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- 桶口tung2 hau2bunghole
- 紐子nau2 zi2button
- 轉爐zyun3 lou4converter (rotary furnace in steelmaking)
- 大鹿daai6 luk6moose
- 獻舞hin3 mou5to dance in front of the public; to give a dance performance
- 煤粉mui4 fan2coal dust
- 漏雞lau6 gai1missed; left out; a missed opportunity
- 闡發cin2 faat3to elucidate
- 韶關siu4 gwaan1see 韶關市|韶关市[Shao2 guan1 Shi4]
- 雨刮jyu5 gwaat3windshield wiper
- 波蕩bo1 dong6heave
- 點染dim2 jim5to touch up (a piece of writing)
- 潤格jeon6 gaak3(old) scale of fees charged by a painter or calligrapher
- 被乘數bei6 sing4 sou3multiplicand
- 抵錢dai2 cin2worth the money; valuable
- 腳板底goek3 baan2 dai2sole of the foot
- 鴛鴦腳jyun1 joeng1 goek3a type of flying kicks style in martial arts [colloquial]
- 日裡jat6 leoi5daytime
- 二伏ji6 fuk6中伏[zhong1 fu2]
- 開溜hoi1 lau6to leave in stealth
- 丹貝daan1 bui3see 天貝|天贝[tian1 bei4]
- 尖隊zim1 deoi2to cut in line
- 亂晒龍lyun2 saai3 lung4messy; chaotic [colloquial]
- 師尊si1 zyun1teacher
- 湊啱cau3 ngaam1to gather the sufficient amount; coincidentally; as chance would; it just so happens that
- 爽甜song2 tim4firm and crunchy; refreshing and sweet
- 曬友saai3 jau5see 曬客|晒客[shai4 ke4]
- 勇奪jung5 dyut6to achieve sth bravely
- 去溜heoi3 lau6Previously used in Fat Saan, Dong Guag, Hoi Ping, means to stroll, to have a walk, extendedly means to gossip, to hang out. It is still using in rural areas of Canton Province and Ethnic Chinese communities in South-east Asia like Malaysia.
- 多次do1 ci3many times
- 謂詞wai6 ci4predicate (in logic and grammar)
- 爬灰paa4 fui1variant of 扒灰[pa2 hui1]
- 外嫁女ngoi6 gaa3 neoi2noun; married daughter
- 零擔ling4 daam1less-than-truck-load freight (LTL) (transportation)
- 放一馬fong3 jat1 maa5to let (sb) off
- 床技cong4 gei6skills in bed
- 不切實際bat1 cit3 sat6 zai3unrealistic
- 抄查caau1 caa4to search and confiscate
- 花紐faa1 nau2flower button; Chinese knot button
- 床沿cong4 jyun4the edge of a bed
- 圍頭話wai4 tau4 waa2Weitou dialect
- 校醫haau6 ji1school medic
- 悲慟bei1 dung6mournful
- 鬼畜gwai2 cuk1inhumanly cruel, violent, or depraved jpn:鬼畜（きちく）
- 挨次aai1 ci3in sequence
- 眼角高ngaan5 gok3 gou1arrogant; one who is hard to please
- 草墊cou2 zin3straw mattress
- 役使jik6 sai2to put to work (servant or animal)
- 使役si2 jik6to use (an animal or servant)
- 粘連nim1 lin4to adhere
- 聚齊zeoi6 cai4to assemble (in one place)
- 亭長ting4 zoeng2ancient official title
- 顯懷hin2 waai4to look pregnant
- 古月粉gu2 jyut6 fan2white pepper (slang)
- 多平臺do1 ping4 toi4multi-platform (computing)
- 吸碳kap1 taan3to absorb carbon
- 阿斗官aa3 dau2 gun1the black sheep
- 便桶bin6 tung2chamber pot
- 爭冠zang1 gun3to fight for a championship
- 聚散zeoi6 saan3coming together and separating
- 纏頭cin4 tau4embroidered headband used as decoration by actors or in Hui ethnic group
- 蓋碗goi3 wun2lidded teacup
- 遐想haa4 soeng2reverie
- 騎釘ke4 deng1book staple
- 所多so2 do1Soto
- 橫板waang4 baan2table tennis paddle customized for shakehand, with longer grip; literally "horizontal paddle"
