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- 渝水jyu4 seoi2old name of the Jialing River 嘉陵江[Jia1 ling2 Jiang1] in Sichuan and Chongqing
- 一溜煙jat1 lau6 jin1like a wisp of smoke
- 禪林sim4 lam4a Buddhist temple
- 要說jiu3 syut3as for
- 孤女gu1 neoi2an orphan girl
- 受禪sau6 sin6to accept abdication
- 芍藥coek3 joek6Chinese peony (Paeonia lactiflora)
- 衫夾saam1 gep2clothes peg; clothespin
- 苦趣fu2 ceoi3wretched feelings (opposite: 樂趣|乐趣, delight)
- 討巧tou2 haau2to act cleverly to get what one desires
- 中美zung1 mei5China-US
- 美中mei5 zung1US-China
- 彌滿nei4 mun5to be full
- 開映hoi1 jing2to start showing a movie
- 分內fan1 noi6within one's area of responsibility
- 故址gu3 zi2old site
- 禮俗lai5 zuk6etiquette
- 熟荒suk6 fong1abandoned land
- 御賜jyu6 ci3to be bestowed by the emperor
- 雜柴zaap6 caai4mixed firewood (inferior quality to pine firewood)
- 力度lik6 dou6strength
- 半肥瘦bun3 fei4 sau3not too fat or lean (meat)
- 乾等kin4 dang2to wait in vain; to sit around waiting
- 分當fan1 dong1as should be
- 恆溫hang4 wan1constant temperature
- 消愁siu1 sau4to relieve sadness; to relieve depression
- 盲文maang4 man4braille
- 惡誓ok3 sai6evil oath
- 野菊je5 guk1Chrysanthemum indicum
- 啃書hang2 syu1lit. to gnaw a book
- 篤底duk1 dai2bottom-most (spoken)
- 堅拒gin1 keoi5to firmly refuse
- 摺尺zip3 cek3folding ruler
- 釣友diu3 jau2fellow fishing fan
- 擊錘gik1 ceoi4hammer of a gun, it strikes the centerfire of the bullet at the bottom and fires it.
- 技癢gei6 joeng5to itch to demonstrate one's skill
- 龍陵lung4 ling4see 龍陵縣|龙陵县[Long2 ling2 Xian4]
- 新縣san1 jyun6Xin County or Xinxian, a county in Xinyang City 信陽市|信阳市[Xin4 yang2 Shi4], Henan
- 開巷hoi1 hong6used to describe an achievement that has become known to everyone
- 三次saam1 ci3third
- 丫鬟aa1 waan4servant girl
- 盲法maang4 faat3blinding
- 巧婦haau2 fu5clever wife
- 歡樂時光fun1 lok6 si4 gwong1happy time
- 長開coeng4 hoi1to grow into one's looks; (of a young person) to develop more attractive facial features as one grows older
- 夜盜蟲je6 dou6 cung4litura
- 露出lou6 ceot1to expose
- 糊名wu4 meng4(old) to seal an examinee's name on the examination paper to prevent fraud
- 色迷迷sik1 mai4 mai4see 色瞇瞇|色眯眯[se4 mi1 mi1]
- 隱跡jan2 zik1hidden tracks
- 咩事me1 si6what's happening? what's wrong?
- 營養不良jing4 joeng5 bat1 loeng4malnutrition
- 小蜜siu2 mat6(derog.) girlfriend of a married man
- 回巢wui4 caau4to work again in the company in which the person worked before; literally: to return to the nest
- 強鹼koeng4 gaan2strong alkali
- 默默無聞mak6 mak6 mou4 man4(idiom) unknown; unrenowned
- 譚仔taam5 zai2Tan Chai, name of a restaurant in Hong Kong
- 仔乸zai2 naa2mother and son (spoken)
- 愣說ling6 syut3(coll.) to insist; to allege; to assert
- 無線電波mou4 sin3 din6 bo1radio wave
- 不可告人bat1 ho2 gou3 jan4(idiom) to be kept secret; not to be divulged
- 川流不息cyun1 lau4 bat1 sik1the stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow
- 警暴ging2 bou6police brutality
- 自然力zi6 jin4 lik6Natural forces
- 心平氣和sam1 ping4 hei3 wo4tranquil and even-tempered (idiom); calmly and without stress
- 執牛耳zap1 ngau4 ji5to be the acknowledged leader (from the custom of a prince holding a plate on which lay the severed ears of a sacrificial bull at an alliance ceremony)
- 漏墨lau6 mak6(of pens) to leak ink
- 盲字maang4 zi6braille
- 分類學fan1 leoi6 hok6taxonomy
