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- 惜力sik1 lik6be sparing of one's energy
- 老實講lou5 sat6 gong2frankly speaking
- 啄尾doek3 mei5to close on one's car's tail; to rear-end
- 啞婆aa2 po2women who cannot talk
- 犁地lai4 dei6to plow
- 綏中seoi1 zung1see 綏中縣|绥中县[Sui2 zhong1 Xian4]
- 駁岸bok3 ngon6a low stone wall built along the water's edge to protect an embankment
- 拘檢keoi1 gim2restrained and cautious
- 由自可jau4 zi6 ho2to describe that a condition is still acceptable or tolerable, but definitely not its opposite
- 懶佬鞋laan5 lou2 haai4shoes without shoelaces (slang)
- 鉗住kim4 zyu6to clamp down; to suppress
- 駁渡bok3 dou6connecting ferry
- 打箍daa2 ku1to hoop
- 清華cing1 waa4abbr. for 清華大學|清华大学[Qing1 hua2 Da4 xue2]
- 譁變waa1 bin3to commit munity
- 拍點paak3 dim2(music) beat
- 諸事婆zyu1 si6 po2someone who like to meddle in other people's business [colloquial]
- 南大naam4 daai6Nanjing University, NJU (abbr. for 南京大學|南京大学[Nan2 jing1 Da4 xue2])
- 省委saang2 wai2provincial Party committee
- 飾巾sik1 gan1kerchief as head ornament
- 應報jing3 bou3see 報應|报应[bao4 ying4]
- 偽鈔ngai6 caau1counterfeit currency
- 直諫zik6 gaan3to admonish sb frankly
- 滷菜lou5 coi3pot-stewed dish
- 如東jyu4 dung1see 如東縣|如东县[Ru2 dong1 Xian4]
- 案例法on3 lai6 faat3case law
- 欽賜jam1 ci3(of an emperor) to bestow
- 仰藥joeng5 joek6to suicide by self-poisoning
- 如花jyu4 faa1flowery
- 朋輩pang4 bui3peers, friends of similar age
- 老來嬌lou5 loi4 giu1an elderly (female) who dresses up to cover up actual age (spoken)
- 樂在其中lok6 zoi6 kei4 zung1to take pleasure in sth (idiom)
- 種植體zung3 zik6 tai2implant (dentistry)
- 腸仔包coeng2 zai2 baau1Sausage bun
- 安全屋on1 cyun4 uk1safe house
- 上半場soeng6 bun3 coeng4first half of a game or contest
- 討乞tou2 hat1to go begging
- 巴士專線baa1 si2 zyun1 sin3noun; bus-only lane
- 父執輩fu6 zap1 bui3person of one's father's generation
- 化糞池faa3 fan3 ci4septic tank
- 開犁hoi1 lai4to start plowing
- 每人mui5 jan4each person
- 管他gun2 taa1no matter if
- 難走naan4 zau2hard to get to
- 大力神daai6 lik6 san4Heracles (Greek mythology)
- 所長so2 coeng4what one is good at; one's strong point
- 咫尺zi2 cek3(literary) very close; very near
- 實體層sat6 tai2 cang4physical layer (OSI)
- 幼芽jau3 ngaa4Buds, sprouts
- 路線圖lou6 sin3 tou4route map; (lit. and fig.) roadmap
- 轉成zyun2 sing4to turn into; to convert into; to transform into [written and colloquial]
- 肯定句hang2 ding6 geoi3affirmative sentence
- 打黑daa2 hak1to crack down on illegal activities; to fight organized crime
- 卸套se3 tou3to loosen a yoke
- 大碌daai6 luk1adj; it is huge (in a cylindrical shape)
- 歡悅fun1 jyut6happiness
- 定日ding6 jat6see 定日縣|定日县[Ding4 ri4 Xian4]
- 五內ng5 noi6five viscera (consist of heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys)
- 通訊局tung1 seon3 guk6Communications Authority
- 外場ngoi6 coeng4outside world
- 叫車giu3 ce1to call a cab (by phone)
- 拼攢ping3 cyun4to assemble
- 銳氣jeoi6 hei3acute spirit
