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- 雞毛蒜皮gai1 mou4 syun3 pei4lit. chicken feathers and garlic skins (idiom)
- 丫叉aa1 caa1Y-shaped catapult
- 小轉siu2 zyun2to turn right (Shanghainese)
- 跨語言kwaa3 jyu5 jin4cross-language
- 被和諧bei6 wo4 haai4to be "harmonized" i.e. censored
- 生物鐘sang1 mat6 zung1biological clock
- 門號mun4 hou6door number
- 從動cung4 dung6-driven (of mechanism, driven by a component)
- 伏伏跳buk4 buk2 tiu3heart pounding [written and colloquial]
- 彌賽亞nei4 coi3 aa3Messiah
- 蚊拍man1 paak2fly swatter
- 簡歷gaan2 lik6curriculum vitae (CV)
- 論証leon6 zing3to prove; to expound; (logical) proof
- 旨趣zi2 ceoi3(literary) purport; objective; intent
- 同歲tung4 seoi3to be the same age
- 拓拔tok3 bat6branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 nomadic people, founders of Wei 北魏 of the Northern Dynasties (386-534)
- 瀕海pan4 hoi2coastal
- 素餡sou3 haam2vegetable filling
- 花著faa1 zyu3variant of 花招[hua1 zhao1]
- 著花zyu3 faa1to blossom
- 心路sam1 lou6scheme
- 變為bin3 wai4to change into
- 算我syun3 ngo5
- 皺起zau3 hei2to purse
- 蓋棺koi3 gun1to cover the coffin with its lid
- 穆稜muk6 ling4see 穆稜市|穆棱市[Mu4 ling2 Shi4]
- 彩塑coi2 sou3painted clay figure
- 私釀si1 joeng6to brew alcoholic drinks illegally
- 大陣仗daai6 zan6 zoeng6(noun
- 大滿貫daai6 mun5 gun3grand slam
- 田螺車tin4 lo2 ce1a cement truck
- 好辦hou2 baan6easy to do; easy to manage
- 恥罵ci2 maa6to abuse
- 麼麼mo1 mo1kissing sound (slang onom.)
- 謹嚴gan2 jim4meticulous
- 管制站gun2 zai3 zaam6control point for information clearance
- 椅憑ji2 pang1backrest of a chair
- 拚去pun3 heoi3to reject
- 花販faa1 faan2flower-seller
- 駝子to4 zi2hunchback
- 調研diu6 jin4to investigate and research
- 鼠竄syu2 cyun3to scamper off
- 以近ji5 kan5according to recently
- 比利bei2 lei6(HK, Sg, Tw) Pelé (1940–2022), Edson Arantes Do Nascimento, Brazilian football star
- 發文faat3 man4to issue a document
- 四週sei3 zau1around; surroundings
- 識羞sik1 sau1to know shame
- 蠻夷maan4 ji4common term for non-Han peoples in former times, not exclusively derogatory
- 生長率sang1 zoeng2 leot2growth rate
- 補掩bou2 jim2to patch up
- 購買力kau3 maai5 lik6purchasing power
- 漂遊piu1 jau4drift
- 大匠daai6 zoeng6master craftsman
- 史蒂夫si2 dai3 fu1Steve (male name)
- 下任haa6 jam6next office holder
- 紫籌股zi2 cau4 gu2purple chip stock, with the capital from Mainland China invested in blue chip companies [written and colloquial]
- 鹹濕仔haam4 sap1 zai2a lecherous youngster [colloquial]
- 小黃siu2 wong4(Tw) (coll.) taxicab
- 稻子dou6 zi2rice (crop)
- 鐵証tit3 zing3irrefutable evidence
- 新選san1 syun2newly elected
- 拉生意laai1 saang1 ji3to tout
- 啪噠paak1 daat6(onom.) sound of object falling into water
- 鏟屎官caan2 si2 gun1(neologism) (coll.) pet owner (lit. "official in charge of cleaning up poop")
- 回歸熱wui4 gwai1 jit6recurring fever
- 關說gwaan1 syut3to speak on sb's behalf; to intercede for sb
