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- 舵把to4 baa2tiller of a boat
- 新華san1 waa4Xinhua (lit. "New China"), used in the names of various businesses, products and organizations, notably Xinhua News Agency 新華社|新华社[Xin1 hua2 she4]
- 絲縷si1 leoi5silk thread
- 蟻竇ngai5 dau3ant nest
- 觀光區gun1 gwong1 keoi1tourist region
- 無不mou4 bat1none lacking
- 撩女仔liu4 neoi5 zai2to tease
- 三光saam1 gwong1the sun, the moon, and the stars
- 網開一面mong5 hoi1 jat1 min6open the net on one side (idiom); let the caged bird fly
- 鮑甫baau1 pou2dried abalone
- 絞索gaau2 sok3a noose for hanging criminals
- 全身麻醉cyun4 san1 maa4 zeoi3general anesthesia
- 惡濁ok3 zuk6filthy
- 作件zok3 gin6workpiece
- 揚州joeng4 zau1see 揚州市|扬州市[Yang2 zhou1 Shi4]
- 阿來aa3 loi4Alai (1959-), ethnic Tibetan Chinese writer, awarded Mao Dun Literature Prize in 2000 for his novel 塵埃落定|尘埃落定[Chen2 ai1 luo4 ding4] "Red Poppies"
- 枕巾zam2 gan1pillow cloth
- 新化san1 faa3see 新化縣|新化县[Xin1 hua4 Xian4]
- 高段gou1 dyun6high-level (ability)
- 還鄉waan4 hoeng1(literary) to return to one's native place
- 古典派gu2 din2 paai3classicists
- 內傳noi6 cyun4biography recounting apocryphal anecdotes and rumors
- 緊緊gan2 gan2closely
- 青棗cing1 zou2blue or green jujube
- 定見ding6 gin3firm view
- 舊地gau6 dei6once familiar places
- 三北saam1 bak1China's three northern regions, 東北|东北[Dong1 bei3], 華北|华北[Hua2 bei3] and 西北[Xi1 bei3]
- 坐去co5 heoi3
- 針箍zam1 ku1thimble
- 稟承ban2 sing4variant of 秉承[bing3 cheng2]
- 經辦ging1 baan6to handle; to deal with
- 實用文sat6 jung6 man4a general term for writing that is intended for practical purposes, eg. letters, notices, reports, etc.
- 且看ce2 hon3
- 封建主fung1 gin3 zyu2feudal ruler
- 貧民窟pan4 man4 fat1slum housing
- 詞人ci4 jan4writer of 詞|词[ci2] (a kind of Classical Chinese poem)
- 包月baau1 jyut6to make monthly payments
- 虛腕heoi1 wun2empty wrist (method of painting)
- 隨你ceoi4 nei5as you wish
- 枝丫zi1 aa1variant of 枝椏|枝桠[zhi1 ya1]
- 化用faa3 jung6to adapt (an idea etc)
- 首發sau2 faat3first issue
- 未完mei6 jyun4unfinish; not yet finish
- 克日hak1 jat6to set a date
- 炖翁deon3 jung1to poop
- 自帶zi6 daai3to bring one's own
- 沿著jyun4 zyu3to go along
- 您們nei5 mun4all of you
- 梵教faan6 gaau3Brahmanism
- 月半jyut6 bun315th of the month
- 無名mou4 ming4nameless
- 倉猝cong2 cyut3variant of 倉促|仓促[cang1 cu4]
- 天電tin1 din6atmospherics
- 轉幹zyun2 gon3to become a cadre (e.g. a promotion from shopfloor)
- 單個daan1 go3single
- 個半go3 bun3one and a half
- 哥羅芳go1 lo4 fong1(loanword) chloroform; trichloromethane CHCl3
- 噤聲kam1 seng1to keep silent
- 橘錄gwat1 luk6classification of orange trees by 12th century Song dynasty botanist Han Yanzhi 韓彥直|韩彦直[Han2 Yan4 zhi2]
- 苞米baau1 mai5(dialect) corn; maize
- 環保紙waan4 bou2 zi2recycled paper
- 勝過sing3 gwo3to excel
- 及時雨kap6 si4 jyu5timely rain
- 反相faan2 soeng1(a person's) rebellious appearance
- 一言jat1 jin4one sentence
- 張心zoeng1 sam1to be troubled
- 好人卡hou2 jan4 kaat1friendzone letter. A young man to be friendzoned by a girl he adored, the message is informed using a card or letter. Literally: good man card
- 徹悟cit3 ng6fully aware
- 挽額waan5 ngaak6elegiac tablet
- 著用zyu3 jung6
- 嚼蠟zoek3 laap6insipid
- 後半hau6 bun3latter half
- 花手巾faa1 sau2 gan1the paradise fish
- 德才dak1 coi4ethics and ability
- 才德coi4 dak1talent and virtue
- 面阻阻min6 zo2 zo2to be not on good terms with someone [colloquial]
- 袖箭zau6 zin3spring-loaded arrow concealed in one's sleeve
- 骨子裏gwat1 zi2 leoi5deep inside; the true nature of a person or a thing; literally, inside the bone
- 無秩序mou4 dit6 zeoi6disorder
- 好言hou2 jin4kind words
- 尼斯nei4 si1Nice (city in France)
- 古昔gu2 sik1(literary) ancient times
- 開集hoi1 zaap6open set (math.)
