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- 低丘dai1 jau1hilly (geography)
- 竹篾zuk1 mit6bamboo strip
- 風涼話fung1 loeng4 waa2sneering
- 崩大碗bang1 daai6 wun2gotu kola (Centella asiatica), herbaceous plant
- 苦艾酒fu2 ngaai6 zau2absinthe (distilled anise-based liquor)
- 唔夠腳m4 gau3 goek3not enough people, typically for when playing games or mahjong [colloquial]
- 耍鬧saa2 naau6to skylark
- 酶原mui4 jyun4zymogen
- 皇曆wong4 lik6variant of 黃曆|黄历[huang2 li5]
- 反知識faan2 zi1 sik1anti-intellectual
- 探祕taam3 bei3to explore a mystery
- 歇馬hit3 maa5to rest; to rest one's horse
- 界尺gaai3 cek3straightedge (also used as a paperweight)
- 引敘jan5 zeoi6to introduce a text by citing documents or source material at the beginning
- 唇讀seon4 duk6to lip-read
- 白紙扇baak6 zi2 sin3white paper fan, someone who acts as an advisor in a triad gang [colloquial]
- 罪魁禍首zeoi6 fui1 wo6 sau2(idiom) criminal ringleader; main offender; main culprit; main cause of a disaster
- 泥岩nai4 ngaam4mudstone
- 膠印gaau1 jan3offset printing
- 藍鯨laam4 king4blue whale
- 荷里活ho4 lei5 wut6Hollywood
- 大錘daai6 ceoi4sledgehammer
- 兜兒dau1 ji4erhua variant of 兜[dou1]
- 航標hong4 biu1buoy
- 爛喊貓laan6 haam3 maau1cry-baby (spoken)
- 空中巴士hung1 zung1 baa1 si2Airbus
- 窺見kwai1 gin3to catch a glimpse of
- 牛叔ngau4 suk1colloquial address to Portuguese males by Chinese in Macao
- 雪帽syut3 mou2a trooper fur hat; a trooper winter hat; an ushanka-hat; a snow hat
- 冠心病gun1 sam1 beng6coronary heart disease
- 暖墊nyun5 zin1electric blanket
- 鮮露sin1 lou6a kind of spicy seasoning
- 佛跳牆fat6 tiu3 coeng4lit. Buddha jumps over the wall, name for a Chinese dish that uses many non-vegetarian ingredients
- 逗樂dau6 lok6to amuse oneself
- 啱啱ngaam1 ngaam1(adverb) just right; just now
- 津梁zeon1 loeng4(literary) guide; person or thing serving as a bridge to further progress
- 享國hoeng2 gwok3to reign
- 流輩lau4 bui3a contemporary
- 仗火zoeng3 fo2battle
- 爪機zaau2 gei1(Internet slang) mobile phone
- 大糞daai6 fan3human excrement
- 默算mak6 syun3mental arithmetic
- 庭堂ting4 tong4courtyard in front of a palace
- 劏豬tong1 zyu1slaughter a pig
- 刺戳ci3 coek3to stab; to pierce
- 極徑gik6 ging3modulus (distance from the origin in polar coordinates)
- 點大dim2 daai6(of a child etc) small as a mite
- 蝦眼水haa1 ngaan2 seoi2water just before the boiling point when it just starts bubbling at around 75 to 80 degrees Celsius
- 裙擺kwan4 baai2variant of 裙襬|裙摆[qun2 bai3]
- 失歡sat1 fun1to lose favor
- 增磅zang1 bong2to increase one's weight
- 消隱siu1 jan2to hide
- 無時無刻mou4 si4 mou4 hak1(idiom) (when followed by 不[bu4]) at no time; never (Note: 無時無刻不|无时无刻不[wu2 shi2 wu2 ke4 bu4] therefore means "at no time not ...", i.e. "at all times".)
