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- 寶誕bou2 daan3a commemoration; anniversary ceremony
- 被譽為bei6 jyu6 wai4to be acclaimed as; to be regarded as [written and colloquial]
- 扭耳仔nau2 ji5 zai2to twist one's ears, as a punishment or way to show someone is sorry
- 軍車gwan1 ce1military vehicle
- 國共gwok3 gung6the Chinese Nationalist Party and the Chinese Communist Party (abbr. for 國民黨|国民党[Guo2 min2 dang3] + 共產黨|共产党[Gong4 chan3 dang3])
- 住手zyu6 sau2to desist
- 公勺gung1 zoek3serving spoon
- 葡提子pou4 tai4 zi2grapes
- 定說ding6 syut3to assert categorically
- 說定syut3 ding6to agree on
- 羽涅jyu5 nip6alumen
- 週六zau1 luk6Saturday
- 磚窯zyun1 jiu4brick kiln
- 分相fan1 soeng1split phase (elec.)
- 沉凝cam4 jing4stagnant
- 黑雁hak1 ngaan6(bird species of China) brant (Branta bernicla)
- 信鴿seon3 gap3homing pigeon
- 黨組dong2 zou2party leadership group
- 玄壇jyun4 taan4The God of Yuen Tan, or Marshal Chiu Gong-ming, one of the Four Guardians of Daoism, he also known as the Armed God of Wealth. As his image is shown in dark face with serious attitude, so his name is borrowed to describe someone who is pouting or pulling a long face.
- 左右為難zo2 jau6 wai4 naan4(idiom) between a rock and a hard place
- 淋水lam4 seoi2to irrigate; to pour water onto
- 動問dung6 man6may I ask
- 強如koeng4 jyu4to be better than
- 倒著dou2 zyu3backwards; in reverse; upside down
- 點穿dim2 cyun1to lay bare in a few words
- 組會zou2 wui6group meeting
- 縣長jyun6 coeng4county's head commissioner
- 憋悶bit3 mun6to feel oppressed
- 扳雞maan1 gai1Literally "pull cock", figuratively "the trigger of a gun".
- 隨之ceoi4 zi1thereupon
- 中情局zung1 cing4 guk2US Central Intelligence Agency, CIA (abbr. for 中央情報局|中央情报局[Zhong1 yang1 Qing2 bao4 ju2])
- 籃框laam4 kwaang1the rim of basketball stand
- 姐弟戀ze2 dai6 lyun2love between an older woman and a younger man
- 聯繫人lyun4 hai6 jan4contact person
- 區選keoi1 syun2
- 彌陀nei4 to4Amitabha, the Buddha of the Western Paradise
- 穀穗guk1 seoi6ear of grain
- 剷泥車caan2 nai4 ce1excavator
- 藕粉ngau5 fan2lotus root starch
- 吊臘鴨diu3 laap6 aap2to hang; to hang oneself
- 廁板ci3 baan2toilet seat
- 跑者paau2 ze2runner
- 一門jat1 mun4classifier for courses
- 標題語biu1 tai4 jyu5title word
- 長按coeng4 on3to long press (a button)
- 寬斧fun1 fu2broadax
- 屈悶wat1 mun6bored
- 乘冪sing4 mik6(math.) to exponentiate; to raise (a number) to a power
- 子目錄zi2 muk6 luk6(computing) subdirectory
- 西市sai1 si5see 西市區|西市区[Xi1 shi4 Qu1]
- 好市多hou2 si5 do1(Tw) Costco (warehouse club chain)
- 飯蕊faan6 jeoi1warts
- 求是kau4 si6to seek the truth
- 遵旨zeon1 zi2to obey the Emperor's decree
- 埋舟maai4 zau1A group game called "coming close to the boat". The ghost will guard the base (the "boat") and run around to catch other players. If a player can touch the base (come close to the boat), he is safe.
- 恩將仇報jan1 zoeng1 sau4 bou3to bite the hand that feeds one (idiom)
- 症狀性zing3 zong6 sing3symptomatic
- 金菇gam1 gu1enoki mushroom
- 叠崩daap6 bang1wealthy [colloquial]
- 後設hau6 cit3meta- (prefix) (Tw)
- 見笑gin3 siu3to mock
- 家信gaa1 seon3letter to or from home or family
- 成本價sing4 bun2 gaa3cost price; the cost of an asset or goods
- 悲劇性bei1 kek6 sing3tragic
- 抑壓jik1 aat3to suppress (one's feeling)
- 推甄teoi1 jan1to recommend a student for admission to a higher-level school
- 切空間cit3 hung1 gaan1space of sections (math.)
