
- 轉鼓zyun3 gu2rotary drum
- 唯象wai4 zoeng6phenomenological
- 割傷got3 soeng1to gash
- 門墊mun4 zin3doormat
- 賤狗zin6 gau2a despicable person of bad
- 唾沫toe5 mut6spittle
- 縮入suk1 jap6Retracted
- 反掌faan2 zoeng2lit. to turn over one's palm
- 這陣子ze2 zan6 zi2now
- 尾欠mei5 him3balance due
- 勞頓lou4 deon6(literary) fatigued
- 四腳蛇sei3 goek3 se4lizard
- 神勇san4 jung5extraordinarily brave
- 摺床zip3 cong4a folding camp bed
- 羅拔lo1 bat4a fool, a sucker; etymology: Robert
- 開叉hoi1 caa1split; cut; to have split ends
- 蜑家話daan6 gaa1 waa2Tanka dialect, formerly the boat people ethnic subgroup in Southern China
- 不為人知bat1 wai4 jan4 zi1not known to anyone
- 塗寫tou4 se2to daub
- 尊長zyun1 zoeng2one's superior
- 煤田mui4 tin4a coalfield
- 回勇wui4 jung5to become as good as before
- 于都jyu1 dou1see 于都縣|于都县[Yu2 du1 Xian4]
- 布袋戲bou6 doi6 hei2glove puppetry
- 乾爭爭gon1 zang1 zang1use to describe food which is dry and hard
- 拼刺ping3 ci3bayonet charge
- 做尖zou6 zim1to work out in a gym
- 禮佛lai5 fat6to worship Buddha; to pray to Buddha
- 榮美wing4 mei5glorious
- 財神爺coi4 san4 je4god of wealth
- 屁輕pei3 heng1very light
- 龍舟水lung4 zau1 seoi2heavy rain during the period around Dragon Boat Festival
- 人臣jan4 san4an official (in former times)
- 穴鳥jyut6 niu5jackdaw (family Corvidae)
- 僑眷kiu4 gyun3family members of nationals residing abroad
- 銀洋ngan4 joeng4flat silver (former coinage)
- 嘅啫ge3 ze1it is (spoken)
- 大新daai6 san1see 大新縣|大新县[Da4 xin1 Xian4]
- 高等法院gou1 dang2 faat3 jyun2High Court
- 精瘦zing1 sau3(coll.) lean (figure, meat etc)
- 碰彩pung3 coi2get lucky happen by chance
- 新意思san1 ji3 si1new idea; to take on a new meaning
- 偏廢pin1 fai3to give unequal emphasis to
- 貼現率tip3 jin6 leot2discount rate
- 滿天星mun5 tin1 sing1Baby's Breath
- 討海tou2 hoi2to make one's living from the sea
- 奪命dyut6 ming6fatal, deadly
- 概略koi3 loek6compendium; summary
- 扒錢paa4 cin2verb; stealing money
- 花旗參faa1 kei4 sam1American ginseng
- 賤種zin3 zung2a person who is despicable, immoral, and without principles;asshole
- 灰斗fui1 dau2an ash bucket; an ash hopper; an ashtray
- 判監pun3 gaam1to be sentenced to jail; to be put into jail
- 眼超超ngaan5 ciu1 ciu1staring
- 瞓低fan3 dai1lie down
- 買大細maai5 daai6 sai3to gamble at the common table game in casino called 'over-under or O
- 點陣dim2 zan6lattice
- 心尖sam1 zim1bottom tip of the heart
- 暨今kei3 gam1up to now
- 插腰caap3 jiu1variant of 叉腰[cha1 yao1]
- 紙婚zi2 fan1paper wedding (first wedding anniversary)
- 小我siu2 ngo5the self
- 小的siu2 dik1(coll.) young child; the little one(s) of the family
- 暖水壺nyun5 seoi2 wu2(noun) a vacuum flask; a thermos bottle; a hot water bottle
- 還賬waan4 zoeng3to settle and account
- 影醜jing2 cau2to taint
- 吹孔ceoi1 hung2(of a musical instrument) blow hole
- 發紫faat3 zi2(of body) to appear blue or purple
- 最高等zeoi3 gou1 dang2highest level
- 心弦sam1 jin4heartstrings