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- 物事mat6 si6(literary) affair; matter; business
- 湘黔soeng1 kim4Hunan-Guizhou
- 搔首sou1 sau2to flirt; flirtatious
- 兼愛gim1 oi3"universal love", principle advocated by Mozi 墨子[Mo4 zi3], stressing that people should care for everyone equally
- 柵條caak3 tiu4paling
- 貂鼠diu1 syu2zibellina
- 兩岸四地loeng5 ngon6 sei3 dei6lit. two coasts and four lands, including the Greater China region of Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau
- 氣象台hei3 zoeng6 toi4meteorological office
- 別格bit6 gaak3
- 放進fong3 zeon3to put into
- 敵方dik6 fong1enemy
- 卷帶gyun2 daai3
- 占地zim1 dei6to take up space
- 行腳hang4 goek3(of a monk) to travel
- 瓷漆ci4 cat1enamel
- 馬腳maa5 goek3sth one wishes to conceal
- 白咭baak6 kaat1Registration Card for People with Disabilities; literally: white card
- 大勝daai6 sing3to defeat decisively
- 活版wut6 baan2typography
- 傳輸率cyun4 syu1 leot2transmission rate
- 兩樣loeng5 joeng6not the same; different
- 發交faat3 gaau1to issue and deliver (to people)
- 風場fung1 coeng4wind farm
- 風癩fung1 naan3kind of measles
- 一口煙jat1 hau2 jin1a puff of smoke or cigarette
- 深分sam1 fan1
- 禾稻wo4 dou6paddy (rice)
- 想通soeng2 tung1to figure out
- 明子ming4 zi2see 松明[song1 ming2]
- 開掛hoi1 gwaa3to cheat in an online game (abbr. for 開外掛|开外挂[kai1 wai4 gua4])
- 土砲tou2 paau3(programming) written without using a library, hand-rolled
- 代替品doi6 tai3 ban2substitute
- 鮫魚gaau1 jyu2(archaic) shark
- 拍拍屁股paak3 paak3 pei3 gu2to casually walk away as if nothing has happened; to wash one's hands off something; to walk off and just leave the mess for someone else to deal with [colloquial]
- 長物coeng4 mat6(literary) things other than the bare necessities of life
- 揩埋haai1 maai4to approach; to get close to; to come into contact with
- 杏加橙hang6 gaa1 caang2curse of one's family to die (derogatory)
- 初經co1 ging1first menstrual period; menarche
- 北姑雞bak1 gu1 gai1prostitute from Mainland China
- 潮州音樂ciu4 zau1 jam1 ngok6everyone for themselves [colloquial]
- 用情jung6 cing4
- 普拉pou2 laai1Pula (city in Croatia)
- 照得ziu3 dak1seeing that
- 波斯話bo1 si1 waa2Persian language, see波斯語
- 烏黑色wu1 hak1 sik1black
- 渦流gwo1 lau4(electronics) eddy current
- 變格bin3 gaak3case change (in grammar)
- 金改gam1 goi2financial reform (abbr. for 金融改革[jin1 rong2 gai3 ge2])
- 氦氣hoi6 hei3helium (gas)
- 金門gam1 mun4Kinmen or Quemoy islands off the Fujian coast, administered by Taiwan
- 渠魁keoi4 fui1rebel leader; ringleader; bandit chieftain
- 纖密cim1 mat6close
- 深宵sam1 siu1late night, up till early morning before sunrise
- 行進hang4 zeon3to advance
- 我自己ngo5 zi6 gei2I myself
- 永樂wing5 lok6Yongle Emperor, reign name of third Ming emperor Zhu Di 朱棣[Zhu1 Di4] (1360-1424), reigned 1403-1424, temple name 明成祖[Ming2 Cheng2 zu3]
- 複用fuk1 jung6to reuse
- 矮躉ai2 dan2a type of bus
- 剿說caau1 syut3to plagiarize
- 地踎dei6 mau1describes a person who is jobless and acts like a gangster who squats around certain places; lower class
- 腔隙hong1 kwik1lacuna
- 麵包皮min6 baau1 pei4crust
- 紅原hung4 jyun4see 紅原縣|红原县[Hong2 yuan2 Xian4]
- 調高tiu4 gou1Increase; to adjust higher