- 橫樑waang4 loeng4beam, structural support in a building
- 威容wai1 jung4grave and dignified
- 壞賬waai6 zoeng3bad debt
- 賜座ci3 zo6to be permitted by a member of the royal family to take a seat
- 競步ging3 bou6racewalking
- 淚眼leoi6 ngaan5tearful eyes
- 爐臺lou4 toi4stove top
- 握別aak1 bit6to shake hands
- 露醜lou6 cau2to make a fool of oneself
- 腳桿goek3 gon1(dialect) leg
- 謝天謝地ze6 tin1 ze6 dei6(idiom) thank goodness
- 院舍jyun2 se3residential care home
- 蝴蝶酥wu4 dip6 sou1crispy short-crust pastry
- 自言自語zi6 jin4 zi6 jyu5(idiom) to talk to oneself; to think aloud; to soliloquize
- 一句jat1 geoi3a line of verse
- 扎針zaat3 zam1to give or have an acupuncture treatment
- 針扎zam1 zaat3pincushion
- 熱氣飯jit6 hei3 faan6(metaphor) something is not easy to handle; something will leave troubles in future
- 挺腰ting5 jiu1to straighten one's back
- 週游zau1 jau4variant of 周遊|周游, to tour
- 動脈瘤dung6 mak6 lau2aneurysm
- 內中noi6 zung1within it
- 企求kei5 kau4to seek for; to hope to gain; desirous
- 微信mei4 seon3Weixin or WeChat (instant messaging and social media app developed by Tencent 騰訊|腾讯[Teng2 xun4])
- 浪船long6 syun4swingboat
- 苦瓜乾fu2 gwaa1 gon1dried bitter melon; a miserable look on one's face
- 紅白機hung4 baak6 gei1Nintendo Entertainment System
- 不予置評bat1 jyu5 zi3 ping4to make no comment
- 掃牙sou3 ngaa2gear crush
- 遐思haa4 si1to fancy from afar
- 下齒haa6 ci2bottom teeth
- 下地haa6 dei6to go down to the fields
- 出月ceot1 jyut6next month
- 月出jyut6 ceot1moonrise
- 牙帶魚ngaa4 daai3 jyu2hairtail fish
- 曹參cou4 sam1Cao Can (-190 BC), second chancellor of Han Dynasty, contributed to its founding by fighting on Liu Bang's 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] side during the Chu-Han Contention 楚漢戰爭|楚汉战争[Chu3 Han4 Zhan4 zheng1]
- 托大腳tok3 daai3 goek3(verb) to butter up; to flatter (usually one's boss)
- 棄絕hei3 zyut6to abandon
- 賬款zoeng3 fun2money in an account
- 龍鬚菜lung4 sou1 coi3asparagus
- 節候zit3 hau6season; time of year
- 一如既往jat1 jyu4 gei3 wong5(idiom) just as in the past; as before; continuing as always
- 一項jat1 hong6classifier for sports and missions
- 打地鋪daa2 dei6 pou1to make one's bed on the floor
- 上齒soeng6 ci2upper teeth
- 墊褥zin3 juk2cotton-padded mattress
- 屏氣bing2 hei3to hold one's breath
- 咪又mai6 jau6short form for 咪又係 mai6 jau6 hai6
- 好想hou2 soeng2to miss something
- 懶風騷laan5 fung1 sou1to act cocky [colloquial]
- 凶信hung1 seon3fateful news
- 打比賽daa2 bei2 coi3to enter a tournament
- 尊公zyun1 gung1(honorific) your father
- 碳鏈taan3 lin2carbon chain
- 滿江紅mun5 gong1 hung4Man Jiang Hong (Chinese poems)
- 廠景cong2 ging2studio shooting
- 威吔wai1 jaa1wire (spoken)
- 呼喝fu1 hot3to shout
- 耐水noi6 seoi2waterproof
- 漂白水piu3 baak6 seoi2bleach
- 馬頭圍maa5 tau4 wai4Ma Tau Wai, a Place in Hong Kong, China
- 忍尿jan2 niu6to hold pee
- 母犬mou5 hyun2female dog
- 小寨siu2 zaai6Xiaozhai neighborhood of Xi'an
- 賞鳥soeng2 niu5birdwatching
- 佳境gaai1 ging2(literary) beautiful surroundings; scenic spot