- 日電jat6 din6NEC (Nippon Electronic Company)
- 移民工ji4 man4 gung1migrant worker
- 挑揀tiu1 gaan2to pick and choose
- 打狗daa2 gau2Takow, Takao or Takau, old name for Kaohsiung 高雄[Gao1 xiong2] in the southwest of Taiwan
- 細蓉sai3 jung2small size wonton noodles
- 定能ding6 nang4to be definitely able (to do sth)
- 加總gaa1 zung2to aggregate; to calculate the total
- 撇嘴pit3 zeoi2to curl one's lip
- 零基礎ling4 gei1 co2no prior study (in an area of learning)
- 三教saam1 gaau3the Three Doctrines (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism)
- 箍帶ku1 daai2strap
- 財產稅coi4 caan2 seoi3property tax
- 兇煞hung1 saat3demon
- 比爾bei2 ji5Bill (name)
- 倒垃圾dou2 laap6 saap3to dump the rubbish
- 苦諫fu2 gaan3to admonish strenuously
- 外派ngoi6 paai3to send sb to work abroad or in a different location
- 美瞳mei5 tung4cosmetic contact lens
- 悲歎bei1 taan3variant of 悲嘆|悲叹[bei1 tan4]
- 高數gou1 sou3further math
- 睇過先tai2 gwo3 sin1(verb) let see
- 肉沫juk6 mut6minced pork
- 國辦gwok3 baan6General Office of the State Council (abbr. for 國務院辦公廳|国务院办公厅[Guo2 wu4 yuan4 Ban4 gong1 ting1])
- 截糊zit6 wu2to preempt to win in Mahjong; to preempt
- 仰觀joeng5 gun1to observe with head looking up
- 劣作lyut6 zok3bad work
- 銳進jeoi6 zeon3to advance
- 作派zok3 paai3variant of 做派[zuo4 pai4]
- 開疆hoi1 goeng1to pioneer a frontier area
- 馱馬to4 maa5pack horse
- 一手一腳jat1 sau2 jat1 goek3(noun) one hand and one leg; (slang) someone's own works; someone works alone; to do something from scratch
- 基因型gei1 jan1 jing4genotype
- 死嘢sei2 je5asshole; bastard; usually used to address the opponent directly; relatively gentle
- 這天ze5 tin1this day
- 深仇大恨sam1 sau4 daai6 han6(idiom) bitter hatred
- 指法zi2 faat3(music) fingering
- 草根階層cou2 gan1 gaai1 cang4grassroots (caste); poverty class
- 相對濕度soeng1 deoi3 sap1 dou6relative humidity
- 馬體會maa5 tai2 wui6Atlético Madrid
- 潤喉jeon6 hau4to soothe one's throat
- 二人臺ji6 jan4 toi4genre of song-and-dance duet popular in Inner Mongolia
- 睡著seoi6 zyu3to fall asleep
- 格拉gaak3 laai1Gera (city in Germany)
- 喉嚨椗hau4 lung4 ding3palatine uvula
- 捕鼠器bou6 syu2 hei3mousetrap
- 麪包車min6 baau1 ce1a modified light truck, primarily retaining only the seating area, can accommodate approximately ten people
- 變回bin3 wui4to revert
- 空中少爺hung1 zung1 siu3 je4airline steward
- 出糗ceot1 cau3(coll.) to have sth embarrassing happen
- 顏色波ngaan4 sik1 bo1snooker cue balls other than white and red
- 抓地zaau2 dei6grip on the road
- 飄蓬piu1 pung4to float in the wind
- 扳指baan1 zi2ornamental thumb ring (originally a ring, often made from jade, worn by archers in ancient times to protect the right thumb when drawing a bowstring)
- 廣柑gwong2 gam1a variety of orange grown in Guangdong, Sichuan, Taiwan etc
- 產鉗caan2 kim4obstetric forceps
- 燕尾服jin3 mei5 fuk6swallow-tailed coat
- 放刁fong3 diu1to act wickedly
- 嗎哪maa1 naa5manna (Israelite food)
- 拿走naa4 zau2to take away
- 小辮siu2 bin1pigtail
- 元宇宙jyun4 jyu5 zau6(computing) metaverse
