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- 押車aat3 ce1to escort (goods) during transportation
- 片彎pin2 waan1to make a turn at high speed when racing
- 糖瓜tong4 gwaa1malt sugar candy, a traditional offering to the kitchen god Zaoshen 灶神
- 大力鉗daai6 lik6 kim2locking pliers; mole grips
- 抄考caau1 haau2to plagiarise; a near homophone of 參考 (caam1 haau2), i.e. "to reference", but replaced 參 with 抄 (caau1) to indicate that more copying than referencing is done
- 捐命gyun1 ming6to lay down one's life
- 墊料zin3 liu2packing material
- 向斜hoeng3 ce4syncline (geology)
- 官艙gun1 cong1(old) cabin class; second class (on a passenger ship)
- 拋卻paau1 koek3to discard
- 義乳ji6 jyu5breast prosthesis
- 諸如此類zyu1 jyu4 ci2 leoi6things like this (idiom); and so on
- 東遼dung1 liu4see 東遼縣|东辽县[Dong1 liao2 Xian4]
- 眼眸ngaan5 mau4eyes
- 鎖膽so2 daam2lock cylinder
- 公共衛生gung1 gung6 wai6 sang1public health
- 羊吊joeng4 diu3Epilepsy
- 扁通bin2 tung1rectangular hollow section (RHS); box section
- 石屏sek6 ping4see 石屏縣|石屏县[Shi2 ping2 Xian4]
- 延會jin4 wui2to postpone a meeting
- 試銷si3 siu1trial sale
- 懶慢laan5 maan6lazy and slow
- 牛百葉ngaau4 baak3 jip6omasum
- 停息ting4 sik1to stop
- 出納員ceot1 naap6 jyun4cashier
- 保駕bou2 gaa3(in former times) to escort the emperor (or other important personage)
- 唔對路m4 deoi3 lou6seems wrong (spoken)
- 行政總裁hang4 zing3 zung2 coi4CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
- 沙皮狗saa1 pei4 gau2Chinese shar-pei (dog breed)
- 抄橋caau1 kiu2to copy one's ideas
- 更亭gaang1 ting2security booth; security kiosk
- 夙敵suk1 dik6old foe
- 咬我食ngaau5 ngo5 sik6…cannot intervene
- 搖船jiu4 syun4to scull
- 抖擻dau2 sau2to rouse
- 金魚缸gam1 jyu4 gong1a goldfish tank
- 單程路daan1 cing4 lou6one-way roads
- 丫杈aa1 caa1fork (of a tree)
- 貪色taam1 sik1greedy for sex
- 明溝ming4 kau1open drainage channel; ditch
- 釋念sik1 nim6(literary) to be reassured
- 三國演義saam1 gwok3 jin2 ji6Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中[Luo2 Guan4 zhong1], one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, portraying Liu Bei's 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4] Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操[Cao2 Cao1] Wei 魏[Wei4] as villains
- 扁魚bin2 jyu2noun; edible flatfish
- 走唔起zau2 m4 hei2to be unable to go (somewhere)
- 有金執jau5 gam1 zap1there is easy money to be made [colloquial]
- 足尖zuk1 zim1tip of the foot
- 置辯zi3 bin6to argue
- 亢奮kong3 fan5excited
- 好過冇hou2 gwo3 mou5it is better than nothing
- 舉足輕重geoi2 zuk1 hing1 cung5to play a critical role (idiom)
- 汛期seon3 kei4flood season
- 潮汐能ciu4 zik6 nang4tidal power
- 不遺餘力bat1 wai4 jyu4 lik6to spare no pains or effort (idiom); to do one's utmost
- 牛油果ngau4 jau4 gwo2avocado (Persea americana)
- 臀推tyun4 teoi1massage using one's buttocks
- 對唔住deoi3 m4 zyu6(Phrase) sorry.
