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- 褲囊fu3 nong6trouser legs
- 家蠅gaa1 jing4house fly
- 揉磨jau4 mo4to torment
- 說服力seoi3 fuk6 lik6persuasiveness
- 仿宋fong2 sung3imitation Song dynasty typeface
- 闊步fut3 bou6to stride forward
- 厘印lei4 jan3Stamp duty
- 釣鉤diu3 ngau1fishhook
- 辰星san4 sing1Mercury in traditional Chinese astronomy
- 棕黃zung1 wong4light brown
- 無道mou4 dou6tyrannical
- 電子錶din6 zi2 biu1electric watch; electronic watch; digital watch
- 跎槍to4 coeng1to carry to gun; to be armed; to work in the police force [colloquial]
- 沖澡cung1 cou3to take a shower
- 自由身zi6 jau4 san1free agent
- 家道gaa1 dou6family financial circumstances
- 泉湧cyun4 jung2to gush
- 車齡ce1 ling4number of years of use of a vehicle; literally: car age
- 長篇大論coeng4 pin1 daai6 leon6long and useless speech or conversation (idiom)
- 泵機bam1 gei1Providing mechanical ventilation for patients.
- 棕黑zung1 hak1dark brown
- 家長信gaa1 zoeng2 seon3parents' letter
- 玻片bo1 pin3glass slide for medical sample
- 控股hung3 gu2to own a controlling number of shares in a company
- 撓率naau4 leot2the torsion (of a space curve)
- 祿位luk6 wai6official rank and salary
- 警鈴ging2 ling4alarm bell
- 多多事實do1 do1 si6 sat6troublesome; overly demanding; to talk too much [colloquial]
- 斷擔挑tyun5 daam3 tiu1the living costs and burden from having many children are too heavy to take up
- 鵬鳥paang4 niu5roc (mythical bird of prey)
- 做生日zou6 saang1 jat6to celebrate a birthday
- 芭樂baa1 lok6guava (loanword from Taiwanese)
- 有目共睹jau5 muk6 gung6 dou2anyone with eyes can see it (idiom); obvious to all
- 刨馬paau4 maa5to study horse racing seriously (and place bet)
- 飄搖piu1 jiu4floating in the wind
- 孩提haai4 tai4(literary) infant
- 墳穴fan4 jyut6grave
- 初速度co1 cuk1 dou6Initial Velocity
- 嬌紅giu1 hung4tender pink
- 渠縣keoi4 jyun6Qu County or Quxian, a county in Dazhou City 達州市|达州市[Da2 zhou1 Shi4], Sichuan
- 磁釘ci4 deng1button magnet (to use on whiteboards, refrigerator doors etc)
- 扒糕paa4 gou1buckwheat pudding (snack of buckwheat noodles with sauce)
- 撫琴fu2 kam4to play the zither
- 於焉jyu1 jin4(classical) see 於是|于是[yu2 shi4]
- 情報處cing4 bou3 cyu3intelligence office; intelligence section
- 跟開gan1 hoi1
- 枝炮zi1 paau3a gun [colloquial]
- 耐唔中noi6 m4 zung1sometimes or once in a blue moon; occasionally
- 開吃hoi1 hek3to start eating
- 香桂hoeng1 gwai3see 桂皮[gui4 pi2], Chinese cinnamon
- 推陳出新teoi1 can4 ceot1 san1to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
- 躍層joek6 cang4duplex (apartment)
- 手工藝品sau2 gung1 ngai6 ban2arts and crafts; handicrafts
- 徑庭ging3 ting4completely different
- 有水jau5 seoi2supplied with water (of a house)
- 撈婆laau1 po2derogatory address by Cantonese to female adults from Northern China; see 撈鬆 laau1 sung1 for the origin
- 薦言zin3 jin4to recommend (in words)
- 餘韻jyu4 wan5pleasant lingering effect
- 生物量sang1 mat6 loeng6biomass
- 裸婚lo2 fan1lit. naked wedding
- 疑獄ji4 juk6a hard legal case to judge
- 外江佬ngoi6 gong1 lou2noun; one who come from another province or other side of the river (indicating Yangtze or Yellow River as the border); one who come from Mainland China to Hong Kong; discriminatory in meaning
- 劫寨gip3 zaai6to seize a stronghold
- 真愛zan1 oi3true love
- 耶加達je4 gaa1 daat6Jakarta, Indonesia's capital city
- 燃香jin4 hoeng1to burn incense
- 奶皇包naai5 wong4 baau1variant of 奶黃包|奶黄包[nai3 huang2 bao1]
- 去撩heoi3 leu5Previously used in Fat Saan, Dong Guag, Hoi Ping, means to stroll, to have a walk, extendedly means to gossip, to hang out. It is still using in rural areas of Canton Province and Ethnic Chinese communities in South-east Asia like Malaysia.
