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- 墨丸mak6 jyun2short form for 墨魚丸 mak6 jyu4 jyun2; meatball made from cuttlefish meat
- 耳仔軟ji5 zai2 jyun5describes a person who easily gets persuaded or convinced by others; easily swayed; literally 'soft ears'
- 後心hau6 sam1middle of the back
- 啞光aa2 gwong1matte
- 暌違kwai4 wai4(literary) to be separated (from a friend, one's homeland etc) for a period of time
- 將種zoeng3 zung2
- 指揮者zi2 fai1 ze2conductor
- 卜帽bok1 mou2skullcap
- 蒲魚pou4 jyu2a common name of stingray, manta ray living in the sea near Guangdong
- 消彌siu1 mei4to bring an end to the bad phenomenon
- 鳳台fung6 toi4see 鳳台縣|凤台县[Feng4 tai2 Xian4]
- 繁博faan4 bok3numerous and wide-ranging
- 伊斯坦堡ji1 si1 taan2 bou2(Tw) Istanbul
- 既然之gei3 jin4 zi1see 既然 gei3jin4
- 開暢hoi1 coeng3happy and carefree
- 即便zik1 bin6even if
- 能廚lan1 cyu2lunch
- 啞語aa2 jyu5sign language
- 積漸zik1 zim6gradually
- 翹盼kiu4 paan3to long for
- 謊價fong1 gaa3inflated price
- 保羅bou2 lo4Paul
- 浮淺fau4 cin2skin-deep; superficial; shallow
- 墨魚站mak6 jyu4 zaam6noun; station for checking vehicle which releases excessive exhaust fumes
- 至無zi3 mou4
- 派出paai3 ceot1to send
- 映像jing2 zoeng6reflection
- 漁穫jyu4 wok6the catch (from fishing)
- 遊糊jau4 wu2the most popular style in Dongguan pai (東莞牌)
- 彌蒙nei4 mung4impenetrable thick fog or smoke
- 講到gong2 dou3to talk about sth
- 死區sei2 keoi1dead zone
- 再接再厲zoi3 zip3 zoi3 lai6to continue the struggle (idiom); to persist
- 繩墨sing4 mak6lit. carpenter's straight line marker
- 僵住goeng1 zyu6motionless
- 麥霸mak6 baa3mic hog
- 膩子nei6 zi2putty (same as 泥子)
- 凌雜ling4 zaap6in disorder
- 立時間lap6 si4 gaan1in a flash (less common than 霎時間 saap3 si4 gaan1)
- 怨艾jyun3 ngaai6to resent
- 褸丘lau1 jau1to dress very shabbily in rags
- 疾雷zat6 leoi4thunderbolt; a metaphor to describe the speed at which something has happened, similar to the use of the expression 'lightning speed' in English
- 壽星女sau6 sing1 neoi2noun; the birthday girl
- 摘帽zaak6 mou2lit. to take off a hat
- 偷偷摸摸tau1 tau1 mo1 mo1(idiom) surreptitious; sneaky
- 勢不可擋sai3 bat1 ho2 dong2see 勢不可當|势不可当[shi4 bu4 ke3 dang1]
- 即由zik1 jau4namely
- 餘輝jyu4 fai1variant of 餘暉|余晖[yu2 hui1]
- 官桂gun1 gwai3Chinese cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia)
- 則已zak1 ji5(literary) used in expressions of the form 不[bu4] + (verb) + 則已|则已[ze2 yi3] ... "either don't (verb) at all, or if you do, ..."
