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- 徑自ging3 zi6without leave
- 跌打酒tit3 daa2 zau2a liniment for traumatic injuries
- 脫氧tyut3 joeng5deoxidation
- 家翁gaa1 jung1husband's father, father-in-law of a married woman
- 公共汽車gung1 gung6 hei3 ce1bus
- 希仁hei1 jan4Xiren, courtesy title of Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty
- 吔茄jaak3 ke1to eat shit [colloquial]
- 偶而ngau5 ji4occasionally
- 記敘gei3 zeoi6to narrate
- 賣卜maai6 buk1to do trade as a fortune teller
- 縱目zung3 muk6as far as the eye can see
- 敘舊zeoi6 gau6to reminisce
- 入盟jap6 mang4to join (e.g. union or alliance)
- 驗關jim6 gwaan1customs inspection (at frontier)
- 老油條lou5 jau4 tiu2old fox; slick customer
- 滅火喉mit6 fo2 hau4fire hydrant; fire hose
- 觸處zuk1 cyu3everywhere
- 乳母jyu5 mou5wet nurse
- 路痴lou6 ci1person with a poor sense of direction
- 爆響口baau3 hoeng2 hau2(verb) to divulge; to leak out or disclose to a secret
- 察舉caat3 geoi2recommendatory system in ancient Chinese feudalism
- 游賞jau4 soeng2to enjoy the sights (of)
- 放蟹fong3 haai5to intentionally amuse one's partner during a live performance
- 發窮惡faat3 kung4 ok3unreasonable behaviors thrust upon others by someone who is venting out their stress and frustrations as a result of the lack of money or financial difficulties
- 安家費on1 gaa1 fai3compensation for one who has to leave family for work or any reasons
- 密質質mat6 zat1 zat1(adjective) very dense; very close (like side by side); tightly packed
- 塔塔粉taap3 taap3 fan2cream of tartar
- 催逼ceoi1 bik1to press (for a payment)
- 比捕bei2 bou6(old) to set a time limit for the arrest of a criminal
- 撈油水lou1 jau4 seoi2(coll.) to gain profit (usu. by underhand means)
- 博覽館bok3 laam5 gun2exhibition or expo centres
- 做小zou6 siu2to be sb's concubine
- 恐防hung2 fong4to be cautious against
- 夾口供gaap3 hau2 gung1to compose the confession
- 自然法zi6 jin4 faat3natural law
- 沉湎cam4 min5(literary) to wallow in; to indulge in; to be deeply engrossed in
- 假膠gaa2 gaau1one who is playing dumb; internet forum jargon; somebody intentionally writing fake stories or pieces of nonsense to attract serious readers and then make fun of their serious responses
- 吮吸syun5 kap1to suck
- 細潤sai3 jeon6fine and glossy
- 包二奶baau1 ji6 naai1to cohabit with and financially support a mistress
- 酒粒zau2 nap1dimple
- 伏味fuk6 mei6feeling of falling into a metaphorical trap
- 夜鷹je6 jing1nightjar (nocturnal bird in the family Caprimulgidae)
- 村寨cyun1 zaai6(stockaded) village
- 打側身daa2 zak1 san1verb; to lean on one's side
- 串仔cyun3 zai2male gangsters who hang around on the streets
- 扇骨sin3 gwat1pork shoulder blades
- 跌撲dit3 pok3to tumble
- 唔理點m4 lei5 dim2no matter what
- 柄權bing3 kyun4to hold power
- 臉罩lim5 zaau3visor
- 台鑒toi4 gaam3to be read by…; for the attention of… [written and colloquial, very formal]
- 家庭主婦gaa1 ting4 zyu2 fu5housewife; stay-at-home wife
- 棉毛min4 mou4knitted cotton
- 散餐saan2 caan1à la carte ----
- 停屍ting4 si1to keep the body of the deceased (until burial or cremation)
- 開攤hoi1 taan1to open a stall
- 爐床lou4 cong4hearth
- 因航jan1 hong4a nickname of Cathay Pacific; lit. because airlines
- 褲衩fu3 caa3underpants
- 猛跌maang5 dit3drop sharply (e.g. stock prices)
- 花痴faa1 ci1to be smitten with sb
- 亮飾loeng6 sik1diamanté
- 禍亂wo6 lyun6calamity and chaos
- 月偏食jyut6 pin1 sik6partial eclipse of the moon