- 豬天梯zyu1 tin1 tai1the palate cartilage of a pig
- 重未zung6 mei6not yet (spoken)
- 糾錯dau2 co3to correct an error
- 轉入zyun2 jap6to change over to; to shift to; to switch to
- 公丈gung1 zoeng6decameter
- 銅匠tung4 zoeng6coppersmith
- 呵斥ho1 cik1to berate; to excoriate; to chide
- 起亞hei2 aa3Kia (Motors)
- 型別jing4 bit6(Tw) (computer programming) type
- 笸籮bo1 lo1valuables; spoiled children (spoken)
- 攝影術sip3 jing2 seot6photography
- 祠墓ci4 mou6memorial hall and tomb
- 老繭lou5 gaan2callus (patch or hardened skin)
- 搜尋引擎sau2 cam4 jan5 keng4(Tw, HK) search engine
- 割禾青got3 wo4 ceng1reaping the Poaceae when it is not ripe, meaning when one gambles, he
- 姐妹花ze2 mui6 faa1beautiful sisters
- 小於siu2 jyu1less than, <
- 旺蒼wong6 cong1see 旺蒼縣|旺苍县[Wang4 cang1 Xian4]
- 現兜兜jin6 dau1 dau1(noun) cash
- 彈糾daan6 gau2to accuse
- 糾彈dau2 taan4to censure
- 調諧tiu4 haai4harmonious
- 蟹爪筆haai5 zaau2 bat1Small-sized Chinese calligraphy brush
- 教本gaau3 bun2textbook
- 洩露sit3 lou6(verb) leak out
- 多言do1 jin4wordy
- 正教zing3 gaau3lit. true religion
- 珍羞zan1 sau1variant of 珍饈|珍馐[zhen1 xiu1]
- 拉拉laai1 laai1Lala, Philippines
- 流量計lau4 loeng6 gai3flowmeter
- 現打jin6 daa2to make a fresh batch of sth (juice, pasta, spices etc); freshly made (or ground, squeezed, brewed etc)
- 逆喻jik6 jyu6oxymoron
- 管住gun2 zyu6to take control of; to manage; to curb
- 成組sing4 zou2to make up (out of components)
- 水相seoi2 soeng1aqueous solution
- 人格神jan4 gaak3 san4personal god
- 碌竹luk1 zuk1someone who is tall and thin like a bamboo [colloquial]
- 相生soeng1 sang1to engender one another
- 萬國旗maan6 gwok3 kei4thousands of country flags ----
- 箍麻ku1 maa4to become numb (from being bound too tightly)
- 七嘴八舌cat1 zeoi2 baat3 sit3lively discussion with everybody talking at once
- 非得fei1 dak1(followed by a verb phrase, then – optionally – 不可, or 不行 etc) must
- 雄蕊hung4 jeoi5stamen (male part of flower)
- 三千saam1 cin1three thousand
- 心重sam1 cung5overanxious
- 頂唔蒲ding2 m4 pou4to be unable to tolerate
- 堡礁bou2 ziu1barrier reef
- 撅嘴kyut3 zeoi2to pout
- 死咗sei2 zo2dead [colloquial]
- 沒多久mut6 do1 gau2before long
- 行員hang4 jyun4(Tw) staff; clerk; employee (of a bank 銀行|银行[yin2 hang2] or commercial firm 商行[shang1 hang2])
- 即系zik1 hai6which is..
- 軍民gwan1 man4army-civilian
- 額外性ngaak6 ngoi6 sing3additionality (economics)
- 相別soeng1 bit6
- 市南si5 naam4see 市南區|市南区[Shi4 nan2 Qu1]
- 上一個soeng6 jat1 go3previous one
- 暖粒粒nyun5 nap1 nap1feeling warm and comfortable.
