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- 齊奏cai4 zau3playing (instruments) in unison (in an ensemble
- 兜車dau1 ce1to drive a car [colloquial]
- 油瓶女jau4 peng5 neoi2(noun) illegitimate daughter
- 示恩si6 jan1to show kindness
- 萬字夾maan6 zi6 gaap2(n.) a paper clip.
- 秋景cau1 ging2autumn scenery
- 新晃san1 fong2see 新晃侗族自治縣|新晃侗族自治县[Xin1 huang3 Dong4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
- 失業率sat1 jip6 leot2unemployment rate
- 旅檢leoi5 gim2passenger inspection (customs)
- 統一性tung2 jat1 sing3unity
- 蜜蜂竇mat6 fung1 dau3beehive
- 例示lai6 si6to exemplify
- 烈風lit6 fung1(strong) gale
- 祭典zai3 din2sacrificial ceremony
- 遞質dai6 zat1neurotransmitter
- 兵戈bing1 gwo1weapons
- 鼻涕蟲bei6 tai3 cung4a slug
- 劏雞tong1 gai1slaughter a chicken
- 豬仔包zyu1 zai2 baau1a French-style bread, similar to a small baguette, commonly seen in Hong Kong and Macao
- 或將waak6 zoeng1will perhaps
- 扮工baan6 gung1"office mock": joke homophone of "office work" in Cantonese, means someone pretend to work in office, mostly in front of the computer and pretend to be concentrated and focused, but actually is playing game or rendering on internet.
- 猶女jau4 neoi2niece (old)
- 生漆sang1 cat1raw lacquer
- 寬饒fun1 jiu4to forgive
- 開晴hoi1 cing4to brighten up
- 岌頭ngap6 tau2nodding of one's head
- 奇禍kei4 wo6unexpected calamity
- 戒規gaai3 kwai1religious precept
- 規戒kwai1 gaai3variant of 規誡|规诫[gui1 jie4]
- 了無liu5 mou4to completely lack; to have not even the slightest
- 出勤ceot1 kan4to go to work
- 錢罌cin4 aang1(noun) a money box; a piggy bank
- 豪興hou4 hing3Exhilaration; exuberant spirits
- 混為一談wan6 wai4 jat1 taam4to confuse one thing with another (idiom); to muddle
- 黑函hak1 haam4poison pen letter (Tw)
- 中聽zung1 ting1pleasant to hear (i.e. agreeable news)
- 劫營gip3 jing4to seize a camp
- 尊君zyun1 gwan1(honorific) your father
- 俐落lei6 lok6variant of 利落[li4 luo5]
- 吐糟tou3 zou1to roast someone; to bust someone's chops
- 廠佬cong2 lou2middle-aged man who owns factories, literally "factory guy"
- 製售zai3 sau6to manufacture and sell
- 舌根sit3 gan1back of tongue
- 唯心論wai4 sam1 leon6philosophy of idealism, the doctrine that external reality is a product of consciousness
- 惶恐wong4 hung2terrified
- 冬粉dung1 fan2(Tw) glass noodles; mung bean vermicelli
- 或多或少waak6 do1 waak6 siu2more or less
- 吹乒乓ceoi1 bing1 bam1“as if I care”; “what do I care”; “so what” [colloquial]
- 自始至終zi6 ci2 zi3 zung1from start to finish (idiom)
- 無中生有mou4 zung1 sang1 jau5to create something from nothing (idiom)
- 乳膠漆jyu5 gaau1 cat1latex paint
- 出版者ceot1 baan2 ze2publisher
- 粥品zuk1 ban2a collective term for congee
- 墨西哥灣mak6 sai1 go1 waan1Gulf of Mexico
- 家的gaa1 dik1(old) wife
- 出更ceot1 gang1on duty (uniform officer)
- 黃酶wong4 mui4yellow enzyme
- 慌神fong1 san4to get agitated
- 脫序tyut3 zeoi6disorder
- 拉弓laai1 gung1(sport) to pull back the arm or leg before making a strike, in order to increase the force and speed. Literally: pull bow
- 刑訊jing4 seon3interrogation under torture
- 天擇tin1 zaak6natural selection
- 溜圓lau6 jyun4perfectly round
- 話中waa6 zung3in one's words; precisely as one has predicted
- 符板fu4 baan2a charm to protect against evil spirits
