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- 黑桃hak1 tou4spade ♠ (in card games)
- 細個仔sai3 go3 zai2kids (spoken)
- 擺薄落baai2 bok6 lok1to set a road block; to set up a speed trap [colloquial]
- 音軌jam1 gwai2sound track
- 齋飯zaai1 faan6food given to Buddhist monks as alms
- 碟仔dip6 zai2(noun) a small plate; a sauce plate
- 悶雷mun6 leoi4muffled thunder
- 兜圈dau1 hyun1to move round; to go around in circles
- 意大利粉ji3 daai6 lei6 fan2Spaghetti
- 紫荊花zi2 ging1 faa1(flower) Cercis chinensis
- 沃土juk1 tou2fertile land
- 虹吸管hung4 kap1 gun2siphon
- 猴戲hau4 hei3monkey show
- 感佩gam2 pui3to admire with gratitude
- 齒孔ci2 hung2perforations (on a postage stamp)
- 得起dak1 hei2(verb complement indicating ability to afford or bear the cost or consequences of doing sth)
- 春秋時代ceon1 cau1 si4 doi6Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC)
- 白桃baak6 tou2white peach
- 街簿gaai1 bou2an exercise book that is not produced by schools; literally, street book
- 叔母suk1 mou5aunt
- 感同身受gam2 tung4 san1 sau6to feel as if it had happened to oneself
- 官僚主義gun1 liu4 zyu2 ji6bureaucracy
- 天年tin1 nin4natural life span
- 杜梨dou6 lei4birchleaved pear (Pyrus betulaefolia)
- 臀鰭tyun4 kei4anal fin
- 順其自然seon6 kei4 zi6 jin4to let nature take its course (idiom)
- 雕零diu1 ling4variant of 凋零[diao1 ling2]
- 洋蔘joeng4 sam1American ginseng
- 見說gin3 syut3to hear what was said
- 排灌paai4 gun3Irrigation and drainage
- 雄鹿hung4 luk6Milwaukee Bucks (NBA team)
- 八國聯軍baat3 gwok3 lyun4 gwan1Eight-Nation Alliance, involved in a military intervention in northern China in 1900
- 劍柄gim3 beng3sword hilt
- 乾鮑gon1 baau1dried abalone
- 黃大仙wong4 daai6 sin1see 黃鼬|黄鼬[huang2 you4]
- 浮氣fau4 hei3feeble breath
- 走去zau2 heoi3to walk over (to)
- 箱頭筆soeng1 tau4 bat1(noun) a marker pan
- 耍滑saa2 waat6to resort to tricks
- 冇衣食mou5 ji1 sik6suffering of bad consequences as a result of wasting resources (spoken)
- 勸駕hyun3 gaa3to urge sb to accept a post
- 活著wut6 zyu3alive
- 打好daa2 hou2verb; build up
- 扭結nau2 git3to tangle up
- 請援cing2 wun4to request help
- 違標wai4 biu1to go against the stipulated criteria
- 贈興zang6 hing3to congratulate someone; to celebrate with someone
- 胃疼wai6 tang4stomachache
- 蒸包zing1 baau1steamed bun
- 榮膺wing4 jing1to receive or assume in glory
- 吹波仔ceoi1 bo1 zai2to take an alcohol breathalyzer test [colloquial]
- 恆量hang4 loeng6to assess, to weigh; a constant
- 單企人daan1 kei5 jan2Chinese radical, which represents human, a single person side-radical
- 畜類cuk1 leoi6domestic animal
- 老臣子lou5 san4 zi2long server staff (spoken)
- 桶孔tung2 hung2bunghole
- 捲土重來gyun2 tou2 cung4 loi4verb; a comeback; bounce back; fight back from previous failure
- 套筒tou3 tung2sleeve
- 反應式faan2 jing3 sik1equation of a chemical reaction
- 打倒褪daa2 dou3 tan3to go backwards
- 棉衣min4 ji1cotton-padded clothes
- 沙暴saa1 bou6sandstorm
- 假希望gaa2 hei1 mong6false hope
- 喜壽hei2 sau677th birthday (honorific, archaic or Japanese term)
- 土生土長tou2 sang1 tou2 zoeng2(idiom) (of people) born and raised in the locality; (of art forms, political parties, enterprises, products etc) developed locally from the outset; wholly indigenous
- 比及bei2 kap6(literary) when