- 話知佢waa6 zi1 keoi5don't care; who cares about
- 較真gaau3 zan1serious; meticulous; nitpicky
- 建築群gin3 zuk1 kwan4building complex; cluster of buildings
- 上城soeng6 sing4see 上城區|上城区[Shang4 cheng2 Qu1]
- 鑄件zyu3 gin2a casting (i.e. sth cast in a mold)
- 萱草hyun1 cou2Hemerocallis fulva
- 姑子gu1 zi2husband's sister
- 東京塔dung1 ging1 taap3Tokyo Tower
- 金絲雀gam1 si1 zoek3canary
- 魯鈍lou5 deon6stupid
- 攬住死laam2 zyu6 sei2to get into trouble together [colloquial]
- 煲飯bou1 faan6to cook rice
- 此類ci2 leoi6this kind
- 遠人jyun5 jan4an estranged person
- 朔日sok3 jat6first day of the lunar month
- 駕齡gaa3 ling4length of experience as a driver
- 高速率gou1 cuk1 leot2high speed
- 西紅柿sai1 hung4 ci2tomato
- 相偕soeng1 gaai1together (literary)
- 濫捕laam5 bou6to arrest people arbitrarily, indiscriminately ----
- 老坑婆lou5 haang1 po2a derogatory term to address an old woman [colloquial]
- 花匠faa1 zoeng6gardener
- 用完jung6 jyun4used up
- 香燻hoeng1 fan1aroma
- 北平bak1 ping4Peiping or Beiping (name of Beijing at different periods, esp. 1928-1949)
- 中遠zung1 jyun5China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO) (abbr. for 中國遠洋運輸|中国远洋运输[Zhong1 guo2 Yuan3 yang2 Yun4 shu1])
- 腕子wun2 zi2wrist
- 性行sing3 hang4sexual activity
- 非處fei1 cyu3unmarried woman who is not a virgin
- 繫泊hai6 bok6to moor
- 區報keoi1 bou3
- 打場daa2 coeng4to thresh grain (on the floor)
- 仲秋zung6 cau1second month of autumn
- 搗鼓dou2 gu2to fiddle with sth
- 金匠gam1 zoeng6goldsmith
- 淺耕cin2 gaang1to scratch
- 聽訟ting3 zung6to hear litigation (in a law court)
- 親兄弟can1 hing1 dai6Blood brothers
- 走線zau2 sin3(neologism, attested by 2021) (slang) to illegally migrate (esp. from China to the U.S. via Latin America through high-risk routes)
- 佔比zim3 bei2variant of 占比[zhan4 bi3]
- 好事近hou2 si6 gan6to wed soon; to get married soon
- 扑鎚bok1 ceoi2to make a decision or to confirm; literally, to hit the hammer (when the auctioneer determines the wining bid)
- 吧台baa6 toi4counter of a bar (pub)
- 麥克mak6 hak1(name) Mike; Michael
- 鬆脆sung1 ceoi3crispy
- 刨齒paau4 ci2gear-shaping
- 按日on3 jat6daily (law)
- 袖標zau6 biu1armband
- 蝴蝶效應wu4 dip6 haau6 jing3butterfly effect (dynamical systems theory)
- 疊碼仔daap6 maa5 zai2casino chips seller [colloquial]
- 下關haa6 gwaan1Shimonoseki (city in Japan)
- 跑出paau2 ceot1to run out
- 振頻zan3 pan4frequency of vibration
- 齋噏zaai1 ngap1empty talk; all talk and no action [colloquial]
- 自治領zi6 zi6 ling5Dominion, the self-governing Commonwealth realm(s)
- 發顫faat3 zin3to shiver
- 寫道se2 dou6to write (used before or after a quoted passage)
- 崩紗bang1 saa1butterfly-shaped cookies
- 岱廟doi6 miu2Dai Temple, a temple in Shandong for the god of Mount Tai
- 法馬faat3 maa5variant of 砝碼|砝码[fa3 ma3]
- 蠟染laap6 jim5batik (color printing on cloth using wax)
- 靴褲hoe1 fu3boot cut (e.g. of jeans etc)