- 察雅caat3 aa1see 察雅縣|察雅县[Cha2 ya3 Xian4]
- 膜孔mok6 hung2hole in the body of a musical instrument, covered with a membrane which produces a buzzing tone
- 艷詩jim6 si1erotic verse
- 債權人zaai3 kyun4 jan4creditor
- 纍贅leoi5 zeoi3burdensome (describes something); cumbersome
- 懶腰laan5 jiu1a stretch (of one's body)
- 將才zoeng1 coi4talented field commander (military)
- 升序sing1 zeoi6ascending order
- 用戶線jung6 wu6 sin3subscriber line
- 劫餘gip3 jyu4remnants after a disaster
- 踢晒腳tek3 saai3 goek3very busy
- 劏客tong1 haak3Rip off customers
- 幫辦仔bong1 baan2 zai2probational inspector in the police force
- 出獵ceot1 lip6to go out hunting
- 違命wai4 ming6disobedient
- 服帖fuk6 tip3docile
- 跳頻tiu3 pan4frequency-hopping spread spectrum
- 監押gaam1 aat3a jail
- 鏡屏geng3 ping4a full length free standing mirror
- 燒台炮siu1 toi4 paau3to lose one's temper and strike the table in anger [colloquial]
- 降序gong3 zeoi6descending order
- 兇狂hung1 kwong4fierce
- 信筒seon3 tung2mailbox
- 廢液fai3 jik6waste liquids
- 棋賽kei4 coi3chess game
- 爛尾樓laan6 mei5 lau2uncompleted building; building whose construction has run into difficulties and stopped
- 忍淚jan2 leoi6to hold back tears
- 切粒cit3 nap1to cut food into small pieces
- 亮屏loeng6 ping4to turn on a screen
- 絲棉si1 min4silk cotton
- 墨紙mak6 zi2blotting paper
- 高校gou1 haau6universities and colleges
- 讀屎片duk6 si2 pin2(literally: to read diaper); to have learned nothing from one's studies
- 休妻jau1 cai1to repudiate one's wife
- 猶言jau4 jin4can be compared to
- 通途tung1 tou4thoroughfare
- 閩菜man5 coi3Fujian cuisine
- 全市cyun4 si5whole city
- 滑浪waat6 long6to surf; surfing [written and colloquial]
- 摩門教mo1 mun4 gaau3noun;Mormonism
- 敗家精baai6 gaa1 zing1prodigal person (spoken)
- 盤符pun4 fu4drive letter (letter assigned to a disk drive or partition) (computing)
- 天誅tin1 zyu1heavenly punishment
- 一氧化碳jat1 joeng5 faa3 taan3carbon monoxide CO
- 雷公轟leoi4 gung1 gwang1a pawnshop with unreasonably high interest
- 飄海piu1 hoi2to go abroad
- 水利工程seoi2 lei6 gung1 cing4hydraulic engineering
- 有礙jau5 ngoi6to hinder; to impede; to be detrimental
- 賜姓ci3 sing3(of an emperor) to bestow a surname
- 鉅富geoi6 fu3very wealthy person
- 周身屎zau1 san1 si2to be in deep shit
- 感召gam2 ziu6to move and appeal
- 告饒gou3 jiu4to beg for mercy
- 奀啲ngan1 di1a little bit more [colloquial]
- 厄難aak1 naan6Plight; Tragic fate
- 二仔底ji6 zai2 dai2someone who is shameless and clingy
- 邪釘ce4 deng1tilted nail domino; a variation of pai gow and tien gow
- 跑私鐘paau2 si1 zung1to work as a prostitute; for a night club hostess to spend time with a client outside the club [colloquial]
- 百合匙baak3 hap6 si4Master Key
- 默坐mak6 zo6to sit silently
- 彈墨taan4 mak6the action to draw straight lines on a wall, for decoration or construction
- 甜潤tim4 jeon6sweet and mellow
- 卜居buk1 geoi1to choose a home
- 睡鼠seoi6 syu2dormouse
- 覲見gan3 gin3to have an audience (with the Emperor)
- 副腎fu3 san6adrenal glands
- 驚鴻ging1 hung4graceful (esp. of female posture)
- 便函bin6 haam4an informal letter sent by an organization
- 應棍jing3 gwan3accurate; precise
- 守禦sau2 jyu6to defend
- 擯除ban3 ceoi4to discard
- 坐艇co5 teng5being trapped by the falling stock(s); literally: to sit on a boat
- 通波仔tung1 bo1 zai2coronary angioplasty; percutaneous coronary intervention
- 中國產zung1 gwok3 caan2made in China
- 援用wun4 jung6to quote
- 彎折waan1 zit3to bend
- 瑞獸seoi6 sau3auspicious animal (such as the dragon)
- 儐相ban3 soeng3attendant of the bride or bridegroom at a wedding
- 個自go3 zi6individual, to describe a lone person or a single thing
- 翻頭嫁faan1 tau4 gaa3describes the act of a widow or a divorced woman who decides to get married again
- 激奀gik1 ngan1to make someone angry; to send someone into a rage
- 輔修fu6 sau1(education) to minor in; minor
- 鳩集gau1 zaap6variant of 糾集|纠集[jiu1 ji2]
- 呂望leoi5 mong6see Jiang Ziya 姜子牙[Jiang1 Zi3 ya2]
- 釘倉deng1 cong1to lock someone up; imprisonment; to hold someone hostage [colloquial]
- 一套jat1 tou3suit
- 逆旅jik6 leoi5guest-house
- 甩稿lat1 gou2not to manage to finish a post or an article on schedule
- 梨窩lei4 wo1dimple
- 窩梨wo1 lei2to take a volley pass by direct shooting or passing away when the ball is still in the middle of air.