- 實籠sat6 lung2solid ----
- 煙筒jin1 tung2chimney
- 罩衣zaau3 ji1overalls
- 智育zi3 juk6intellectual development
- 矇豬眼mung1 zyu1 ngaan5(noun) small eyes
- 擁塞jung2 sak1to be clogged up
- 月分jyut6 fan1variant of 月份[yue4 fen4]
- 話唔埋waa6 m4 maai4(adverb) maybe; possibly; perhaps; probably; to describe the uncertainty of something occurring; (phrase) there is a good chance that…; it is possible that…; can't say for sure; cannot be certain about; it's hard to say; it's difficult to predict
- 定閱ding6 jyut6variant of 訂閱|订阅[ding4 yue4]
- 元來jyun4 loi4variant of 原來|原来[yuan2 lai2]
- 帶去daai3 heoi3to take along with one
- 撫愛fu2 oi3to love tenderly
- 迎候jing4 hau6to greet; to await the arrival of
- 胡攪wu4 gaau2to disturb
- 最惠國zeoi3 wai6 gwok3most-favored nation (trade status)
- 雪仗syut3 zoeng3snow fight
- 原蘇聯jyun4 sou1 lyun4former Soviet Union
- 雞翅gai1 ci3chicken wing
- 蔫韌jin1 ngan6to describe the intimate relationship between a couple; (of food) stringy
- 神農氏san4 nung4 si6Shennong or Farmer God (c. 2000 BC), first of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] and creator of agriculture in China
- 辨明bin6 ming4to clarify
- 大相徑庭daai6 soeng1 ging3 ting4as different as can be (idiom)
- 硬灌ngaang6 gun3to force feed
- 他者taa1 ze2others
- 半截裙bun3 zit6 kwan4skirt
- 大吃daai6 hek3to gorge oneself
- 有樣學樣jau5 joeng2 hok6 joeng2to imitate what sb else does; to follow sb's example
- 秋刀魚cau1 dou1 jyu2Pacific saury (Cololabis saira)
- 析出sik1 ceot1to separate out
- 桌燈coek3 dang1desk lamp
- 背道而馳bui3 dou6 ji4 ci4to run in the opposite direction (idiom); to run counter to
- 帶過daai3 gwo3to give sth only cursory attention
- 高小gou1 siu2upper primary school (abbr. for 高級小學|高级小学[gao1 ji2 xiao3 xue2])
- 浮利fau4 lei6mere worldly, superficial gain, such as wealth and fame
- 乳暈jyu5 wan4mammary areola
- 無線電話mou4 sin3 din6 waa2radio telephony
- 兜翻dau1 faan1to expose
- 翻兜faan1 dau1to repeat an action or a choice
- 措手不及cou3 sau2 bat1 kap6no time to deal with it (idiom); caught unprepared
- 滿壘mun5 leoi5(baseball) bases loaded
- 訓練者fan3 lin6 ze2trainer
- 為因wai4 jan1cause; as a result of; by reason of
- 柴台caai4 toi4to boo someone off stage; to disturb a performance
- 秦琴ceon4 kam4Qinqin
- 約好joek3 hou2(verb) agree; arrange
- 挨擠aai1 zai1to crowd together
- 細路仔sai3 lou6 zai2(slang) kids, children; child; a little boy
- 愛愛oi3 oi3(coll.) to make love
- 數一數二sou2 jat1 sou2 ji6(idiom) reckoned to be best or second best; one of the very best
- 跑鐘妹paau2 zung1 mui1a young woman working as a prostitute [colloquial]
- 勾通gau1 tung1to collude with
- 執手尾zap1 sau2 mei5(slang) to complete someone's unfinished task or to tidy up
- 一頸血jat1 geng2 hyut3being ripped of; loss of money (slang)
- 斜釘ce4 deng1tilted nail domino; a variation of pai gow and tien gow
- 誅除zyu1 ceoi4to wipe out
- 冷糕laang1 gou1Chiu Chow-style desert, similar to sugar peanut pancake; the word 冷 laang1 is the Cantonese rendering of "person" in Chiu Chow language, in Hong Kong it works as a metonymy of things and people from Chiu Chow
- 仗勢zoeng6 sai3to rely on power
- 中央空調zung1 joeng1 hung1 tiu4central air conditioning
- 賢才jin4 coi4a genius
- 發昏faat3 fan1to faint
- 呢可ne1 ho2right?
