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- 以遠ji5 jyun5beyond [transport]
- 彩漂coi2 piu3colour bleaching liquid or powder
- 顫音zin3 jam1vibrato (of stringed instrument)
- 斥候cik1 hau6to reconnoiter
- 汽艇hei3 teng5motorboat
- 法軍faat3 gwan1French army
- 晾腳long3 goek3to rest one's feet on top of a surface
- 任從jam6 cung4at one's discretion
- 酬應cau4 jing3social interaction
- 紫脹zi2 zoeng3to get red and swollen
- 羯族kit3 zuk6Jie people, a tribe of northern China around the 4th century
- 老么lou5 jiu1(coll.) youngest child
- 瀕近pan4 gan6on the brink
- 週一zau1 jat1Monday
- 兩點loeng5 dim2Two points
- 同情者tung4 cing4 ze2supporter
- 積累性zik1 leoi5 sing3cumulative
- 我們的ngo5 mun4 dik1our; ours [written]
- 垂垂seoi4 seoi4gradually
- 兩婆孫loeng5 po4 syun1Grandma and grandson
- 百貨商場baak3 fo3 soeng1 coeng4Department stores
- 閪水hai1 seoi2vaginal discharge [colloquial]
- 揚鞭joeng4 bin1to whip on
- 製訂zai3 ding3Formulate
- 倒是dou2 si6contrary to what one might expect
- 撇水pit3 seoi2thousand dollars
- 人定jan4 ding6middle of the night
- 合成法hap6 sing4 faat3(chemical) synthesis
- 表情包biu2 cing4 baau1image macro
- 金柑gam1 gam1kumquat
- 外送ngoi6 sung3to send out
- 重做cung5 zou6to redo
- 隸體dai6 tai2see 隸書|隶书[li4 shu1]
- 間線gaan3 sin3a dividing line; to underline
- 漂洋piu1 joeng4to cross the ocean
- 數出sou3 ceot1to count out (a sum of money etc)
- 法書faat3 syu1legal books
- 姨父ji4 fu6husband of mother's sister
- 四開sei3 hoi1
- 得令dak1 ling6to follow your orders
- 機體gei1 tai2organism (biology)
- 棘輪gik1 leon4ratchet
- 滷肉lou5 juk6stewed meat
- 起子hei2 zi2baking soda (used to leaven bread)
- 鹼荒gaan2 fong1alkali wasteland
- 塘鶴tong4 hok2pelican
- 起點線hei2 dim2 sin3starting line
- 澄麪dang6 min6non-glutinous flour
- 士敏土si6 man5 tou2cement (loanword) (old)
- 分會fan1 wui6branch
- 拉美laai1 mei5Latin America
- 早稻zou2 dou6early season rice
- 全同cyun4 tung4identical
- 篤篤duk1 duk1tuk-tuk; a three-wheel motor vehicle as an auto rickshaw
- 狼蛛long4 zyu1wolf spider
- 嬰兒期jing1 ji4 kei4infancy
- 高張gou1 zoeng1to hang up high; lavishly; taut
- 圖版tou4 baan2printing plate bearing an image (illustration, photo etc)
- 哀榮oi1 wing4(literary) reverence accorded to sb who has died; posthumous recognition
- 役齡jik6 ling4enlistment age
- 水障礙seoi2 zoeng3 ngoi6water hazard (golf)
- 舉証geoi2 zing3to provide proof
- 禿驢tuk1 leoi4(derog.) Buddhist monk
- 樺樹waa6 syu6birch
- 便車bin6 ce1a lift; a ride
- 絨球jung2 kau4pompon
- 相國soeng1 gwok3prime minister (in ancient China)
- 夾餡gaap3 haam2stuffed (of food)
- 傾泄king1 sit3to cascade down
- 有前有後jau5 cin4 jau5 hau6describe a woman who has great body shape; literally, she has front and back.
