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- 墨筆mak6 bat1writing brush
- 有成jau5 sing4(literary) to achieve success
- 長治久安coeng4 zi6 gau2 on1long-term peace and stability (of governments)
- 龜苓膏gwai1 ling4 gou1turtle jelly, medicine made with powdered turtle shell and herbs
- 吊窗diu3 coeng1a sash window
- 逗嘴dau6 zeoi2to banter
- 大難臨頭daai6 naan6 lam4 tau4to be facing imminent calamity (idiom)
- 角尺gok3 cek3set square (tool to measure right angles)
- 籌議cau4 ji5to discuss (a plan)
- 咸片haam4 pin2erotic, pornographic movies
- 疊馬daap6 maa5an old triad jargon that means a triad gang is flaunting they have a huge number of followers, underlings; this word can now be applied basically all organisations, but used with sarcasm or criticism
- 旗津kei4 zeon1Qijin or Chichin district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市[Gao1 xiong2 shi4], south Taiwan
- 唔夠氣m4 gau3 hei3breathless
- 仿生fong2 sang1to design an artificial system, taking inspiration from a living organism; bionic; biomimetic
- 牢友lou4 jau2inmate
- 五星紅旗ng5 sing1 hung4 kei4five-starred red flag (PRC national flag)
- 詐假意zaa3 gaa1 ji1(slang) to pretend; to fake
- 臭跡cau3 zik1scent (smell of person or animal used for tracking)
- 叔記suk1 gei3an appellation used to address a middle age or elderly man whose one doesn't know the name of, used in situation such as when talking to a random middle age
- 兜巴dau1 baa1a slap that can cover a lumpy face
- 水汀seoi2 ting1steam (Shanghainese)
- 凍穿dung3 cyun1frostbite
- 束裝cuk1 zong1to bundle up (one's possessions for a journey)
- 大陸性daai6 luk6 sing3continental
- 電信din6 seon3telecommunications
- 鋼叉gong3 caa1pitchfork
- 擔荷daam1 ho6to shoulder a burden
- 自要zi6 jiu3so long as
- 厚面皮hau5 min6 pei4thick-skinned; insensitive; arrogrant
- 面皮厚min6 pei4 hau5(slang)someone is brazen; unabashed, unblushing; thick-skinned
- 酒渣zau2 zaa1lees of alcoholic drinks
- 誰人seoi4 jan4Who
- 符牌fu4 paai4a talisman or lucky charm
- 四眼仔sei3 ngaan5 zai2male wearing glasses (slang)
- 微徑mei4 ging3small path
- 消損siu1 syun2wear and tear
- 腳爪goek3 zaau2paw
- 調焦tiu4 ziu1to focus
- 待售doi6 sau6ready to be sold; to be for sale
- 文化熱man4 faa3 jit6cultural fever
- 珍異zan1 ji6rare
- 七手八腳cat1 sau2 baat3 goek3(idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
- 交給gaau1 kap1to give; to deliver; to hand over
- 籌思cau4 si1to ponder a solution; to consider (the best move, how to find a way etc)
- 東嶽dung1 ngok6Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4]
- 開壺hoi1 wu4to season a new teapot before first use
- 鹹水草haam4 seoi2 cou2flatsedges, nutsedges, galingales
- 大陸法daai6 luk6 faat3civil law or continental law, a law system originating in continental Europe replying on codification as the primary source of law
- 暗箭am3 zin3attack by a hidden enemy; a stab in the back
- 兜賣dau1 maai6to peddle
- 棉衲min4 naap6a cotton-quilted or cotton-padded jacket
- 傻帽so4 mou2fool
- 征駕zing1 gaa3horses and wagons for an expedition
- 擇交zaak6 gaau1to choose friends
- 自由自在zi6 jau4 zi6 zoi6free and easy (idiom); carefree
- 冰磚bing1 zyun1ice-cream brick
- 殘體字caan4 tai2 zi6"invalid Chinese characters" - a derogatory term for simplified Chinese characters
- 認低威jing6 dai1 wai1(slang) to admit a mistake or defeat candidly
- 軟綿綿jyun5 min4 min4soft
- 唔敢當m4 gam2 dong1do not dare to be, do not dare to deserve
- 槽孔cou4 hung2slot
- 時點si4 dim2point of time (in time-based systems)
