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- 呢回ni1 wui4
- 搓板co1 baan2washboard
- 蕭蕭siu1 siu1Ruby Siu, Xiao Xiao, name of a Hong Kong singer
- 每週mui5 zau1every week
- 渾如wan4 jyu4very similar
- 返屋企faan1 uk1 kei2to go back home
- 紅色綫hung4 sik1 sin3(MTR) Tsuen Wan Line; lit. red line
- 間作gaan1 zok3interplanting
- 同道tung4 dou6same principle
- 易逝ji6 sai6passing
- 執二攤zap1 ji6 taan1(slang) to fill (someone's) shoes; to use secondhand goods
- 遍體鱗傷pin3 tai2 leon4 soeng1(idiom) covered all over with cuts and bruises; beaten black and blue
- 拖泥帶水to1 nai4 daai3 seoi2(idiom) muddy and wet
- 仆街死puk1 gaai1 sei2a curse word to tell someone to drop dead or go to hell; screw you! [colloquial]
- 車前ce1 cin4Chinese plantain (Plantago asiatica), perennial herb used in TCM
- 亞嫂aa3 sou2one's elder brother's wife
- 大西北daai6 sai1 bak1north-western China
- 震旦zan3 daan3ancient Indian name for China
- 虜獲lou5 wok6capture (people)
- 咳糖kat1 tong2throat lozenge; cough sweet
- 竹織鴨zuk1 zik1 aap3a metaphor to describe a heartless person
- 本處bun2 cyu3here
- 登記員dang1 gei3 jyun4registrar
- 在此後zoi6 ci2 hau6after this
- 擅權sin6 kyun4to arrogate power
- 鎂鹽mei5 jim4magnesium salt
- 車把ce1 baa2handlebar (of a bicycle); shaft (of a rickshaw)
- 外因ngoi6 jan1external reasons
- 瓦楞ngaa5 ling4rows of tiles on a roof
- 殺蟲劑saat3 cung4 zai1insecticide
- 十五十六sap6 ng5 sap6 luk6(adjective) (of making decision) uncertain; indecisive; unsure; at sixes and sevens
- 千層糕cin1 cang4 gou1layered cake or dessert
- 乾縣kin4 jyun6Qian County or Qianxian, a county in Xianyang City 咸陽市|咸阳市[Xian2 yang2 Shi4], Shaanxi
- 干邑gon1 jap1Cognac
- 精疲力竭zing1 pei4 lik6 kit3spirit weary, strength exhausted (idiom); spent
- 薄暮bok6 mou6dusk
- 行間hang4 gaan1between rows
- 間行gaan3 hong4interlace
- 謹防gan2 fong4to guard against
- 門前mun4 cin4in front of the door
- 外太婆ngoi6 taai3 po2paternal grandmother's mother; mother of maternal grandparents
- 綠色綫luk6 sik1 sin3(MTR)Kwun Tong line; lit. green line
- 脆片ceoi3 pin2chip
- 秤頭cing3 tau4weight
- 壞人waai6 jan4bad person
- 少來siu2 loi4refrain (from doing sth)
- 竄訪cyun3 fong2(derog.) (of a prominent figure) to visit (another country) (used when one disapproves of the visit for political reasons)
- 米高mai5 gou1(HK) (name) Michael
- 私人樓si1 jan4 lau2private housing, built by a private developer, as opposed to a public housing built by the Hong Kong Housing Authority or the Hong Kong Housing Society
- 名位ming4 wai6fame and position
- 無干mou4 gon1to have nothing to do with
- 耍潑saa2 put3(dialect) to make an unreasonable scene
- 古馳gu2 ci4Gucci (brand)
- 黃面婆wong4 min6 po4(slang) derogatory term for a housewife who doesn't dress up nicely and doesn't care much about their appearance
- 搗弄dou2 lung6to move back and forward
- 袍金pou4 gam1remuneration for being a board director
- 國別gwok3 bit6nationality
- 綜效zung3 haau6synergy
- 寵召cung2 ziu6(someone in high position)summon
- 中小zung1 siu2Small and medium
- 不動bat1 dung6motionless
- 孖煙囪maa1 jin1 tung1boxer shorts; boxers [colloquial]
- 工尺譜gung1 ce1 pou2traditional Chinese musical notation using Chinese characters to represent musical notes
- 貓竇maau1 dau3a cat bed; a cat basket
- 凶荒hung1 fong1(literary) famine
- 積梳zik1 so1jigsaw
- 地級dei6 kap1(administrative) prefecture-level
- 汽鍋hei3 wo1steamer (for cooking)
- 機場快線gei1 coeng4 faai3 sin3(noun) the Airport Express, public transportation in Hong Kong
- 開荒牛hoi1 fong1 ngau4a hardworking founder (slang)
- 喉底hau4 dai2bottom of throat, which means a basic singing skill
- 便覽bin6 laam5brief guide
- 凍卵dung3 leon2to freeze a woman's eggs for later fertilization; to cryopreserve oocytes
- 牡牛maau5 ngau4bull
- 不亦bat1 jik6(literary) isn't it truly …?; how … it is!