- 旅行家leoi5 haang4 gaa1traveller
- 寸步難行cyun3 bou6 naan4 hang4unable to move a single step (idiom)
- 合憲hap6 hin3to accord to the constitution
- 二叔公ji6 suk1 gung1Second elder uncle
- 心下sam1 haa6in mind
- 啟動區kai2 dung6 keoi1boot sector (computing)
- 饞鬼caam4 gwai2glutton; greedy pig
- 點發dim2 faat3to fire in bursts
- 萬花筒maan6 faa1 tung4kaleidoscope
- 污損wu1 syun2to contaminate
- 碰磁pung3 ci4variant of 碰瓷[peng4 ci2]
- 一步步jat1 bou6 bou6step by step; progressively
- 地書dei6 syu1writing on the ground with a large brush dipped in water
- 當下dong1 haa6immediately
- 衛星圖wai6 sing1 tou4satellite photo
- 公主車gung1 zyu2 ce1ladies bicycle
- 覓取mik6 ceoi2to seek
- 模稜mou4 ling4ambiguous
- 理事長lei5 si6 zoeng2director general
- 創造論cong3 zou6 leon6creationism (religion)
- 秋霜cau1 soeng1autumn frost
- 再發zoi3 faat3to reissue
- 沉潭cam4 taam4to sink sb to the bottom of a pond (a kind of private punishment, especially for unfaithful wives)
- 自悔zi6 fui3to regret
- 格林納達gaak3 lam4 naap6 daat6Grenada
- 恢復期fui1 fuk6 kei4convalescence
- 灰飛煙滅fui1 fei1 jin1 mit6lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom)
- 襪頭mat6 tau4the welt of a sock
- 耐唔時noi6 m4 si2occasionally [colloquial]
- 消費群siu1 fai3 kwan4consumer group
- 數字球sou3 zi6 kau4a ball game: one player throws the ball into the air while calling out a number, the player who is assigned that number must catch the ball and throw it at other players, while everyone else tries to avoid being hit
- 歇後語kit3 hau6 jyu5anapodoton (a saying in which the second part, uttered after a pause or totally left out, is the intended meaning of the allegory presented in the first part)
- 盛妝sing6 zong1vigorous
- 信仰者seon3 joeng5 ze2believer
- 卜卜buk4 buk4thump thump, heart beating sound
- 去臺heoi3 toi4to go to Taiwan
- 軍齡gwan1 ling4length of military service
- 一意孤行jat1 ji3 gu1 hang4obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom)
- 大拿daai6 naa4(coll.) man in power
- 拿大naa4 daai6to put on airs
- 二次大戰ji6 ci3 daai6 zin3World War Two
- 數碟底sou2 dip6 dai2to expose the secrets of others
- 大疊水daai6 daap6 seoi2to have a lot of money [colloquial]
- 戴高帽daai3 gou1 mou2to say nice things about one insincerely (spoken)
- 不期bat1 kei4unexpectedly
- 半個bun3 go3half of sth
- 地舖dei6 pou3shop on the ground floor
- 勁揪ging6 cau1good at fighting; also used to refer to superior skills or prowess in general
- 暗疾am3 zat6unmentionable disease
- 全省cyun4 saang2the whole province
- 獨角仙duk6 gok3 sin1rhinoceros beetle
- 中間件zung1 gaan1 gin6middleware
- 過臺gwo3 toi4
- 隔油池gaak3 jau4 ci4grease trap
- 暮氣mou6 hei3evening mist
- 糟踏zou1 daap6variant of 糟蹋[zao1 ta4]
- 走道zau2 dou6pavement
- 利祿lei6 luk6wealth and official post
- 麋鹿mei4 luk2Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus), species of deer native to China that is critically endangered
- 以此ji5 ci2with this
- 真事zan1 si6reality
- 半衰期bun3 seoi1 kei4(physics) half-life
- 七巧板cat1 haau2 baan2tangram (traditional Chinese block puzzle)
- 暢達coeng3 daat6free-flowing
- 上舖soeng5 pou3to close shop up
- 三級saam1 kap1grade 3
- 橫衝直撞waang4 cung1 zik6 zong6(idiom) to barge through, jostling and elbowing; to charge around; to rampage
