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- 萬無一失maan6 mou4 jat1 sat1surefire; absolutely safe (idiom)
- 洋薑joeng4 goeng1Jerusalem artichoke
- 返回faan2 wui4to return to
- 作誓zok3 sai6to pledge
- 籠底lung2 dai2the bottom of large wooden chest; means to hide an old or valuable thing for a long time while keeping it secret and safe; sometimes means to shelve, to put something aside
- 朵皮doe6 pei4to have baggy skin
- 秀逗sau3 dau6to short-circuit
- 鼠膽syu2 daam2cowardly
- 內廷noi6 ting4place at the imperial court, where emperor handled government affairs, gave orders etc
- 文字學man4 zi6 hok6philology
- 入涅jap6 nip6to enter nirvana (Buddhism)
- 看家hon1 gaa1to look after the house
- 顏厚ngaan4 hau5brazen
- 餐券caan1 gyun3meal ticket
- 窗扇coeng1 sin3window
- 癖性pik1 sing3Proclivity; natural inclination; habit
- 性癖sing3 pik1sexual fetish
- 曲沃kuk1 juk1see 曲沃縣|曲沃县[Qu3 wo4 Xian4]
- 雲杉wan4 caam3spruce
- 三兩saam1 loeng5two or three
- 文抄公man4 caau1 gung1plagiarist
- 通知期tung1 zi1 kei4notice period
- 浮質fau4 zat1aerosol
- 緬元min5 jyun4kyat (currency of Myanmar)
- 上臂soeng6 bei3upper arm
- 記錄員gei3 luk6 jyun4recorder
- 喵星人meu1 sing1 jan4cat (Internet slang)
- 崩落bang1 lok6talus slide
- 湮滅jin1 mit6to sink into oblivion; to bury in obscurity
- 冤錢jyun1 cin2money spent in vain; wasted money
- 要圖jiu3 tou4main plan
- 三無saam1 mou4lacking three key attributes (or at least one of them)
- 芫茜jin4 sai1(noun) cilantro; coriander; Chinese parsley; dhania
- 劈價pek3 gaa3to slash prices
- 為時已晚wai4 si4 ji5 maan5already too late
- 懸河jyun4 ho4"hanging" river (an embanked one whose riverbed is higher than the surrounding floodplain)
- 墨玉mak6 juk6see 墨玉縣|墨玉县[Mo4 yu4 Xian4]
- 打昂daa2 ngong5the front facing the sky
- 班衫baan1 saam1class shirt
- 要道jiu3 dou6major road
- 翼翼jik6 jik6(literary) cautious; careful
- 貧礦pan4 kwong3low grade ore
- 齋果zaai1 gwo2(religious) offerings
- 引人入勝jan5 jan4 jap6 sing3to enchant
- 激浪gik1 long6Mountain Dew
- 棋屎kei4 si2not skilled enough, losing every time
- 泰匹taai3 pat1Thai baht (nowadays typically called 泰銖 taai3 zyu1)
- 纏腳帶cin4 goek3 daai2footbinding band
- 執碟zap1 dip6to clean up the dishes; to tidy the CDs
- 浮選fau4 syun2flotation process
- 尋晚黑cam4 maan5 hak1last night
- 漏窗lau6 coeng1openwork window; leaking window
- 從者cung4 ze2(literary) follower; attendant
- 道德家dou6 dak1 gaa1Daoist
- 勤密kan4 mat6often
- 碰壁pung3 bik1to hit a wall
- 海上hoi2 soeng6maritime
- 夢寐以求mung6 mei6 ji5 kau4(lit.) to yearn for sth even in one's dreams (idiom)
- 善棍sin6 gwan3people who become rich because of running charity business
- 掛礙gwaa3 ngoi6worry
- 落俗lok6 zuk6to show poor taste
- 多站do1 zaam6multistation
- 風赧fung1 naan3hives
- 逐水zuk6 seoi2to relieve oedema through purging or diuresis (Chinese medicine)
- 故紙堆gu3 zi2 deoi1a pile of old books
- 事兒si6 ji4one's employment
- 把家baa2 gaa1verb; manage household affairs, management of housework
- 寸得起cyun3 dak1 hei2have got every reason to be arrogant
- 拖肥糖to1 fei2 tong2toffee
- 白磷baak6 leon4white phosphorus
- 去死heoi3 sei2go to hell!
