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- 冷澀laang5 gip3cold and sluggish
- 失枕sat1 zam2a crick in the neck
- 旋流syun4 lau4rotating flow
- 磷火leon4 fo2phosphorescence
- 持之以恆ci4 zi1 ji5 hang4to pursue unremittingly (idiom); to persevere
- 薪傳san1 cyun4(of knowledge, skill etc) to be passed on from teachers to students, one generation to another, abbr. for 薪盡火傳|薪尽火传[xin1 jin4 huo3 chuan2]
- 螺號lo4 hou6conch
- 探尺taam3 cek3dipstick
- 奸黨gaan1 dong2a clique of traitors
- 花柳病faa1 lau5 beng6sexually transmitted disease; venereal disease
- 枕木zam2 muk6railroad tie
- 塊壘faai3 leoi5gloom
- 扭擺nau2 baai2to twist and sway (one's body)
- 卜泥buk1 nai4booklice
- 免翁min5 jung1mignon
- 增肌zang1 gei1to gain muscles
- 憂容jau1 jung4(literary) worried facial expression
- 耗用hou3 jung6to consume; to use
- 磁片ci4 pin2magnetic disk
- 裹腳gwo2 goek3foot-binding
- 通徹tung1 cit3to understand completely
- 體弱多病tai2 joek6 do1 beng6prone to illness
- 便是bin6 si6(emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated)
- 好正hou2 zeng3adj; very good
- 捉痛腳zuk1 tung3 goek3reveal one's scandal; target one's weakness (spoken)
- 宿處suk1 cyu3lodging house
- 啓智kai2 zi3to enlighten; to open one's mind
- 昆水kwan1 seoi2to con somebody out of their money ; to scam ; literally: deceive the water
- 起更hei2 gaang1to begin to sound the night watches (in the olden days); the start of the night watch hours
- 革扯gaak3 ce2to sack; to remove from office
- 耗子hou3 zi2(dialect) mouse; rat
- 檢屍gim2 si1autopsy
- 站地zaam6 dei6stop (on a bus or train route)
- 衣兜ji1 dau1pocket
- 交臂gaau1 bei3linking arms
- 小衝突siu2 cung1 dat6skirmish
- 咬兜ngaau5 dau1to smoke a pipe [colloquial]
- 打小報告daa2 siu2 bou3 gou3(coll.) to tattletale; to rat on sb
- 公毫gung1 hou4centigram
- 捐棄gyun1 hei3to relinquish
- 約契joek3 kai3contract
- 食物中毒sik6 mat6 zung3 duk6food poisoning
- 售後服務sau6 hau6 fuk6 mou6after-sales service
- 勁烈ging6 lit6violent
- 鍵帽gin6 mou2keycap
- 說明書syut3 ming4 syu1(technical) manual
- 做小姐zou6 siu2 ze2to be an escort in a nightclub; to be a prostitute [written and colloquial]
- 廢渣fai3 zaa1industrial waste product
- 怨聲jyun3 seng1wail
- 見得gin3 dak1to seem
- 聖胎sing3 toi1immortal body (of born again Daoist)
- 魚尾紋jyu4 mei5 man4crow's feet
- 利賓納lei6 ban1 naap6Ribena
- 寄贈gei3 zang6to send; to give someone a gift by post
- 一分子jat1 fan6 zi2member of a group; part of a whole
- 獵獲lip6 wok6hunted prey
- 運動病wan6 dung6 beng6car sickness
- 攤曬taan1 saai3to lay sth out to dry
- 唔順超m4 seon6 ciu1one as on eyesore for another
- 數據段sou3 geoi3 dyun6data segment
- 腦充血nou5 cung1 hyut3stroke
- 八陣圖baat3 zan6 tou4Stone Sentinel Maze, an array of rocks and boulders thought to be conjured by Zhuge Liang based on the concept of the eight trigrams used in Taoist cosmology
- 天等tin1 dang2see 天等縣|天等县[Tian1 deng3 Xian4]
- 隔阻gaak3 zo2(to block and) to separate
- 瓊乾king4 gon1to dry
- 黃竹坑wong4 zuk1 haang1Wong Chuk Hang, a town on Hong Kong Island where the Hong Kong Police Training School and Ocean Park is located
- 分子料理fan6 zi2 liu6 lei5molecular gastronomy
