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- 保有bou2 jau5to keep
- 占城zim1 sing4see 占婆[Zhan1 po2]
- 石塊sek6 faai3stone
- 住腳zyu6 goek3(old) to halt
- 加官gaa1 gun1to be promoted
- 外加ngoi6 gaa1in addition
- 搲水waa2 seoi2to do everything one can to earn money and survive
- 詐懵zaa3 mung2To pretend to be dumb
- 好用hou2 jung6useful
- 槍栓coeng1 saan1gun bolt
- 克東hak1 dung1see 克東縣|克东县[Ke4 dong1 Xian4]
- 受病sau6 beng6to fall ill
- 衰邊瓣seoi1 bin1 faan6'what did you get in for?' (a question usually asked to prisoners)
- 臉相lim5 soeng1complexion
- 手脖子sau2 but6 zi2wrist (dialect)
- 證件相zing3 gin2 soeng1photo used in applications for official documents (eg. passports); usually shows the face of the person, and often has strict requirements as to the size, color, etc.
- 產製caan2 zai3production
- 耿餅gang2 beng2dried persimmon (from Geng village, Heze 荷澤|荷泽, Shandong)
- 意國ji3 gwok3Italy
- 退回teoi3 wui4to return (an item)
- 懵卵mung2 leon2euphemism for 懵撚
- 金安gam1 on1see 金安區|金安区[Jin1 an1 Qu1]
- 全身心cyun4 san1 sam1wholeheartedly
- 駱馬lok3 maa5llama
- 鷓鴣ze3 gu1partridge
- 特異性dak6 ji6 sing3specific
- 白線baak6 sin3white line (road markings)
- 勳銜fan1 haam4post-nominal letters
- 七事cat1 si6(archaic) the seven duties of a sovereign
- 淵廣jyun1 gwong2broad and extensive (of knowledge etc)
- 高平gou1 ping4see 高平市[Gao1 ping2 Shi4]
- 留後lau4 hau6to provide an heir; to ensure the continuation of a family line
- 視區si6 keoi1field of view
- 鈀金baa1 gam1palladium
- 做鬼zou6 gwai2to play tricks
- 黃臉wong4 lim5yellow face (due to sickness etc)
- 二撇雞ji6 pit3 gai1thin moustache resembling the two-stroke Chinese character 八
- 參卡爾caam1 kaa1 ji5Ivan Cankar (1876-1918), Slovenian modernist writer
- 馬村maa5 cyun1see 馬村區|马村区[Ma3 cun1 Qu1]
- 揩冰haai1 bing1to use meth, to be high on meth
- 麵粉min6 fan2flour
- 留得lau4 dak1
- 得色dak1 sik1pleased with oneself
- 長平coeng4 ping4Changping, place name in Gaoping County 高平縣|高平县, southern Shanxi, the scene of the great battle of 262-260 BC between Qin and Zhao
- 抓子waa2 zi2
- 反查faan2 caa4
- 下酒haa6 zau2to be appropriate to have with alcohol
- 諭旨jyu6 zi2imperial edict
- 馬竿maa5 gon1lasso pole
- 旋轉極syun4 zyun2 gik6pole of rotation
- 反清faan2 cing1anti-Qing
- 青釉cing1 jau6celadon, classic Chinese style of ceramic glaze
- 黑臉hak1 lim5stern or displeased expression; to show such an expression
- 麵包果min6 baau1 gwo2jackfruit
- 上供soeng6 gung1to make offerings (to gods or ancestors)
- 蠶絲caam4 si1natural silk (secreted by silkworm)
- 愛憐oi3 lin4to show tenderness
- 病軍beng6 gwan1
- 接待室zip3 doi6 sat1reception room
- 義縣ji6 jyun6Yi County or Yixian, a county in Jinzhou City 錦州市|锦州市[Jin3 zhou1 Shi4], Liaoning
- 自視zi6 si6to view oneself
- 小樓siu2 lau4small multi-story building; modest house with two or more floors
- 擺造型baai2 zou6 jing4to pose (for a picture)
- 往前wong5 cin4(in) the past
- 糅合jau4 hap6mix together
- 初級班co1 kap1 baan1beginner course
- 不忙bat1 mong4(polite formula) there's no hurry; take your time
- 傳入cyun4 jap6to import
- 東阿dung1 aa3see 東阿縣|东阿县[Dong1 e1 Xian4]
- 青鮫cing1 gaau1mackerel shark
- 蚊滋man1 zi1small flying insect; midges; like small mosquitoes, fruit flies etc.
