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- 叻幣lik1 bai6Straits Dollar
- 機伶gei1 ling4variant of 機靈|机灵[ji1 ling5]
- 反特faan2 dak6to thwart enemy espionage; to engage in counterespionage
- 堅嘢gin1 je5real, authentic things; the genuine stuff
- 喐親juk1 can1moved (spoken)
- 吃光hek3 gwong1to finish eating [written]
- 既是gei3 si6is both ...(and...)
- 稻苗dou6 miu4rice seedling
- 開機hoi1 gei1to start an engine
- 徐州ceoi4 zau1see 徐州市[Xu2 zhou1 Shi4]
- 姑爹gu1 de1husband of father's sister
- 關愛gwaan1 oi3to show concern and care for
- 破地獄po3 dei6 juk6(in popular religion) a ritual in a funeral or Yu Lan Ghost Festival, which implies opening of the gate to hell and guiding the spirits ----
- 靡爛mei4 laan6rotting; decaying
- 臉膛lim5 tong4facial contour; facial shape
- 後海hau6 hoi2Houhai, a lake and the area surrounding it in central Beijing
- 網文mong5 man4online literature, esp. web novels (abbr. for 網絡文學|网络文学[wang3 luo4 wen2 xue2])
- 萬人敵maan6 jan4 dik6a match for ten thousand enemies
- 軍體gwan1 tai2military sports
- 陳說can4 syut3to state; to assert
- 海下hoi2 haa6(noun) Hoi Ha, a place in Sai Kung, Hong Kong
- 機變gei1 bin3improvisation
- 貯熱cyu5 jit6to conserve heat
- 半開門bun3 hoi1 mun4half-open door
- 發獎faat3 zoeng2to award a prize
- 孔隙hung2 kwik1pore (geology)
- 政委zing3 wai2political commissar (within the army)
- 繼子女gai3 zi2 neoi5stepchildren
- 天蠍tin1 hit3Scorpio (constellation)
- 堅定流gin1 ding6 lau4Real or not?
- 逕向ging3 hoeng3radial
- 天風tin1 fung1throttle
- 型男jing4 naam4fashionable and good-looking guy (slang)
- 明達ming4 daat6reasonable; of good judgment
- 同文tung4 man4in the same script; of the same language; of the same text [written and colloquial]
- 二地主ji6 dei6 zyu2sublandlord
- 掹炮mang1 paau3to pull out a gun [colloquial]
- 馬欖maa5 laam2a bet, or a series of bet, a bookmark of the combination or selection in bets, for horse racing event. Literally: horse cable
- 非特fei1 dak6not only
- 收買人命sau1 maai5 jan4 meng6an intentional act to cause death to others
- 哀歎oi1 taan3to bemoan
- 段位dyun6 wai6rank
- 衛隊wai6 deoi6guard (i.e. group of soldiers)
- 郵報jau4 bou3Post (in the name of a newspaper)
- 錶菂biu1 dik1the winding crown on a wristwatch
- 逞能cing2 nang4to show off one's ability
- 無產mou4 caan2
- 狗子gau2 zi2(coll.) dog
- 港埠gong2 fau6port; harbor
- 攪嘢gaau2 je5adj; sex; When we say someone "幾攪嘢", it means funny, Interesting
- 強子koeng4 zi2hadron (particle physics)
- 為毛wai4 mou4(Internet slang) why?
- 訛字ngo4 zi6erroneous character
- 青山醫院cing1 saan1 ji1 jyun2Castle peak hospital, the oldest psychiatric hospital in Hong Kong
- 橫咗waang1 zo2messed up; to make a mess of something
- 拔錨bat6 naau4to weigh anchor
- 太平紳士taai3 ping4 san1 si2Justice of the Peace (JP)
- 網段mong5 dyun6network segment
- 接待處zip3 doi6 cyu2reception
- 盲公繩maang4 gung1 sing2treasury tag
- 力小lik6 siu2weak; feeble; fragile; lacking in strength [written and colloquial]
- 恐懼感hung2 geoi6 gam2Fear
- 一百一jat1 baak3 jat1faultless
- 久等gau2 dang2to wait for a long time
- 安打on1 daa2base hit (baseball)
- 瑤臺jiu4 ji4a magnificent balcony
- 叶韻hip6 wan5to rhyme
- 漠北mok6 bak1Outer Mongolia (lit. north of the Gobi Desert)
- 出清ceot1 cing1to clear out accumulated items
- 手定sau2 ding6to set down (rules)
- 煲醋bou1 cou3usually used in a rhetorical question about keeping something that is either useless, seldom used that wasting space, or holding something useful but not using it, causing a waste of the item. Originated from the over-sized ginger vinegar boiler, only useful while a family member is give birth to a baby.
