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- 一總jat1 zung2altogether
- 軒然大波hin1 jin4 daai6 bo1huge waves
- 打冷震daa2 laang5 zan3(verb) to shiver; to tremble; to quiver
- 重武器cung5 mou5 hei3heavy weapon
- 本日bun2 jat6today
- 勞動報lou4 dung6 bou3Trud (Russian newspaper)
- 雙毫soeng1 hou220-cent silver coin issued during late Qing dynasty to the early Republic of China.
- 副書記fu3 syu1 gei3deputy secretary
- 手瓜硬sau2 gwaa1 ngaang6(slang) to describe someone (or an organization) who has tremendous power or authority (literally "muscular elbow")
- 正時zing3 si4timing (of an engine)
- 穿窿cyun1 lung1a hole that appears in an object due to the effect of wear and tear; (something is) holed
- 忘恩負義mong4 jan1 fu6 ji6to forget favors and violate justice (idiom); ingratitude to a friend
- 分餅仔fan1 beng2 zai2to equally share profits or something amongst a group
- 火水爐fo2 seoi2 lou4kerosene cooking stove
- 得道dak1 dou6to achieve the Dao
- 存簿cyun4 bou2savings book
- 乖順gwaai1 seon6obedient (colloquial)
- 作人zok3 jan4to conduct oneself
- 女的neoi5 dik1woman
- 印度文jan3 dou6 man4Hindī
- 涅石nip6 sek6alumen
- 彌月nei4 jyut6full moon
- 打禪daa2 sim4to meditate (of Buddhist)
- 翻譯者faan1 jik6 ze2translator
- 屢見不鮮leoi5 gin3 bat1 sin2a common occurrence (idiom)
- 高才gou1 coi4great talent; rare capability
- 勃海but6 hoi2Han dynasty province around the Bohai sea
- 呵責ho1 zaak3to abuse
- 敷布fu1 bou3medical dressing
- 敗家仔baai6 gaa1 zai2prodigal son (spoken)
- 稜角ling4 gok3edge and corner
- 關注組gwaan1 zyu3 zou2concern group
- 校譽haau6 jyu6reputation of a school
- 鼠患syu2 waan6rat infestation
- 忌服gei6 fuk6used on labels as a warning that the food or medicine should be avoided by some people or under certain conditions
- 候機室hau6 gei1 sat1departure lounge
- 歎記taan3 gei3comforatable, to enjoy a life without worries
- 風栗fung1 leot2chestnut
- 浮粉fau4 fan2cakey or blotchy make-up, usually due to improper foundation applied on dry or dehydrated skin
- 拼桌ping3 coek3to sit at a table with others with whom one is unacquainted
- 掛慮gwaa3 leoi6to worry about
- 風腸fung1 coeng4Chinese preserved sausage (slang)
- 補衫bou2 saam1to patch up a shirt or a upper wear.
- 石雀sek6 zoek3(bird species of China) rock sparrow (Petronia petronia)
- 尊駕zyun1 gaa3lit. your honored carriage
- 無聲無息mou4 sing1 mou4 sik1wordless and uncommunicative (idiom); without speaking
- 禮衣邊lai5 ji1 bin1(Chinese radical) in a component form "衤"
- 雪上加霜syut3 soeng6 gaa1 soeng1(idiom) to make matters even worse
- 威化餅wai1 faa3 beng2(noun) (food) a wafer; a waffle biscuit
- 定心丸ding6 sam1 jyun2tranquilizer
- 靠估kaau3 gu2based on guessing
- 自相矛盾zi6 soeng1 maau4 teon5to contradict oneself
- 蜂群fung1 kwan4bee colony
- 帶有daai3 jau5to have as a feature or characteristic; to have an element of (confidence, sweetness, malevolence etc); to carry (a pathogen, connotation etc)
- 煉金術lin6 gam1 seot6alchemy
- 分所fan1 so2branch (of a company etc)
- 愁苦sau4 fu2anxiety
- 劈右pek3 jau6to turn right [colloquial]
- 回耗wui4 hou3to write back
- 組建zou2 gin3to organize
- 厄境aak1 ging2difficult situation