- 五山ng5 saan1Wushan- a place in Guangzhou, China
- 烘箱hung1 soeng1oven
- 入團jap6 tyun4to enroll in the Communist Youth League
- 坐不住co5 bat1 zyu6cannot sit still
- 煲仔飯bou1 zai2 faan6a dish where rice is cooked in the clay pot
- 天各一方tin1 gok3 jat1 fong1(of relatives or friends) to live far apart from each other
- 報官bou3 gun1(old) to report sth to the authorities
- 長照coeng4 ziu3(Tw) (social welfare) long-term care (abbr. for 長期照顧|长期照顾[chang2 qi1 zhao4 gu5])
- 鞍點on1 dim2saddle point (math.), a critical point of a function of several variables that is neither a maximum nor a minimum
- 雙字soeng1 zi6
- 名記ming4 gei3well-known journalist; prominent reporter
- 先不先sin1 bat1 sin1(dialect) first of all; in the first place
- 得氣dak1 hei3"to obtain qi", the sensation of electrical tingling, numbness, soreness etc at the meridian where accupuncture needle is inserted
- 祈請kei4 cing2prayer; to beseech
- 時日無多si4 jat6 mou4 do1time is limited (idiom)
- 產線caan2 sin3production line
- 眉鉗mei4 kim2Tweezers
- 多項式do1 hong6 sik1(math.) polynomial; multinomial
- 蒜苔syun3 toi4variant of 蒜薹[suan4 tai2]
- 撫綏fu2 seoi1to appease
- 鉤稽ngau1 kai1to explore
- 渣都冇zaa1 dou1 mou5to have nothing left, not even dregs
- 啦嘛laa1 maa3
- 動口dung6 hau2to use one's mouth (to say sth)
- 側重點zak1 zung6 dim2main point
- 蒐証sau2 zing3to collect evidence; to look for evidence
- 營運商jing4 wan6 soeng1operator; a company or organisation that provides specific services or products
- 字段zi6 dyun6(numeric, data) field
- 南陽naam4 joeng4see 南陽市|南阳市[Nan2 yang2 Shi4]
- 裂隙lit6 kwik1gap; slit; crack; crevice; fracture
- 放言fong3 jin4to promise; boasted; to speak out
- 幽幽jau1 jau1faint
- 油氣jau4 hei3oil and gas
- 紙錠zi2 ding3paper ingots (burned as offerings to the dead)
- 審判席sam2 pun3 zik6judgment seat
- 水表seoi2 biu2water meter
- 場論coeng4 leon6field theory (physics)
- 真彩色zan1 coi2 sik1true color
- 兒馬ji4 maa5(coll.) male horse; stallion
- 街門gaai1 mun4gate or door facing the street
- 長臂猿coeng4 bei3 jyun4gibbon
- 臉型lim5 jing4shape of face
- 㩒機gam6 gei1withdraw money from a cash machine
- 難得一見naan4 dak1 jat1 gin3rarely seen
- 逐年zuk6 nin4year after year
- 白鴿眼baak6 gaap3 ngaan5(noun) condescension; snobbishness; the look of disdain; the look of arrogance;
- 重設cung5 cit3to reset
- 可大可小ho2 daai6 ho2 siu2can be serious or trivial
- 榛雞zeon1 gai1hazel grouse
- 手力sau2 lik6the muscular strength of the hand; the gripping power
- 排柵paai4 saan1(rarely used in Hong Kong) bamboo or wooden scaffolding
- 名兒ming4 ji4name
- 請領cing2 ling5to apply for (a subsidy, unemployment benefit etc)
- 兩撇雞loeng5 pit3 gai1moustache
- 直通巴士zik6 tung1 baa1 si6shuttle express bus or coach
- 零缺點ling4 kyut3 dim2zero defect
- 故道gu3 dou6old road
- 重卡cung5 kaa1heavy truck (abbr. for 重型卡車|重型卡车)
- 剎時saat3 si4in a flash
- 鴉烏aa1 wu1see 鴉烏婆 aa1 wu1 po2; ugly woman; old witch
- 筆下bat1 haa6the wording and purport of what one writes
- 竹帛zuk1 baak6bamboo and silk writing materials (before paper)