- 黑科技hak1 fo1 gei6(slang) futuristic technology; cutting-edge technology
- 賴地硬laai6 dei6 ngaang6(to blame the land for being hard); to make excuses and deny one's responsibility; a bad workman blames his tools
- 唔爭在m4 zaang1 zoi6might as well do something (it is just as well, since it has already gone so far, things can't get much worse)
- 急症室gap1 zing3 sat1emergency room
- 模式種mou4 sik1 zung2type species (used to define a genus in taxonomy)
- 嗯哼ng6 hng6uh-huh
- 掃把星sou3 baa2 sing1comet
- 序章zeoi6 zoeng1prologue
- 有得揮jau5 dak1 fai1can match up to; can compare favourably with; bear comparison with [colloquial]
- 類似點leoi6 ci5 dim2resemblance
- 婚典fan1 din2wedding
- 避署bei6 cyu5to go on summer vacation
- 案驗on3 jim6(old) to investigate the evidence of a case
- 科特迪瓦fo1 dak6 dik6 ngaa5Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast in West Africa
- 孝義haau3 ji6see 孝義市|孝义市[Xiao4 yi4 Shi4]
- 瘴氣zoeng3 hei3miasma
- 挖穴waat3 jyut6to excavate
- 膠木gaau1 muk6bakelite
- 凸透鏡dat6 tau3 geng3convex lens
- 不甘後人bat1 gam1 hau6 jan4(idiom) not want to be outdone
- 走你zau2 nei5(neologism c. 2012) (interjection of encouragement) Let’s do this!
- 生物能sang1 mat6 nang4bio-energy
- 大撈家daai6 lou1 gaa1a professional crook [colloquial]
- 英國管jing1 gwok3 gun2English horn
- 混跡wan6 zik1mixed in as part of a community
- 順溜seon6 lau6orderly
- 鐘罩zung1 zaau3bell jar; dome (used to enclose or protect sth)
- 發飄faat3 piu1to feel shaky; to feel wobbly
- 用事jung6 si6to be in power; to allow the swaying of one's action as a result of something (for example one's emotions '感情用事')
- 吞滅tan1 mit6to absorb
- 驗樓jim6 lau2to inspect a piece of property for safety or structural issues, etc.; usually done during purchase or sale of property
- 國都gwok3 dou1national capital
- 竹花頭zuk1 faa1 tau2(Chinese radical) in a component form "艹"
- 按序on3 zeoi6to accord to the sequence
- 深思熟慮sam1 si1 suk6 leoi6mature reflection
- 壁架bik1 gaa2ledge
- 凡士林faan4 si6 lam4(loanword) vaseline
- 豈料hei2 liu6who would have thought that
- 骷髏骨fu1 lou4 gwat1skeleton
- 號筒hou6 tung2bugle
- 法棍faat3 gwan3baguette (bread)
- 頂唔住ding2 m4 zyu6(slang) cannot stand something; cannot stomach it; unable to tolerate or bear
- 硬櫃ngaang6 gwai6freezer (mainly used by overseas Chinese)
- 脈息mak6 sik1pulse
- 挨擦aai1 caat3to press against
- 烏茲別克wu1 zi1 bit6 hak1Uzbek
- 多種do1 zung2many kinds of; multiple; diverse; multi-
- 鹹苦haam4 fu2hardships; arduous; tough times
- 搞搞震gaau2 gaau2 zan3(verb) to play around; to horse around; to romp around; to make mischief; to disturb
- 傳旨cyun4 zi2issue a decree
- 臨帖lam4 tip2to practice calligraphy from a model
- 暗斜am3 ce3slightly slant
- 花筒faa1 tung4Tube-shaped fireworks
- 墳山fan4 saan1hill cemetery
- 形符jing4 fu4semantic component of a phono-semantic character (e.g. component 刂[dao1] in 刻[ke4])
- 山墳saan1 fan4grave on the hillside
- 先發制人sin1 faat3 zai3 jan4(idiom) to gain the initiative by striking first; to preempt
- 德律風dak1 leot6 fung1(old) (loanword) telephone
- 切杆cit3 gon1chip (golf shot)
- 腰鼓jiu1 gu2waist drum
- 炒冷飯caau2 laang5 faan6to stir-fry leftover rice
