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- 攝青鬼sip3 ceng1 gwai2(n.) a kind of evil spirit; someone who behaves secretly or cagily.
- 疑冰ji4 bing1ignorant
- 打喊露daa2 haam3 lou6yawn (slang)
- 更是gang1 si6even more (so)
- 項鍊hong6 lin2necklace
- 年前nin4 cin4by the end of the year
- 食軟飯sik6 jyun5 faan6describes the situation where a man who doesn't work hard in life takes the easy way out by solely relying on a woman to survive (especially in the financial aspect); literally 'to eat soft rice'
- 玉碎juk6 seoi3to self-destruct
- 奀皮ngan1 pei4naughty (spoken)
- 萬幸maan6 hang6very lucky indeed
- 殘敗caan4 baai6dilapidated
- 窮光蛋kung4 gwong1 daan2poor wretch
- 精神性zing1 san4 sing3spirituality
- 臘起laap6 hei2to be put into a situation where there is no way out
- 套繩tou3 sing4a lasso
- 想出soeng2 ceot1to figure out
- 繩套sing4 tou3noose
- 食長糧sik6 coeng2 loeng4rely on pension after retirement (spoken)
- 搞禍gaau2 wo5to mess up something; to screw up something; to spoil
- 鹹故haam4 gu2erotic story; porn story
- 紙皮石zi2 pei4 sek6mosaic tiles
- 公仔箱gung1 zai2 soeng1television
- 執到寶zap1 dou2 bou2unexpectedly getting something or someone due to luck
- 那時naa5 si4then
- 夏灣拿haa6 waan1 naa4Havana, capital of Cuba
- 樹葬syu6 zong3burial of cremated remains at the foot of a tree
- 遭到zou1 dou3to suffer
- 斜靠ce4 kaau3to recline
- 敘談zeoi6 taam4to chat
- 聊賴liu4 laai6to suffer tedium
- 一目了然jat1 muk6 liu5 jin4obvious at a glance (idiom)
- 綠箭luk6 zin3Wrigley's Doublemint (brand)
- 磨折mo4 zit3to torture
- 三焦saam1 ziu1(TCM) the three truncal cavities (thoracic, abdominal and pelvic), known as the "triple heater" or "San Jiao"
- 奀星ngan1 sing1an actor or actress who is not famous
- 市況si5 fong3business market condition
- 山徑saan1 ging3mountain trail
- 海蜇hoi2 zit3Rhopilema esculenta, an edible jellyfish
- 自況zi6 fong3to compare oneself
- 共患難gung6 waan6 naan6to go through hardship together
- 保鮮紙bou2 sin1 zi2plastic wrap
- 瑪律maa5 leot6Malé, capital of Maldives (Tw)
- 鐵鈎tit3 ngau1iron hook
- 鬼頭仔gwai2 tau4 zai2a traitor, a term commonly used specifically to refer to a police informant
- 元祖jyun4 zou2primogenitor
- 暫態zaam6 taai3transient
- 死艇sei2 teng5a broken down vehicle, especially a taxi [colloquial]
- 攪和gaau2 wo4to mix; to blend
- 踏車daap6 ce1treadwheel
- 唔知幾m4 zi1 gei2don't know why it is so…
- 四塊半sei3 faai3 bun3a coffin
- 推特teoi1 dak6Twitter (microblogging service)
- 唏噓hei1 heoi1(onom.) to sigh
- 行輩hong4 bui3generation and age ranking
- 藥棉joek6 min4sterilized cotton (used for medical swabs)
- 建成gin3 sing4to establish
- 了不得liu5 bat1 dak1terrific
- 兇訊hung1 seon3evil tidings
- 該隱goi1 jan2Cain (name)
- 衰在seoi1 zoi6to wear something that doesn't look good or feel comfortable on oneself, such as clothes, shoes, or hats
- 多才do1 coi4multitalented
- 更想gang3 soeng2prefer [written and colloquial]
- 長多coeng4 do1good prospects in the long term (finance)
- 機關車gei1 gwaan1 ce1locomotive
- 助產士zo6 caan2 si6midwife
- 圖瓦盧tou4 ngaa5 lou4Tuvalu
- 飽暖baau2 nyun5stable life
- 上妝soeng5 zong1to do make up
- 適配sik1 pui3adaptation