- 壯漢zong3 hon3well-built man
- 卜征buk1 zing1to ask oracle for war forecast
- 塔崩taap3 bang1tabun (loanword)
- 私己錢si1 gei2 cin2(noun) secret pocket money
- 帶菌者daai3 kwan2 ze2asymptomatic carrier
- 飄舞piu1 mou5to fly up
- 拆櫃caak3 gwai6devanning
- 一分為二jat1 fan1 wai4 ji6one divides into two
- 好道hou2 dou6don't tell me ...
- 大連daai6 lin4see 大連市|大连市[Da4 lian2 Shi4]
- 覺覺豬gaau4 gaau1 zyu1(slang) to go to sleep; sleeping
- 棋藝kei4 ngai6chess skill
- 姐弟ze2 dai6older sister(s) and younger brother(s)
- 箭竹zin3 zuk1bamboo (genus Fargesia)
- 豆潤dau6 jeon2dried bean curd. As the word "dry" is a taboo in Cantonese for superstitious people, the sound "moist" is used as a euphemism to represent the "dry".
- 破口大罵po3 hau2 daai6 maa6(idiom) to let out a torrent of abuse
- 打新daa2 san1(finance) to participate in an IPO (initial public offering)
- 噩運ngok6 wan6variant of 厄運|厄运[e4 yun4]
- 死於sei2 jyu1to die of; to die from
- 灌陽gun3 joeng4see 灌陽縣|灌阳县[Guan4 yang2 Xian4]
- 一觸即發jat1 cuk1 zik1 faat3could happen at any moment
- 紮紮跳zaat3 zaat3 tiu3jumping around madly (spoken)
- 忍冬jan2 dung1honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)
- 上杭soeng6 hong4see 上杭縣|上杭县[Shang4 hang2 Xian4]
- 套疊tou3 dip6overlapping
- 抵賬dai2 zoeng3to repay a debt in kind or by labor
- 適得其反sik1 dak1 kei4 faan2to produce the opposite of the desired result
- 鬼胎gwai2 toi1sinister design
- 忌食gei6 sik6(formal) to avoid (certain foods)
- 隱避jan2 bei6to hide
- 摺奏zip3 zau3memorial to the emperor (folded in accordion form)
- 極大gik6 daai6enormous; great
- 輕描淡寫hing1 miu4 daam6 se2(idiom) to treat sth as no big deal
- 好揪hou2 cau1good at fighting
- 訓釋fan3 sik1to explain
- 說媒syut3 mui4to act as a matchmaker
- 性趣sing3 ceoi3a carnal sort of interest in someone; "the hots". Derived pronunciation from 興趣. Used humorously.
- 霜花soeng1 faa1frost forming a pattern on a surface
- 東南西北dung1 naam4 sai1 bak1east, south, west and north
- 匪語fei2 jyu5derogatory term for new terminology and words originating from mainland China
- 落寞lok6 mok6lonely; desolate
- 潑物put3 mat6evil creature (curse word)
- 衡平hang4 ping4to govern
- 鴨嘴獸aap3 zeoi2 sau3platypus
- 肥仔水fei4 zai2 seoi2Gripe Water
- 媒合mui4 hap6to match up (employers and jobseekers, men and women seeking a partner, blind people and guide dogs etc)
- 旋里syun4 lei5to return home
- 釋尊sik1 zyun1another name for Sakyamuni 釋迦牟尼佛|释迦牟尼佛, the historical Buddha
- 耳窿ji5 lung1ear hole
- 食醋sik6 cou3table vinegar
- 那天naa5 tin1that day
- 循分ceon4 fan1to abide by one's duties
- 薏米ji3 mai5grains of Job's tears plant 薏苡[yi4 yi3]
- 拖油瓶to1 jau4 peng4(derog.) (of a woman) to bring one's children into a second marriage
- 淫雨jam4 jyu5excessive rain
- 天婦羅tin1 fu5 lo4tempura (loanword from Japanese)
- 油桃jau4 tou4nectarine
- 青藏高原cing1 zong6 gou1 jyun4Qinghai-Tibetan plateau
- 繳槍giu2 coeng1to lay down one's arms
- 八段錦baat3 dyun6 gam2eight-section brocade, a traditional eight-part sequence of qigong exercises
- 膠泥gaau1 nai4clay