- 潰逃kui2 tou4to flee in disorder
- 三日saam1 jat6three days, third [date]
- 分詞fan1 ci4participle
- 有機體jau5 gei1 tai2organism
- 合家hap6 gaa1whole family
- 紀委gei2 wai2discipline inspection commission
- 中介人zung1 gaai3 jan4agent
- 昂奮ngong4 fan5buoyant
- 上片soeng6 pin3(of a movie) to start screening (Tw)
- 曾子zang1 zi2Zengzi (505-435 BC), student of Confucius, presumed editor or author of Confucian classic the Great Learning 大學|大学[Da4 xue2]
- 飛好fei1 hou2to finish cutting one's hair [colloquial]
- 係人都hai6 jan4 dou1everyone; without exception
- 網語mong5 jyu5Internet slang; netspeak; cyberspeak
- 連山lin4 saan1see 連山壯族瑤族自治縣|连山壮族瑶族自治县[Lian2 shan1 Zhuang4 zu2 Yao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
- 契家婆kai3 gaa1 po2(n.) an insulting way to address a married man's lover; a mistress
- 傑克git6 hak1Jack (name)
- 海日hoi2 jat6(literary) the sun over the sea
- 初小co1 siu2lower elementary school (abbr. for 初級小學|初级小学[chu1 ji2 xiao3 xue2])
- 省電saang2 din6to save electricity
- 基因碼gei1 jan1 maa5genetic code
- 打戰daa2 zin3
- 落漠lok6 mok6variant of 落寞[luo4 mo4]
- 發包faat3 baau1to put out to contract
- 龍人lung4 jan4Dragon Man, the nickname of the individual whose fossilized cranium was discovered in Heilongjiang in 1933, thought to be a Denisovan 丹尼索瓦人[Dan1 ni2 suo3 wa3 ren2] or a new species of extinct human, Homo longi
- 高帽子gou1 mou2 zi2tall conical paper hat worn as a public humiliation
- 妄語mong5 jyu5to tell lies; to talk nonsense
- 但求daan6 kau4seek only to; but for [written and colloquial]
- 眨吓眼zaam2 haa5 ngaan5in a very short time; in the blink of an eye [colloquial]
- 魁偉fui1 wai5tall and big
- 紅伶hung4 ling4famous actor or actress in traditional operas
- 開合hoi1 hap6to open and close
- 麻痘maa4 dau2smallpox
- 待會doi6 wui6wait a minute
- 閻羅王jim4 lo4 wong4(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell
- 黏糊nim1 wu4sticky
- 無方mou4 fong1not having an effective way of doing something; not knowing how to do something
- 稱贊cing1 zaan3To praise; to acclaim; to commend
- 咽炎jin1 jim4pharyngitis
- 比安bei2 on1Bienne, Switzerland
- 梭標so1 biu1variant of 梭鏢|梭镖[suo1 biao1]
- 扒犁paa4 lai4variant of 爬犁[pa2 li2]
- 收地sau1 dei6to confiscate land for redistribution (China, 1947-52)
- 方家fong1 gaa1learned person
- 格式塔gaak3 sik1 taap3(loanword) gestalt
- 行得起haang4 dak1 hei2usable; still can walk
- 三代saam1 doi6three generations of a family
- 觀測員gun1 caak1 jyun4observer
- 不得勁bat1 dak1 ging3awkward
- 費城fai3 sing4Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 字符串zi6 fu4 cyun3string (computing)
- 裝過zong1 gwo3
- 碾碎nin5 seoi3to pulverize
- 康熙hong1 hei1Kangxi, reign title (1662–1722) of the Kangxi Emperor 聖祖|圣祖[Sheng4 zu3]
- 通渭tung1 wai6see 通渭縣|通渭县[Tong1 wei4 Xian4]
- 派任paai3 jam6to set apart
- 肏蛋cou3 daan2lousy
- 卡爾加里kaa1 ji5 gaa1 lei5Calgary, largest city of Alberta, Canada
- 庇護工場bei3 wu6 gung1 coeng4noun; sheltered workshop; for employees with disabilities
- 白水泥baak6 seoi2 nai4white cement
- 日臻jat6 zeon1to reach day after day for
