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- 恰如其分hap1 jyu4 kei4 fan6(idiom) appropriate
- 匪穴fei2 jyut6bandit den; rebel stronghold
- 弄僵lung6 goeng1to bring to deadlock
- 大勢所趨daai6 sai3 so2 ceoi1(idiom) the prevailing trend; the trend of the times; an inevitable direction
- 唞氣tau2 hei3breathing, take a breath
- 煮食爐zyu2 sik6 lou4(noun) a stove; a burner; a cooker
- 薦舉zin3 geoi2to propose (for a job)
- 搓人caai1 jan4to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- 研析jin4 sik1to analyze
- 流寇lau4 kau3roving bandit
- 茶杯碟caa4 bui1 dip2a saucer
- 鹹酸菜haam4 syun1 coi3picked vegetables
- 迷瞪mai4 cing4puzzled
- 折桂zit3 gwai3to win the laurels
- 爆炸頭baau3 zaa3 tau4afro (hairstyle)
- 疾呼zat6 fu1to strongly urge or promote a viewpoint
- 火遮眼fo2 ze1 ngaan5describes a person who is blinded by their emotions (especially when angry or agitated) and as a result has done something (such as acted aggressively or said something which is hurtful to others) which he
- 瞠目結舌caang1 muk6 git3 sit3(idiom) dumbfounded; flabbergasted; stunned
- 不屑一顧bat1 sit3 jat1 gu3to disdain as beneath contempt (idiom)
- 百冇baak3 mou5to lack everything; used to describe a place that does not have tools or facilities that it is supposed to have; literally, a hundred don't have
- 數據流sou3 geoi3 lau4data stream
- 圖名tou4 ming4
- 磨耗mo4 hou3wear and tear
- 暢散coeng3 saan2to break a large note; to give change for a bank-note
- 和平鳥wo4 ping4 niu5(bird species of China) Asian fairy-bluebird (Irena puella)
- 扁桃bin2 tou4almond tree
- 草寇cou2 kau3bandits
- 定鼎ding6 ding2lit. to set up the sacred tripods (following Yu the Great)
- 稱錢cing1 cin4(coll.) rich
- 打籠通daa2 lung4 tung1to communicate and have conspiring agreement with others before the event
- 裙腳仔kwan4 goek3 zai2a mama's boy; a mummy's boy
- 咀角zeoi2 gok3corners of a mouth
- 呢位nei4 wai6this person
- 合同法hap6 tung4 faat3contract law
- 外帶ngoi6 daai3take-out (fast food)
- 盤駁pun4 bok3to cross-examine
- 木咀muk1 zeoi2a person without much humour; a fool; a person with an expressionless face [colloquial]
- 鬍匪wu4 fei2bandit (old)
- 丫烏aa1 wu1see 鴉烏婆 aa1 wu1 po2; ugly woman; old witch
- 呢種nei1 zung2
- 打進daa2 zeon3to breach
- 耿耿於懷gang2 gang2 jyu1 waai4to take troubles to heart (idiom); brooding
- 蠟版laap6 baan2mimeograph stencil
- 臥具ngo6 geoi6bedding
- 飯鏟頭faan6 caan2 tau4a cobra
- 哈喇haa1 laa1rancid
- 藩國faan4 gwok3feudatory
- 帶位daai3 wai2noun; usher
- 獨樹一幟duk6 syu6 jat1 ci3lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom); fig. to act as a loner
- 心噏sam1 ngap1having a heartache, being upset
- 殘株caan4 zyu1stubble
- 孭債me1 zaai3verb; take responsibility of a debt
- 梳史so1 si2data source; loanword from "source" in English
- 馬太maa5 taai3(Protestantism) Matthew
- 姿式zi1 sik1variant of 姿勢|姿势[zi1 shi4]
- 枕藉zam2 zik6to lie in total disorder
- 無限小mou4 haan6 siu2infinitesimal
- 義父母ji6 fu6 mou5adoptive parents
- 斥力cik1 lik6repulsion (in electrostatics)
- 洩流sit3 lau4drainage
- 剪枝zin2 zi1to prune (branches etc)
- 馬但maa5 daan6Matthan, son of Eleazar and father of Jakob in Matthew 1.15
- 集體化zaap6 tai2 faa3collectivization
- 找事zaau2 si6to look for employment
- 飛鵝山fei1 ngo4 saan1'Kowloon Peak'
- 仆到去puk1 dou2 heoi3to dash to (said in a vulgar manner) [colloquial]
- 最低限度zeoi3 dai1 haan6 dou6the bare minimum; the lowest acceptable limit or standard
- 利疊利lei6 daap6 lei6compound interest; interest on interest, charged by loanshark [colloquial]
- 受聽sau6 ting1nice to hear
- 問市man6 si5to hit the market