- 能力值nang4 lik6 zik6(of games)statistic; stat
- 二重奏ji6 cung4 zau3duet (in music)
- 吞拿魚tan1 naa4 jyu2(loanword) tuna
- 牌簿paai4 bou6vehicle registration document; pink slip
- 宿分suk1 fan6predestined relationship
- 遲延ci4 jin4to delay
- 阻慢zo2 maan6to slow down
- 彼此彼此bei2 ci2 bei2 ci2(idiom) you and me both; that makes two of us
- 尿兜niu6 dau1urinal
- 雞婆gai1 po4(dialect) hen; prostitute
- 唔該晒m4 goi1 saai3thank you very much (for services received as opposed to gifts)
- 過渡金屬gwo3 dou6 gam1 suk6transition metal (chemistry)
- 橙紅caang2 hung4orange-red
- 渣滓zaa1 zi2residue
- 未亡人mei6 mong4 jan4widow (humble self-reference in former times)
- 年刊nin4 hon2an annual; a yearbook
- 磁體ci4 tai2magnet
- 磷光leon4 gwong1phosphorescence
- 不言而喻bat1 jin4 ji4 jyu6(idiom) it goes without saying; it is self-evident
- 推波助瀾teoi1 bo1 zo6 laan4to push the wave and add to the billows (idiom); to add momentum
- 帶薪daai3 san1to receive one's regular salary (while on vacation, study leave etc)
- 橡皮圖章zoeng6 pei4 tou4 zoeng1(lit. and fig.) rubber stamp
- 包羅萬象baau1 lo4 maan6 zoeng6all-embracing
- 蒙召mung4 ziu6to be called by God
- 討嫌tou2 jim4disagreeable
- 遊獵jau4 lip6to go on a hunting expedition
- 萊索托loi4 sok3 tok3Lesotho
- 撕逼si1 bik1(slang) (lit.) to tear cunt
- 遷延cin1 jin4long delay
- 舊陣時gau6 zan6 si4(noun
- 幸喜hang6 hei2fortunately
- 約翰joek3 hon6John (name)
- 碎紙機seoi3 zi2 gei1paper shredder
- 網媒mong5 mui4online media
- 慣偷gwaan3 tau1habitual thief
- 白匪baak6 fei2white bandit (i.e. Nationalist soldier)
- 揮拳fai1 kyun4to punch; to throw a punch
- 鋪敘pou1 zeoi6to explain all the details
- 尺規cek3 kwai1ruler and compass (in geometric constructions)
- 沒事mut6 si6it's not important
- 惡心ok3 sam1nausea
- 看開hon1 hoi1to come to accept an unpleasant fact
- 髒煤zong1 mui4dirty coal; muck (from a colliery)
- 一絲不掛jat1 si1 bat1 gwaa3not wearing one thread (idiom); absolutely naked
- 一網打盡jat1 mong5 daa2 zeon6lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom)
- 衡器hang4 hei3Weighing apparatus
- 授乳sau6 jyu5lactation
- 鴨蛋青aap3 daan2 ceng1pale blue
- 斜鉤ce4 ngau1(downwards-right concave hooked character stroke)
- 鮮為人知sin2 wai4 jan4 zi1rarely known to anyone (idiom); almost unknown
- 辯辭bin6 ci4an excuse
- 粗疏cou1 so1coarse
- 為兩餐wai6 loeng5 caan1(verb) to earn money for food
- 逐走zuk6 zau2to turn away
- 最早zeoi3 zou2earliest
- 賀辭ho6 ci4speech of congratulation; often presented by people with relatively high status
- 妥實to5 sat6proper
- 食環署sik6 waan4 cyu5 The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD)
- 吊杆diu3 gon1a boom (i.e. transverse beam for hanging objects)
- 分地fan1 dei6to distribute land
- 蓋世太保koi3 sai3 taai3 bou2Gestapo
- 氧割joeng5 got3to cut using oxyacetylene torch
- 突飛猛進dat6 fei1 maang5 zeon3to advance by leaps and bounds
- 宿生suk1 sang1student living in a residential hall
- 竹溪zuk1 kai1see 竹溪縣|竹溪县[Zhu2 xi1 Xian4]
- 長號coeng4 hou6trombone
- 桃李tou4 lei5(literary) one's students
- 與別不同jyu5 bit6 bat1 tung4With a difference; to stand out from the masses