- 廁格ci3 gaak3cubicle in a water closet
- 厭女jim3 neoi5misogyny; ideological or cultural hostility toward women
- 布朗bou3 long5(name) Brown
- 濫伐laam6 fat6to denude
- 誌哀zi3 oi1to pay respects to the dead
- 腌魚jip3 jyu2salted fish; kipper; pickled fish
- 姬妾gei1 cip3concubine
- 厭氣jim3 hei3fed up with
- 時綏si4 seoi1peace all year round (old letter closing)
- 蘇黎世sou1 lai4 sai3Zurich, Switzerland
- 李滄lei5 cong1see 李滄區|李沧区[Li3 cang1 Qu1]
- 臣虜san4 lou5slave
- 心肝椗sam1 gon1 ding3(noun) someone's honey; sweetheart; darling (usu. referring to one's child)
- 一萬jat1 maan6ten thousand
- 金縣gam1 jyun6King County
- 中州zung1 zau1lit. Central Plains (Province), is an ancient province around the area for current Henan Province, in China
- 回避wui4 bei6variant of 迴避|回避[hui2 bi4]
- 畫匠waa2 zoeng6artisan-painter
- 小麵包siu2 min6 baau1bread roll
- 催命符ceoi1 meng6 fu4something to accelerate one's death
- 太空卡taai3 hung1 kaat1registration-free prepaid SIM card; literally: space card
- 當代史dong1 doi6 si2contemporary history
- 貸款率taai3 fun2 leot2lending interest rate
- 轉矩zyun3 geoi2torque
- 另作ling6 zok3
- 討擾tou2 jiu5I beg to disturb you
- 上枱soeng5 toi2to serve
- 澡罐cou3 gun3tub (used for ablutions in a monastery)
- 隱藏處jan2 cong4 cyu3shelter
- 咄咄逼人cyut3 cyut3 bik1 jan4overbearing
- 罷駛baa6 sai2(of professional drivers) to go on strike
- 殊遇syu4 jyu6special treatment
- 轉天zyun2 tin1the following day; next day
- 區徽keoi1 fai1regional emblem
- 錐尖zeoi1 zim1point of an awl
- 仕進si6 zeon3become more hard-working and positive in order to achieve something
- 花哨faa1 saau3garish
- 箭咀zin3 zeoi2arrow sign
- 近點kan5 dim2
- 國關gwok3 gwaan1abbr. for 國際關係學院|国际关系学院[Guo2 ji4 Guan1 xi4 Xue2 yuan4], University of International Relations, Beijing
- 太奶奶taai3 naai4 naai2father's grandmother
- 外貌協會ngoi6 maau6 hip3 wui2the "good-looks club": people who attach great importance to a person's appearance (pun on 外貿協會|外贸协会 foreign trade association)
- 証供zing3 gung1testimony
- 扳子baan2 zi2spanner; wrench
- 箍子ku1 zi2finger ring (dialect)
- 震聾zan3 lung4to deafen
- 走相zau2 soeng1to lose one's good looks
- 機時gei1 si4usage time of a machine, computer or instrument (typically measured in hours)
- 紅卜卜hung4 bok1 bok1red cheeks caused by dry weather (spoken)
- 艾炭ngaai6 taan3carbonized mugwort leaf (TCM)
- 頭里tau4 lei5in front
- 吐穗tou3 seoi6to have the ears of grain come up
- 全心cyun4 sam1with heart and soul
- 濕黏sap1 nim1clammy
- 醃泡jip3 paau3to marinade
- 出生證ceot1 saang1 zing3birth certificate
- 犁頭lai4 tau4plowshare
- 依鬱ji1 wat1unexpected misfortune
- 麵的min6 dik1abbr. of 麵包車的士|面包车的士[mian4 bao1 che1 di1 shi4]
- 閪毛hai1 mou4a woman's pubic hair [colloquial]
- 平叛ping4 bun6to put down a revolt
- 不特bat1 dak6not only
- 碌過luk1 gwo3to luckily pass (exam, course, etc)
- 明代ming4 doi6the Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
- 荷蘭豬ho4 laan1 zyu1guinea pig
- 走子zau2 zi2a move (in chess)