- 身體力行san1 tai2 lik6 hang4to practice what one preaches (idiom)
- 隆乳lung4 jyu5breast enlargement
- 側壁zak1 bik3side wall
- 運輸帶wan6 syu1 daai2conveyor belt
- 百寶箱baak3 bou2 soeng1treasure chest
- 牙呀仔ngaa4 ngaa1 zai2infant (old slang)
- 漸快zim6 faai3to speed up gradually
- 淡靜daam6 zing6sluggish; slack
- 唔覺意m4 gok3 ji3(adverb) unconsciously; unintentionally; insentiently
- 荒草fong1 cou2weeds
- 廷布ting4 bou3Thimphu, capital of Bhutan
- 鎖吶so2 naap6variant of 嗩吶|唢呐[suo3 na4]
- 雙重標準soeng1 cung4 biu1 zeon2double standard
- 戴菊daai3 guk1(bird species of China) goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
- 撈佬laau1 lou2derogatory address by Cantonese to male adults from Northern China; see 撈鬆 laau1 sung1 for the origin
- 千千萬萬cin1 cin1 maan6 maan6lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers
- 非洲和尚fei1 zau1 wo4 soeng2hated by everyone (slang)
- 空窗期hung1 coeng1 kei4window period (time between infection and the appearance of detectable antibodies)
- 碳足印taan3 zuk1 jan3carbon footprint
- 展開圖zin2 hoi1 tou4expanded view
- 候駕hau6 gaa3to await (your) gracious presence
- 奶汁naai5 zap1milk from a woman's breast
- 兜友dau1 jau2a guy; a few guys; to recruit people to join a gang [colloquial]
- 提薪tai4 san1to receive a raise in salary
- 反骨仔faan2 gwat1 zai2a disloyal person who betrayed someone
- 知趣zi1 ceoi3to act tactfully
- 此事ci2 si6this matter
- 租售zou1 sau6to let/lease or to sell
- 野徑je5 ging3country path
- 宿包suk1 baau1one with body odour caused by sweating
- 摟打lau3 daa2To be so obnoxious as to be inviting physical violence
- 馬克maa5 hak1Mark (name)
- 低昂dai1 ngong4ups and down
- 曉飛hiu2 fei1to know how to fly; to be incredibly smart and exceptional
- 醇化seon4 faa3alcoholization;alcoholize
- 大褸daai6 lau1(noun) a coat
- 博茨瓦納bok3 ci4 ngaa5 nap6Botswana
- 浪跡long6 zik1to roam about
- 拆售caak3 sau6to sell separately
- 拉腸laai1 coeng2noun; Steamed Rice Noodles roll
- 豎子syu6 zi2chap
- 黃蜂竇wong4 fung1 dau3a vespiary (a wasp's nest); a hornet's nest (can be used in a metarphoric sense to describe someone unpleasant)
- 炸糕zaa3 gou1fried glutinous rice dough cake
- 只愛zi2 oi3
- 唔單止m4 daan1 zi2not only
- 埋齋maai4 zaai1to finish a game; figuratively, to finish
- 唉唉aai1 aai1(onom.) sighing voice
- 打造daa2 zou6to forge (metal)
- 抵拒dai2 keoi5to resist
- 接到zip3 dou3to receive (letter etc)
- 安然無恙on1 jin4 mou4 joeng6safe and sound (idiom)
- 組織力zou2 zik1 lik6ability to organise
- 中褸zung1 lau1overcoat
- 質譜儀zat1 pou2 ji4mass spectrometer
- 冰糕bing1 gou1ice-cream
- 毫巴hou4 baa1millibar (mbar or mb), unit of pressure (equal to hectopascal)
- 瑞郎seoi6 long2abbreviation for Swiss franc
- 遺妻wai4 cai1widow
- 有口齒jau5 hau2 ci2a man of his words; one keeping to promises made
- 癮到jan5 dou3to feel the urge to take drugs inorder to satisfy an addiction [colloquial]
- 信用咭seon3 jung6 kaat1a credit card
- 起死回生hei2 sei2 wui4 sang1to rise from the dead (idiom); fig. an unexpected recovery
- 督責duk1 zaak3to supervise
- 那邊naa5 bin1over there
- 宰客zoi2 haak3to cheat customers
- 貝丘bui3 jau1shell mound
- 垃圾嘢laap6 saap3 je5rubbish
- 巨蟹geoi6 haai5Cancer (star sign)