- 談到taam4 dou3to refer to
- 裁革coi4 gaak3to dismiss
- 脊灰zek3 fui1polio (abbr. for 脊髓灰質炎|脊髓灰质炎[ji3 sui3 hui1 zhi4 yan2])
- 孤征gu1 zing1to act on one's own
- 窄幅zaak3 fuk1narrow range
- 歎為觀止taan3 wai4 gun1 zi2(adjective) amazing; stunning; breathtaking
- 走過zau2 gwo3to walk past
- 謙語him1 jyu5humble expression
- 走為上zau2 wai4 soeng6see 三十六計，走為上策|三十六计，走为上策[san1 shi2 liu4 ji4 , zou3 wei2 shang4 ce4]
- 墮皮doe6 pei4to have baggy skin
- 螺桿lo4 gon1screw
- 皂角zou6 gok3Chinese honey locust (Gleditsia sinensis)
- 虐戀joek6 lyun2painful love affair
- 寧波ning4 bo1see 寧波市|宁波市[Ning2 bo1 Shi4]
- 扯謊ce2 fong1to tell a lie
- 駁輪bok3 leon4barge
- 探索性taam3 saak3 sing3exploratory
- 搞垮gaau2 kwaa1to destroy; to disrupt; to overthrow
- 不亦樂乎bat1 jik6 lok6 fu4lit. isn't that a joy? (quote from Confucius)
- 大於daai6 jyu1greater than; bigger than; more than
- 公正行gung1 zing3 hong2claims adjuster
- 即如zik1 jyu4such as
- 危在旦夕ngai4 zoi6 daan3 zik6in imminent peril (idiom)
- 雀鷹zoek3 jing1(bird species of China) Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
- 各自各gok3 zi6 gok3respectively
- 點軍dim2 gwan1see 點軍區|点军区[Dian3 jun1 Qu1]
- 意識流ji3 sik1 lau4stream of consciousness (in literature)
- 梯板tai1 baan2gangplank; gangway
- 被臥pei5 ngo6quilt
- 捱齋ngaai4 zaai1to be vegetarian due to lack of meat
- 吃不上hek3 bat1 soeng6unable to get anything to eat
- 樂此不疲lok6 ci2 bat1 pei4(idiom) to enjoy sth and never tire of it
- 圖們tou4 mun4see 圖們市|图们市[Tu2 men2 Shi4]
- 盲撐maang4 caang3to support regardless of anything
- 頂咀ding2 zeoi2to talk back (to one's elders or superiors)
- 首位sau2 wai6first place
- 目瞪口呆muk6 dang1 hau2 ngoi4(idiom) dumbstruck; stupefied; stunned
- 熬粥ngou4 zuk1to boil porridge; to talk for a long time on the phone
- 馬介休maa5 gaai3 jau1Bacalhau, the Portuguese word for cod (dried and salted)
- 所生so2 sang1parents (father and mother)
- 小指siu2 zi2little finger
- 狀貌zong6 maau6appearance
- 咋咋臨zaa4 zaa4 lam4Quick
- 對抗者deoi3 kong3 ze2adversary
- 垂幕seoi4 mok6canopy
- 老一套lou5 jat1 tou3the same old stuff
- 球閥kau4 fat6ball valve
- 哄瞞hung6 mun4to deceive
- 留肚lau4 tou5to leave some room for more good food
- 工商gung1 soeng1industry and commerce
- 幹渠gon3 keoi4trunk canal
- 膽粗粗daam2 cou1 cou1reckless; bold; daring
- 脂麻zi1 maa4variant of 芝麻[zhi1 ma5]
- 一員jat1 jyun4a member (of an organization)
- 宴飲jin3 jam2to wine and dine
- 請進cing2 zeon3"please come in"
- 筆耕bat1 gaang1to make a living by writing
- 抵得頸dai2 dak1 geng2adj; endurance; bearable
- 楞角ling4 gok3the edge or angle formed by two adjacent surfaces; the pointed end of a horn ----
- 養廉joeng5 lim4to encourage honesty
- 審判員sam2 pun3 jyun4judge (in court)
- 周身蟻zau1 san1 ngai5(slang) in a lot of trouble;
- 聾人lung4 jan4deaf person
- 歡迎光臨fun1 jing4 gwong1 lam4Welcome! (used by staff to greet customers when they enter a shop or restaurant)
- 合掌瓜hap6 zoeng2 gwaa1see 佛手瓜[fo2 shou3 gua1]
- 不得好死bat1 dak1 hou2 sei2not deserve a peaceful death, to curse someone to die terrifyingly
- 奸徒gaan1 tou4a crafty villain
- 扯罷啦ce2 baa2 laa1let's get away; get lost [colloquial]
- 玩者wun6 ze2player
- 磨砂mo4 saa1to scrub with an abrasive
- 骨膠原gwat1 gaau1 jyun4collagen (protein)
- 役畜jik6 cuk1draft animal
- 屈居wat1 geoi1to unwillingly accept a lower status
- 豎鉤syu6 ngau1vertical stroke with a hook at the end (in Chinese characters)
- 深水埗sam1 seoi2 bou2Sham Shui Po district of Kowloon, Hong Kong
- 薪津san1 zeon1salary and subsidy
- 受死sau6 sei2to submit to death; prepare to die!; meet your doom!