- 梳弄so1 lung6(old) to deflorate a prostitute
- 捽碟zeot1 dip2verb; scratching. it is the turntable techniques used by DJs
- 碩麗sek6 lai6large and beautiful
- 能級nang4 kap1energy level
- 驛傳jik6 cyun4relay post-horse mail service (in former times)
- 大西daai6 sai1Ōnishi (Japanese surname)
- 西大sai1 daai6(Internet slang) the United States (contrasted with China 東大|东大[Dong1 da4])
- 本經bun2 ging1classic book
- 演講家jin2 gong2 gaa1orator
- 鋒鋼fung1 gong3high speed steel
- 甲胺gaap3 on1(chemistry) methylamine
- 列寧lit6 ning4Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924), Russian revolutionary leader
- 晶光zing1 gwong1glittering light
- 天次tin1 ci3number of days of sth taking place (e.g. days of heavy pollution)
- 再講zoi3 gong2say again, talk again; furthermore
- 在外zoi6 ngoi6outer
- 點水dim2 seoi2to skim
- 附薦fu6 zin3setup a memorial tablet and invite the ghost to attach on it, to let it receive offer, and to release it from purgatory
- 倒灶dou2 zou3to fall (from power)
- 輜重zi1 cung5(military) supplies (munitions, rations, clothing etc)
- 豬籠草zyu1 lung4 cou2tropical pitcher plant (i.e. genus Nepenthes)
- 軟梯jyun5 tai1rope ladder
- 燈盞dang1 zaan2lantern
- 丙糖bing2 tong4triose (CH2O)3, monosaccharide with three carbon atoms, such as glyceraldehyde 甘油醛[gan1 you2 quan2]
- 坎肩ham2 gin1sleeveless jacket (usually cotton)
- 喉結hau4 git3Adam's apple
- 瑪芬maa5 fan1(loanword) muffin
- 結喉git3 hau4see 喉結|喉结[hou2 jie2]
- 三原saam1 jyun4see 三原縣|三原县[San1 yuan2 Xian4]
- 窩籃wo1 laam1bamboo "nest" basket/tray
- 一日千里jat1 jat6 cin1 lei5lit. one day, a thousand miles (idiom); rapid progress
- 四週圍sei3 zau1 wai4around; on all sides; surrounding area
- 綽綽有餘coek3 coek3 jau5 jyu4(idiom) more than enough
- 鉛錘jyun4 ceoi4bob of a plumbline
- 手把sau2 baa2handle
- 唔使慌m4 sai2 fong1(phrase) don't be afraid; don't panic; don't count on
- 墳丘fan4 jau1a tomb
- 鑲牙soeng1 ngaa4to have a false tooth set in
- 陀衰to4 seoi1to drag somebody into trouble
- 多金do1 gam1rich; wealthy
- 詐刑zaa3 jing4to express upset, to show anger to somebody, by complaining, moaning, scolding etc; to complain against, to be angry with another person
- 渾球wan4 kau4variant of 混球[hun2 qiu2]
- 門地mun4 dei6variant of 門第|门第[men2 di4]
- 火炕fo2 hong3
- 連璧lin4 bik1to join jade annuli
- 老老lou5 lou5variant of 姥姥[lao3 lao5]
- 沃灌juk1 gun3to irrigate
- 府尹fu2 wan5magistrate
- 腐刑fu6 jing4castration (a form of punishment during the Han period)
- 遙遙領先jiu4 jiu4 ling5 sin1(idiom) a long way in front; to lead by a wide margin
- 攢錢zaan2 cin4to save up money
- 逸蕩jat6 dong6dissolute
- 道學dou6 hok6Confucian study of ethics
- 伯爺公baak3 je1 gung1old man
- 晶明zing1 ming4bright
- 亞姨aa3 ji1Aunt; Auntie
- 烏卒卒wu1 zeot1 zeot1jet black; dirty; to be in the dark about something; unwitting; unsuspecting
- 多型do1 jing4(computing) polymorphism
- 刮削gwaat3 soek3to exploit; to take poor people's money