- 手閘sau2 zaap6handbrake
- 賠湯藥pui4 tong1 joek6to compensate someone for their injuries by paying for their medical fee
- 燉肉dan6 juk6to stew meat
- 一聲jat1 sing1first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone)
- 忌恨gei6 han6hate (due to envy etc)
- 雞仔餅gai1 zai2 beng2(Chinese food) Kampar chicken biscuits
- 編製pin1 zai3to weave; to plait
- 條貫tiu4 gun3(literary) systematic arrangement
- 弄虛作假lung6 heoi1 zok3 gaa2to practice fraud (idiom); by trickery
- 雞乸gai1 naa2a hen
- 驅風keoi1 fung1to purge coldness (in the Chinese medicine sense)
- 死妹釘sei2 mui1 deng1a crude way to address a young female who has done something wrong or terrible
- 胡志明市wu4 zi3 ming4 si5Ho Chi Minh City a.k.a. Saigon, Vietnam
- 雪葩syut3 baa1(loanword) sorbet
- 詳明coeng4 ming4detailed and clear
- 驅力keoi1 lik6(psychological) driving force
- 多多少少do1 do1 siu2 siu2to some extent
- 美的mei5 dik1Midea (brand)
- 鍊金術lin6 gam1 seot6alchemy;spagirism
- 和美wo4 mei5harmonious
- 稱說cing1 syut3to declare; to state
- 瘤子lau4 zi2tumor
- 窮愁kung4 sau4destitute
- 駭人聽聞haai5 jan4 ting3 man4shocking
- 益鳥jik1 niu5beneficial bird (esp. one that preys on insect pests or mice)
- 百年baak3 nin4hundred years; century
- 紮棍zaat3 gwan3to be beaten up as a punishment for breaking triad rules [colloquial]
- 微信女mei4 seon3 neoi2WeChat girl, fraudster on instant messengers persuades victims to purchase shares on stock markets, notorious of impersonating pretty young girl
- 出臺ceot1 toi4to officially launch (a policy, program etc)
- 貫氣gun3 hei3(feng shui) beneficial influence, esp. from one's ancestral graves
- 家欄雞gaa1 laan1 gai1Chickens which belong to one's own farm
- 塵爆can4 baau3dust explosion
- 校閱gaau3 jyut6to check through (a document)
- 詐語zaa3 jyu5falsehood
- 淫賊jam4 caak6a pervert
- 唔响處m4 hoeng2 syu3not here [colloquial]
- 巧辯haau2 bin6to argue skillfully or plausibly
- 薄扶林bok3 fu6 lam4Pok Fu Lam, a town situated along the south-western coast of Hong Kong Island
- 柴哇哇caai4 waa1 waa1for fun; a group of people hanging out to have fun [written and colloquial]
- 車閘ce1 zaap6brake (of a car, bicycle etc)
- 明文規定ming4 man4 kwai1 ding6expressly stipulated (in writing)
- 凶宅hung1 zaak2a residence where unnatural death, such as suicide and murder, happened
- 勾消ngau1 siu1to liquidate; to write off; to cancel
- 孫誅syun1 zyu1Sun Zhu (1711-1778), poet and compiler of Three Hundred Tang Poems 唐詩三百首|唐诗三百首[Tang2 shi1 San1 bai3 Shou3]
- 風起雲湧fung1 hei2 wan4 jung2to surge like a gathering storm (idiom)
- 光驅gwong1 keoi1CD or DVD Drive
- 價格表gaa3 gaak3 biu2price list; pricing table
- 綠豆公luk6 dau6 gung1hard green bean in the green bean soup
- 豬仔餅zyu1 zai2 beng2pig-shaped mooncakes
- 北杏bak1 hang6bitter apricot kernel
- 話咩waa6 me1Uncertain quotes
- 宿題suk1 tai4homework assignment
- 厘金lei4 gam1a form of transit taxation in China introduced to finance armies to suppress the Taiping Rebellion
- 趣劇ceoi3 kek6farce
- 對路deoi3 lou6suitable
- 寬窄fun1 zaak3width
- 旋舞syun4 mou5whirling dance
- 聖僧sing3 zang1senior monk
- 太長taai3 coeng4Too long
- 赤手空拳cek3 sau2 hung1 kyun4(idiom) with one's bare hands (unarmed – also figuratively: without assistance)
- 沙彌saa1 nei4novice Buddhist monk
- 菌傘kwan2 saan3mushroom top
- 唔淨只m4 zing6 zi2not only
- 鬥爭性dau3 zang1 sing3assertiveness