- 仁丹jan4 daan1Jintan mouth refresher lozenge, produced by Morishita Jintan company from 1905
- 單吊西daan1 diu3 sai1suit jacket (spoken)
- 腳骨力goek3 gwat1 lik6strength of one's feet
- 冰墊bing1 zin3ice pack; cooling pad
- 跳欄tiu3 laan4hurdles
- 搭縫daap3 fung4overlaid seam
- 防堵fong4 dou2to prevent
- 泡泡浴pou5 pou5 juk6bubble bath
- 貢物gung3 mat6tribute
- 陰曹jam1 cou4hell
- 魚蛋檔jyu4 daan2 dong3fishball stall (spoken)
- 認捐jing6 gyun1to promise to donate
- 犯貧faan6 pan4(dialect) to talk nonsense
- 交歡gaau1 fun1to have cordial relations with each other
- 看小hon3 siu2to look down
- 沙示saa1 si6Sarsaparilla
- 外徑ngoi6 ging3external diameter (including thickness of the wall)
- 攤分taan1 fan1to share equally
- 玩膠waan2 gaau1to troll; to act dumbly to attract criticism or mocking
- 熟架步suk6 gaa3 bou6to know one's way round; to know what one is doing [colloquial]
- 鼠藥syu2 joek6rat poison
- 符文fu4 man4rune
- 化骨龍faa3 gwat1 lung4(slang) dependent child or elderly person, most commonly used to refer to children that have been raised by parents who have expended a lot of blood, sweat and tears (originally a mythical fish that would cause one to vanish when eaten)
- 腳踏實地goek3 daap6 sat6 dei6to have one's feet firmly planted on the ground (idiom); realistic without flights of fancy
- 巴膠baa1 gaau1(derogative) stupid or misbehaving bus enthusiast; literally: plastic bus fan
- 奏章zau3 zoeng1noun; a submission to imperial courtiers; a petition
- 能事nang4 si6particular abilities
- 找茬zaau2 caa4to pick fault with
- 萬有maan6 jau5universal
- 誇稱kwaa1 cing1to praise
- 嬌滴滴giu1 dik1 dik1sweet
- 退隱teoi3 jan2to withdraw from the fray and live in seclusion
- 摘編zaak6 pin1to extract and edit; excerpts
- 香督hoeng1 duk1Governor-General during the Imperial Japanese occupation of Hong Kong
- 百日咳baak3 jat6 kat1whooping cough
- 標柱biu1 cyu5distance marker
- 盟員mang4 jyun4league member
- 低緩dai1 wun6low and unhurried (voice etc)
- 策勒caak3 lak6see 策勒縣|策勒县[Ce4 le4 Xian4]
- 應否jing1 fau2To wonder if it is correct to do something
- 內徑noi6 ging3internal diameter
- 遺案wai4 on3unsolved case (law)
- 執死雞zap1 sei2 gai1(slang) to get a good deal or a good bargain unexpectedly; to get a windfall; cherry picking (in a sports game); to exploit a situation
- 老波骨lou5 bo1 gwat1experienced football player
- 應有盡有jing1 jau5 zeon6 jau5everything that should be here is here (idiom); all one can think of is on hand
- 鐵板燒tit3 baan2 siu1teppanyaki
- 土崗tou2 gong1mound
- 打電腦daa2 din6 nou5to use computers; literally "hit computer" ----
- 症候zing3 hau6illness
- 呆賬ngoi4 zoeng3bad debt
- 私縮si1 suk1timid, shy, shy and awkward
- 側躺zak1 tong2to lie down (on one's side)
- 急襲gap1 zaap6sudden attack
- 石泉sek6 cyun4see 石泉縣|石泉县[Shi2 quan2 Xian4]
- 沈約sam2 joek3Shen Yue (441-513), writer and historian during Liang of Southern dynasties 南朝梁, compiler of History of Song of the Southern dynasties 宋書|宋书
- 農貸nung4 taai3(government) loan to agriculture
- 等第dang2 dai6level
- 阿盟aa3 mang4Arab League; League of Arab States (abbr. for 阿拉伯國家聯盟|阿拉伯国家联盟[A1 la1 bo2 Guo2 jia1 Lian2 meng2])
- 痘痘dau4 dau2pimple; zit; (by extension) acne
- 陰穴jam1 jyut6cave
- 上輩soeng6 bui3ancestors
- 擴印kwok3 jan3to enlarge (a photo)
- 胡言亂語wu4 jin4 lyun6 jyu5babbling nonsense (idiom); crazy and unfounded ravings
- 狗仔隊gau2 zai2 deoi2paparazzi
- 蒸餾水zing1 lau6 seoi2distilled water
- 押款aat3 fun2to escort money to a bank or treasury under guarded