- 漫應maan6 jing3to reply casually
- 一自jat1 zi6as soon as; one side; do this and that at the same time
- 潤濕jeon6 sap1to moisten (e.g. of rain)
- 冚竇ham6 dau6to bust or raid an illegal operations or business
- 一針見血jat1 zam1 gin3 hyut3lit. to draw blood on the first prick (idiom)
- 太上taai3 soeng6title of respect for taoists
- 忍頸jan2 geng2to endure indignity without protest; literally: to hold the neck
- 堅冰gin1 bing1ice
- 默讀mak6 duk6to read in silence
- 鹹酸haam4 syun1literally: salty and sour' pickled
- 赤豆cek3 dau2see 紅豆|红豆[hong2 dou4]
- 割蓆got3 zek6to cut ties with somebody; to disclaim somebody's actions; literally: to cut the mat
- 倭寇wo1 kau3Japanese pirates (in 16th and 17th century)
- 珠母zyu1 mou5mother-of-pearl
- 弓身gung1 san1to bend the body at the waist
- 拖手仔to1 sau2 zai2holding hands (spoken)
- 合情合理hap6 cing4 hap6 lei5(idiom) reasonable; fair
- 落踏lok6 daap3to get involved, to agree to a deal, to invest in, to buy into
- 時時刻刻si4 si4 hak1 hak1at all times
- 在此zoi6 ci2hereto
- 忍無可忍jan2 mou4 ho2 jan2more than one can bear (idiom); at the end of one's patience
- 苗家miu4 gaa1see 苗族[Miao2 zu2]
- 料兆liu6 siu6ingredients
- 班輩baan1 bui3seniority in the family
- 棋具kei4 geoi6checkers (board and pieces for go 圍棋|围棋 or Chinese chess 象棋 etc)
- 吃的hek3 dik1(coll.) food
- 橫摺waang4 zip3horizontal fold or tuck
- 徑賽ging3 coi3track events (athletics competition)
- 四年sei3 nin4four years
- 土坎tou2 ham2earthen levee
- 證婚人zing3 fan1 jan4wedding witness
- 翼側jik6 zak1flank (military)
- 開估hoi1 gu2to disclose the answer of a guess
- 不該bat1 goi1should not
- 排偶paai4 ngau5parallel and antithesis (paired sentences as rhetoric device)
- 書札syu1 zaat3letter
- 任丘jam4 jau1see 任丘市[Ren2 qiu1 Shi4]
- 拋物線paau1 mat6 sin3parabola
- 側漏zak1 lau6to have menstrual blood leak out despite using menstrual pads
- 胸襲hung1 zaap6to indecently touch someone's breast without permission
- 潛移cim4 ji4intangible changes
- 衰款seoi1 fun2nasty looking; bad character
- 衰微seoi1 mei4to decline; to wane
- 進迫zeon3 bik1(of threats) to approach; to advance on something; to press closely (on some goal)
- 心滿意足sam1 mun5 ji3 zuk1perfectly contented (idiom)
- 一柴jat1 caai4senior constable, especially senior police constable; sometimes called "heart-breaking firewood", as this rank is for police constables that have long service experience but lack of performance to promote to sergeant. Literally: one firewood
- 遠途jyun5 tou4long-distance
- 每次mui5 ci3each time; every time
- 最低zeoi3 dai1minimum
- 風吹草動fung1 ceoi1 cou2 dung6(lit.) grass stirring in the wind (idiom)
- 柄政bing3 zing3to rule
- 安歇on1 hit3to go to bed
- 政柄zing3 beng3at the helm of state
- 電錘din6 ceoi4rotary hammer
- 棉棒min4 paang5cotton swab
- 輔料fu6 liu2auxiliary ingredients
- 小老婆siu2 lou5 po4concubine
- 乘虛sing4 heoi1to take advantage of weakness
- 血污hyut3 wu1blood smears; bloodstains
- 怕醜草paa3 cau2 cou2mimosa pudica (a plant)
- 阻難zo2 naan6to thwart
- 逍遙法外siu1 jiu4 faat3 ngoi6unfettered and beyond the law (idiom); evading retribution
- 藥渣joek6 zaa1dregs of a decoction
- 腹心fuk1 sam1a deeply trusted person
- 判辭pun3 ci4reasons for judgment/verdict
- 貪慾taam1 juk6greed
- 唇角seon4 gok3corner of the mouth
- 琵琶仔pei4 paa4 zai2(noun) a child prostitution in ninety century
- 骨佬gwat1 lou2A male orthopaedic surgeon
- 嘎頭gaa4 tau4derogatory address to a Japanese person
- 生物燃料sang1 mat6 jin4 liu2biofuel
- 切觸cit3 zuk1osculation (higher order tangency)