- 歡顏fun1 ngaan4a happy face
- 霉病mui4 beng6mildew
- 大花筒daai6 faa1 tung4a spendthrift; an extravagant spender
- 發達國faat3 daat6 gwok3developed nation
- 番枝faan1 zi1suger-apple; cherimoya; literally: foreign lychee
- 貨棚fo3 paang4covered stall
- 趟櫳tong3 lung2a whoose cage sliding door (a Chinese style sliding door used in the olden days as a security door)
- 扮豪baan6 hou4to act as if one is wealthy [colloquial]
- 菌苗kwan2 miu4vaccine
- 雄蜂hung4 fung1drone (bee)
- 罪有應得zeoi6 jau5 jing1 dak1guilty and deserves to be punished (idiom); entirely appropriate chastisement
- 陀錶to4 biu1pocket watch
- 沒得說mut6 dak1 syut3really good
- 及時性kap6 si4 sing3timeliness
- 契娘kai3 noeng4godmother; female who treat a young person as if he/she is his child; nominal mother
- 鋸工goe3 gung1a sawyer
- 爆馬欄baau3 maa5 laam2to stay in a hotel room [colloquial]
- 蠢笨ceon2 ban6stupid
- 你副nei5 fu3
- 暴力法bou6 lik6 faat3violent method
- 旦角daan2 gok3dan, female roles in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors)
- 槓夫gong3 fu1pole carrier
- 諾貝爾nok6 bui3 ji5Nobel (Prize)
- 藍籌股laam4 cau4 gu2blue chip stock
- 尾韻mei5 wan5rhyme
- 鹽灘jim4 taan1salt flats
- 四眼佬sei3 ngaan5 lou2(noun) a man who wears glasses
- 鋸片goe3 pin2saw blade
- 高名gou1 ming4renown
- 咋咋聲zaa4 zaa2 seng1Quick
- 心說sam1 syut3(coll.) to think to oneself
- 死去sei2 heoi3to die
- 一處jat1 cyu3a place
- 連用lin4 jung6to use (two words etc) together
- 感情線gam2 cing4 sin3Heart Line (Love Line), one of the three major lines in Chinese palm reading.
- 虛誇heoi1 kwaa1to boast
- 功耗gung1 hou3electric consumption
- 傾佩king1 pui3to admire greatly
- 紗麗saa1 lai6(loanword) sari
- 新學san1 hok6new learning
- 未戒奶mei6 gaai3 naai5young and immature [colloquial]
- 子虛烏有zi2 heoi1 wu1 jau5(idiom) to have no basis in fact; to be the product of sb's imagination
- 孭飛me1 fei1to take responsibility
- 近地點gan6 dei6 dim2apsis
- 地蠟dei6 laap6floor wax
- 紙盆zi2 pun4paper cone used as hailer
- 主人家zyu2 jan4 gaa1host
- 鮮烈sin1 lit6fresh and intense
- 先時sin1 si4in the beginning; earlier on
- 土瓜灣tou2 gwaa1 waan4To Kwa Wan, a district in central Kowloon, Hong Kong
- 所有者so2 jau5 ze2proprietor
- 唔抵得m4 dai2 dak1jealous or envy of someone
- 盲塞mang4 sak1stubborn; prim; reluctant to take advice
- 義不容辭ji6 bat1 jung4 ci4not to be shirked without dishonor (idiom)
- 生物戰sang1 mat6 zin3germ warfare
- 陰枝jam1 zi1shaded tree branches
- 實分析sat6 fan1 sik1real analysis
- 小受siu2 sau6(slang) bottom (in a homosexual relationship)
- 脫盲tyut3 maang4to acquire literacy
- 較大gaau3 daai6comparatively large
- 洋腸joeng4 coeng2white men
- 俗辣zuk6 laat6(slang) (Tw) coward; paper tiger; a nobody (from Taiwanese 卒仔, Tai-lo pr. [tsut-á])
- 帶走daai3 zau2to carry; to take away
- 簡繁gaan2 faan4simple versus traditional (Chinese characters)
- 十八sap6 baat3eighteen
- 如影隨形jyu4 jing2 ceoi4 jing4(lit.) as the shadow follows the body (idiom)
- 蠢驢ceon2 leoi4silly ass
- 蝻蛇naam4 se4python; boa constrictor
- 衰女包seoi1 neoi2 baau1slang for a badly behaved young woman; often used by parents scolding a daughter
- 撩開liu4 hoi1to push aside (clothing, curtain etc) to reveal something; to toss aside
- 遠地點jyun5 dei6 dim2apogee
- 十五sap6 ng5fifteen
- 春暖花開ceon1 nyun5 faa1 hoi1(lit.) springtime when the weather is warm and flowers are in bloom (idiom)
- 八年baat3 nin4eight years
- 默示mak6 si6to hint
- 蒲飛pou4 fei1transliteration of "buffet"
- 盈月jing4 jyut6waning moon
- 洗盆sai2 pun4basin (water container)
- 大埔墟daai6 bou3 heoi1the name of a place in Hong Kong: Tai Po Market
- 來台loi4 toi4to come to Taiwan