- 上龍soeng6 lung4pliosaurus
- 恭惟gung1 wai4variant of 恭維|恭维[gong1 wei5]
- 西側sai1 zak1west side; west face
- 城垣sing4 wun4city wall
- 包間baau1 gaan1private room (in a restaurant, or for karaoke etc)
- 同傳tung4 cyun4simultaneous interpretation (abbr. for 同聲傳譯|同声传译[tong2 sheng1 chuan2 yi4])
- 讀經duk6 ging1to study the Confucian classics
- 勞工假lou4 gung1 gaa3annual statutory holidays for employees; literally: labour holiday
- 要份jiu3 fan6
- 化外faa3 ngoi6(old) outside the sphere of civilization
- 平安鐘ping4 on1 zung1a device or app for emergency call
- 桔子gat1 zi2variant of 橘子[ju2 zi5]
- 還口waan4 hau2to retort
- 打入daa2 jap6to penetrate; to break into (a market, social group etc); to infiltrate (enemy ranks etc)
- 祀物zi6 mat6sacrificial objects
- 成安sing4 on1see 成安縣|成安县[Cheng2 an1 Xian4]
- 廠廈cong2 haa6short for industrial building
- 收攏sau1 lung5to draw to oneself; to gather up; to collect
- 舊名gau6 ming4former name
- 美人mei5 jan4beautiful woman; belle
- 新蒲崗san1 pou4 gong1the name of a place in Hong Kong: San Po Kong
- 太高taai3 gou1too high
- 玉米麵juk6 mai5 min6cornmeal; maize flour
- 腹鰭fuk1 kei4ventral fin
- 碾磨nin5 mo4to mill
- 念學位nim6 hok6 wai2to study for a degree
- 老婆婆lou5 po4 po2old lady; old woman
- 快篩faai3 sai1rapid diagnostic test (RDT), abbr. for 快速篩檢|快速筛检[kuai4 su4 shai1 jian3]
- 蟹鉗haai5 kim4crabs' claws
- 漠河mok6 ho4see 漠河市[Mo4 he2 Shi4]
- 乞恕hat1 syu3to beg forgiveness
- 大清daai6 cing1Great Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
- 業者jip6 ze2dealer
- 祀神zi6 san4to offer sacrifices to the gods
- 案由on3 jau4main points of a case
- 好睡hou2 seoi6good night
- 河水ho4 seoi2river water
- 過基峽gwo3 gei1 hap6Bungarus multicinctus; many-banded krait; Taiwanese krait; Chinese krait
- 乘隙sing4 gwik1to seize an opportunity
- 拉入laai1 jap6to pull into
- 鉛芯筆jyun4 sam1 bat1mechanical pencil
- 熱水jit6 seoi2hot water
- 網點mong5 dim2branch; service outlet (of a bank, retail store etc)
- 緬甸語min5 din6 jyu5Burmese (language of Myanmar)
- 舵旁to4 pong4helm (of a ship)
- 信子seon3 zi2variant of 芯子[xin4 zi5]
- 變電bin3 din6power transformation
- 搭咕daap3 gu1to connect
- 保定bou2 ding6see 保定市[Bao3 ding4 Shi4]
- 劣跡lyut3 zik1bad record (esp. of a public official)
- 基因庫gei1 jan1 fu3gene bank
- 黃信wong4 seon3Huang Xin, character in The Water Margin
- 乾熱gon1 jit6
- 眼鏡房ngaan5 geng2 fong2two rooms which doors are on the same side and face the same directions
- 不定bat1 ding6indefinite
- 紐絆nau2 bun6see 紐襻|纽襻[niu3 pan4]
- 鳩鴿kau1 gaap3dove
- 兜嘢dau1 je5ferociously and directed right towards something
- 打夯daa2 haang1to ram
- 戎旅jung4 leoi5an army on a military campaign
- 濾除leoi6 ceoi4to filter out
- 求全kau4 cyun4(verb) to demand
- 北外bak1 ngoi6abbr. for 北京外國語大學|北京外国语大学[Bei3 jing1 Wai4 guo2 yu3 Da4 xue2]
- 和龍wo4 lung4see 和龍市|和龙市[He2 long2 Shi4]
- 依託ji1 tok3to rely on
- 勞務lou4 mou6service (work done for money)
- 血液病hyut3 jik6 beng6disease of the blood
- 明處ming4 cyu3clear place
- 女雙neoi5 soeng1women's doubles (in tennis, badminton etc)