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- 進關zeon3 gwaan1inbound customs (international trade)
- 媚詞mei6 ci4flattery
- 明了ming4 liu5variant of 明瞭|明了[ming2 liao3]
- 媚笑mei6 siu3enchanting smile
- 夾鉗gaap3 kim4tongs
- 爾來ji5 loi4(literary) recently; lately; hitherto
- 肚癮tou5 jan5craving [colloquial]
- 撇掉pit3 diu6to skim froth or foam from the surface of a liquid
- 冶遊je5 jau4to go courting
- 應城jing3 sing4see 應城市|应城市[Ying4 cheng2 Shi4]
- 拉手laai1 sau2to hold hands
- 華東waa4 dung1East China
- 亞所aa3 so2Azor (son of Eliakim and father of Zadok in Matthew 1:13-14)
- 人師jan4 si1mentor; role model
- 麵包店min6 baau1 dim3bakery
- 李冶lei5 je5Li Jilan 李季蘭|李季兰[Li3 Ji4 Lan2] or Li Ye (713-784), Tang dynasty female poet
- 年末nin4 mut6end of the year
- 鏽斑sau3 baan1rust spot; rust stain (on metal)
- 混合器wan6 hap6 hei3(noun) mixers
- 網關mong5 gwaan1network router
- 長得coeng4 dak1to look (pretty, the same etc)
- 中師zung1 si1secondary normal school (abbr. for 中等師範學校|中等师范学校[zhong1 deng3 shi1 fan4 xue2 xiao4])
- 灰雁fui1 ngaan6(bird species of China) greylag goose (Anser anser)
- 益生菌jik1 sang1 kwan2probiotics
- 焊絲hon6 si1welding wire
- 總重zung2 cung5gross weight
- 製版zai3 baan2to make a plate (printing)
- 刊憲hon2 hin3to be gazatted
- 部落客bou6 lok6 haak3blogger (Tw)
- 束狹cuk1 haap6narrow (of waterway)
- 不克bat1 hak1cannot
- 小心眼siu2 sam1 ngaan5narrow-minded
- 係數hai6 sou3coefficient
- 改下goi2 haa5
- 地處dei6 cyu3to be located at
- 煮餸zyu2 sung3(verb) to cook; to make dishes
- 躝開laan1 hoi1get out of the way; get lost (spoken)
- 變速箱bin3 cuk1 soeng1gearbox
- 再入zoi3 jap6to re-enter
- 福蔭fuk1 jam3blessing (?)
- 鼓槌gu2 ceoi4a drumstick
- 令正ling6 zing3(honorific) your wife
- 可讀ho2 duk6enjoyable to read; worth reading; readable
- 性轉sing3 zyun2(slang) to be genderswapped (abbr. for 性別轉換|性别转换[xing4 bie2 zhuan3 huan4])
- 黃連wong4 lin4Chinese goldthread (Coptis chinensis), rhizome used in medicine
- 近處gan6 cyu3nearby
- 假尻gaa2 gau1dildo
- 叻豬lek1 zyu1(sometimes sarcastic) awesome, outstanding, incredible
- 搜証sau2 zing3to collect evidence; to look for evidence
- 碗仔翅wun2 zai2 ci3(food) vegetarian Shark-fin Soup
- 血循環hyut3 ceon4 waan4Blood circulation
- 坐好zo6 hou2to sit properly
- 大角咀daai6 gok3 zeoi2the name of a place in Hong Kong: Tai Kok Tsui
- 脅逼hip3 bik1to threaten with force
- 後坐hau6 zo6recoil (of a firearm)
- 陰啲jam1 di1discreetly and slowly; usually regarding something that cannot be made known
- 愚矇jyu4 mung4ignorant; stupid
- 酒棗zau2 zou2dates in liquor
- 坡炭bo1 taan3charcoal
- 勤謹kan4 gan2diligent and painstaking
- 匡濟hong1 zai3to rectify or save
- 藍色綫laam4 sik1 sin3(MTR) Island line; lit. blue line
- 收藏品sau1 cong4 ban2collectables
- 先主sin1 zyu2former ruler; founding ruler
- 近路gan6 lou6shortcut
- 化日faa3 jat6sunlight
- 問倒man6 dou2to stump
- 日化jat6 faa3household chemicals (cleaning products etc) and toiletries (abbr. for 日用化學製品|日用化学制品[ri4 yong4 hua4 xue2 zhi4 pin3])
- 或門waak6 mun4OR gate (electronics)
- 寰球waan4 kau4(literary) the globe; the entire world
- 滿舵mun5 to4on full rudder
- 勘驗ham3 jim6to investigate
- 唐棣tong4 dai6shadbush or shadberry (genus Amelanchier)
- 見教gin3 gaau3I have been enlightened by your teaching (humble)
- 淹尖jim1 zim1(adjective) picky; fastidious
- 前體cin4 tai2(chemistry, biology) precursor
- 週期表zau1 kei4 biu2periodic table (chemistry)
- 非難fei1 naan4reproof
- 契家佬kai3 gaa1 lou2(n.) a insulting way to address a married woman's lover, a paramour .