- 抗捐kong3 gyun1to refuse to pay taxes
- 撐拒caang3 keoi5to resist
- 浩氣hou6 hei3vast spirit
- 暗寸am3 cyun3to make a mocking comment, often in a wry manner
- 違言wai4 jin4unreasonable words
- 魚子醬jyu4 zi2 zoeng3caviar
- 沒啊mut6 aa3
- 大老婆daai6 lou5 po4primary wife
- 基礎教育gei1 co2 gaau3 juk6elementary education
- 針砭zam1 bin2to critique
- 咳藥水kat1 joek6 seoi2a cough mixture
- 同意書tung4 ji3 syu1consent form
- 腎石san6 sek6kidney stones
- 如是jyu4 si6thus
- 白汁baak6 zap1Béchamel sauce; white sauce
- 陳腎can4 san5dried duck gizzard
- 雪屐syut3 kek6roller skates
- 努嘴nou5 zeoi2to pout
- 菠蘿蜜bo1 lo4 mat6jackfruit
- 默站mak6 zaam6"standing man" silent protest; literally: to silently stand
- 證驗zing3 jim6real results
- 第四dai6 sei3the fourth
- 爬蟲類paa4 cung4 leoi6reptiles
- 鳩合gau1 hap6variant of 糾合|纠合[jiu1 he2]
- 廿一點jaa6 jat1 dim2blackjack
- 激靈gik1 ling4to quiver
- 話是waa6 si6take charge; be in charge
- 偶極ngau5 gik6dipole (e.g. magnetic dipole)
- 翻湧faan1 jung2to roll over and over (of billows or clouds)
- 原汁jyun4 zap1juice (extracted from fresh fruit or vegetables)
- 眼柄ngaan5 beng3eye stalk (of crustacean etc)
- 盛季sing6 gwai3peak season
- 忘年戀mong4 nin4 lyun2romantic relationship with a significant age gap
- 溫乎wan1 fu1warm; lukewarm
- 壁掛bik1 gwaa3wall hanging
- 農民黨nung4 man4 dong2Peasant Party (Republic of China)
- 逗情dau6 cing4to flirt
- 賭大細dou2 daai6 sai3Sic bo; Big and Small; a chance game played with three dice
- 飄書piu1 syu1book crossing
- 敗血病baai6 hyut3 beng6noun; septicemia
- 看不中hon3 bat1 zung1not impressed by
- 醫管局ji1 gun2 guk6the Hospital Authority, a statutory body managing all the public hospitals and institutes in Hong Kong
- 著慌zoek6 fong1alarmed
- 審察sam2 caat3to investigate
- 減磅gaam2 bong2to lose one's weight
- 攜款kwai4 fun2to take funds (esp. illegally or corruptly obtained)
- 口口聲聲hau2 hau2 seng1 seng1to keep on saying (idiom); to repeat over and over again
- 炮煉paau3 lin6to parch and refine medicinal herbs
- 有權jau5 kyun4to have the right to
- 在途zoi6 tou4in transit (of passengers, goods etc)
- 實名制sat6 ming4 zai3system for identifying users (on a rail network, the Internet etc)
- 碧波bik1 bo1bluish green waves
- 蟹貨haai5 fo3shares or properties or goods that have dropped significantly in price since purchase, leading to a reluctance of the owner to realize the losses
- 全都cyun4 dou1all
- 新牌仔san1 paai4 zai2noun;Probationary driving license driver
- 工尺gung1 cek3Gongche notation, music notation for Chinese opera
- 如上jyu4 soeng6as above
- 操航cou1 hong4to take the helm
- 猶達jau4 daat6Jude
- 緩急wun4 gap1priority
- 牧者muk6 ze2pastor
- 驚賞ging1 soeng2surprised and admiring
- 沈復sam2 fuk6Shen Fu (1763-c. 1810), Qing dynasty writer, author of Six Records of a Floating Life 浮生六記|浮生六记[Fu2 Sheng1 Liu4 Ji4]
- 拉客仔laai1 haak3 zai2to find
- 妮子nei4 zi2(coll.) lass
- 一周jat1 zau1one week
- 歇心hit3 sam1to drop the matter
- 算是syun3 si6considered to be
- 扑頭黨bok1 tau4 dong2robbers who hit other's head and rob the money
- 慘景caam2 ging2wretched sight
- 百貨公司baak3 fo3 gung1 si1department store
- 滎陽jing4 joeng4see 滎陽市|荥阳市[Xing2 yang2 Shi4]
- 冬宮dung1 gung1Winter Palace (St Petersburg)
- 品鑒ban2 gaam3to judge