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- 反倒faan2 dou2(coll.) but on the contrary; but instead
- 靖亂zing6 lyun6to put down a rebellion
- 法辦faat3 baan6to bring to justice; to punish according to the law
- 餓過飢ngo6 gwo3 gei1too hungry
- 報子bou3 zi2bearer of good news (esp. announcing success in imperial examinations)
- 除過ceoi4 gwo3(dialect) except
- 僞造ngai6 zou6
- 南便naam4 bin6south
- 癸未gwai3 mei6twentieth year J8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2003 or 2063
- 受權sau6 kyun4authorized
- 右舵jau6 to4right rudder
- 襯裡can3 lei5lining
- 玩新娘waan2 san1 noeng2
- 太陽曆taai3 joeng4 lik6solar calendar
- 回樽wui4 zeon1return the bottles to the stores to claim back the deposit
- 欺辱hei1 juk6to humiliate
- 出主意ceot1 zyu2 ji3to come up with ideas
- 旱煙hon5 jin1tobacco (smoked in a long-stemmed pipe)
- 枝晶zi1 zing1(crystallography, metallurgy) dendrite; dendritic crystal
- 耙子paa4 zi2a rake
- 夜夜je6 je6every night
- 前行cin4 hang4(literary) to go forward
- 佐貳zo3 ji6deputy
- 創建者cong3 gin3 ze2founder; creator
- 啊呀aa1 aa1interjection of surprise
- 雙號soeng1 hou6even number (on a ticket, house etc)
- 厲住lai6 zyu6to stare fiercely or to stare at others in a serious manner over a long period of time, making others feel afraid.
- 馬幫maa5 bong1caravan of horses carrying goods
- 化開faa3 hoi1to spread out after being diluted or melted
- 淋濕lam4 sap1to get soaked
- 旱冰hon5 bing1roller skating
- 據我看geoi3 ngo5 hon3in my view
- 傳達員cyun4 daat6 jyun4usher
- 氈子zin1 zi2felt (fabric)
- 信手seon3 sau2casually
- 水喉水seoi2 hau4 seoi2tap water (spoken)
- 月俸jyut6 fung2monthly salary
- 濾器leoi6 hei3filter
- 重回cung5 wui4to return
- 提啦tai4 laa1
- 皓首hou6 sau2white head of hair
- 笑場siu3 coeng4(of an actor) to break character by laughing; to corpse
- 葷素fan1 sou3meat and vegetable
- 前一向cin4 jat1 hoeng3lately
- 正體zing3 tai2standard form (of a Chinese character)
- 連南lin4 naam4see 連南瑤族自治縣|连南瑶族自治县[Lian2 nan2 Yao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
- 築堤zuk1 tai4Embankment
- 雲霞wan4 haa4rosy clouds; a figure of speech to describe some faraway place remote from life or high up in the sky;
- 薑啤goeng1 be1ginger beer
- 卡帶kaa1 daai3cassette tape
- 支部zi1 bou6branch, esp. grass root branches of a political party
- 罩袍zaau3 pou4Chinese-style long robe worn as outermost garment
- 花門faa1 mun4 / faa1 mun2Hua Men, a place in China; a brothel
- 教程gaau3 cing4course of instruction (often used in book titles)
- 買定maai5 ding6buy in advance; used in gambling to refer to a 'confirmed' bet where the decision cannot be reversed once the bet has been placed
- 對面海deoi3 min6 hoi2the other side of the harbour; the other side of the Victoria Harbour relative to your position either on Hong Kong Island or Kowloon
- 專利局zyun1 lei6 guk6patent office
- 改開goi2 hoi1reform and opening up (Chinese policy introduced in 1978) (abbr. for 改革開放|改革开放[gai3 ge2 kai1 fang4])
- 相較soeng1 gaau3to compare
- 五千ng5 cin1five thousand
- 亦稱jik6 cing1also known as
- 熱死jit6 sei2boiling hot; scorching; too hot [colloquial]
- 簧片wong4 pin3reed (music)
- 存儲器cyun4 cyu5 hei3memory (computing)
- 前因後果cin4 jan1 hau6 gwo2cause and effects (idiom); entire process of development