- 紅會hung4 wui2the Red Cross society
- 生物鏈sang1 mat6 lin2food chain
- 周中zau1 zung1weekday
- 瑞士制seoi6 si6 zai3Swiss-system tournament
- 共線gung6 sin3(geometry) collinear
- 船舵syun4 to4rudder
- 個舊go3 gau6see 個舊市|个旧市[Ge4 jiu4 Shi4]
- 伸懶腰san1 laan5 jiu1to stretch oneself (on waking or when tired etc)
- 娛頭jyu4 tau4celebrity and entertainment news headlines (pun on 魚頭 [jyu4 tau4] i.e. fish's head)
- 偏癱pin1 taan2paralysis of one side of the body; hemiplegia
- 筒閥tung4 fat6a sleeve valve
- 晏駕aan3 gaa3to die (exclusively of the Emperor)
- 波特bo1 dak6(surname) Potter or Porter
- 咧咧le4 le4(dialect) to cry; to whimper
- 鈕帶nau2 daai2bond
- 發令faat3 ling6to issue an order
- 炫示jyun6 si6to show off
- 名頭ming4 tau4reputation
- 定分ding6 fan1predestination
- 頭名tau4 ming4first place
- 係麼hai6 mo1
- 幽浮jau1 fau4(Tw) (loanword) UFO; unidentified flying object
- 仙茅sin1 maau4golden eye-grass (Curculigo orchioides)
- 三明saam1 ming4see 三明市[San1 ming2 Shi4]
- 夫妻臉fu1 cai1 lim5see 夫妻相[fu1 qi1 xiang4]
- 福特fuk1 dak6Ford (name)
- 開葷hoi1 fan1to eat meat after having maintained a vegetarian diet
- 肅貪suk1 taam1to eradicate corruption; to eliminate corruption
- 棲木cai1 muk6roost
- 翻閹faan1 jim1to be re-employed in the same company in a similar position; usually used to refer to retired officials or due-to retire officials
- 半大bun3 daai6medium-sized
- 青綠色ceng1 luk6 sik1grassy green
- 試鏡頭si3 geng3 tau4screen test
- 盲公竹maang4 gung1 zuk1(noun) a blind person's cane; a guide cane; (of metaphor) a guide who gives directions; a guardian or a mentor who gives directions or advice on life
- 你媽nei5 maa1(interjection) fuck you
- 瑪麗maa5 lai6Mary or Marie (name)
- 諧波haai4 bo1harmonic (wave with frequency an integer multiple of the fundamental)
- 葛巾got3 gan1hemp headcloth
- 位面wai6 min6plane (of existence)
- 吹哨ceoi1 saau3to blow a whistle
- 牡鹿maau5 luk6stag
- 換新wun6 san1to replace with sth new
- 死麵sei2 min6unleavened dough
- 下把位haa6 baa2 wai2disadvantaged situation
- 桌巾coek3 gan1tablecloth
- 匣槍haap6 coeng1Mauser pistol (C96 type)
- 大大話話daai6 daai6 waa6 waa6roughly or approximately
- 壽桃包sau6 tou2 baau1longevity peach bun
- 千里cin1 lei5a thousand miles
- 區劃keoi1 waak6subdivision (e.g. of provinces into counties)
- 微博客mei4 bok3 haak3microblogging
- 較場gaau3 coeng4military drill ground
- 有風jau5 fung1windy
- 管路gun2 lou6piping (for water, oil, etc)
- 蠱祝gu2 zuk1to curse sb; to place a jinx
- 雙月soeng1 jyut6
- 襟兄弟kam1 hing1 dai6brothers-in-law whose wives are sisters; a more modern interpretation of this phrase is to refer to two guys who have slept with the same woman
- 奓鼻caa3 bei6Big Nostrils
- 蟹掩haai5 jim2crab shell