- 髀罅bei2 laa3groin; gap between thighs (spoken)
- 止息zi2 sik1to cease
- 小公共siu2 gung1 gung6mini bus (used for public transportation)
- 袋熊doi6 hung4wombat (Australian marsupial)
- 家爺gaa1 je4(old) a term servants used to refer to their master
- 赤條條cek3 tiu4 tiu4stark naked
- 冰天雪地bing1 tin1 syut3 dei6a world of ice and snow
- 內用noi6 jung6to eat in (at a restaurant) (Tw)
- 惡跡ok3 zik1evil conduct
- 聲符sing1 fu4phonetic component of a Chinese character (e.g. the component 青[qing] in 清[qing1])
- 震覺zan3 gok3perception of tremor
- 亂晒坑lyun6 saai3 haang1messy; confused
- 衰相seoi1 soeng3a terrible state; an ugly face [colloquial]
- 炮尖paau3 zim1chisel
- 辦公時間baan6 gung1 si4 gaan3office hours
- 卡尺kaa1 cek3calipers
- 唔怪之m4 gwaai3 zi1no wonder
- 車房仔ce1 fong4 zai2an apprentice in a garage
- 錯綜複雜co3 zung1 fuk1 zaap6tangled and complicated (idiom)
- 量子力學loeng6 zi2 lik6 hok6quantum mechanics
- 公仔佬gung1 zai2 lou2male with tattoo
- 巧幹haau2 gon3to work resourcefully
- 擠兌zai1 deoi3bank run
- 凶服hung1 fuk6mourning clothes (old)
- 監督人gaam1 duk1 jan4superintendent
- 葉綠素jip6 luk6 sou3chlorophyll
- 捉用神zuk1 jung6 san4guessing of one's mind (spoken)
- 孝經haau3 ging1Xiaojing (Classic of Filial Piety)
- 茶寮caa4 liu4tea house
- 鯨波king4 bo1huge wave or breaker
- 或是waak6 si6or
- 縱步zung3 bou6to stride
- 青春痘cing1 ceon1 dau2acne
- 旅伴leoi5 bun6travel companion
- 詞頻ci4 pan4word frequency
- 攪正gaau2 zeng3to kill; to resolve an issue [colloquial]
- 來龍去脈loi4 lung4 heoi3 mak6(lit.) the rise and fall of the terrain (idiom)
- 未來派mei6 loi4 paai3Futurism (artistic and social movement of the 20th century)
- 啟動kai2 dung6to start (a machine)
- 想象soeng2 zoeng6to imagine; to envision
- 唱淡coeng3 taam5to express negative views on the future outlook
- 水費站seoi2 fai3 zaam6the toilet (jargon used by taxi drivers) [colloquial]
- 求知慾kau4 zi1 juk6desire for knowledge
- 火罐fo2 gun3fire cupping
- 檯裙toi2 kwan4tablecloth
- 方尺fong1 cek3square foot; abbreviated sq ft; sometimes abbreviated as 呎
- 藍薑laam4 goeng1galangal
- 奀細ngan1 sai3adj; one who looks thin and small
- 慌得fong1 dak1hurriedly
- 乳牙jyu5 ngaa4(dentistry) deciduous tooth; baby tooth; milk tooth
- 裙底kwan4 dai2the bottom of one's skirt
- 欠奉him3 fung6lacking; cannot be provided
- 匹夫pat1 fu1ordinary man
- 攤錢taan1 cin2to bear part of the cost
- 缺漏kyut3 lau6to overlook
- 難逢naan4 fung4rare (certain opportunities or events)
- 歇斯底里hit3 si1 dai2 lei5hysteria (loanword)
- 大圈仔daai6 hyun1 zai2gangsters from southern China who goes to Hong Kong or Macau to commit crimes [colloquial]
- 坡幣bo1 bai6Singapore dollar
- 波珠bo1 zyu1a beads; a marble [written and colloquial]
- 出洋相ceot1 joeng4 soeng3to make a fool of oneself
- 池鹽ci4 jim4salt from a salt lake
- 鹽池jim4 ci4Yanchi county in Ningxia
- 唔係呀m4 hai6 aa4surely it can't be; it can't be true, can it?; you must be kidding; you gotta be serious; seriously? you got to be kidding!; really? That can't be! [colloquial]
- 縫補fung4 bou2to darn (clothing)
- 咬弦ngaau5 jin4to describe when two people or more hold different opinions or argue a lot
- 唧筒zik1 tung2a pump
- 化凍faa3 dung3to defrost