- 轟趴gwang1 paa1(loanword) party (social gathering)
- 副高fu3 gou1associate senior professional title; person holding such a title (abbr. for 副高級職稱|副高级职称[fu4 gao1 ji2 zhi2 cheng1])
- 三分saam1 fan1somewhat
- 女兒牆neoi5 ji4 coeng4crenelated parapet wall
- 殊色syu4 sik1beautiful girl
- 魁首fui1 sau2chief
- 無表情mou4 biu2 cing4expressionless
- 違礙wai4 ngoi6taboo
- 子模型zi2 mou4 jing4submodel
- 晨操san4 cou1morning exercises, commonly used on racehorses
- 北嫂bak1 sou2a wife or middle-aged woman from Mainland China
- 黏性nim1 sing3adhesiveness; stickiness
- 小掩siu2 jim2love handles
- 幽科jau1 fo1rituals of worship to spirits for pacifying
- 貨棧fo3 zaan6warehouse
- 次元ci3 jyun4dimension (loanword, from Japanese)
- 事到如今si6 dou3 jyu4 gam1as matters stand; things having reached this stage
- 印尼話jan3 nei4 waa2Indonesian language; Bahasa Indonesia
- 燙衫tong3 saam1to iron clothes [colloquial]
- 屠毒tou4 duk6poison
- 嗣響zi6 hoeng2lit. a following echo
- 有驚無險jau5 ging1 mou4 him2to be more scared than hurt (idiom)
- 未名mei6 ming4unnamed
- 連天lin4 tin1reaching the sky
- 未知mei6 zi1unknown
- 奶咀naai5 zeoi2dummy; pacifier
- 建基於gin3 gei1 jyu1to be based on
- 紅汞hung4 hung3merbromin
- 餅舖beng2 pou2bakery; cakery
- 全向cyun4 hoeng3in all directions
- 係要hai6 jiu3need to; want to
- 再製zoi3 zai3to make more of the same thing
- 棧架zaan6 gaa2trestle
- 好放hou2 fong3very open sexually; licentious; wanton [colloquial]
- 扒摟paa4 lau4to gather together as with a rake
- 灶眼zou3 ngaan5stovetop burner
- 拉新laai1 san1(marketing) to acquire new users; to bring in new customers
- 新拉san1 laai1New Latin
- 總方針zung2 fong1 zam1general policy
- 臨床lam4 cong4(medicine) clinical
- 重秤cung5 cing3heavy weighted (spoken)
- 吸咀kap1 zeoi2(of a door) threshold; still
- 寇準kau3 zeon2Kou Zhun (961-1023), Northern Song politician and poet
- 廁所位ci3 so2 wai2toilet break; usually refers to an unattractive part of a show during which the audience would go to the washroom; literally: toilet time
- 駁議bok3 ji5to correct (in writing) sb's errors or misconceptions
- 找出zaau2 ceot1to find
- 約制joek3 zai3to bind
- 受過sau6 gwo3to take the blame (for sb else)
- 慕斯mou6 si1(loanword) (cuisine) mousse
- 拿起naa4 hei2to pick up
- 省分saang2 fan1variant of 省份[sheng3 fen4]
- 盈警jing4 ging2profit warning
- 泡沫經濟pou5 mut6 ging1 zai3bubble economy
- 貶降bin2 gong3to demote
- 酮基tung4 gei1ketone group
- 冰蝕bing1 sik6glaciated
- 起到hei2 dou3(in an expression of the form 起到[qi3 dao4] + … + 作用[zuo4 yong4]) to have (a (motivating etc) effect); to play (a (stabilizing etc) role)
- 佔爲zim3 wai4
- 嬌弱giu1 joek6delicate
- 看門口hon1 mun4 hau2to keep watch; to keep a lookout
- 盲盒maang4 hap2blind box; mystery box
- 鬆垮sung1 kwaa1undisciplined
- 第一線dai6 jat1 sin3front line
- 別無bit6 mou4to have no other... (used in fixed expressions)
- 多放do1 fong3add extra (of a spice etc)
- 濫刑laam6 jing4indiscriminate punishment