- 五經ng5 ging1the Five Classics of Confucianism, namely: the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], the Book of History 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1], the Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4], the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1], and the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋[Chun1 qiu1]
- 加車gaa1 ce1extra bus or train
- 大理daai6 lei5see 大理白族自治州[Da4 li3 Bai2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]
- 水果酒seoi2 gwo2 zau2fruit wine
- 聚合物zeoi6 hap6 mat6polymer
- 依啲ji1 di1these; used for uncountable or plural nouns
- 市丈si5 zoeng6zhang (Chinese unit of length equal to 3⅓ meters)
- 蠟療laap6 liu4wax therapy (used to treat arthritis etc)
- 前山cin4 saan1Front A place in Zhuhai, China
- 愛現oi3 jin6(coll.) to enjoy showing off
- 言中jin4 zung1to have one's words prove to be prophetic
- 鴨舌帽aap3 sit3 mou2peaked cap
- 任便jam6 bin6as you see fit
- 用光jung6 gwong1out of (supply)
- 見機gin3 gei1sees the chance or opportunity (spoken)
- 近便gan6 bin6nearby and therefore convenient
- 片子pin3 zi2film
- 開州hoi1 zau1see 開州區|开州区[Kai1 zhou1 Qu1]
- 撬客giu6 haak3to steal competitor's customer
- 保全bou2 cyun4to save from damage
- 網管mong5 gun2network management
- 胞漿baau1 zoeng1cytoplasm
- 揪揪zau1 zau1creased; wrinkled
- 燒焊siu1 hon5to weld
- 不通bat1 tung1to be obstructed
- 寫完se2 jyun4to finish writing
- 移民監ji4 man4 gaam1to be restricted to remain overseas in a country for a minimum period in order to gain permanent resident citizenship status [written and colloquial]
- 畔援bun6 wun4domineering; tyrannical
- 二十日ji6 sap6 jat6twenty days; twentieth [date]
- 外辦ngoi6 baan6foreign affairs office
- 算卦syun3 gwaa3fortune telling
- 摺袖zip3 zau6to roll up the sleeves
- 老丈lou5 zoeng6sir (respectful form of address for an old man)
- 真數zan1 sou3(math.) argument (of a logarithm)
- 明里ming4 lei5publicly; outwardly; professedly
- 由上而下jau4 soeng6 ji4 haa6from head to toe; from top to bottom; top-down
- 禽龍kam4 lung4iguanodon
- 受任sau6 jam6to appoint
- 機械工gei1 haai6 gung1a mechanic
- 世代相傳sai3 doi6 soeng1 cyun4passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down
- 腳下goek3 haa6under the foot
- 負碌fu6 luk1surprisingly lucky;originally from the word "fluke"
- 坐飛機co5 fei1 gei1take an aeroplane; by aeroplane
- 派米paai3 mai5to give out rice for free
- 令名ling6 ming4good name
- 增至zang1 zi3increase to
- 綴飾zeoi3 sik1to decorate
- 修葺sau1 cap1to repair
- 事體si6 tai2things
- 對半deoi3 bun3in half; evenly (into two parts); fifty-fifty
- 賓舟ban1 zau1penis (slang)
- 冇好氣mou5 hou2 hei3loss of patience with one
- 花苞faa1 baau1flower bud
- 驗証jim6 zing3to verify; to validate
- 厭薄jim3 bok6to despise
- 執嘢zap1 je5to clean or tidy up
- 拿西naa4 sai1
- 真神zan1 san4the True God
- 殺人放火saat3 jan4 fong3 fo2to kill and burn (idiom); murder and arson
- 練習本lin6 zaap6 bun2exercise book
- 電子鎖din6 zi2 so2electronic lock
- 把舵baa2 to4to hold the rudder