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- 玩兒wun6 ji4to play
- 輪回leon4 wui4variant of 輪迴|轮回[lun2 hui2]
- 正象zing3 zoeng6to be just like
- 毛派mou4 paai3Maoist
- 英名jing1 ming4illustrious name
- 掉期diu6 kei4swap (finance)
- 北洋bak1 joeng4the Qing Dynasty name for the coastal provinces of Liaoning, Hebei, and Shandong
- 名酒ming4 zau2a famous wine
- 帶感daai3 gam2(neologism) (slang) (of music, visual style, movement or experiences) powerfully engaging in a way that excites or resonates deeply; electrifying; intense; pulse-pounding
- 傑西卡git6 sai1 kaa1Jessica (name)
- 在朝zoi6 ciu4sitting (currently serving, e.g. board members)
- 海相hoi2 soeng1marine facies (geology)
- 補習天王bou2 zaap6 tin1 wong4someone who is very successful in running a tutorial school [written and colloquial]
- 弊嘞bai6 laak3oh shit; damn it
- 豬肉獎zyu1 juk6 zoeng2the awards given to all participants in a competition, ceremony, to make everyone happy but devalue; literally: pork prize
- 筍乾seon2 gon1dried bamboo shoots
- 戚友cik1 jau5relatives and friends
- 販嬰faan3 jing1child trafficking
- 眼中刺ngaan5 zung1 ci3a thorn in one's eye
- 定安ding6 on1Ding'an county, Hainan
- 跑官paau2 gun1to seek a government post through bribery or connections
- 魔鬼島mo1 gwai2 dou2Devil's Island in French Guiana, a former penal colony (1852-1953)
- 輪作leon4 zok3rotation of crops (to preserve fertility of soil)
- 鼻淵bei6 jyun1nasosinusitis
- 推讓teoi1 joeng6verb; modestly decline (a position, favour, etc)
- 火上加油fo2 soeng6 gaa1 jau4to add oil to the fire (idiom); fig. to aggravate a situation
- 咿喐ji1 juk1any sign of movement
- 奶啡naai5 fe1coffee with milk
- 老酒lou5 zau2wine, esp. Shaoxing wine
- 您好nei5 hou2hello (polite)
- 護士鞋wu6 si6 haai4nursing shoes
- 侍妾si6 cip3concubine
- 立委lap6 wai2(Tw) legislator (abbr. for 立法委員|立法委员[li4 fa3 wei3 yuan2])
- 說親syut3 can1to act as a matchmaker
- 僆仔leng1 zai2young and inexperience male
- 背部bui3 bou6back (of a human or other vertebrate, or of an object)
- 自由落體zi6 jau4 lok6 tai2free-fall
- 房錢fong4 cin4charges for a room
- 率真seot1 zan1frank and sincere
- 七情上面cat1 cing4 soeng5 min2seven emotions all on the face, which means someone delivers strong emotional expressions
- 跛子bai1 zi2lame person
- 傳動cyun4 dung6drive (transmission in an engine)
- 意見箱ji3 gin3 soeng1suggestion box
- 扶箕fu4 gei1planchette writing (for taking dictation from beyond the grave)
- 做親zou6 can1to become related by marriage
- 床單cong4 daan1bed sheet
- 單傳daan1 cyun4to have only one heir in a generation (of a family, clan etc)
- 成身seng4 san1noun; the whole body
- 本嚟bun2 lei4originally; basically
- 獨誦duk6 zung6to read aloud solo
- 分房fan1 fong4to sleep in separate rooms
- 常山soeng4 saan1see 常山縣|常山县[Chang2 shan1 Xian4]
- 拉記laai1 gei3a library, especially a university library [colloquial]
- 嘴敞zeoi2 cong2to have a loose tongue
- 綠園區luk6 jyun4 keoi1Luyuan, a district of Changchun City 長春市|长春市[Chang2 chun1 Shi4], Jilin
- 居家geoi1 gaa1to live at home
- 彈指之間taan4 zi2 zi1 gaan1(idiom) in a flash; instantly
- 長撓撓coeng4 naau4 naau4very long (time)
- 槍子coeng1 zi2bullet