- 界乎gaai3 fu4variant of 介乎[jie4 hu1]
- 隱意jan2 ji3implied meaning
- 門恤mun4 seot1latch; bolt
- 恤門seot1 mun4to latch or to lock the door
- 挑那媽tiu1 naa5 maa1fuck! [colloquial]
- 義齒ji6 ci2artificial tooth
- 安適on1 sik1quiet and comfortable
- 近柱kan5 cyu5soccer jargon; Near Post: The goal post nearest to the ball
- 刑求jing4 kau4to extort confession by torture
- 殘陽caan4 joeng4the setting sun
- 早亡zou2 mong4(literary) to die young; to pass away prematurely
- 塞內加爾coi3 noi6 gaa1 ji5Senegal
- 堆肥deoi1 fei4compost
- 杜蟲dou6 cung4to kill parasites inside an animal by helminthic
- 省察sing2 caat3to examine
- 牙周病ngaa4 zau1 beng6periodontitis (gum disorder)
- 汆水fei1 seoi2to dive
- 門冬mun4 dung1abbr. for 天門冬|天门冬[tian1 men2 dong1], asparagus
- 辣興laat3 hing3to provoke [colloquial]
- 制唔過zai3 m4 gwo3not worth going for (spoken)
- 咪架mai1 gaa2mic stand
- 擋拆dong2 caak3pick and roll (basketball)
- 向後hoeng3 hau6backward
- 轉學生zyun2 hok6 sang1transfer student
- 小食部siu2 sik6 bou6Tuckshop
- 補倉bou2 cong1(fin.) to meet margin call
- 口淡hau2 taam5bland or tasteless
- 磨料mo4 liu2abrasive material
- 淡口taam5 hau2blands the mouth (taste)
- 抄獲caau1 wok6to search and seize
- 有分寸jau5 fan1 cyun3to have a sense of propriety; to have a sense of knowing what is appropriate or what is the acceptable limits
- 押號aat3 hou6pawn
- 半軸bun3 zuk6semiaxis
- 磨盤mo4 pun4lower millstone
- 蘿蔔糕lo4 baak6 gou1radish cake (a type of dim sum, commonly called "turnip cake")
- 救駕gau3 gaa3to rescue the king
- 燙手tong3 sau2see 辣手
- 指涉zi2 sip3(formal) to refer to
- 劍閣gim3 gok3see 劍閣縣|剑阁县[Jian4 ge2 Xian4]
- 叱咤cik4 caat4to rebuke angrily
- 牙冠ngaa4 gun1crown of a tooth
- 盲摸摸maang4 mo2 mo2(adjective) to have bad eyesight; blurred; (of a situation or something) unclear; uncomprehending; vague (adverb) to describe how one is doing something blindly, without a proper understanding of it
- 後生仔hau6 saang1 zai2(noun) a young guy; a young boy; a youngster
- 春景ceon1 ging2spring scenery
- 打哄daa2 hung3to fool around
- 不敢bat1 gam2not dare to… [do something]
- 音樂家jam1 ngok6 gaa1musician
- 環幕waan4 mok6360° cinema screen
- 濃集nung4 zaap6to concentrate; to enrich
- 奔忙ban1 mong4to be busy rushing about
- 止跌zi2 dit3to stop declining
- 食白果sik6 baak6 gwo2all for nought; unprofitable (often used in gambling)
- 銀仙ngan2 sin1the practice of communicating with spirit through a coin, which works like a talking board or ouija
- 辛奇san1 kei4(loanword) kimchi
- 逃債tou4 zaai3to dodge a creditor
- 芝麻糊zi1 maa4 wu2sesame paste
- 雞尾包gai1 mei5 baau1cocktail bun, a sweet bun with shredded coconut as a filling
- 蚊瞓man1 fan3too late
- 洗煉sai2 lin6variant of 洗練|洗练[xi3 lian4]
- 四驅車sei3 keoi1 ce1four-by-four (vehicle)
- 對號deoi3 hou6tick
- 公仔書gung1 zai2 syu1(n.) (a dated term) a comic book;
- 出人意料ceot1 jan4 ji3 liu6unexpected (idiom)
- 馬拉盞maa5 laai1 zaan2(loanword) belachan (South-East Asian condiment made from fermented shrimp paste)
- 蕩失dong6 sat1To be lost
- 南薑naam4 goeng1galangal; Thai ginger; Siamese ginger
- 危地馬拉ngai4 dei6 maa5 laai1Guatemala
- 釦眼kau3 ngaan5buttonhole
- 啟運kai2 wan6to ship (goods)
- 擰轉頭ning6 zyun2 tau4to turn one's head around; to turn around; as soon as one's back is turned
- 大鄉里daai6 hoeng1 lei5(noun) a yokel; a hayseed; a country bumpkin; a hillbilly