- 復興區fuk6 hing1 keoi1Fuxing, a district of Handan City 邯鄲市|邯郸市[Han2 dan1 Shi4], Hebei
- 垃圾房laap6 saap3 fong4garbage room
- 抌印dam2 jan3to stamp
- 功夫球gung1 fu1 kau4see 鐵球|铁球[tie3 qiu2]
- 條蕉tiu4 ziu1the penis; the prick [colloquial]
- 噚氣cam3 hei3longwinded; to nag repetitiously [colloquial]
- 撈哨laau4 saau4(of attitude) rough, careless, rash; (of dressing) too casual or untidy
- 便利性bin6 lei6 sing3convenience
- 優悠jau1 jau4carefree; leisurely
- 羊咩屎joeng4 me1 si2(slang) shit; constipation; feces
- 卡爾文kaa1 ji5 man4Calvin (name)
- 無聲mou4 sing1soundless; silent
- 獻給hin3 kap1(verb) to contribute; to dedicate; to bestow
- 梳打餅so1 daa2 beng2saltine crackers
- 冇有怕mou5 jau5 paa3there is nothing to be afraid of; don't worry! [colloquial]
- 朝陽ciu4 joeng4see 朝陽市|朝阳市[Chao2 yang2 Shi4]
- 辣嘢laat6 je5 spicy
- 有無jau5 mou4to have or have not
- 鱉裙bit3 kwan4the edible gelatinous fringe of a softshell turtle's carapace
- 磅秤bong6 cing3scale
- 死氣喉sei2 hei3 hau4exhaust pipe
- 水下seoi2 haa6under the water
- 鈍胎deon6 toi1a person who is very dump since birth and not able to improve. Literally: dump embryo
- 乾麵kin4 min6noodles mixed with a sauce and served with toppings (not in a soup)
- 山城區saan1 sing4 keoi1Shancheng, a district of Hebi City 鶴壁市|鹤壁市[He4 bi4 Shi4], Henan
- 入水jap6 seoi2water entering
- 吊靴鬼diu3 hoe1 gwai2someone who keeps on following another person; a cling-on (a person who acts like a stalker, the only difference being that they follow someone around openly instead of secretly)
- 舊國gau6 gwok3old capital
- 月白jyut6 baak6lunula, the white crescent-shaped area of a fingernail
- 以東ji5 dung1to the east of (suffix)
- 亦即jik6 zik1namely
- 換錢wun6 cin4to change money
- 十二經sap6 ji6 ging1twelve channels of TCM
- 父蔭fu6 jam3assistance to one's career by their father
- 舊家gau6 gaa1notable former families
- 傳問cyun4 man6
- 膠箍gaau1 gu1elastic band [colloquial]
- 濾清leoi6 cing1to filter and purify
- 復習fuk6 zaap6to review
- 水喉通seoi2 hau4 tung1metal water pipes
- 差個caa1 go3
- 麻叻maa4 lak6sagacious and capable
- 鎂砂mei5 saa1magnesium oxide (refractory material)
- 節用zit3 jung6(verb) save; or (noun) economization
- 俸錢fung2 cin4salary
- 分光fan1 gwong1(prefix) spectro-
- 鎮區zan3 keoi1township
- 白地baak6 dei6bare land
- 電心din6 sam1battery
- 太空步taai3 hung1 bou6moonwalk (dance)
- 蓬蓬pung4 pung4luxuriant
- 行者hang4 ze2pedestrian
- 湊仔婆cau3 zai2 po2(noun) an old nanny; mothers who take care children
- 十八鄉sap6 baat3 hoeng1Shap Pat Heung, literally "eighteen villages"
- 煩厭faan4 jim3tiring; annoying
- 鼠嘢syu2 je5pickpocketing; shoplifting (spoken)
- 四十sei3 sap6forty
- 東加dung1 gaa1Tonga, South Pacific archipelago kingdom (Tw)
- 群馬kwan4 maa5Gunma (prefecture in Japan)
- 富人fu3 jan4rich person
- 王水wong4 seoi2Aqua regia
- 噚日cam4 jat6yesterday
- 宣傳冊syun1 cyun4 caak3commercial brochure
- 孫女兒syun1 neoi5 ji4granddaughter (son's daughter)
- 倒不如dou2 bat1 jyu4(to suggest an alternative) it would be better to, it would be preferable that, best to do x instead
- 經常性ging1 soeng4 sing3frequently; always; very often
- 撬棒giu6 paang5crowbar
- 巧匠haau2 zoeng6skilled workman
- 辯論員bin6 leon6 jyun4a debater who participates in a debate competition