- 炫富jyun4 fu3to flaunt one's wealth
- 冥合ming5 hap6to agree implicitly
- 嘩佬waa1 lou2valve
- 點係dim2 hai6an expression of courtesy used when someone has done something for you, similar to saying "it is very nice of you"; "I don't deserve it"; "you shouldn't have"
- 德里dak1 lei5Delhi
- 變元bin3 jyun4(math.) argument
- 殺進saat3 zeon3to storm (a city etc)
- 令你ling6 nei5
- 折痕zit3 han4crease
- 接觸器zip3 zuk1 hei3contactor
- 無需mou4 seoi1needless
- 果啤gwo2 be1fruit beer
- 煲藥bou1 joek6to boil Chinese medicine
- 藥煲joek6 bou1herbal pot ----
- 非同步fei1 tung4 bou6asynchronous
- 愁腸sau4 coeng4anxiety
- 危篤ngai4 duk1deathly ill
- 來電顯示loi4 din6 hin2 si6caller ID
- 執滯zap1 zai6stubborn; inflexible
- 全本cyun4 bun2whole edition
- 戰後zin3 hau6after the war
- 睇慣tai2 gwaan3to be already used to seeing something
- 蜜汁mat6 zap1honey taste sauce
- 淡滅滅taam5 mit6 mit6bland taste
- 水上新娘seoi2 soeng6 san1 noeng4Chinese brides who married to Hong Kong fishermen during the 1980s
- 消炎藥siu1 jim4 joek6anti-inflammatory medicine
- 哀哭oi1 huk1to weep in sorrow
- 重來cung5 loi4to start over
- 周身癮zau1 san1 jan5feeling itchy all over the body
- 二連ji6 lin4see 二連浩特市|二连浩特市[Er4 lian2 hao4 te4 Shi4]
- 掉秤diu6 cing3to lose weight (of cattle)
- 蟹槓haai5 gong6crab pincers; crab claws
- 熱敏紙jit6 man5 zi2thermal paper
- 神經網san4 ging1 mong5neural net
- 奄奄一息jim1 jim1 jat1 sik1dying
- 集成zaap6 sing4integrated (as in integrated circuit)
- 冷嘲熱諷laang5 zaau1 jit6 fung3frigid irony and scorching satire (idiom); to mock and ridicule
- 非黨fei1 dong2non-party
- 言喻jin4 jyu6to describe; to put into words
- 撐到恆caang3 dou3 hang4to hang tough; to stand one's ground [colloquial]
- 竈頭zou3 tau2cooking stove; kitchen range
- 參政權caam1 zing3 kyun4suffrage
- 小太太siu2 taai3 taai2concubine
- 引導員jan5 dou6 jyun4usher
- 作別zok3 bit6to take one's leave
- 按月on3 jyut6monthly
- 心學sam1 hok6School of Mind
- 理喻lei5 jyu6to reason with sb
- 鹹淡場haam4 taam5 coeng4a business that is slightly dodgy [colloquial]
- 本月bun2 jyut6this month
- 廚櫃cyu4 gwai6a kitchen cupboard
- 標松柴biu1 cung4 caai4to describe a collusion (often illegal
- 鱗甲leon4 gaap3scale
- 靶紙baa2 zi2target sheet
- 超物理ciu1 mat6 lei5surpassing the physical world
- 浪蝕long6 sik6wave erosion
- 和數wo4 sou3sum (math.)
- 衰鬼豆seoi1 gwai2 dau2acceptable bad language used by kids (spoken)
- 看好hon1 hou2to keep an eye on
- 概形koi3 jing4scheme (in algebraic geometry)
- 靶船baa2 syun4target ship
- 賣得maai6 dak1hot-selling; sell like hot cakes;
- 慕思mou6 si1mousse (food)
- 思慕si1 mou6to cherish the memory of sb
- 拉話laai1 waa6(dialect) to chat
- 行李箱hang4 lei5 soeng1suitcase
- 亞姑aa3 gu1Aunt; Auntie
- 侍仔si6 zai2waiter (spoken)
- 無罪mou4 zeoi6innocent
- 窩粑wo1 baa1burned rice, usually hard or crispy, and is sometimes eaten by adding boiled water or as is
- 薄脆bok6 ceoi3crispy
- 查証caa4 zing3to substantiate; to verify