- 禮部lai5 bou6Ministry of (Confucian) Rites (in imperial China)
- 多利亞do1 lei6 aa3doria
- 切平面cit3 ping4 min6(geometry) tangent plane
- 放槍fong3 coeng1to open fire
- 破家po3 gaa1to destroy one's family
- 綠帽子luk6 mou2 zi2green hat (figuratively, a symbol of being a cuckold)
- 肉類juk6 leoi6meat
- 評委ping4 wai2evaluation committee; judging panel
- 嚟經lei4 ging1to menstruate; to have period
- 笑口棗siu3 hau2 zou2deep-fried sesame balls
- 月利jyut6 lei6monthly interest
- 介質gaai3 zat1medium
- 巴新baa1 san1Papua New Guinea (abbr. for 巴布亞新幾內亞|巴布亚新几内亚[Ba1 bu4 ya4 Xin1 Ji3 nei4 ya4])
- 情結cing4 git3complex (psychology)
- 躝癱laan1 taan2cursing one to be crippled (derogatory)
- 工作服gung1 zok3 fuk6work clothes; workwear
- 大嶼山daai6 jyu4 saan1Lantau Island, an island in Hong Kong
- 衆寡zung3 gwaa2the many or the few
- 不去理bat1 heoi3 lei5not to pay attention to
- 遮瑕ze1 haa4to cover up flaws
- 馬店maa5 dim3inn that also provides facilities for visitors' horses
- 領子ling5 zi2shirt collar
- 整整下zing2 zing2 haa5on and on; after a period of time
- 黑槍haak1 coeng1illegal guns
- 別睡bit6 seoi6
- 安妮on1 nei4Annie (name)
- 掉線diu6 sin3to get disconnected (from the Internet)
- 有聲有色jau5 sing1 jau5 sik1having sound and color (idiom); vivid
- 官倒gun1 dou2speculation by officials
- 蛾喉ngo4 hau4acute tonsilitis
- 覈彈hat6 daan2
- 私憤si1 fan5personal spite
- 調啦diu6 laa1
- 三族saam1 zuk6(old) three generations (father, self and sons)
- 笙管sang1 gun2pipes of a panpipe
- 日立jat6 lap6Hitachi, Ltd.
- 破開po3 hoi1to split
- 傾聽者king1 ting3 ze2listener
- 威駭wai1 haai5to intimidate
- 感發gam2 faat3to move and inspire
- 捋高lyut3 gou1to push up (usually sleeves or pants)
- 咳嗆kat1 coeng1(dialect) to cough
- 差數caa1 sou3difference (the result of subtraction)
- 路邊社lou6 bin1 se5hypothetical source (of hearsay), contrast to a wordplay on Reuters, an authentic source
- 避風港bei6 fung1 gong2haven; refuge; harbor
- 北亞bak1 aa3North Asia
- 文史man4 si2literature and history
- 有鑑於jau5 gaam3 jyu1in light of; given; on account of; considering
- 小蠹siu2 dou3bark beetle (zoology)
- 三鐵saam1 tit3triathlon (Tw)
- 聖彼得sing3 bei2 dak1Saint Peter
- 肉條juk6 tiu4cutlet
- 鐵三tit3 saam1triathlon
- 成器sing4 hei3to make sth of oneself
- 接下zip3 haa6to take on (a responsibility)
- 金三角gam1 saam1 gok3Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia)
- 倒逼dou2 bik1(neologism c. 2006) (of circumstances) to stimulate (change, esp. innovation, reform etc)
- 蠱脹gu2 zoeng3tympanites due to parasitosis
- 型態jing4 taai3form
- 老年期lou5 nin4 kei4old age
- 縱橫交錯zung1 waang4 gaau1 co3criss-crossed (idiom)
- 場兒coeng4 ji4see 場子|场子[chang3 zi5]
- 萬人迷maan6 jan4 mai4charmer
- 死有餘辜sei2 jau5 jyu4 gu1(idiom) to be so evil that even death would be insufficient punishment
- 光度gwong1 dou6luminosity
- 回視wui4 si6regression (psychology)
- 克山hak1 saan1see 克山縣|克山县[Ke4 shan1 Xian4]
- 開滿hoi1 mun5to bloom abundantly
- 芬蘭語fan1 laan4 jyu5Finnish (language)
- 光麵gwong1 min6plain noodles in broth
- 狗毛gau2 mou4(noun) dog hair
- 作色zok3 sik1to show signs of anger
- 附屬物fu6 suk6 mat6attachment