- 趟閘tong3 zaap6sliding gate; sliding door
- 成問題sing4 man6 tai4to be a problem
- 出埠ceot1 au6go abroad (for work)
- 電路板din6 lou6 baan2(printed) circuit board
- 甕菜ung3 coi3variant of 蕹菜[weng4 cai4]
- 倒反dou2 faan2instead
- 出行ceot1 hang4to go out somewhere (relatively short trip)
- 契細佬kai3 sai3 lou2god younger brother
- 釀酶joeng6 mui4zymase (enzyme in yeast involved in fermentation)
- 麥胚mak6 pui1wheat germ
- 玻璃管bo1 lei1 gun2glass tube
- 文縣man4 jyun6Wen County or Wenxian, a county in Longnan City 隴南市|陇南市[Long3 nan2 Shi4], Gansu
- 五百ng5 baak3five hundred
- 熱廚房jit6 cyu4 fong2a difficult, challenging and stressful post, particularly used in a political context; literally "hot kitchen", emerging from the phrase "if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen"
- 外設ngoi6 cit3peripherals
- 諮詢員zi1 seon1 jyun4advisor; consultant
- 安可on1 ho2encore (loanword)
- 糾眾dau2 zung3to muster
- 西子sai1 zi2another name for Xishi 西施[Xi1 shi1]
- 生長素sang1 zoeng2 sou3auxin (plant growth hormone)
- 清人cing1 jan4Qing dynasty person
- 三百saam1 baak3three hundred
- 必將bit1 zoeng1inevitably
- 哈佛haa1 fat6Harvard
- 長征coeng4 zing1Long March (retreat of the Red Army 1934-1935)
- 元山jyun4 saan1Wonsan city in Kangweon province 江原道 of North Korea
- 快高長大faai3 gou1 zoeng2 daai6verb; to grow up quick and healthily
- 花簇faa1 cuk1bunch of flowers
- 遜尼派seon3 nei4 paai3Sunni sect (of Islam)
- 哈薩克斯坦haa1 saat3 hak1 si1 taan2Kazakhstan
- 金東gam1 dung1see 金東區|金东区[Jin1 dong1 Qu1]
- 礦業kong3 jip6mining industry
- 儀器表ji4 hei3 biu2gauge
- 秦椒ceon4 ziu1(dialect) hot pepper (long and thin)
- 過埠gwo3 fau6going overseas (spoken)
- 蕉林ziu1 lam4literally: a banana forest; Shatin, a place in Hong Kong; somewhere remote where a taxi driver has been sent to where they are unlikely to be able to pick up another customer [colloquial, jargon used by taxi drivers]
- 裝有zong1 jau5fitted with
- 行人天橋hang4 jan4 tin1 kiu4a footbridge; a pedestrian bridge
- 梭魚so1 jyu2barracuda
- 侵略軍cam1 loek6 gwan1invading army
- 功夫片gung1 fu1 pin3kung fu movie
- 事變si6 bin3incident
- 地接dei6 zip3local guide
- 預定義jyu6 ding6 ji6predefined
- 實質質sat6 zat1 zat1fully stuffed
- 傳發cyun4 faat3to order sb to start on a journey
- 根茬gan1 caa4stubble
- 鱗爪leon4 zaau2(literally: scales and paw); bits and fragments of something
- 彙集wai6 zaap6to collect
- 日久jat6 gau2with the passage of time; over time
- 泡沫塑料pou5 mut6 sok3 liu2styrofoam
- 攤攤腰taan1 taan1 jiu1falling flat to the floor; painful
- 輻射體fuk1 se6 tai2radiator; radiating body; emitter
- 喐手juk1 sau2to take action; to attack
- 克國hak1 gwok3(Tw) abbr. for 克羅埃西亞|克罗埃西亚[Ke4 luo2 ai1 xi1 ya4] Croatia
- 諧劇haai4 kek6Xieju opera (ballad and dancing monologue, popular in Sichuan)
- 雙開soeng1 hoi1to strip sb of their Party membership and government job (開除黨籍|开除党籍[kai1 chu2 dang3 ji2] + 開除公職|开除公职[kai1 chu2 gong1 zhi2])
- 阿六aa3 luk6a derog
- 鴻門宴hung4 mun4 jin3Hongmen feast
- 笠記lap1 gei3(noun) unknown brand
- 毒腺duk6 sin3poison gland
- 流程表lau4 cing4 biu2flow chart
- 網特mong5 dak6anonymous state-sponsored Internet commentator (abbr. for 網絡特工|网络特工[wang3 luo4 te4 gong1])
- 措意cou3 ji3to pay attention to
- 說白syut3 baak6lines
- 不快bat1 faai3unhappy