- 警標ging2 biu1buoy
- 洋粉joeng4 fan2agar
- 頭伏tau4 fuk6see 初伏[chu1 fu2]
- 巨細geoi6 sai3big and small
- 抹胸mut3 hung1old feminine garment, covering chest and abdomen
- 前艙cin4 cong1fore hold (on ship)
- 續訂zuk6 deng6to renew
- 五角形ng5 gok3 jing4pentagon
- 煙袋jin1 doi2tobacco pipe
- 瞓醒fan3 seng2awake
- 醒瞓seng2 fan3sleep lightly (spoken)
- 避彈bei6 daan2bullet-proof
- 泛音faan3 jam1(music) an overtone; a harmonic
- 征衣zing1 ji1traveler's clothing
- 人跡jan4 zik1trace of human
- 祝酒詞zuk1 zau2 ci4short speech given in proposing a toast
- 風爐fung1 lou4a small charcoal- or wood-burning stove; a blast furnace
- 洪都拉斯hung4 dou1 laai1 si1Honduras
- 趨同ceoi1 tung4to converge
- 氣逆hei3 jik6reverse flow of 氣|气[qi4] (TCM)
- 炙熱zek3 jit6extremely hot (weather)
- 南部naam4 bou6southern part
- 去得heoi3 dak1can go
- 麻州maa4 zau1abbr. for Massachusetts
- 智牙zi3 ngaa4wisdom tooth
- 孫武syun1 mou5Sun Wu, also known as Sun Tzu 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3] (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]
- 褫奪ci2 dyut6to deprive
- 順訪seon6 fong2to visit in passing
- 排排坐paai4 paai4 co5to sitting together in a row
- 軟泥jyun5 nai4soft mud
- 家常菜gaa1 soeng4 coi3home cooking
- 抵力dai2 lik6demanding
- 密織mat6 zik1closely woven
- 吹行晒ceoi1 hang4 saai3describes when a rumour has been spread wide and far [colloquial]
- 打卡鐘daa2 kaat1 zung1time recorder, for working hours
- 跳井tiu3 zeng2to jump into a well (to drown oneself, esp. of ladies in fiction)
- 紛繁fan1 faan4numerous and complicated
- 查拳caa4 kyun4Cha Quan - "Cha Fist" - Martial Art
- 切責cit3 zaak3to blame
- 淺顯cin2 hin2(of written or spoken material) easy to understand; accessible
- 釋卷sik1 gyun2to stop reading
- 菜瓜coi3 gwaa1snake melon
- 自自然zi6 zi6 jin4naturally; after a while; used to describe the natural consequence of certain action or inaction
- 有朝一日jau5 ziu1 jat1 jat6one day
- 圍擊wai4 gik1to besiege
- 墊被zin3 pei5mattress
- 穩厚wan2 hau5steady and honest
- 上斜soeng5 ce4going up a slope
- 啪斷paak1 tyun5to break apart by force
- 暗虧am3 kwai1hidden loss (finance)
- 饒過jiu4 gwo3to pardon
- 面褲min2 fu3trousers; pants (as opposed to lower undergarments)
- 答疑daap3 ji4to answer questions (as teacher or consultant)
- 仇外sau4 ngoi6to feel animosity toward foreigners or outsiders
- 馬鹿maa5 luk6red deer
- 木琴muk6 kam4xylophone
- 側鏈zak1 lin2side chain (used in classifying amino acids)
- 大細超daai6 sai3 ciu1favoritism to a particular party
- 撈底laau4 dai2(in investment, especially flipping) to buy an asset when its price falls
- 大四喜daai6 sei3 hei2noun; Grand four happiness in mahjong game, to win the game
- 抵受dai2 sau6to bear; to endure; to put up with
- 必不可少bit1 bat1 ho2 siu2absolutely necessary
- 啫哩ze1 lei2variant of 啫喱[zhe3 li2]
- 打對台daa2 deoi3 toi4to compete
- 屌你diu2 nei5Cantonese swearing word: fuck you
- 方策fong1 caak3strategy
- 檢波gim2 bo1to detect (e.g. radio waves)
- 荷載ho6 zoi3load; the amount of weight that is pressing down (on something)