- 您呢nei5 le1
- 比特bei2 dak6bit (binary digit) (loanword)
- 空房間hung1 fong4 gaan1vacant room
- 鹽鹵jim4 lou5brine
- 垂詢seoi4 seon1to enquire; usually from a person of higher status
- 安全燈on1 cyun4 dang1safety lamp
- 長談coeng4 taam4a long talk
- 甄試jan1 si5selection test
- 德三dak1 saam1Nazi Germany
- 係咁大hai6 gam3 daai2about this big; reach the limit; to be done for
- 行先一步haang4 sin1 jat1 bou6to pass away [colloquial]
- 跑走paau2 zau2to escape; to flee; to run away
- 袖扣zau6 kau3cuff link
- 字圖zi6 tou4glyph
- 南丫島naam4 aa1 dou2Lamma Island, an island situated in the southern seas of Hong Kong
- 休止符jau1 zi2 fu4rest (music)
- 放哨fong3 saau3to keep watch
- 逸塵jat6 can4outstanding
- 嬌慣giu1 gwaan3to pamper
- 徽語fai1 jyu5Huizhou dialect of Gan, spoken in southern parts of Anhui Province
- 假人gaa2 jan4dummy (for crash testing, displaying clothes etc)
- 地祇dei6 kei4earth spirit
- 籽實zi2 sat6seed
- 氯仿luk6 fong2chloroform (trichloromethane CHCl3)
- 塑膜sou3 mok6plastic film (abbr. for 塑料薄膜[su4 liao4 bo2 mo2])
- 正花zeng3 faa1
- 定要ding6 jiu3or (used in a question when asking someone what they want out of the choices available) [colloquial]
- 列車員lit6 ce1 jyun4train attendant
- 抽筋菜cau1 gan1 coi3noun; Ipomoea Aquatica; Tung Choi; Water spinach
- 奶子naai5 zi2(coll.) milk
- 火犁fo2 lai4mechanical plow
- 抓去zaau2 heoi3to arrest and take away
- 探悉taam3 sik1to ascertain
- 挽力waan5 lik6pulling power (of draft animals)
- 心目sam1 muk6mind
- 陶笛tou4 dek6ocarina (musical instrument)
- 座廁zo6 ci3toilet bowl; chamber pot; literally: sitting toilet
- 超小型ciu1 siu2 jing4subminiature; micro-mini
- 插入caap3 jap6to insert; to stick in; to plug in
- 基甸gei1 din6Gideon (name, from Judges 6:11 onward)
- 尚無soeng6 mou4not yet
- 十六sap6 luk6sixteen
- 導演板dou6 jin2 baan2clapperboard
- 會集wui6 zaap6to come together
- 蛐蛐kuk1 kuk1(dialect) cricket (insect)
- 胸鰭hung1 kei4pectoral fin
- 一則jat1 zak1on the one hand
- 當令dong1 ling6to be in season
- 論功行賞leon6 gung1 hang4 soeng2(idiom) to assess merit and confer rewards
- 搏出位bok3 ceot1 wai2a desperate and a despicable way of seeking public attention
- 佛教語fat6 gaau3 jyu5Buddhist term
- 週期數zau1 kei4 sou3periodic number
- 農曆新年nung4 lik6 san1 nin4Chinese New Year
- 快要faai3 jiu3nearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth)
- 轉正zyun2 zing3to transfer to full membership
- 綑膜kwan2 mok2stretch wrap
- 債務國zaai3 mou6 gwok3Debtor nation
- 起重hei2 cung5to lift (sth heavy) using a crane or other mechanical means
- 設下cit3 haa6
- 馱子do6 zi2pack animal's load
- 解析gaai2 sik1to analyze
- 撩交打liu4 gaau1 daa2to use some random excuses
- 頤指ji4 zi2to order with the chin
- 至此zi3 ci2up until now
- 不亞bat1 aa3no less than
- 語音學jyu5 jam1 hok6phonetics
- 負能量fu6 nang4 loeng6negative energy
- 黏菌nim1 kwan2slime mold (Myxomycetes)
- 看錯hon1 co3to misinterpret what one sees or reads
- 特來dak6 loi4to come with a specific purpose in mind
- 高遠gou1 jyun5lofty
- 每處mui5 cyu3everywhere