- 砸袋zaak3 doi2to keep in one's pocket for emergencies (usually cash)
- 書壇syu1 taan4the calligraphic community
- 述評seot6 ping4commentary
- 緝毒犬cap1 duk6 hyun2drug detector dog
- 光漆gwong1 cat1gloss paint; glossy varnish; gloss-finish coating
- 食屎大sik6 si2 daai6to have shit for brains [colloquial]
- 豈但hei2 daan6not only
- 夠膽死gau3 daam2 sei2brave enough to die, it is used to describe one's extreme bravery
- 細繩sai3 sing4string
- 氣筒hei3 tung2inflator; bicycle pump
- 字軌zi6 gwai2running number
- 縮聚suk1 zeoi6condensation polymerization; polycondensation
- 控股公司hung3 gu2 gung1 si1holding company
- 災變zoi1 bin3catastrophe
- 冰鮮bing1 sin1chilled (food); "chilling" is a method to process food by keeping it at 0 to -4°C; it is different from the normal freezing process which requires at least -18°C
- 牛牯ngau4 gu2male bull or cow
- 沙蟹saa1 haai5(English loan) Show Hand, officially named Five-Card Stud, a form of the card game stud poker. Literally: sand crab
- 假鳩gaa2 gau1dildo
- 儲起cou5 hei2to save up
- 濕立立sap1 nap6 nap6(adjective) wet; moist; damp
- 拉丁字母laai1 ding1 zi6 mou5Latin alphabet
- 慣量gwaan3 loeng6inertia (mechanics)
- 令兄ling6 hing1Your esteemed older brother (honorific)
- 驚疑ging1 ji4bewildered
- 手錘sau2 ceoi4mallet
- 游弋jau4 jik6(of a naval vessel) to cruise
- 南風窗naam4 fung1 coeng1South Reviews, a biweekly politics and economics magazine based in Guangzhou
- 設攤cit3 taan1to set up a vendor's stand
- 比較級bei2 gaau3 kap1(grammar) the comparative
- 咕唧gu1 zik1to whisper
- 孔穴hung2 jyut6aperture
- 皮尺pei4 cek3tape measure
- 基樁gei1 zong1foundation piles
- 湯泉tong1 cyun4hot spring (archaic)
- 頭殼頂tau4 hok3 deng2cranium; top of skull (spoken)
- 管窺gun2 kwai1to look at sth through a bamboo tube
- 騎縫ke4 fung4join between two adjoining sheets or parts of a document
- 音癡jam1 ci1a tone-deaf person
- 颳風gwaat3 fung1to be windy
- 謝帖ze6 tip3letter of thanks
- 熊掌hung4 zoeng2bear paw (as food)
- 阿飄aa3 piu1(coll.) ghost (Tw)
- 城軌sing4 gwai2short form of intercity railway
- 聽來ting1 loi4to sound (old, foreign, exciting, right etc)
- 過只gwo3 zi2
- 吃人hek3 jan4exploitative
- 跌蕩dit3 dong6variant of 跌宕[die1 dang4]
- 行獵hang4 lip6Hunt
- 有約jau5 joek3(noun) get-together; gathering or a date
- 壽木sau6 muk6coffin
- 走投無路zau2 tau4 mou4 lou6to be at an impasse (idiom)
- 辣醬laat6 zoeng3a spicy sauce
- 土木工程tou2 muk6 gung1 cing4civil engineering
- 熬藥ngou4 joek6to decoct medicinal herbs
- 柱梁cyu5 loeng4pillar
- 扯褲ce2 fu3trousers made by twill cloth; twill trousers
- 壁塞bik1 sak1wall plug