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- 午安ng5 on1Good afternoon!
- 貝爾bui3 ji5Bell (person name)
- 磁磚ci4 zyun1ceramic tiles
- 棧鬼zaan2 gwai2intriguing; lively; cute ; funny
- 聖誕老人sing3 daan3 lou5 jan4Father Christmas; Santa Claus
- 寬暢fun1 coeng3with no worries
- 亂噏lyun2 ngap1to talk nonsense; to jabber on; to babble
- 護膝wu6 sat1kneepad
- 黑墨屎hak1 mak6 si2a black nevus;a pigmented nevus
- 棄療hei3 liu4an internet slang commonly used to describe an erratic/indecent behavior; literally: to give up treatment
- 底閥dai2 fat6bottom valve
- 寫本se2 bun2handwritten copy of a book
- 未約mei6 joek3
- 鞭節bin1 zit3flagellum
- 快掣faai3 zai3noun; it describes a person who speaks fast; automatic rifle
- 發短信faat3 dyun2 seon3to send a text message
- 敲邊鼓haau1 bin1 gu2to back sb up
- 烏溪沙wu1 kai1 saa1(noun) Wu Kai Sha, which is a place in Shatin, Hong Kong
- 虛寒heoi1 hon4a Chinese medicine terminology which means that the nature of a kind of food, medicine, human body constitution is 'deficiency and cold'
- 喪盡song3 zeon6to completely lose (one's dignity, vitality etc)
- 齊膝cai4 sat1level with one's knees
- 乞超hat1 ciu1achoo, the sound of a sneeze
- 鴨嘴帽aap3 zeoi2 mou2cricket-cap; baseball cap
- 白杖baak6 zoeng6white cane, cane for blind people.
- 善於sin6 jyu1to be good at; to be adept at
- 位元wai6 jyun4(Tw) (computing) bit
- 課程表fo3 cing4 biu2class timetable
- 樹墩syu6 dan2a tree stump
- 豬丙zyu1 bing2idiot [colloquial]
- 冇害mou5 hoi6harmless; will not hurt
- 洩底sit3 dai2to divulge the inside story
- 勿歇mat6 hit3continuously, non-stop; not resting
- 作圖zok3 tou4plotting;drawing
- 一分jat1 fan1One minute
- 罐籠gun3 lung4(mining) mine cage
- 九鼎gau2 ding2the Nine Tripod Cauldrons, symbol of state power, dating back to the Xia Dynasty
- 耐鹼noi6 gaan2alkali-resistant
- 空幻hung1 waan6vanity
- 遙距jiu4 keoi5remote, distant; conducted without physical presence together
- 重午cung4 ng5Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of 5th lunar month)
- 屎渠si2 keoi4toilet drain pipe
- 無拘無束mou4 keoi1 mou4 cuk1free and unconstrained (idiom); unfettered
- 晨歌san4 go1morning chorus (birdsong)
- 開先hoi1 sin1at first
- 罩衫zaau3 saam1smock
- 可見度ho2 gin3 dou6visibility
- 好報hou2 bou3karmic reward (resulting from good deeds, in contrast to karmic retribution 惡報|恶报[e4 bao4])
- 喉實hau4 sat6to keep an eye out for something, with an intent to take action when the time is ripe
- 灌鉛gun3 jyun4to weight sth with lead
- 電驛din6 jik6relay (electronics)
- 褪軚tan3 taai5to retreat from a situation when faced with a change in circumstances [colloquial]
- 齊眉cai4 mei4mutual respect in marriage
- 成軍sing4 gwan1lit. to form an army
- 喬治kiu4 zi6George (name)
- 拖駁to1 bok3barge
- 走塑zau2 sou3to ban single use plastics
- 裝嵌zong1 ham6to assemble; to put together
- 蒼南cong1 naam4see 蒼南縣|苍南县[Cang1 nan2 Xian4]
- 無以為報mou4 ji5 wai4 bou3unable to return the favor
- 蒼黃cong1 wong4greenish yellow
- 粗啞cou1 aa2husky
- 蒼龍cong1 lung4Blue Dragon, other name of the Azure Dragon 青龍|青龙 (the seven mansions of the east sky)
- 長途跋涉coeng4 tou4 bat6 sip3long and difficult trek
- 浴球juk6 kau4shower puff
- 錐子zeoi1 zi2awl
- 搞清楚gaau2 cing1 co2to figure out, to understand clearly
- 泊松bok6 cung4S.D. Poisson (1781-1840), French mathematician
- 浸劑zam3 zai1infusion (pharm.)