- 金史gam1 si2History of the Jurchen Jin Dynasty, twenty second of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed under Toktoghan 脫脫|脱脱[Tuo1 tuo1] in 1345 during the Yuan Dynasty 元[Yuan2], 135 scrolls
- 邊長bin1 coeng4(geometry) side length
- 豬年zyu1 nin4Year of the Boar (e.g. 2007)
- 名實ming4 sat6name and reality
- 網片mong5 pin3mesh
- 辛苦工san1 fu2 gung1tough job
- 如故jyu4 gu3as before
- 相電流soeng1 din6 lau4Phase current
- 撥電話but6 din6 waa2to phone; to make a phone call
- 高速擋gou1 cuk1 dong3top gear; high gear
- 老兒lou5 ji4father
- 葷粥fan1 zuk1Xunyu, an ethnic group of northern China in ancient times
- 附加數fu6 gaa1 sou3Additional Mathematics, one of the subjects in the former Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination
- 扤失ngat1 sat1not generous; calculating
- 踎低mau1 dai1kneel down (spoken)
- 高鬼gou1 gwai2
- 落荒而逃lok6 fong1 ji4 tou4to flee in defeat
- 牛馬ngau4 maa5oxen and horses; beasts of burden
- 榛色zeon1 sik1filbert
- 南特naam4 dak6Nantes (city in France)
- 主抓zyu2 zaau2to be in charge of
- 𢱕骨dap6 gwat1to massage [colloquial]
- 推及teoi1 kap6to spread; to extend
- 柵極saan1 gik6grid (in vacuum tubes)
- 產出caan2 ceot1to produce (graduates, breast milk, toxic waste, creative ideas etc)
- 留用lau4 jung6to keep for use
- 救車gau3 ce1
- 仰臥joeng5 ngo6to lie supine
- 儲備量cyu5 bei6 loeng6Reserves
- 水利家seoi2 lei6 gaa1water manager
- 戶部wu6 bou6Ministry of Revenue in imperial China
- 青瓦臺cing1 ngaa5 toi4the Blue House (or Cheong Wa Dae), formerly the residence of the president of South Korea in Seoul (1948–2022), now a public park
- 㩧佬bok1 lou2a hillbilly; a country bumpkin; a yokel; a hayseed
- 快意faai3 ji3pleased
- 通問tung1 man6to mutually send greetings
- 選集syun2 zaap6anthology
- 趕來gon2 loi4to rush over
- 揣想cyun2 soeng2to conjecture
- 前輪cin4 leon4front wheel
- 死局sei2 guk6hopeless situation
- 茅寮maau4 liu2
- 吃壞hek3 waai6to upset (one's stomach) by eating bad food or overeating
- 養蠶joeng5 caam4to raise silkworms
- 無照mou4 ziu3without a license; without a permit
- 老公公lou5 gung1 gung1old man
- 日趨jat6 ceoi1(increasing) day by day
- 上半夜soeng6 bun3 je6first half of the night (from nightfall to midnight)
- 指示燈zi2 si6 dang1indicator light
- 總路線zung2 lou6 sin3general line
- 蚱蜢zaa3 maang2grasshopper
- 法海faat3 hoi2Fahai, name of the evil Buddhist monk in Tale of the White Snake 白蛇傳|白蛇传[Bai2 she2 Zhuan4]
- 海法hoi2 faat3Haifa (city in Israel)
- 美分mei5 fan1one cent (United States coin)
- 旁觀者清pong4 gun1 ze2 cing1an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved (idiom)
- 錢物cin4 mat6money and things of value
- 趷腳gat6 goek3crippled leg (spoken)
- 送口sung3 hau2
- 已久ji5 gau2already a long time
- 村學cyun1 hok6see 村塾[cun1 shu2]
- 離神lei4 san4
- 副科fu3 fo1(education) non-core subject
- 地壟dei6 lung5lines on ridges on ploughed field
- 通名tung1 ming4common noun
- 女班neoi5 baan1
- 經卷ging1 gyun2volumes of classics
- 海底輪hoi2 dai2 leon4muladhara, the root or Saturn chakra, residing in the coccyx
- 聽實teng1 sat6