- 電信號din6 seon3 hou6electrical signal
- 冇影mou5 jing2disappear; no follow-up
- 戽被fu3 pei5blankets falling off while sleeping
- 青蒜ceng1 syun3garlic shoots and leaves
- 不加bat1 gaa1without
- 刻骨銘心hak1 gwat1 ming5 sam1lit. carved in bones and engraved in the heart (idiom)
- 不堪設想bat1 ham1 cit3 soeng2too horrible to contemplate
- 柳鶯lau5 ang1(ornithology) leaf warbler (bird of genus Phylloscopus)
- 吊槓diu3 gong3trapeze (gymnastics)
- 竹棚zuk1 paang4bamboo scaffolding
- 夷滅ji4 mit6to massacre
- 仲加zung6 gaa1even more
- 節哀zit3 oi1to restrain one's grief (used in expressions of condolence, e.g. 請節哀|请节哀[qing3 jie2 ai1] and 節哀順變|节哀顺变[jie2 ai1 shun4 bian4])
- 喪亂song1 lyun6tragic disaster
- 帶種daai3 zung2(coll.) to have character
- 誠篤sing4 duk1honest
- 篤誠duk1 sing4sincere and earnest
- 失魂魚sat1 wan4 jyu2(slang) to describe someone is who is absentminded, scatterbrained and lost in thought; an inattentive person
- 家學gaa1 hok6knowledge inherited from generations to generations within a family
- 細佬哥sai3 lou2 go1(n.) children; child.
- 潑賤put3 zin6base
- 雙刃soeng1 jan6double-edged blade
- 收獲sau1 wok6variant of 收穫|收获[shou1 huo4]
- 白報紙baak6 bou3 zi2newsprint
- 復耕fuk6 gaang1to restore deserted farmland
- 泄氣sit3 hei3to feel discouraged; to be disheartened
- 棧車zaan6 ce1ancient vehicle made of wood and bamboo
- 警告信ging2 gou3 seon3warning letter
- 黨內dong2 noi6within the party (esp. Chinese communist party)
- 推文teoi1 man4a post on X (formerly Twitter)
- 砂漏saa1 lau6hourglass
- 總圖zung2 tou4
- 進見zeon3 gin3to formally present oneself before a superior (e.g. a ruler, high-ranking official or esteemed figure) for an official meeting; to have an audience with
- 接踵而來zip3 zung2 ji4 loi4to come one after the other
- 笑喪siu3 song1a funeral that is not sorrowful as the deceased has lived a long life and passed away peacefully
- 無人區mou4 jan4 keoi1uninhabited region
- 幹才gon3 coi4ability
- 盲鼻mang4 bei6nasal congestion
- 未成mei6 sing4incomplete; unfinished
- 本本bun2 bun2notebook computer (diminutive)
- 洋脊joeng4 zek3mid-ocean ridge
- 渠蓋keoi4 goi3manhole cover; grating
- 重蹈覆轍cung4 dou6 fuk1 cit3lit. to follow in the tracks of an overturned cart (idiom)
- 碑亭bei1 ting4pavilion housing a stele
- 勾欄ngau1 laan4brothel
- 化學師faa3 hok6 si1chemist
- 嬌態giu1 taai3charming attitude
- 龍巾lung4 gan1imperial towel
- 本地化bun2 dei6 faa3localization
- 子爵zi2 zoek3viscount
- 熏天fan1 tin1overpowering (of a stench)
- 比心bei2 sam1(Internet slang) to form a hand heart using one's thumb and forefinger (or by using both hands)
- 唔衰得m4 seoi1 dak1cannot afford to lose, cannot fail, cannot look bad