- 毋庸置疑mou4 jung4 zi3 ji4there is no doubt; needless to say; undoubtedly
- 豐饒fung1 jiu4rich and fertile
- 舒減syu1 gaam2to ease; to relieve
- 釘書釘deng1 syu1 deng1staples
- 志同道合zi3 tung4 dou6 hap6(idiom) to be devoted to a common cause; to be like-minded
- 居住者geoi1 zyu6 ze2inhabitant
- 一廂情願jat1 soeng1 cing4 jyun6one's own wishful thinking
- 枕席zam2 zik6mat used to cover a pillow
- 最低工資zeoi3 dai1 gung1 zi1the minimum wage
- 樂陵lok3 ling4see 樂陵市|乐陵市[Lao4 ling2 Shi4]
- 紅籌股hung4 cau4 gu2red chip stocks (Chinese company stocks incorporated outside mainland China and listed in the Hong Kong stock exchange)
- 怨唱jyun3 coeng3to whine, to complain, to blame
- 單盲daan1 maang4single-blind (scientific experiment)
- 箭桿zin3 gon1arrow shaft
- 後巷hau6 hong2back alley
- 百家爭鳴baak3 gaa1 zang1 ming4a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC
- 偉觀wai5 gun1magnificent vista
- 宗教團zung1 gaau3 tyun4religious order
- 批閱pai1 jyut6to read through to evaluate
- 傾家蕩產king1 gaa1 dong6 caan2to lose a family fortune (idiom)
- 猶豫不決jau4 jyu4 bat1 kyut3hesitancy
- 禾造wo4 zou6rice harvesting
- 早上好zou2 soeng6 hou2Good morning!
- 奪偶dyut6 ngau5to contend for a mate
- 證明力zing3 ming4 lik6probative value
- 少之又少siu2 zi1 jau6 siu2very few; very little
- 凸邊dat6 bin1rim
- 牙擦擦ngaa4 caat3 caat3someone who likes to brag; cocky
- 打棚daa2 paang4(dialect) to joke
- 洪發山hung4 faat3 saan1another name for 14K, a triad gang [colloquial]
- 冰山一角bing1 saan1 jat1 gok3tip of the iceberg
- 羊桃joeng4 tou4variant of 楊桃|杨桃[yang2 tao2]
- 涅瓦nip6 ngaa5the Nyeva or Neva river (through St Petersburg)
- 滂沱pong4 to4pouring
- 雙拐soeng1 gwaai2crutches
- 乾陵kin4 ling4Qianling at Xianyang 咸陽市|咸阳市 in Shaanxi, burial site of third Tang emperor 高宗 and empress Wuzetian 武則天|武则天
- 流鶯lau4 ang1euphemism for street prostitutes
- 走進zau2 zeon3to enter; to step into
- 備荒bei6 fong1to prepare against natural disasters
- 所寫so2 se2Written by
- 任重道遠jam6 zung6 dou6 jyun5a heavy load and a long road
- 大外daai6 ngoi6abbr. for 大連外國語大學|大连外国语大学[Da4 lian2 Wai4 guo2 yu3 Da4 xue2]
- 所剩無幾so2 zing6 mou4 gei2there is not much left
- 尤其係jau4 kei4 hai6particularly; especially
- 胴體dung6 tai2carcass
- 斑驢baan1 leoi4noun; Equus quagga; quagga; steppe zebra
- 驅病keoi1 beng6wards off disease
- 修撰sau1 zaan6to compile
- 新市san1 si5see 新市區|新市区[Xin1 shi4 Qu1]
- 大獎daai6 zoeng2prize
- 鏗鏘hang1 coeng1sonorous
- 對摳deoi3 kau1half and half mix together
- 看得中hon3 dak1 zung1to take a liking for
- 流鼻血lau4 bei6 hyut3to bleed from the nose
- 逐退zuk6 teoi3to drive back (attackers)
- 形成層jing4 sing4 cang4vascular cambium (layer of tissue responsible for growth inside wood)
- 與時俱進jyu5 si4 keoi1 zeon3abreast of modern developments
- 秦腔ceon4 hong1Qinqiang, an opera style popular in northwest China, possibly originating in Ming dynasty folk music
- 平均數ping4 gwan1 sou2mean (statistics)
- 掉臂diu6 bei3to swing one's arm widely and walk off, meaning not caring at all
- 鼻鼾bei6 hon4snore
- 對美deoi3 mei5(policy etc) towards America
- 械繫haai6 hai6to arrest and shackle
- 粗齋cou1 zaai1braised vegetables
- 掟煲deng3 bou1(v.) (slang) to break up with a loved one (from a romantic relationship)
- 攬頭laam5 tau2a contractor (shipping company terminology)
- 代代相傳doi6 doi6 soeng1 cyun4passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down