- 無要mou4 jiu3
- 條件式tiu4 gin2 sik1conditional
- 爪部zaau2 bou6refers to the Kangxi (radical 87) 爪 part of a Chinese character
- 折兌zit3 deoi3to cash
- 渣古zaa1 gu2Zaku, the mobile suit fielded by Zeon in the animation series Mobile Suit Gundam
- 雙皮奶soeng1 pei4 naai5double-layer milk custard; double-layer milk pudding
- 束髮cuk1 faat3to tie up one's hair
- 卜杯buk1 bui1to cup and drop moon blocks, a divination tool
- 噴池pan3 ci4spray pool
- 一人jat1 jan4one person; a single person
- 鑒識gaam3 sik1to examine and appreciate something with the skills of a connoisseur
- 交迫gaau1 bik1to be beleaguered
- 講說話gong2 syut3 waa6say something
- 保鑣bou2 biu1variant of 保鏢|保镖[bao3 biao1]
- 一無是處jat1 mou4 si6 cyu3(idiom) not one good point; everything about it is wrong
- 漏鍋lau6 wo1colander
- 橫鉤waang4 ngau1horizontal stroke with a hook at the end (in Chinese characters)
- 枚乘mui4 sing4Mei Cheng (-c. 140 BC), Han dynasty poet
- 蹲坑deon1 haang1Turkish toilet
- 上釣soeng5 diu3(of fish) to get caught on a hook
- 墨脫mak6 tyut3see 墨脫縣|墨脱县[Mo4 tuo1 Xian4]
- 國大gwok3 daai6abbr. for 國民大會|国民大会, National Assembly of the Republic of China (extant during various periods between 1913 and 2005)
- 折縫zit3 fung4welt seam (doubled over and sewed again from topside)
- 綜合法zung3 hap6 faat3synthesis
- 合眼緣hap6 ngaan5 jyun4it describes when someone gives you a good impression, that you feel like you two are the same type of people, and you are fond of that person
- 拆夥caak3 fo2to dissolve a partnership; to end the co-operation
- 山楂saan1 zaa1Chinese hawthorn (Crataegus pinnatifida)
- 哀嚎oi1 hou4to wail; to cry piteously
- 青年期cing1 nin4 kei4adolescence
- 冰帽bing1 mou2icecap
- 丟淡diu1 taam5(of memory of an event, thoughts, feelings) to fade away
- 窺看kwai1 hon3to peep
- 能械leng4 haai6well-behaved; obedient; smart (Guan-bao dialect)
- 千兆cin1 siu6giga-
- 自淫zi6 jam4masturbation
- 非數字fei1 sou3 zi6non-numeric
- 掌紋zoeng2 man4lines on one's hands; palm print
- 工業大廈gung1 jip6 daai6 haa6Industrial Building
- 漆布cat1 bou3varnished cloth
- 壽堂sau6 tong4mourning hall
- 墨西哥城mak6 sai1 go1 sing4Mexico City, capital of Mexico
- 衰牌seoi1 paai2Bad cards; shameful; disgraceful; poor; disappointing
- 虎鯨fu2 king4orca; killer whale (Orcinus orca)
- 奇偶gei1 ngau5parity
- 蔡倫coi3 leon4Cai Lun (-121), the inventor of the papermaking process
- 輔具fu6 geoi6assistive device (walking frame, hearing aid etc)
- 浩室hou6 sat1house (music genre) (loanword)
- 報佳音bou3 gaai1 jam1to sing Christmas carol; to spread the good news
- 李漁lei5 jyu4Li Yu (1611-c. 1680), late Ming and early Qing writer and dramatist
- 鍵槽gin6 cou4(engineering) keyway; key slot
- 倒灌dou3 gun3to flow backwards (of water, because of flood, tide, wind etc)
- 口乖hau2 gwaai1one who is good at saying pleasing words
- 耐勞noi6 lou4hardy
- 泉幣cyun4 bai6coin (archaic)
- 比做bei2 zou6to liken to
- 甘涼gam1 loeng4fresh, cool and thrist-quenching
- 陳皮梅can4 pei4 mui2preserved prune
- 催穀ceoi1 guk1To boost; to propel
- 型棍jing4 gwan3(of appearances, postures, designs) stylish; fashionable; smart; good-looking
- 歇氣hit3 hei3to have a break
- 無後mou4 hau6(literary) to have no descendants; to have no son to continue one's lineage
- 策謀caak3 mau4stratagem (political or military)
- 粘蟲nim1 cung4army worm (e.g. Mythimna separata or Leucania separata etc, major cereal pests)
- 電解液din6 gaai2 jik6electrolyte solution
- 青頭仔ceng1 tau4 zai2(slang) virgin boy
- 成了sing4 liu5to be done