- 流覽lau4 laam5to skim
- 控制棒hung3 zai3 paang5control rods
- 多報do1 bou3to overstate
- 釋迦牟尼sik1 gaa1 mau4 nei4Shakyamuni (Sanskrit for "the Sage of the Shakyas", i.e. the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama)
- 冇壞mou5 waai6harmless (to do something)
- 法向faat3 hoeng3
- 滯口zai6 hau2(adjective) loss appetite (adjective) bloated; full; stuffed (adjective) fatty; greasy; oily
- 畏友wai3 jau5revered friend
- 棧板zaan6 baan2pallet
- 龍潭虎穴lung4 taam4 fu2 jyut6(lit.) dragon's pool and tiger's den (idiom)
- 紅衫魚hung4 saam1 jyu2(noun) (fish) golden threadfin bream (Nemipterus virgatus); (slang) a $100 Hong Kong dollar bill
- 鴻運扇hung4 wan6 sin3electric fan (slang)
- 貓梯maau1 tai1cat ladder
- 滑啞waat6 aa2(of screws) to strip
- 月女神jyut6 neoi5 san4Moon Goddess
- 壓力計aat3 lik6 gai3pressure gauge
- 冇態mou5 taai3not in a good status
- 落棧lok6 zaan6see 落棧|落栈[luo4 zhan4]
- 呼之欲出fu1 zi1 juk6 ceot1lit. ready to appear at the call (idiom)
- 產業界caan2 jip6 gaai3the industry
- 貶居bin2 geoi1(period of) banishment or exile (old)
- 陸陸續續luk6 luk6 zuk6 zuk6in succession
- 反映論faan2 jing2 leon6theory of reflection (in dialectic materialism), i.e. every perception reflects physical reality
- 頂心杉ding2 sam1 caam3a thorn in somebody's side
- 雙蒸酒soeng1 zing1 zau2double distilled rice wine
- 乳腐jyu5 fu6fermented tofu
- 試著si3 zyu3(coll.) to try to
- 曉示hiu2 si6to tell
- 紗帽saa1 mou2gauze hat
- 窄縫zaak3 fung6narrow gap
- 用不着jung6 bat1 zoek6not necessarily; to have no necessity
- 古蘭經gu2 laan4 ging1the Koran
- 契箭kai3 zin3arrow used as a token of authority (by field commanders)
- 腎囊san5 nong4renal sac; capsulae renis
- 壽星仔sau6 sing1 zai2noun; the birthday boy
- 走住zau2 zyu6
- 總掣zung2 zai3main switch
- 虛詐heoi1 zaa3tricky and hypocritical
- 蝨乸sat1 naa2(noun) (of insect) louse; cootie (in most cases, it refers to cootie)
- 栗鼠leot6 syu2chinchilla
- 早唞zou2 tau2(phrase) "good night!"; to tell someone piss off as they have annoyed you very much.
- 鋅盤sing1 pun2sink
- 尖筆甩zim1 bat1 lat1very sharp
- 傳來cyun4 loi4(of a sound) to come through
- 蔥嶺cung1 leng5old name for the Pamirs 帕米爾高原|帕米尔高原[Pa4 mi3 er3 Gao1 yuan2]
- 明杖ming4 zoeng6white cane (used by the blind)
- 一體兩面jat1 tai2 loeng5 min6(fig.) two sides of the same coin
- 授權令sau6 kyun4 ling6warrant (law)
- 對門deoi3 mun4the building or room opposite
- 門對mun4 deoi3couplet (hung on each side of the door frame)
- 嗌霎aai3 saap3quarrel; argument (spoken)
- 爆坼baau3 caak3skin chapping
- 嚼舌zoek3 sit3to gossip
- 西和sai1 wo4see 西和縣|西和县[Xi1 he2 Xian4]
- 後加hau6 gaa1postposition (grammar)
- 錐面zeoi1 min2cone
- 漁籠jyu4 lung4fishing pot (trap)
- 蛤蟹gaap3 haai5clams and crabs
- 乳脂jyu5 zi1cream
- 濺開zin3 hoi1splash
- 兩仔爺loeng5 zai2 je4father and son (spoken)
- 減齡gaam2 ling4to become more youthful
- 芽豆ngaa4 dau2sprouted broad bean
- 雜拌zaap6 bun6assortment of preserved fruits
- 支系統zi1 hai6 tung2subsystem
- 用場jung6 coeng4use; application
- 大搞daai6 gaau2doing something big; to make a big celebration