- 轉贈zyun2 zang6to pass on a present
- 奀仔ngan1 zai2a weak boy or male
- 褲腿fu3 teoi2trouser leg
- 痴線ci1 sin3crazy (spoken)
- 天靈蓋tin1 ling4 goi3crown of the head
- 自力更生zi6 lik6 gang1 sang1regeneration through one's own effort (idiom)
- 抽褲jau1 fu3to pull up one's pants
- 攤頭taan1 tau4a vendor's stall
- 黃道吉日wong4 dou6 gat1 jat6(idiom) auspicious day (for a wedding, ceremony etc)
- 短切切dyun2 cet6 cet6very short
- 黃賭毒wong4 dou2 duk6prostitution, gambling and drugs [colloquial]
- 三更saam1 gang1third of the five night watch periods 23:00-01:00 (old)
- 黑箱車hak1 soeng1 ce1coffin van (slang)
- 搭腔daap3 hong1to answer
- 箭術zin3 seot6Archery
- 藥到病除joek6 dou3 beng6 ceoi4lit. the disease is cured the moment the medicine is taken (idiom)
- 吊鉤diu3 ngau1suspended hook
- 一視同仁jat1 si6 tung4 jan4to treat everyone equally favorably (idiom); not to discriminate between people
- 交予gaau1 jyu5to hand sth over; to give; to hand in
- 不由自主bat1 jau4 zi6 zyu2(idiom) can't help but; involuntarily
- 半山腰bun3 saan1 jiu1the mid-slope of a mountain
- 飛機位fei1 gei1 wai2front seats in the classroom
- 摘牌zaak6 paai4to delist (a traded security)
- 乒乓波bing1 bam1 bo1(n.) ping pong ball.
- 鐵膠tit3 gaau1a derogative term for railway enthusiasts; literally: railway plastic (also see 膠 gaau1)
- 瘧蚊joek6 man1Anopheles (type of mosquito)
- 開仗hoi1 zoeng3to start a war
- 小伙子siu2 fo2 zi2young man
- 幼馬jau3 maa5young horse
- 拓撲學tok3 pok3 hok6(math.) topology
- 毛蟹mou4 haai5horsehair crab, from Hokkaido Japan
- 隱痛jan2 tung3hidden anguish; secret suffering
- 書攤syu1 taan1a book stand; a book stall
- 傾耳king1 ji5(literary) to listen attentively
- 尺牘cek3 duk6(literary) a one-foot-long strip of wood or bamboo, used for writing in ancient times; (as a metonym) letter; written message
- 緩氣wun6 hei3to get one's breath back
- 拆伙caak3 fo2to dissolve partnership
- 米尺mai1 cek3meter stick; metric ruler one meter in length
- 惡損ok3 syun2to ridicule
- 全副武裝cyun4 fu3 mou5 zong1fully armed
- 劍麻gim3 maa4sisal hemp
- 第二啲dai6 ji6 di1another
- 腦液nou5 jik6brain fluid
- 馬爾代夫maa5 ji5 doi6 fu1the Maldives
- 性工作者sing3 gung1 zok3 ze2sex worker
- 疏放so1 fong3eccentric
- 賬冊zoeng3 caak3an account book
- 紛紜fan1 wan4diverse and muddled
- 順口溜seon6 hau2 lau4popular piece of doggerel
- 高要gou1 jiu3see 高要區|高要区[Gao1 yao1 Qu1]
- 交水費gaau1 seoi2 fai3take a pee (slang)
- 理直氣壯lei5 zik6 hei3 zong3in the right and self-confident (idiom); bold and confident with justice on one's side
- 泡打粉paau1 daa2 fan2baking powder
- 膠層gaau1 cang4ironic term for 高層 (gou1 cang4) "the senior management"
- 簡煉gaan2 lin6variant of 簡練|简练[jian3 lian4]
- 觸毛cuk1 mou4tactile hair; vibrissa; whisker
- 爆磅baau3 bong2used to describe that a person or an object is so heavy that his/her or its weight exceeds the upper limit of scales; also used to tease an obese person
- 從緩cung4 wun6not to hurry
- 聚飲zeoi6 jam2to gather for drinks
- 開革hoi1 gaak3to fire
- 懶威laan2 wai1to flaunt oneself; to show off [colloquial]
- 紮晒馬zaat3 saai3 maa5(verb) get in a position or a state to engage in a gang fight; get ready to attack, assault or fight
- 寄倉gei3 cong1to consign goods or baggage
- 冠狀病毒gun1 zong6 beng6 duk6coronavirus
- 印跡jan3 zik1footprint
- 啪骨paak1 gwat1to crack bones (?)
- 二奶命ji6 naai1 meng6one's destined to be second-in-line, like a concubine
- 貪杯taam1 bui1to drink in excess
- 捐稅gyun1 seoi3tax; levy; duty; impost