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- 登上dang1 soeng6to climb over
- 貴利佬gwai3 lei2 lou2a loan shark [colloquial]
- 掠食loek6 sik6to prey on
- 磷礦leon4 kwong3phosphate ore; phosphate deposit
- 棚屋paang4 uk1stilt house; house raised on stilts or piles over the surface of soil or a body of water; pang uk
- 發鈔faat3 caau1to issue banknotes
- 辟味pik1 mei6to get rid of odour, smell, taste of something
- 區別詞keoi1 bit6 ci4distingushing word; non-predicate adjective
- 蠟臺laap6 toi4candlestick
- 腐臭fu6 cau3rotten (smell)
- 新建san1 gin3see 新建區|新建区[Xin1 jian4 Qu1]
- 鈴鼓ling4 gu2tambourine (musical instrument)
- 從先cung4 sin1(dialect) before
- 發家faat3 gaa1to lay down a family fortune
- 超卓ciu1 coek3outstanding; excellent
- 冇得mou5 dak1unable; cannot (spoken)
- 效驗haau6 jim6(desired) effect
- 賴尿蝦laai6 niu6 haa1mantis shrimp; a child who wets their bed or pants
- 眾議員zung3 ji5 jyun4member of the House of Representatives
- 屈氣wat1 hei3to hold one's breath; suffering
- 棕樹zung1 syu6palm tree
- 納聘naap6 ping3to pay bride-price (payment to the bride's family in former times)
- 快叫faai3 giu3
- 盆骨pun4 gwat1plevis
- 貼旦tip3 daan2female supporting actress in a Chinese opera
- 收回sau1 wui4to regain
- 粗砂cou1 saa1grit
- 藍芽laam4 ngaa4Bluetooth
- 縱肌zung1 gei1longitudinal muscle
- 厚朴hau5 pok3magnolia bark (bark of Magnolia officinalis)
- 剩磁sing6 ci4residual magnetism
- 外鈔ngoi6 caau1foreign currency note
- 踐約cin5 joek3to keep a promise
- 可心ho2 sam1satisfying
- 允准wan5 zeon2to approve
- 宗筋zung1 gan1penis (Chinese medicine)
- 高於gou1 jyu1greater than
- 打鐵趁熱daa2 tit3 can3 jit6see 趁熱打鐵|趁热打铁[chen4 re4 da3 tie3]
- 螺距lo4 keoi5pitch of spiral
- 震昏zan3 fan1to knock out (of a jolt from an earthquake or crash)
- 死跟sei2 gan1to blindly follow
- 出入平安ceot1 jap6 ping4 on1lit. peace when you come or go
- 大國daai6 gwok3a power (i.e. a dominant country)
- 殘喘caan4 cyun2remaining breath
- 相對論soeng1 deoi3 leon6(physics) theory of relativity
- 毛主義mou4 zyu2 ji6Maoism
- 忍氣吞聲jan2 hei3 tan1 sing1to submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence
- 冇到mou5 dou3non-existent; not present, not here; usually used to describe someone doing something right in front of another person, thus ignoring his/her existence
- 提籃tai4 laam4a basket
- 凸鏡dat6 geng3convex mirror
- 話本waa6 bun2Song and Yuan literary form based on vernacular folk stories
- 屈指wat1 zi2to count on one's fingers
- 未啊mei6 aa3
- 詐帝zaa3 dai3to pretend; to fake; to feign
- 盲搶maang4 coeng2to blindly seek something.
- 塵埃落定can4 oi1 lok6 ding6"Red Poppies", novel by 阿來|阿来[A1 lai2]
- 櫃筒gwai6 tung2a drawer
- 曾幾何時cang4 gei2 ho4 si4just a while before
- 冇時mou5 si4no fixed time
- 內幕交易noi6 mok6 gaau1 jik6insider trading
- 冇法mou5 faat3having no method; unable to deal with sth
- 悅色jyut6 sik1happy
- 抖縮dau2 suk1to cower
- 深棕sam1 zung1dark brown
- 開間hoi1 gaan1unit for the width of a room, equal to the standard width of a room in an old-style house – about 10 chi 尺[chi3]
- 討論班tou2 leon6 baan1seminar
- 嘆為觀止taan3 wai4 gun1 zi2(idiom) to gasp in amazement
- 搶孤coeng2 gu1an activity of Minnan temple, when a festival finishes at night, the offerings are available free for public.