- 輓詞waan5 ci4(formal) memorial speech
- 出去威ceot1 heoi3 wai1to go out to have a good time [colloquial]
- 集隊zaap6 deoi2
- 屬員suk6 jyun4(old) subordinates (under sb's authority)
- 氣人hei3 jan4to anger
- 特級dak6 kap1special grade
- 佛龕fat6 ham1niche for statue (esp. Buddhist, Christian etc)
- 免於min5 jyu1to be saved from
- 榴蓮lau4 lin4durian fruit
- 死掉sei2 diu6to die
- 很熱han2 jit6very hot
- 香爐墩hoeng1 lou4 dan2a censer;an incense burner; the only son in the family
- 待見doi6 gin3(coll.) to like
- 貝拉bui3 laai1Beira, Mozambique
- 旋轉力syun4 zyun2 lik6turning force
- 無情對mou4 cing4 deoi2couplets which are well structured but unrelated in contents
- 金紅gam1 hung4reddish-gold (color)
- 輔導員fu6 dou6 jyun4student counselor (in Chinese universities)
- 社會運動se5 wui2 wan6 dung6social movement; political movement
- 早教zou2 gaau3early education (abbr. for 早期教育[zao3 qi1 jiao4 yu4])
- 長驅直入coeng4 keoi1 zik6 jap6to march straight in unchallenged (military) (idiom)
- 下山haa6 saan1to go down a hill
- 白水baak6 seoi2see 白水縣|白水县[Bai2 shui3 Xian4]
- 唔可以m4 ho2 ji5cannot; no
- 常用品soeng4 jung6 ban2everyday implement
- 腍善nam4 sin6a kind and gentle character; good-natured
- 撻皮taat3 pei4limp and drooping; literally: limp skin
- 蠶菜caam4 coi3Malabar spinach (Basella alba)
- 曆年lik6 nin4calendar year
- 終點站zung1 dim2 zaam6terminus
- 白條baak6 tiu4IOU
- 瘸子ke4 zi2lame person (colloquial)
- 單相daan1 soeng1single phase (elec.)
- 邊地bin1 dei6border district
- 三方saam1 fong1Trilateral; three sides; tripartite:
- 凸槌dat6 ceoi4(slang) (Tw) to mess up
- 無義mou4 ji6without meaning
- 種差zung2 caa1determinant (characteristic of a species)
- 輻射波fuk1 se6 bo1radiation (wave)
- 浮動匯率fau4 dung6 wui6 leot2(Financial term) Floating exchange rate
- 武昌mou5 coeng1see 武昌區|武昌区[Wu3 chang1 Qu1]
- 低熱dai1 jit6low-grade fever (37.3–38°C)
- 分歧點fan1 kei4 dim2point of disagreement
- 好自為之hou2 zi6 wai4 zi1to do one's best; to shape up; to fend for oneself
- 砲彈paau3 daan2artillery shell; cannon shell
- 像差zoeng6 caa1(optics) aberration
- 新平san1 ping4see 新平彝族傣族自治縣|新平彝族傣族自治县[Xin1 ping2 Yi2 zu2 Dai3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
- 贊揚zaan3 joeng4to speak highly of; to praise
- 識別證sik1 bit6 zing3ID badge (on a lanyard etc) (Tw)
- 業大jip6 daai6part-time college (abbr. for 業餘大學|业余大学[ye4 yu2 da4 xue2])
- 館地gun2 dei6school (old)
- 存儲卡cyun4 cyu5 kaat1memory card
- 新林san1 lam4see 新林區|新林区[Xin1 lin2 Qu1]
- 揼濕dap6 sap1to be soaked through; to get wet [colloquial]
- 撬棍giu6 gwan3crowbar
- 減噪gaam2 cou3noise reduction
- 禾鐮wo4 lim4(noun) a sickle
- 痰上頸taam4 soeng5 geng2Sputum on throat; to describe someone who feels the impulse to go after something that they admire or is envious of, although without taking any specific actions
- 相幫soeng1 bong1to help one another
- 矮茄ai2 ke2females who are short in height; derogatory
- 向下hoeng3 haa6down
- 死記sei2 gei3to learn by rote
- 冇彎轉mou5 waan1 zyun3no alternative methods (spoken)
- 入黨jap6 dong2to join a political party (esp. the Communist Party)
- 深縣sam1 jyun6Shen county in Hebei
- 數月sou3 jyut6several months
- 派單paai3 daan1to hand out leaflets