- 勃發but6 faat3to sprout up; to flourish; (of war etc) to break out
- 搪瓷tong4 ci4enamel
- 竹絲雞zuk1 si1 gai1black-boned chicken
- 過道gwo3 dou6passageway
- 市中si5 zung1see 市中區|市中区[Shi4 zhong1 Qu1]
- 裸眼lo2 ngaan5naked eye
- 于洪jyu4 hung4see 于洪區|于洪区[Yu2 hong2 Qu1]
- 煥然一新wun6 jin4 jat1 san1to look completely new (idiom); brand new
- 邁阿密maai6 aa3 mat6Miami (Florida)
- 灑落saa2 lok6to fall downward in a scattered, lightly sprinkled manner (as light, petals, leaves etc)
- 清補涼cing1 bou2 loeng2ching bo leung, an icy, sweet dessert soup
- 屈打成招wat1 daa2 sing4 ziu1to obtain confessions under torture
- 唯心主義wai4 sam1 zyu2 ji6philosophy of idealism, the doctrine that external reality is a product of consciousness
- 五柳魚ng5 lau5 jyu2a fish dish in Chinese cooking, which it is categorized as Sichuan or Hangzhou cuisine
- 重慶大廈cung4 hing3 daai6 haa6Chungking Mansions, a building in Hong Kong,China
- 頭鎚tau4 ceoi4header in soccer
- 怨命jyun3 ming6to complain about one's fate
- 圍兜wai4 dau1bib
- 星加坡sing1 gaa3 bo1Singapore
- 搖身一變jiu4 san1 jat1 bin3to change shape in a single shake
- 韓國語hon4 gwok3 jyu5Korean language
- 豬頸肉zyu1 geng2 juk6pork collar; pork neck meat
- 犯愁faan6 sau4to worry
- 婕妤zit3 jyu4second-rank concubine (title for an imperial concubine ranked two levels below the empress)
- 往陣時wong5 zan6 si2noun; during back then; in the past
- 劃朵waak6 do2to write a letter [colloquial]
- 訣別kyut3 bit6to bid farewell
- 立誓laap6 sai6to vow; to take oath; to swear
- 切醋cit3 cou3Chinese dark red vinegar, to have with noodles or crabs
- 禁漁gam3 jyu4ban on fishing
- 上黨soeng6 dong2see 上黨區|上党区[Shang4 dang3 Qu1]
- 將死zoeng1 sei2to checkmate (in chess)
- 無恙mou4 joeng6in good health
- 菜芯coi3 sam1choisum; choy sum; flowering Chinese cabbage
- 肥效fei4 haau6effectiveness of fertilizer
- 小開siu2 hoi1(dialect) boss's son
- 總要zung2 jiu3nevertheless
- 風褸fung1 lau1a windbreaker (clothing)
- 溜槽lau6 cou4sluice
- 伏辯fuk6 bin6variant of 服辯|服辩[fu2 bian4]
- 隱形眼鏡jan2 jing4 ngaan5 geng2contact lens
- 黨媒dong2 mui4media controlled by and representing a political party
- 作者權zok3 ze2 kyun4copyright
- 侵奪cam1 dyut6To take away (in an aggressive manner)
- 統一體tung2 jat1 tai2whole
- 油旋jau4 syun4Youxuan, a kind of a pastry
- 冇着落mou5 zoek6 lok6no place to settle
- 優化jau1 faa3to optimize
- 直截了當zik6 zit3 liu5 dong3direct and plainspoken (idiom); blunt
- 愛漂亮oi3 piu3 loeng6to like looking attractive (usually of girls)
- 敬啟ging3 kai2respectful closing to a letter
- 模特mou4 dak6(fashion) model (loanword)
- 梗約gang2 joek3see 死約
- 黑腸hak1 coeng2penis of a black man; figuratively, nigger; african man
- 因之jan1 zi1for this reason
- 氣潭hei3 taam4air pocket
- 遺稿wai4 gou2surviving manuscript
- 扒龍船paa4 lung4 syun4to row a dragon boat
- 順理成章seon6 lei5 sing4 zoeng1logical
- 癮頭jan5 tau4craving
- 佛壇fat6 taan4Butsudan
- 大橋daai6 kiu4Da Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], the two great beauties of ancient China
- 浮貼fau4 tip3to glue something lightly enough that it can be removed later
- 自讓zi6 joeng6
- 三星saam1 sing1Samsung (South Korean electronics company)