- 踢竇tek3 dau3the act of breaking into someone's place and making a mess there, normally refers to the circumstances where a wife turns up to cause trouble at the place where her husband is having affair with another woman; a gang bust
- 殖利zik6 lei6to generate a profit
- 揸大旗zaa1 daai6 kei4in-charge (slang)
- 頰窩haap3 wo1dimple
- 霉薑mui4 goeng1a type of pickled ginger
- 幽閒jau1 haan4free, casual
- 航空港hong4 hung1 gong2airfield
- 警嫂ging2 sou2wife of a police officer
- 認証jing6 zing3to authenticate; to certify
- 自相zi6 soeng1mutual
- 家子gaa1 zi2household
- 圖報tou4 bou3to repay or retribute
- 入月jap6 jyut6(of women) beginning of menstrual cycle
- 下頭haa6 tau4(slang) (of a person or manner) off-putting
- 高層雲gou1 cang4 wan4altostratus
- 乞伏hat1 fuk6tribe of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 nomadic people
- 三十saam1 sap6thirty
- 他信taa1 seon3Thaksin Shinawatra (1949-), Thai businessman and politician, prime minister 2001-2006
- 發報faat3 bou3to send a message
- 葡汁pou4 zap1coconut curry sauce; literally: Portuguese sauce
- 慎防san6 fong4to beware; to be careful of; to be particularly aware of
- 各就各位gok3 zau6 gok3 wai6(of the people in a group) to get into position (idiom)
- 蟹膏haai5 gou1crab gonads
- 南北美naam4 bak1 mei5North and South America
- 自有zi6 jau5(I, they etc) of course have (a plan, a way etc)
- 電人din6 jan4to give the glad eye [colloquial]
- 意下如何ji3 haa6 jyu4 ho4how about it?
- 訓詁fan3 gu2to interpret and make glossaries and commentaries on classic texts
- 趙括ziu6 kut3Zhao Kuo (-260 BC), hapless general of Zhao 趙國|赵国[Zhao4 Guo2], who famously led an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战[Chang2 ping2 zhi1 Zhan4] in 260 BC
- 摻假caam1 gaa2to mix in fake material
- 低分dai1 fan1low marks
- 什葉派sap6 jip6 paai3Shia sect (of Islam)
- 侍弄si6 lung6to look after
- 回稟wui4 ban2to report back to one's superior
- 三等分saam1 dang2 fan1to trisect
- 環礁waan4 ziu1atoll
- 堆棧deoi1 zaan2stack (computing)
- 車路ce1 lou6roads for cars
- 酸溜溜syun1 lau6 lau6sour
- 有電jau5 din6electric (apparatus)
- 孽報jip6 bou3bad karma
- 命令句ming6 ling6 geoi3imperative sentence
- 在教zoi6 gaau3to be a believer (in a religion, esp. Islam)
- 郁親juk1 can1easily
- 改成goi2 sing4to convert
- 開黑hoi1 hak1(slang) (online gaming) to team up with friends in a coordinated private group (黑[hei1] indicates private, team-only chat)
- 掛鐮gwaa3 lim4to complete the year's harvest
- 權時kyun4 si4(literary) temporarily
- 加名gaa1 meng2
- 睇得開tai2 dak1 hoi1to be able to look on the brightside; to be able to face and accept an issue calmly [colloquial]
- 收容所sau1 jung4 so2temporary shelter
- 黃芽白wong4 ngaa4 baak6(vegetable) nappa cabbage, a type of Chinese cabbage; celery cabbage
- 么二jiu1 ji6one-two or ace-deuce (smallest throw at dice)
- 抬槓toi4 gong3to bicker
- 南非語naam4 fei1 jyu5Afrikaans (language)
- 攀援paan1 wun4to climb up (a rope etc); climbing (plant)
- 求之不得kau4 zi1 bat1 dak1lit. seek but fail to get (idiom); fig. exactly what one’s been looking for
- 次生ci3 sang1derivative
- 銀匠ngan4 zoeng6silversmith
- 線鉗sin3 kim2Strippers; wire pliers
- 栩栩如生heoi2 heoi2 jyu4 sang1vivid and lifelike (idiom); true to life
- 校區haau6 keoi1campus