- 四分五裂sei3 fan1 ng5 lit6(idiom) fragmented; scattered; in disarray; at sixes and sevens
- 冰壺bing1 wu2jade pot for cold water
- 水波爐seoi2 bo1 lou4superheated steam oven
- 摟錢lau1 cin2(coll.) to grab money
- 老鴇lou5 bou2female brothel keeper
- 質量數zat1 loeng6 sou3atomic weight of an element
- 皮褸pei2 lau1leather jacket
- 陽桃joeng4 tou4carambola
- 磷石leon4 sek6muscovite, mica (used in TCM)
- 慘禍caam2 wo6terrible tragedy
- 信息論seon3 sik1 leon6information theory
- 臘梅laap6 mui4wintersweet
- 預卜jyu6 buk1to foretell; to predict
- 察察caat3 caat3clean
- 早霜zou2 soeng1early frost
- 篤愛duk1 oi3to love deeply
- 擇刺zaak6 ci3to pick out the bones in a fish
- 發羊吊faat3 joeng4 diu3epilepsy
- 提心吊膽tai4 sam1 diu3 daam2(idiom) nervous; fearful; on edge
- 褸尾lau1 mei1in the end
- 下欄錢haa6 laan4 cin2bonus money earned from selling items that would have normally gone to waste, such as kitchen waste or food leftovers from eateries [written and colloquial]
- 肥壯fei4 zong3stout and strong
- 埋籠maai4 lung4livestock entering the cage
- 可分ho2 fan1can be divided (into parts)
- 脫俗tyut3 zuk6free from vulgarity
- 老中lou5 zung1(slang) Chinese people; we Chinese (often self-referential, ironic); China; the Chinese side
- 大懶蛇daai6 laan5 se4a lazy person [colloquial]
- 濯濯zok6 zok6bare and bald (of mountains)
- 紙皮箱zi2 pei4 soeng1cardboard box
- 心悸sam1 gwai3palpitation
- 摺裙zip3 kwan4pleated skirt
- 輪詢leon4 seon1(computing) to poll
- 瞬間移動seon3 gaan1 ji4 dung6Teleportation
- 妝容zong1 jung4a look (achieved by applying makeup)
- 民粹主義man4 seoi5 zyu2 ji6populism
- 見連丸gin3 lin4 jyun2quinine (loanword)
- 北燕bak1 jin1Northern Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms (409-436)
- 虐打joek6 daa2to beat someone up cruelly
- 雲紗wan4 saa1watered silk gauze; gambiered Canton silk gauze; gambiered Guangzhou silk gauze
- 舊橙gau6 caang2late-season orange
- 塌臺taap3 toi4to collapse
- 分析語fan1 sik1 jyu5analytic language
- 囊泡nong4 paau1vesicle
- 自虐zi6 joek6self-abuse; self-harm
- 趨奉ceoi1 fung6to fawn on
- 舍弟se3 dai6(humble) my younger brother
- 可吃ho2 hek3edible
- 會黨wui6 dong2anti-Qing secret societies
- 媒質mui4 zat1medium
- 即可zik1 ho2equivalent to 就可以
- 佣錢jung2 cin2commission; brokerage
- 魚絲袋jyu4 si1 doi2nylon net
- 波昂bo1 ngong4Bonn, city in Germany (Tw)
- 曲奇餅kuk1 kei4 beng2cookies
- 集刊zaap6 hon2collection of papers (published as one volume)
- 幾次gei2 ci3several times
- 病株beng6 zyu1diseased or infected plant
- 顏碎ngaan4 seoi3to grind
- 慣賊gwaan3 caak6habitual thief
- 宿草suk1 cou2grass that has grown on a grave since last year
- 退繳teoi3 giu2to make restitution
- 扁穴bin2 jyut6tonsil
- 蝦艇haa1 teng5shrimp boat
- 後顧之憂hau6 gu3 zi1 jau1fears of trouble in the rear (idiom); family worries (obstructing freedom of action)
- 脫澀tyut3 gip3to remove astringent taste
- 悸動gwai3 dung6to pound
- 禪心sim4 sam1a meditative mind
- 西斜熱sai1 ce4 jit6heat from facing a sunset (spoken)
- 藏奸cong4 gaan1to harbor evil intentions
- 日至jat6 zi3solstice
- 洗冤sai2 jyun1to right a wrong; to redress an injustice
- 截單zit6 daan1to come to a set time after which no orders are taken