- 不易bat1 ji6not easy to do sth
- 基本粒子gei1 bun2 nap1 zi2elementary particle (particle physics)
- 駁正bok3 zing3to refute and correct
- 韻詩wan5 si1rhyming verse
- 天問tin1 man6Tianwen, or Questions to Heaven, a long poem by Chu Yuan 屈原[Qu1 Yuan2]
- 輕舉妄動hing1 geoi2 mong5 dung6to act blindly without thinking (idiom)
- 分則fan1 zak1specific provisions (based on general regulations)
- 見肚gin3 tou5to be clearly pregnant judging from one's tummy; literally, see tummy
- 蒙覆mung4 fuk1to cover
- 大都會daai6 dou1 wui6major city
- 弱鹼joek6 gaan2weak base (alkali)
- 溶質jung4 zat1solute
- 間使gaan1 si2secret envoy
- 赤小豆cek3 siu2 dau2see 紅豆|红豆[hong2 dou4]
- 刮鏟gwaat3 caan2scraper
- 移民官ji4 man4 gun1immigration officer
- 陪嫁妹pui4 gaa3 mui1maids that accompany the bride to her husband's house
- 保齡bou2 ling4bowling
- 籠溜lung4 liu1trick
- 岩燕ngaam4 jin3(bird species of China) Eurasian crag martin (Ptyonoprogne rupestris)
- 大副daai6 fu3first mate
- 行號hang4 hou6(computing) (text file) line number; (data table or spreadsheet) row number
- 愛稱oi3 cing1term of endearment
- 墮馬do6 maa5to fall off a horse accidentally
- 懷緬waai4 min5to reminisce; to think back to a happy moment
- 狗刨gau2 paau4dog paddle (swimming style)
- 紐約州nau2 joek3 zau1New York state
- 當時得令dong1 si4 dak1 ling6suits the timing; perfect timing (spoken)
- 併紗bing3 saa1doubling (combining two or more lengths of yarn into a single thread)
- 施虐si1 joek6to torment; to abuse (an animal, child etc)
- 吃吃hek3 hek3(onom.) sound of muffled laughter (chuckling, tittering etc)
- 性地sing3 dei6innate quality
- 迴腸wui4 coeng2ileum
- 疏肝so1 gon1(of Chinese medicine) the function of liver is toxic cleaner, if toxic substances accumulated in the liver cannot be removed, it would cause anxiety and depression, to use medicine or food therapy to clear the liver, will bring back good moods. Literally: to clear liver
- 竹枝zuk1 zi1bamboo stick
- 大指daai6 zi2thumb
- 疑忌ji4 gei6jealousy
- 冇話mou5 waa6not; never (spoken)
- 河渠ho4 keoi4rivers and canals
- 睇齊tai2 cai4to reach the same level of another person or thing; to be on par with (someone or something else)
- 橫截waang4 zit6to cut across
- 撰擬zaan6 ji5to draft
- 讀者群duk6 ze2 kwan4Readers
- 開本hoi1 bun2book format based on how a full printing sheet is cut or folded (often abbreviated to 開|开[kai1] after a numeral, e.g. 16-kai and 32-kai, roughly A4 and A5 respectively)
- 日軍jat6 gwan1Japanese army
- 墊肩zin3 gin1shoulder pad
- 硅沙gwai1 saa1silicon sand
- 優柔jau1 jau4gentle
- 減脂gaam2 zi1to burn fat; to lose weight (through diet or exercise)
- 生就sang1 zau6to be born with
- 他心taa1 sam1other people's mind; other mind
- 笑貌siu3 maau6smiling face
- 再生父母zoi3 sang1 fu6 mou5like a second parent (idiom); one's great benefactor
- 心臟病發sam1 zong6 beng6 faat3Heart attack
- 見天gin3 tin1(coll.) every day
- 煙缸jin1 gong1ashtray
- 掏包tou4 baau1to pick pockets
- 恭請gung1 cing2to invite respectfully
- 嗣位zi6 wai6to succeed to a title
- 公開試gung1 hoi1 si5public examination, especially the Diploma of Secondary School exam, and the Hong Kong Certificate Exam and Advanced Levels Exam that it superceded
- 河北區ho4 bak1 keoi1Hebei district of Tianjin municipality 天津市[Tian1 jin1 shi4]
- 淋漓盡致lam4 lei4 zeon6 zi3lit. extreme saturation (idiom)
- 灰鶴fui1 hok6(bird species of China) common crane (Grus grus)
- 魚肝油jyu4 gon1 jau4cod liver oil
- 掰扯baai1 ce2to debate
- 車你ce1 nei5
- 黨齡dong2 ling4party standing
- 暴洪bou6 hung4a sudden, violent flood
- 擊鎚gik1 ceoi4hammer of a gun, it strikes the centerfire of the bullet at the bottom and fires it.