- 屏營bing2 jing4with fear and trepidation
- 千赫cin1 haak1kilohertz
- 打哈欠daa2 haa1 him3to yawn
- 死死下sei2 sei2 haa2the feeling of being exhausted and
- 一時一樣jat1 si4 jat1 joeng6describes a person's behavior which is inconsistent and
- 死咕咕sei2 gu4 gu4inflexible; boring (spoken)
- 奉告fung6 gou3(honorific) to inform
- 狗繩gau2 sing2dog leash
- 印盒jan3 hap6seal case
- 電杆din6 gon1electric pole
- 火柱fo2 cyu5column of flame
- 夙願suk1 jyun6long-cherished wish
- 唔受得m4 sau6 dak1intolerant
- 梨樹lei4 syu6pear tree
- 威到盡wai1 dou3 zeon6to be a champion; to show one's best
- 熒光幕jing4 gwong1 mok6screen (of a TV, computer etc) (Tw)
- 煮飯婆zyu2 faan6 po2housewife
- 活見鬼wut6 gin3 gwai2what the hell; preposterous
- 延性jin4 sing3ductility
- 毛驢mou4 leoi4donkey
- 斷弦dyun6 jin4widowed
- 盛飯sing4 faan6to fill a bowl with rice
- 臭氧層cau3 joeng5 cang4ozone layer
- 堅係gin1 hai6really; so
- 碌柒luk1 cat6stupid prick; a humorous pun on the name 'Richard' [colloquial]
- 湯藥費tong1 joek6 fai3compensation for medical expenses
- 新一代san1 jat1 doi6new generation
- 高帽gou1 mou2flattery
- 烏低身wu1 dai1 san1to bend down; to lean forward
- 升浪sing1 long6uptrend
- 居宅geoi1 zaak6dwelling
- 淡光daam6 gwong1shimmer
- 貪求taam1 kau4to pursue greedily
- 豈是hei2 si6used in rhetorical questions to declare that something is not the truth
- 黎手lai4 sau2without much consideration, immediately, casually, easily; literally, to turn one's hand
- 五味架ng5 mei6 gaa2cruet-stand; cruet set
- 斜布ce2 bou3twill cloth, a fabric known for its diagonal weave
- 鬥拋dau3 paau1to show off one's moves before a fight; to argue using foul language [colloquial]
- 居民點geoi1 man4 dim2residential area
- 爛賤laan6 zin6worthless; cheap (spoken)
- 微臣mei4 san4this small official
- 申言san1 jin4to profess
- 賴帳laai6 zoeng3to repudiate a charge or debt
- 骷髏頭fu1 lou4 tau4a death's-head; depiction of a dead person's skull
- 皮包骨pei4 baau1 gwat1(adjective) too skinny; scrawny, extremely scraggy; emaciated
- 一唔係jat1 m4 hai6else
- 一成不變jat1 sing4 bat1 bin3(idiom) immutable; impervious to change; set in stone
- 褲襠fu3 long6crotch of trousers
- 撳掣gam6 zai3verb; to push a button
- 養孃joeng5 noeng4foster mother
- 頸喝geng2 hot3thirsty [colloquial]
- 背逆bui3 jik6to violate; to go against
- 區佬keoi1 lou2Participators of a political party who profession in local community service, prepare for being a District Council candidate
- 暖瓶nyun5 ping4thermos
- 提到tai4 dou3to mention
- 查察caa4 caat3to investigate; to observe
- 年事nin4 si6years of age
- 雞泡魚gai1 pou5 jyu2pufferfish
- 撈味lou1 mei6a dissolute or unconventional look and feel that imply someone would work as a prostitute
- 策試caak3 si5imperial exam involving writing essay on policy 策論|策论[ce4 lun4]
- 乾兒子gon1 ji4 zi2adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
- 兇犯hung1 faan6murderer
- 震筆zan3 bat1concrete vibrator
- 嫌惡jim4 wu3to loathe
- 研求jin4 kau4to study
- 適格sik1 gaak3to be qualified (to bring a complaint, lawsuit etc) (law)
- 瞎猜hat6 caai1to make a wild guess
- 沙頭角saa1 tau4 gok3Sha Tau Kok (town in Hong Kong)
- 一席之地jat1 zik6 zi1 dei6(acknowledged) place
- 上第soeng6 dai6top notch; highest quality
- 排骨仔paai3 gwat1 zai2noun; skinny man
- 不比bat1 bei2unlike
- 潤資jeon6 zi1remuneration for literary or artistic work