- 打邊鼓daa2 bin1 gu2to echo what sb said
- 裸地lo2 dei6bare ground
- 究治gau3 zi6to investigate and potentially prosecute in accordance with law
- 格格不入gaak3 gaak3 bat1 jap6(idiom) inharmonious
- 千言萬語cin1 jin4 maan6 jyu5thousands of words (idiom); having a lot of things to say
- 看起hon3 hei2
- 投壺tau4 wu2ancient banquet game of throwing arrows into a pot, the winner determined by the number of arrows thrown in, and the loser required to drink as punishment
- 車胎ce1 toi1tire
- 崩裝bang1 zong1Punk Look
- 鬍鬚佬wu4 sou1 lou2a bearded man
- 罰抄fat6 caau1to punish one, usually a student, to copy a text
- 石屎樓sek6 si2 lau2cement building
- 皇家飯店wong4 gaa1 faan6 dim3the nickname for Prison
- 山窿saan1 lung1a cave; a tunnel
- 番書仔faan1 syu1 zai2student who studied abroad (spoken)
- 蟠踞faan1 geoi3variant of 盤踞|盘踞[pan2 ju4]
- 空籠hung1 lung2Empty cage; hollow
- 劈保pek3 bou2to jump bail [colloquial]
- 政棍zing3 gwan3political tricksters
- 毒爪duk6 zaau2forcipules (the venomous pair of pincer-like appendages of a centipede)
- 呼拉圈fu1 laai1 hyun1hula hoop (loanword)
- 暈染wan4 jim5to smudge (become smeared)
- 執一劑zap1 jat1 zai1to take a dose; to have sex with someone [colloquial]
- 粘聚nim1 zeoi6to cohere
- 不聞不問bat1 man4 bat1 man6not to hear, not to question (idiom)
- 和平隊wo4 ping4 deoi2(U.S.) Peace Corps
- 咬唔入ngaau5 m4 jap6having no chance of winning against someone, often used to describe a lawsuit
- 雙企人soeng1 kei5 jan2the Chinese radical of "彳"
- 付予fu6 jyu5to give something to somebody or something
- 有齣jau5 ceot1
- 兩者loeng5 ze2both of them; the two of them
- 貪戀taam1 lyun2to cling to
- 崩倒bang1 dou2to collapse
- 移民者ji4 man4 ze2migrant; immigrant
- 正人zing3 jan4upstanding person
- 蠱惑仔gu2 waak6 zai2slang for a 'gangster' (normally the younger ones)
- 歇頂hit3 deng2to be balding
- 古銅色gu2 tung4 sik1bronze color
- 食波餅sik6 bo1 beng2being hit by a ball (football, basketball, any balls etc.)
- 野驢je5 leoi4onager (Equus onager)
- 汀九ting1 gau2(noun) Ting Kau, which is a place in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong
- 呢陣時ni1 zan6 si4at this moment
- 譬喻pei3 jyu6analogy
- 得無dak1 mou4(literary) isn't it that...?
- 本國bun2 gwok3one's own country
- 念念不忘nim6 nim6 bat1 mong4to keep in mind constantly (idiom)
- 整妝zing2 zong1to touch up one's makeup
- 坐蓮co5 lin4the sexual position where the woman is sitting on top of the man [colloquial]
- 窗飾coeng1 sik1window decoration
- 執多劑zap1 do1 zai1to take another dose; to have sex with someone again [colloquial]
- 嘆歌taan3 go1song that boat people in the Pearl River Delta sing at weddings or funerals
- 平撫ping4 fu2to calm
- 欠扁him3 bin2annoying
- 昏黑fan1 hak1dark; dim
- 型爆鏡jing4 baau3 geng3very stylish; very cool [colloquial]
- 灑手saa2 sau2to wave hands to say no
- 開地hoi1 dei6to clear land (for cultivation)
- 腦汁nou5 zap1brains
- 撈過界lou1 gwo3 gaai3intruding other's power or benefits (spoken)
- 掉漆diu6 cat1to peel off (paint)
- 德意志dak1 ji3 zi3Deutschland; Germany
- 湘軍soeng1 gwan1Hunan army, irregular force formed in 1850s to fight the Taiping heavenly kingdom rebellion
- 自欺欺人zi6 hei1 hei1 jan4to deceive others and to deceive oneself
- 唉姐aai1 ze2granny (dialect)
- 四眼龜sei3 ngaan5 gwai1four eyed turtle; can be use to tease someone who wear glasses [written and colloquial]
- 飄零piu1 ling4to fall and wither (like autumn leaves)
- 棋譜kei4 pou2kifu (record of a game of go or shogi)
- 精囊zing1 nong4spermatophore
- 三自saam1 zi6abbr. for 三自愛國教會|三自爱国教会[San1 zi4 Ai4 guo2 Jiao4 hui4], Three-Self Patriotic Movement
- 大分daai6 fan1Ōita (prefecture in Japan)
- 雞屎果gai1 si2 gwo2guava
- 血崩hyut3 bang1metrorrhagia (vaginal bleeding outside the expected menstrual period)
- 地塘dei6 tong4flat ground in a village, in front of a house