- 官爵gun1 zoek3official ranking
- 此處ci2 cyu3this place
- 集中器zaap6 zung1 hei3concentrator
- 索償sok3 soeng4to seek for compensation; to demand for reimbursement
- 喉嘴hau4 zeoi2valve train
- 市秤si5 cing3Market Scale
- 掣板zai3 baan2an electric switchboard; an operating panel; a trigger
- 罨耷ap1 dap1old; rotten; run-down (spoken)
- 打住daa2 zyu6to stop
- 韜略tou1 loek6military strategy
- 元年jyun4 nin4first year of an emperor's reign
- 醫院波ji1 jyun2 bo1(soccer) an unreachable passing which teammates need to run hard after the ball, making him too tired or even need to go to hospital for rest; an improper passing which may be subjects the recipient to heavy contact, making him hurt or even need to go hospital; literally: hospital ball
- 服喪fuk6 song1in mourning
- 懶懶閒laan5 laan5 haan4noun; sit around doing nothing, an idler
- 大使級daai6 si3 kap1ambassadorial
- 本真bun2 zan1true nature; original state
- 灶火zou3 fo2stove
- 數位sou3 wai6digit
- 月報jyut6 bou3monthly (used in names of publications)
- 貫串gun3 cyun3to pierce through
- 事頭婆si6 tau4 po4(n.
- 佼佼gaau2 gaau2(literary) outstanding; exceptional
- 頂瓜瓜ding2 gwaa1 gwaa1very good; great (spoken)
- 鶴佬hok6 lou2an ethnic group who speaks Min language; Hoklo
- 採掘coi2 gwat6to excavate
- 氫酶hing1 mui4hydrogenase (enzyme)
- 推斥teoi1 cik1(physics) to repulse; repulsion
- 非平衡fei1 ping4 hang4non-equilibrium
- 位圖wai6 tou4raster graphics
- 衝垮cung1 kwaa1to burst
- 彈斥taan4 cik1accuse and criticize
- 拿下naa4 haa6to arrest
- 兄弟姊妹hing1 dai6 zi2 mui6siblings
- 循序ceon4 zeoi6in proper sequence
- 良朋loeng4 pang4good friend; good companion
- 總覽zung2 laam5a general overview
- 足球場zuk1 kau4 coeng4football field
- 增闢zang1 pik1to create; to add
- 橫水渡waang4 seoi2 dou6rope-towed river-crossing sampan
- 佔去zim3 heoi3to take up (one's time etc)
- 爭崩頭zaang1 bang1 tau4(noun) a severe completion; in a fight for something
- 牀舖cong4 pou3beddings
- 太陽輪taai3 joeng4 leon4solar plexus chakra
- 壯苗zong3 miu4to nurture and strengthen the sprouts
- 認栽jing6 zoi1to admit defeat
- 走回zau2 wui4to go back to; to return to
- 遵奉zeon1 fung6to conform
- 展眉zin2 mei4to beam with joy
- 起講hei2 gong2to start a story
- 外袍ngoi6 pou4robe
- 阻援zo2 wun4to block reinforcements
- 英年早逝jing1 nin4 zou2 sai6to die an untimely death (idiom)
- 星馳sing1 ci4rapidly
- 手天使sau2 tin1 si5charity workers who provide sex services for disabled people, literally "hand angel"
- 今晚黑gam1 maan5 hak1tonight (spoken)
- 剝光豬mok1 gwong1 zyu1(adjective) naked; (verb) to strip off; to have nothing left, often used in gambling or chess
- 成心sing4 sam1intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
- 棉鈴min4 ling4cotton boll (fruit)
- 漆雕cat1 diu1carved or engraved lacquerware
- 雕漆diu1 cat1carved lacquerware
- 筋疲力盡gan1 pei4 lik6 zeon6body weary, strength exhausted (idiom); extremely tired
- 約同joek3 tung4to invite sb to go along with oneself (to a meeting, on a trip etc)
- 自反zi6 faan2to introspect
- 大類daai6 leoi6main type
- 條痕tiu4 han4weal (e.g. from whipping)