- 譁眾取寵waa1 zung3 ceoi2 cung2to pander to popular tastes
- 小令siu2 ling6
- 較非gaau3 fei1to put someone at risk; to get someone into trouble [colloquial]
- 測量師caak1 loeng4 si1
- 自若zi6 joek6calm
- 拱肩gung2 gin1a spandrel (wall filling the shoulder between two neighboring arches)
- 程序庫cing4 zeoi6 fu3program library (computing)
- 土專家tou2 zyun1 gaa1Soil experts; self-taught experts
- 耀目jiu6 muk6(of lights or colours) dazzling; glaring
- 從業cung4 jip6to practice (a trade)
- 第七dai6 cat1the seventh
- 供應室gung1 jing3 sat1supply room; (esp. in a hospital) central supply room
- 擬定ji5 ding6to draw up
- 慎獨san6 duk6to preserve a proper behavior in private life
- 谷歌guk1 go1Google, Internet company and search engine
- 卜卜聲buk4 buk2 seng1(onomatopoeia) heartbeat
- 向錢看hoeng3 cin2 hon3to consider money as the most important factor
- 兩相loeng5 soeng1both sides
- 漢民族hon3 man4 zuk6Han ethnic group
- 鄉人hoeng1 jan4villager
- 天字tin1 zi6First
- 多元論do1 jyun4 leon6pluralism, philosophical doctrine that the universe consists of different substances
- 謙辭him1 ci4humble words
- 撐艇仔caang1 teng5 zai2noun; Punt a boat; or Kangxi radical 162 "辵"
- 扳本paan1 bun2to recoup losses (in gambling)
- 縹渺piu1 miu5variant of 飄渺|飘渺[piao1 miao3]
- 您再nei5 zoi3
- 連手lin4 sau2concerted action
- 黑墨墨hak1 mak6 mak6jet black; very dark
- 傲立ngou6 laap6to stand proudly
- 驟死zaau6 sei2sudden death (play-off in sporting competition)
- 無錫mou4 sek3see 無錫市|无锡市[Wu2 xi1 Shi4]
- 浩闊hou6 fut3vast
- 屎忽花si2 fat1 faa1the buttocks; the ass [colloquial]
- 更張gang1 zoeng1lit. to restring one's bow
- 醫生紙ji1 sang1 zi2a doctor's note
- 魔窟mo1 fat1lit. nest of devils
- 條條tiu4 tiu2a derogatory term for a young woman
- 竊匪sit3 fei2thief
- 扮死蟹baan6 sei2 haai5to play dead [colloquial]
- 扳動paan1 dung6to pull out
- 原處jyun4 cyu3original spot
- 北馬其頓bak1 maa5 kei4 deon6North Macedonia
- 老屎忽lou5 si2 fat1the elders; the senior member of a triad society; an experience and crafty person [colloquial]
- 選點syun2 dim2to choose an appropriate location
- 重又cung5 jau6once again
- 點選dim2 syun2to select
- 惟獨是wai4 duk6 si6only is
- 經線ging1 sin3warp
- 檯位toi2 wai6
- 再四zoi3 sei3repeatedly
- 猝然cyut3 jin4suddenly; abruptly
- 金箍gam1 ku1gold band
- 轉道zyun2 dou6to make a detour
- 代碼頁doi6 maa5 jip6code page
- 浴屏juk6 ping4shower screen
- 黑天hak1 tin1night; nightfall
- 報平安bou3 ping4 on1to signal one's own safety
- 右手jau6 sau2right hand
- 教學相長gaau3 hok6 soeng1 coeng4when you teach someone, both teacher and student will benefit
- 小頭siu2 tau4the smaller part or share of sth
- 團地tyun4 dei6
- 浴液juk6 jik6body wash
- 花呢faa1 nai4fancy suiting
- 石蕊sek6 jeoi5reindeer moss
- 包租婆baau1 zou1 po4a landlady
- 增設zang1 cit3to add to existing facilities or services
- 買餸maai5 sung3(verb) 1. To do groceries; 2. Buy some take out
- 簽名會cim1 meng2 wui2autograph session
- 家鄉話gaa1 hoeng1 waa2native language
- 碘酸din2 syun1iodic acid