- 房契fong4 kai3deed (for a house)
- 窠臼wo1 kau5stereotypical pattern
- 約出joek3 ceot1to arrange to go on a date with sb
- 耍拳saa2 kyun2to practise shadow-boxing, especially a predefined set of movements
- 不可開交bat1 ho2 hoi1 gaau1to be awfully (busy etc)
- 直言不諱zik6 jin4 bat1 wai5to speak bluntly (idiom)
- 儲幣cyu5 bai6to deposit money
- 篤實duk1 sat6loyal
- 偉器wai5 hei3great talent
- 珠豆zyu1 dau2
- 單趟daan1 tong3single trip
- 恆牙hang4 ngaa4(dentistry) permanent tooth
- 缺勤kyut3 kan4to be absent from work or school
- 訃告fu6 gou3obituary
- 一應俱全jat1 jing3 keoi1 cyun4with everything needed available
- 談妥taam4 to5to come to terms; to reach an agreement
- 砝碼faat3 maa5calibrated weight (used with a balance)
- 亭閣ting4 gok3pavilion
- 應時jing3 si4timely
- 雙氧水soeng1 joeng5 seoi2hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) solution
- 光電子gwong1 din6 zi2photoelectron
- 訃聞fu6 man4obituary
- 河灘ho4 taan1river bank; river shore; strand
- 塌實taap3 sat6variant of 踏實|踏实[ta1 shi5]
- 得心應手dak1 sam1 jing3 sau2lit. what the heart wishes, the hand accomplishes (idiom) skilled at the job
- 番鬼妹faan1 gwai2 mui1young western female (spoken)
- 呈貢cing4 gung3see 呈貢區|呈贡区[Cheng2 gong4 Qu1]
- 就便zau6 bin6at one's convenience; while one is at it
- 老的lou5 dik1a taxi [colloquial]
- 馮武fung4 mou5Feng Doubo or Feng Wu (1672-), calligrapher of the Ming-Qing transition
- 蕩失路dong6 sat1 lou6(slang) to be lost; to lose one's way
- 走出zau2 ceot1to leave (a room etc); to go out through (a door etc)
- 豎式syu6 sik1standing
- 各類gok3 leoi6all categories
- 移動性ji4 dung6 sing3mobility
- 工廠區gung1 cong2 keoi1industrial area [written and colloquial]
- 勇往直前jung5 wong5 zik6 cin4to advance bravely
- 低耗dai1 hou3low consumption (energy, fuel etc)
- 小廣播siu2 gwong2 bo3grapevine
- 球莖kau4 ging3(botany) corm
- 瓊結king4 git3see 瓊結縣|琼结县[Qiong2 jie2 Xian4]
- 嘍打lau3 daa2to want to pick a fight
- 麻纏maa4 cin4to pester
- 構成國kau3 sing4 gwok3constituent country; constituent state
- 掃灰水sou3 fui1 seoi2limewashing
- 內家noi6 gaa1
- 武壇mou5 taan4martial arts circles
- 達日daat6 jat6see 達日縣|达日县[Da2 ri4 Xian4]
- 仗腰zoeng6 jiu1to back sb up
- 義無反顧ji6 mou4 faan2 gu3honor does not allow one to glance back (idiom); duty-bound not to turn back
- 蛇鵰se4 diu1(bird species of China) crested serpent eagle (Spilornis cheela)
- 英廷jing1 ting4a popular title for the Government of the United Kingdom in Hong Kong, corresponding to the Qing court; literally: British court
- 鼻樑bei6 loeng4bridge of the nose; nose bridge
- 凍飲dung3 jam2cold drinks
- 填堵tin4 dou2to stuff
- 裡帶leoi5 daai3inner tube (of tire)
- 自食其力zi6 sik6 kei4 lik6lit. to eat off one's own strength (idiom)
- 你位nei5 wai6
- 叠米daap6 mai5wealthy [colloquial]
- 井欄zeng2 laan4foundation of a water well
- 清君側cing1 gwan1 zak1to remove the treacherous ministers surrounding the monarch (historically used as a pretext for rebellion)
- 鳥雀niu5 zoek3bird
- 啪紐baak1 nau2to snap buttons
- 鳴放ming4 fong3to fire
- 即為zik1 wai4to be considered to be
- 水汪汪seoi2 wong1 wong1watery
- 歲時seoi3 si4season