- 爆芽baau3 ngaa4sprouting
- 暢然coeng3 jin4happily; in high spirits
- 眉間mei4 gaan1the flat area of forehead between the eyebrows
- 冇手mou5 sau2not to have free hands; literally: no hand
- 腹壁fuk1 bik1abdominal wall
- 後底爺hau6 dai2 je1stepfather
- 八卦新聞baat3 gwaa3 san1 man2celebrities news or gossips
- 右撓jau6 jaau1right-handed person
- 美事mei5 si6a fine thing
- 葡糖pou4 tong4glucose C6H12O6
- 俊拔zeon3 bat6outstandingly talented
- 冇機mou5 gei1impossible; unlikely; don't stand a chance
- 乾凈gon1 zeng6clean; tidy
- 回駁wui4 bok3to refute
- 免佣min5 jung2to be exempt from commission
- 冇氣mou5 hei3out of breath [colloquial]
- 一而再jat1 ji4 zoi3Again and again
- 嫩苗nyun6 miu4seedling; tender young shoot; sprout
- 升騰sing1 tang4to rise
- 快進faai3 zeon3fast-forward (media player)
- 津津樂道zeon1 zeon1 lok6 dou6to discuss sth enthusiastically
- 踢契tek3 kai3to cancel a contract
- 定喇ding2 laa3used at the end of an utterance to express certainty about deduction or guessing that one has just made
- 第處dai6 syu3(noun) another place
- 蒜心syun3 sam1Garlic shoot
- 喇合laa1 hap6(Protestantism) Rahab, mother of Boaz
- 感覺器gam2 gok3 hei3sense organ
- 早搏zou2 bok3(medicine) premature beat; extrasystole
- 晨褸san4 lau1sleeping robes
- 得不償失dak1 bat1 soeng4 sat1the gains do not make up for the losses (idiom)
- 凹度nap1 dou6concavity
- 不怕bat1 paa3fearless
- 法製faat3 zai3made in France
- 臀肌tyun4 gei1gluteal muscle
- 嘎佬gaa4 lou2derogatory address to a Japanese man
- 屈節wat1 zit3forfeit one's dignity
- 久闊gau2 fut3a long period of separation
- 釐升lei4 sing1centiliter
- 爛酒佬laan6 zau2 lou2(noun) alcoholic
- 縮頭龜sok1 tau4 gwai1(noun) a chicken (coward); a coward; a quitter; to describe someone who shies away from difficulties
- 竄升cyun3 sing1to rise rapidly
- 適可而止sik1 ho2 ji4 zi2(idiom) to refrain from going too far; to know when to stop
- 此前ci2 cin4before this
- 豪壯hou4 zong3magnificent
- 裡脊leoi5 zek3(tender)loin (of pork, beef etc)
- 車我ce1 ngo5
- 竹升妹zuk1 sing1 mui1a Chinese girl who grew up overseas
- 好生hou2 sang1(dialect) very; quite; properly; well; thoroughly
- 攤售taan1 sau6to set up stall
- 靈丹妙藥ling4 daan1 miu6 joek6effective cure, miracle medicine (idiom); fig. wonder-cure for all problems
- 電子流din6 zi2 lau4electric current
- 羽冠jyu5 gun1feathered crest (of bird)
- 每月mui5 jyut6each month
- 規則化kwai1 zak1 faa3regularity
- 快馬faai3 maa5noun; literally fast horse, means to hurry
- 荒棄fong1 hei3to abandon
- 皇帝女wong4 dai3 neoi2beloved daughter; literally: emperor's daughter
- 男主角naam4 zyu2 gok3male lead; male protagonist
- 獨善其身duk6 sin6 kei4 san1(idiom) (originally, in Mencius) to cultivate one's moral character in solitude; (modern sense) to look after only one's own interests
- 用得着jung6 dak1 zoek6useful; handy
- 綺歲ji2 seoi3youthful age
- 第二聲dai6 ji6 sing1second tone in Mandarin
- 武旦mou5 daan2female military role in a Chinese opera