- 拉稀laai1 hei1(coll.) to have diarrhea
- 拍號paak3 hou6time signature (music)
- 算出syun3 ceot1to figure out; to calculate
- 超級杯ciu1 kap1 bui1Super Cup (various sports)
- 現已jin6 ji5already; to have already
- 佳釀gaai1 joeng6excellent wine
- 誘陷jau5 haam6to lure into a trap
- 門外mun4 ngoi6outside the door
- 蒸生瓜zing1 saang1 gwaa1(noun) a female who is not mature enough and not elegant enough; (adjective) slow witted
- 胸靶hung1 baa2chest silhouette (used as a target in shooting practice)
- 報請bou3 cing2to report, requesting approval
- 返頭婆faan1 tau4 po2a remarried women
- 冥福ming5 fuk1afterlife happiness
- 臏刑ban3 jing4removal of the kneecaps (punishment)
- 耐唔耐noi6 m4 noi2occasionally; every now and then
- 咪拘mai5 keoi1don't hold yourself; or also an expression of rejection, don't think or don't dare
- 開出hoi1 ceot1to issue; to offer; (of vehicle) to depart from
- 勻實wan4 sat6even
- 証據zing3 geoi3evidence; testimony; proof
- 貳臣ji6 san4turncoat official
- 打通關係daa2 tung1 gwaan1 hai6to gain connections by bribery [colloquial]
- 神秘化san4 bei3 faa3Mystification
- 萬里長城maan6 lei5 coeng4 sing4the Great Wall
- 昂昂ngong4 ngong4high-spirited
- 愚弱jyu4 joek6ignorant and feeble
- 晾肉long6 juk2dried meat
- 臥艙ngo6 cong1sleeping cabin on a boat or train
- 豬腸粉zyu1 coeng4 fan2steamed rice noodle roll, a common Chinese dish
- 攝時間sip3 si4 gaan3to fill out gaps in one's schedule by finding something unimportant to do, usually in an impromptu, unplanned manner
- 求我kau4 ngo5
- 明廁ming4 ci3bathroom with windows
- 錯用co3 jung6to misuse
- 走字zau2 zi6(of a clock or watch) to run; to register time
- 按蚊on3 man1anopheles
- 團長tyun4 coeng4regimental command
- 副標題fu3 biu1 tai4subtitle (of a book etc); subheading
- 前件cin4 gin6antecedent (logic)
- 南和naam4 wo4see 南和區|南和区[Nan2 he2 Qu1]
- 鋪炕pou1 kong3to make a bed
- 隨機應變ceoi4 gei1 jing3 bin3to change according to the situation (idiom); pragmatic
- 高出gou1 ceot1to be higher (than the stated amount) by ...
- 二指ji6 zi2index finger
- 拚除pun3 ceoi4to reject
- 黑廁hak1 ci3windowless bathroom
- 與訟jyu5 zung6those who are party to a legal case
- 喪亡song1 mong4to die
- 苟延殘喘gau2 jin4 caan4 cyun2(idiom) to struggle on whilst at death's door
- 萬難maan6 naan4countless difficulties
- 號碼布hou6 maa5 bou3number bib; running bib
- 墨魚丸mak6 jyu4 jyun2Cuttlefish balls
- 新台幣san1 toi4 bai6New Taiwan dollar (NTD)
- 整餸zing2 sung3to cook and prepare meal
- 睇得起tai2 dak1 hei2(verb) trust on; count on; bet on
- 人工河jan4 gung1 ho4canal
- 下錨haa6 naau4to drop anchor
- 案子on3 zi2long table; counter
- 羊羹joeng4 gang1yōkan, gelatin dessert typically made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar, sold in block form
- 神經管san4 ging1 gun2neural tube (embryology)
- 想得開soeng2 dak1 hoi1to not take to heart
- 脫卸tyut3 se3to evade responsibility
- 本地狀元bun2 dei6 zong6 jyun4(noun) top local students
- 兜肚dau1 tou5undergarment covering the chest and abdomen
- 油尖旺jau4 zim1 wong6Yau Tsim Mong district of Kowloon, Hong Kong
- 核反應hat6 faan2 jing3nuclear reaction
- 家主gaa1 zyu2head of a household
- 渾厚wan4 hau5simple and honest
- 廣東牌gwong2 dong1 paai2mahjong in Guangdong style
- 和麵wo4 min6to knead dough