- 二項ji6 hong6
- 尾梢mei5 saau1the tip
- 管它gun2 taa1no matter if
- 起球hei2 kau4(of a sweater, fabric etc) to pill
- 細蚊仔sai3 man1 zai2(slang) kids; children; child; a little boy
- 學海hok6 hoi2sea of learning
- 老天lou5 tin1God
- 疲困pei4 kwan3tired; fatigued
- 天兒tin1 ji4the weather
- 掛起gwaa3 hei2to hang up (a picture etc)
- 打嘴巴daa2 zeoi2 baa1to slap
- 表位biu2 wai6(immunology) antigenic determinant; epitope
- 肽鏈taai3 lin2peptide chain (chain of amino acids making up protein)
- 充闊佬cung1 fut3 lou2man who acts to be rich and extravagant
- 真分數zan1 fan1 sou3proper fraction (with numerator < denominator, e.g. five sevenths)
- 正交zing3 gaau1orthogonality
- 照說ziu3 syut3normally
- 和樂wo4 lok6harmonious and happy
- 面珠墩min6 zyu1 dan1face; cheeks (spoken)
- 一走了之jat1 zau2 liu5 zi1to avoid a problem by walking away from it
- 黑白無常hak1 baak6 mou4 soeng4(Chinese folk religion) Heibai Wuchang: two deities, one dressed in black and the other in white, responsible for escorting the spirits of the dead to the underworld
- 後輪hau6 leon4rear wheel
- 福島fuk1 dou2Fukushima (Japanese surname and place name)
- 讀完duk6 jyun4read (finished reading); after reading [colloquial]
- 個體戶go3 tai2 wu6self-employed
- 定員ding6 jyun4fixed complement (of crew, passengers etc)
- 照做ziu3 zou6to do as instructed
- 外來貨ngoi6 loi4 fo3imported product
- 清心cing1 sam1to purify the heart
- 喫蕉jaak3 ziu1to eat banana ----
- 使壞si2 waai6to play dirty tricks
- 皆可gaai1 ho2both OK
- 是非鬼si6 fei1 gwai2a gossiper [colloquial]
- 我操ngo5 cou1(substitute for 我肏[wo3 cao4]) fuck
- 煽風點火sin3 fung1 dim2 fo2(idiom) to fan the flames
- 鹵素燈lou5 sou3 dang1halogen lamp
- 耳綿ji5 min4foam earphone tips
- 密度計mat6 dou6 gai3density gauge
- 幾遠gei2 jyun2quite far
- 詳悉coeng4 sik1To know in detail
- 寓於jyu6 jyu1to include
- 台安toi4 on1see 檯安縣|台安县[Tai2 an1 Xian4]
- 嘰哩咕嚕gi1 li1 gu1 lu1(onom.) to jabber
- 龍頭大佬lung4 tau4 daai6 lou2the Dragonhead, the leader of a triad gang [colloquial]
- 夏枯草haa6 fu1 cou2noun; Chinese herb, named as Selfheal
- 定襄ding6 soeng1see 定襄縣|定襄县[Ding4 xiang1 Xian4]
- 哈里haa1 lei5Harry or Hari (name)
- 天牛tin1 ngau4Longhorn beetle
- 髮量faat3 loeng4hair volume
- 兩倍loeng5 pui5twice as much
- 多輪do1 leon4in many stages
- 老虎菜lou5 fu2 coi3tiger salad, a northeast China dish usually consisting of hot pepper, cucumber, cilantro and leek
- 黑咭hak1 kaat1black credit card
- 入教jap6 gaau3to join a religion
- 工農gung1 nung4see 工農區|工农区[Gong1 nong2 Qu1]
- 跑電paau2 din6electrical leakage
- 看球hon1 kau4to watch a football game (or other ball game)
- 數不上sou2 bat1 soeng5not to deserve to be mentioned; not to qualify; below par
- 煤屑mui4 sit3coal dust
- 右側jau6 zak1right side
- 曬蕉saai3 ziu1to show off; to boast [colloquial]
- 快班faai3 baan1advanced stream (in school)
- 濾液leoi6 jik6filtrate
- 蠶沙caam4 saa1silkworm guano (excrement)
- 說情syut3 cing4to intercede
- 兀立ngat6 laap6to stand upright
- 西漢sai1 hon3Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-8 AD), also called 前漢|前汉[Qian2 Han4], Former Han Dynasty
- 亂道lyun6 dou6see 亂說|乱说[luan4 shuo1]
- 傳給cyun4 kap1to pass on to; to transfer to; to hand on to