- 香蒲hoeng1 pou4Typha orientalis
- 雙眼簷soeng1 ngaan5 jam4double-folded eyelids
- 客戶機haak3 wu6 gei1client (computer)
- 拱狀gung2 zong6arch
- 刨子paau4 zi2plane
- 草薦cou2 zin3straw mattress
- 蹦達bang1 daat6variant of 蹦躂|蹦跶[beng4 da5]
- 雨蛙jyu5 waa1rain frog
- 獸姦sau3 gaan1bestiality
- 有性格jau5 sing3 gaak3to have one's way; to have strong personality
- 只此zi2 ci2
- 直捷zik6 zit6straightforward
- 扛槍kong1 coeng1to carry a gun on one's shoulder
- 強脊koeng2 zek3(med.) ankylosing spondylitis
- 比基尼bei2 gei1 nei4(loanword) bikini
- 墜胡zeoi6 wu2two-stringed bowed instrument
- 離晒罩lei4 saai3 zaau3outrageous
- 裝幀zong1 zing3binding and layout (of a book etc)
- 黃蠟wong4 laap6beeswax
- 捱穀種ngaai4 guk1 zung2to survive on one's saving
- 賣鹹蛋maai6 haam4 daan2to die [colloquial]
- 秋毫cau1 hou4fine hair grown by animals (or down grown by birds) in the fall
- 不願bat1 jyun6unwilling
- 體貌tai2 maau6appearance
- 雨後春筍jyu5 hau6 ceon1 seon2lit. after rain, the spring bamboo (idiom); fig. rapid new growth
- 咬耳仔ngaau5 ji5 zai2the act of someone sharing a secret with another, with such a soft tone that they have to literally talk into each others' ears to be able to hear what it being said; literally 'biting ears'
- 騰訊tang4 seon3Tencent, Chinese tech conglomerate, founded in 1998
- 孤負gu1 fu6variant of 辜負|辜负[gu1 fu4]
- 捉迷藏zuk1 mai4 cong4to play hide-and-seek
- 全豹cyun4 paau3the full picture (i.e. the whole situation)
- 忍俊jan2 zeon3smiling
- 弊在bai6 zoi6but, with the meaning of "unfortunately", the following phrase usually describes the cause or problem; used to indicate a critical problem that negates the positive aspects of the subject
- 荷蘭薯ho4 laan1 syu2potato
- 繁鬧faan4 naau6bustling
- 集裝箱zaap6 zong1 soeng1container (for shipping)
- 固定點gu3 ding6 dim2fixed point
- 拖頭佬to1 tau4 lou2noun; container truck driver
- 水渠seoi2 keoi4canal
- 守財奴sau2 coi4 nou4miser
- 其外kei4 ngoi6besides
- 毛收入mou4 sau1 jap6gross income
- 航空線hong4 hung1 sin3air route
- 闊麵fut3 min6fettuccine; pappardelle
- 八寶粥baat3 bou2 zuk1rice congee made with red beans, lotus seeds, longan, red dates, nuts etc
- 征塵zing1 can4the dust of a long journey
- 保留區bou2 lau4 keoi1reservation (for an ethnic minority)
- 漸弱zim6 joek6to fade out
- 夠朋友gau3 pang4 jau5(coll.) to be a true friend
- 督爺duk1 je2another address to a governor or viceroy, usually referring to the then Governor of Hong Kong or Macau
- 大條daai6 tiu4(used to modify 事情[shi4 qing5]) serious; grave
- 開道hoi1 dou6to clear the way
- 拱衛gung2 wai6to surround and protect
- 做住zou6 zyu6
- 應點jing3 dim2to act on one's word
- 條暢tiu4 coeng3orderly and logical (of writing)
- 白蠟baak6 laap6white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
- 納妾naap6 cip3to take a concubine
- 加密貨幣gaa1 mat6 fo3 bai6cryptocurrency
- 崑曲kwan1 kuk1Kunqu opera, influential musical theater originating in Kunshan, Jiangsu province in Yuan times
- 宿緣suk1 jyun4(Buddhism) predestined relationship
- 嘆賞taan3 soeng2to admire
- 過膝gwo3 sat1knee-covering
- 中水zung1 seoi2reclaimed water
- 加大gaa1 daai6to increase (e.g. one's effort)
- 詐降zaa3 hong4feigned surrender