- 聞所未聞man4 so2 mei6 man4unheard of
- 盲端maang4 dyun1cecum (start of the colon, linking it to small intestine)
- 纏絡cin4 lok3to wind around
- 孭帶me1 daai2the straps of a bag; a suspender
- 站起zaam6 hei2to get up on hind legs (esp. of horse)
- 斜肌ce4 gei1diagonal muscle
- 同爲tung4 wai4
- 僕冰buk6 bing1to inhale vapourised meth
- 詳夢coeng4 mung6to analyze dreams (for fortune-telling)
- 酒缸zau2 gong1wine jar
- 變本加厲bin3 bun2 gaa1 lai6lit. change to more severe (idiom); to become more intense (esp. of shortcoming)
- 卵模leon2 mou4ootype (site of egg composition in flatworm biology)
- 擰緊ning6 gan2to tighten something by twisting
- 蒲臺pou4 toi4Po Toi, an island in Hong Kong
- 毛孩mou4 haai4furry pets, such as cats or dogs
- 攬硬laam2 ngaang6to fully support; to protect [colloquial]
- 麪筋min6 gan1gluten ----
- 住地zyu6 dei6living area
- 潛蹤cim4 zung1in hiding
- 靜岡zing6 gong1Shizuoka (prefecture in Japan)
- 解悟gaai2 ng6to understand; to comprehend; to grasp the meaning
- 油鋸jau4 geoi3a gasoline powered chain saw
- 老頭lou5 tau4old fellow
- 花豹faa1 paau3leopard
- 名稱權ming4 cing1 kyun4copyright
- 聖誕咭sing3 daan3 kaat1christmas card
- 宏亮wang4 loeng6variant of 洪亮[hong2 liang4]
- 冷盆laang5 pun4cold dish
- 脂酸zi1 syun1see 脂肪酸[zhi1 fang2 suan1]
- 復萌fuk6 mang4to germinate again
- 槓架gong3 gaa2horizontal bar; high bar
- 息肩sik1 gin1(literary) to put down one's burden
- 散逸saan3 jat6to disperse and escape; to dissipate
- 高縣gou1 jyun6Gao County or Gaoxian, a county in Yibin City 宜賓市|宜宾市[Yi2 bin1 Shi4], Sichuan
- 幼嫩jau3 nyun6weak; tender; can be easily broken
- 脫脂tyut3 zi1to remove fat
- 全神貫注cyun4 san4 gun3 zyu3(idiom) to concentrate one's attention completely; with rapt attention
- 太陽能板taai3 joeng4 nang4 baan2solar panel
- 祝融zuk1 jung4Zhurong, god of fire in Chinese mythology (sometimes used allusively, as in 毀於祝融|毁于祝融[hui3 yu2 Zhu4 rong2] "destroyed by fire")
- 咔嚓kaa4 caat4(onom.) breaking or snapping
- 蜜絲mat6 si1The direct translation of "Miss" (unmarried girl).
- 一擔擔jat1 daam3 daam1(adjective) alike; similar; as same as; identical; two of a kind; tweedledum and tweedledee
- 怕咩paa3 me1What are you afraid of?
- 漏壺lau6 wu2water clock
- 懸岩jyun4 ngaam4cliff
- 音樂感jam1 ngok6 gam2a person's sensitivity, knowledge or talent for music
- 東山再起dung1 saan1 zoi3 hei2lit. to return to office after living as a hermit on Mount Dongshan (idiom); fig. to make a comeback
- 油缸jau4 gong1fuel tank; gas tank; usually referring to those in vehicles
- 棕紅zung1 hung4reddish brown
- 逆時針jik6 si4 zam1anticlockwise
- 跳飛機tiu3 fei1 gei1hopscotch
- 膩口nei6 hau2for describing food that are so oily, fat, or rich to the extent that it makes one full and lose appetite
- 非要fei1 jiu3to want absolutely; to insist on (doing sth)
- 央視joeng1 si6China Central Television (CCTV), abbr. for 中國中央電視台|中国中央电视台[Zhong1 guo2 Zhong1 yang1 Dian4 shi4 tai2]
- 資遣zi1 hin2to dismiss with severance pay
- 恒常hang4 soeng4constant, permanent, unchanging
- 各級gok3 kap1all levels
- 裡便leoi5 bin6inside (spoken)
- 滴灌dik6 gun3to drip irrigate
- 槓刀gong3 dou1to sharpen a knife (or razor etc)
- 省悟sing2 ng6to wake up to reality
- 中法zung1 faat3China-France; Sino-French
- 相依為命soeng1 ji1 wai4 ming6mutually dependent for life (idiom); to rely upon one another for survival
- 獅城si1 sing4the Lion City, nickname for Singapore 新加坡[Xin1 jia1 po1]
- 馬靴maa5 hoe1riding boots
- 多才多藝do1 coi4 do1 ngai6multitalented
- 呢道ni1 dou6here [colloquial]
- 搏動bok3 dung6to beat rhythmically
- 叢談cung4 taam4discussion
- 聘問ping3 man6international exchange of visits