- 米搞mai5 gaau2
- 二重ji6 cung5double
- 梁啓超loeng4 kai2 ciu1Liang Qichao, a Chinese scholar in the late 19th to early 20th century
- 拚棄pun3 hei3to abandon
- 旬日ceon4 jat6(literary) ten days
- 後周hau6 zau1Later Zhou of the Five Dynasties (951-960), centered on Shandong and Hebei, with capital at Kaifeng 開封|开封[Kai1 feng1]
- 深處sam1 cyu3abyss
- 別子bit6 zi2hasp
- 旬時ceon4 si4ten days
- 達令daat6 ling6(loanword) darling
- 言和jin4 wo4to make peace
- 胚層pui1 cang4germ layer
- 飆高biu1 gou1to grow taller (rapidly); growing tall because of the growth spurt
- 雌鹿ci1 luk6doe
- 張戎zoeng1 jung4Jung Chang (1952-), British-Chinese writer, name at birth Zhang Erhong 張二鴻|张二鸿[Zhang1 Er4 hong2], author of Wild Swans 野天鵝|野天鹅[Ye3 Tian1 e2] and Mao: The Unknown Story 毛澤東·鮮為人知的故事|毛泽东·鲜为人知的故事[Mao2 Ze2 dong1 · Xian1 wei2 ren2 zhi1 de5 Gu4 shi5]
- 石化sek6 faa3to petrify
- 馬來maa5 loi4Malaya
- 分內事fan6 noi6 si6part of someone's duty
- 指示器zi2 si6 hei3indicator
- 作繭zok3 gaan2to make a cocoon
- 吧主baa6 zyu2message board moderator or administrator
- 銅鑼tung4 lo4gong
- 紡錘fong2 ceoi4spindle
- 豆雁dau6 ngaan6(bird species of China) taiga bean goose (Anser fabalis)
- 二者ji6 ze2both
- 東台dung1 toi4see 東台市|东台市[Dong1 tai2 Shi4]
- 潰兵kui2 bing1routed troops; defeated and dispersed troops
- 紅汞水hung4 hung3 seoi2Mercurochrome, a topical antiseptic
- 繭子gaan2 zi2callus (patch or hardened skin)
- 走馬上任zau2 maa5 soeng5 jam6(idiom) to take office; to assume a post
- 定約ding6 joek3to conclude a treaty
- 文愛man4 oi3(slang) to engage in mutual sexual arousal through written messages (e.g. text, chat); text-based cybersex
- 牛草肚ngau4 cou2 tou5ox tripe; cow stomach
- 上口soeng6 hau2to be able to read aloud fluently
- 浣洗wun5 sai2to wash (clothes)
- 貞烈zing1 lit6ready to die to preserve one's chastity
- 嬌喘giu1 cyun2faint breathing
- 博懵bok3 mung2to try to take advantage of someone out of somebody's inattention or ignorance
- 亦作jik6 zok3also written as
- 噏耷ap1 dap1something in a poor condition because of negligence
- 求才kau4 coi4to seek talented individuals; to recruit talent
- 光電池gwong1 din6 ci4A Photovolataic Cell
- 死後sei2 hau6after death
- 幾至gei2 zi3almost
- 首批sau2 pai1first batch
- 工廈gung1 haa6shorthand for 工業大廈 gung1 jip6 daa6 haa6; industrial building
- 正電zing3 din6positive charge (electricity)
- 茬子caa4 zi2stubble
- 病蟲害beng6 cung4 hoi6plant diseases and insect pests
- 出生入死ceot1 sang1 jap6 sei2from the cradle to the grave (idiom); to go through fire and water
- 旬年ceon4 nin4full year
- 餌子nei6 zi2fish bait
- 坑渠水haang1 keoi4 seoi2drain water; ditch water; wastewater; sewage water; salty red bean rice porridge [colloquial]
- 冇天裝mou5 tin1 zong1someone who is so evil that god does not tolerate
- 知乎zi1 fu4Zhihu, Chinese Q&A website modeled on Quora, at zhihu.com, launched in Jan 2011
- 長臉coeng4 lim5(coll.) to bring credit to (sb); to do (sb) proud
- 綜括zung3 kut3to summarize
- 燃眉jin4 mei4to burn one's eyebrows
- 文號man4 hou6document identifier code (typically including an abbreviation for the name of the issuing organization, the date and a serial number)