- 冠脈gun1 mak6coronary
- 冇相干mou5 soeng1 gon1(slang) never mind; it's OK; it doesn't matter; don't worry about it; (adjective) irrelevant; to have nothing to do with…
- 條條揈tiu4 tiu2 fing6slack; wasting time (spoken)
- 爆冷門baau3 laang5 mun2an upset (esp. in sports)
- 上墳soeng5 fan4to visit a grave
- 三小saam1 siu2(Tw) (vulgar) what the hell? (from Taiwanese 啥潲, Tai-lo pr. [siánn-siâ], equivalent to Mandarin 什麼|什么[shen2 me5])
- 胡纏wu4 cin4to pester
- 天竺鼠tin1 zuk1 syu2guinea pig
- 追女仔zeoi1 neoi5 zai2dating girls (spoken)
- 多束do1 cuk1multibeam (e.g. laser)
- 袁州jyun4 zau1see 袁州區|袁州区[Yuan2 zhou1 Qu1]
- 扮裝baan6 zong1to dress up and make up (like an actor)
- 排遺paai4 wai4(biology) to egest
- 滾奏gwan2 zau3drum roll
- 祖業zou2 jip6property handed down from one's ancestors
- 出汁ceot1 zap1dashi (soup stock used in Japanese cuisine) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese)
- 拖渡to1 dou2passenger boat towed by a motor boat
- 長遮coeng4 ze1long, straight umbrella
- 識時務sik1 si4 mou6to have a clear view of things
- 牛頭褲ngau4 tau4 fu3shorts
- 跟人gan1 jan4to marry (of woman)
- 迷誤mai4 ng6mistake; error
- 半島酒店bun3 dou2 zau2 dim3The Peninsula Hong Kong, a hotel in Hong Kong
- 藏蹤cong4 zung1to hide
- 搞亂檔gaau2 lyun6 dong3to mess up or create trouble
- 撥個輪but6 go3 leon2to make a phone call
- 重氫cung5 hing1heavy hydrogen (isotope)
- 軸瓦zuk6 ngaa5bearing bush
- 派出所paai3 ceot1 so2local police station
- 貨真價實fo3 zan1 gaa3 sat6(lit.) genuine goods at fair prices (idiom)
- 洋琴joeng4 kam4variant of 揚琴|扬琴[yang2 qin2]
- 呆瓜ngoi4 gwaa1idiot
- 敬祝ging3 zuk1to offer humbly (written at the end of letter to sb of higher status); your humble servant
- 盪然dong6 jin4variant of 蕩然|荡然[dang4 ran2]
- 只等zi2 dang2
- 叉積caa1 zik1cross product (of vectors)
- 台盟toi4 mang4abbr. for 台灣民主自治同盟|台湾民主自治同盟[Tai2 wan1 Min2 zhu3 Zi4 zhi4 Tong2 meng2]
- 私吞si1 tan1to misappropriate (public funds etc)
- 更遞gang1 dai6to change
- 罷買baa6 maai5boycott (of buying)
- 滬劇wu6 kek6Shanghai opera
- 豉油si6 jau4soy sauce (chiefly in Cantonese and Hakka areas)
- 護駕wu6 gaa3to guard the emperor; to escort
- 無我mou4 ngo5anatta (Buddhist concept of "non-self")
- 茶敘caa4 zeoi6to take tea and chat
- 高汁gou1 zap1of high quality; an internet slang from the word 高質 gou1 zat1
- 師祖si1 zou2teacher of one's teacher (esp. in a lineage)
- 疏理so1 lei5to clarify (disparate material into a coherent narrative)
- 重孝zung6 haau3mourning dress
- 租債zou1 zaai3rent and debt
- 怪唔得gwaai3 m4 dak1no wonder
- 唔怪得m4 gwaai3 dak1that's why; no wonder; can't blame
- 漢腔hon3 hong1Wuhan accent
- 遲誤ci4 ng6to delay
- 傘降saan3 gong3to parachute into
- 大錯特錯daai6 co3 dak6 co3to be gravely mistaken (idiom)
- 熱絡jit6 lok6intimate
- 蜜餞mat6 zin3food preserved in sugar or honey
- 題序tai4 zeoi6to compose a preface (or introductory remarks, etc)
- 練仙lin6 sin1to practise celestial or to celestialize, often requiring fast for Taoist priests ----
- 南召naam4 ziu6see 南召縣|南召县[Nan2 zhao4 Xian4]
- 缺陣kyut3 zan6(sports) to miss a game (due to injury, suspension etc); to sit out a match
- 白臘baak6 laap6white sea bream