- 黑飛hak1 fei1to fly illegally (of planes, drones etc)
- 紅山hung4 saan1see 紅山區|红山区[Hong2 shan1 Qu1]
- 假單gaa3 daan1leave request
- 以巴ji5 baa1Israeli-Palestinian
- 巴以baa1 ji5Palestinian-Israeli (relations)
- 浣紗wun5 saa1to wash silk
- 五瘟ng5 wan1five chief demons of folklore personifying pestilence
- 掘頭巷gwat6 tau4 hong2noun; cul-de-sac, to described something is a dead end, no further development
- 詞令ci4 ling6variant of 辭令|辞令[ci2 ling4]
- 扁鵲bin2 coek3秦越人[Qin2 Yue4 ren2] (407-310 BC), Warring States physician known for his medical skills, nicknamed Bian Que after the earliest known Chinese physician allegedly from the 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4] era
- 上空裝soeng6 hung1 zong1Topless
- 片名pin3 ming4movie title
- 節選zit3 syun2excerpt
- 走近zau2 gan6to approach
- 老大媽lou5 daai6 maa1"Madam" (affectionate term for an elderly woman)
- 𠝹女gaai3 neoi2to pick up chicks; to chat up girls; to make a pass at a woman [colloquial]
- 架不住gaa3 bat1 zyu6(coll.) unable to withstand
- 跳舞蘭tiu3 mou5 laan4dancing-lady orchid; oncidium
- 原牛jyun4 ngau4aurochs (Bos primigenius), extinct wild ox
- 屬格suk6 gaak3genitive case (in grammar)
- 故殺gu3 saat3premeditated murder
- 奉祀fung6 zi6to worship
- 㩧濕bok1 sap1hit someone on the head
- 引爆點jan5 baau3 dim2tipping point
- 利事lei6 si6(Cantonese) same as 紅包|红包[hong2 bao1]
- 粉色fan2 sik1pink
- 古來gu2 loi4since ancient times; it has ever been the case that
- 馬命maa5 meng6
- 房縣fong4 jyun6Fang County or Fangxian, a county in Shiyan City 十堰市[Shi2 yan4 Shi4], Hubei
- 蛋饊daan6 saan2an useless and hopeless person; Cantonese style fried dough twist, a type of snack
- 牛脖子ngau4 but6 zi2(coll.) bullheaded
- 烘籠hung1 lung4bamboo drying frame
- 臺視toi4 si6abbr. for 臺灣電視公司|台湾电视公司, Taiwan Television (TTV)
- 臚列lou4 lit6(literary) to enumerate; to list
- 點破dim2 po3to lay bare in a few words
- 炒燶caau2 nung1making a loss in the stock market or any investments
- 瓊斯king4 si1Jones (name)
- 命正meng6 zeng3Good fate
- 碌嘢luk1 je5the penis [colloquial]
- 洪水橋hung4 seoi2 kiu4Hung Shui Kiu, an area between Yuen Long and Tuen Mun in the northwestern New Territories
- 基帶gei1 daai3(telecommunications, electronics) baseband
- 播報bo3 bou3to announce
- 海信hoi2 seon3Hisense (brand)
- 博同情bok3 tung4 cing4to gain someone's sympathy
- 日怪jat6 gwaai3(dialect) strange
- 講情gong2 cing4To intercede; to plead for somebody; to ask for leniency for somebody;
- 襪箍mat6 ku1sock garters
- 桂枝仔gwai3 zi1 zai2a Hong Konger [colloquial]
- 牧童笛muk6 tung4 dek2(musical instrument) a Recorder
- 宗主權zung1 zyu2 kyun4suzerainty
- 運動服wan6 dung6 fuk6sportswear
- 唯理論wai4 lei5 leon6(philosophy) rationalism
- 壓縮機aat3 suk1 gei1compactor
- 賣本事maai6 bun2 si6to flaunt a skill
- 肇始siu6 ci2to initiate
- 數清sou3 cing1to count
- 調變diu6 bin3modulation
- 遲遲ci4 ci4late (with a task etc)
- 酬償cau4 soeng4reward
- 願你jyun6 nei5may you; wish you; hope you [written and colloquial]
- 導航員dou6 hong4 jyun4navigator (on a plane or boat)
- 阿誰aa3 seoi4who
- 右手面jau6 sau2 min6right hand side
- 跳出tiu3 ceot1to jump out
- 印度神油jan3 dou6 san4 jau4Indian God oil or lotion, a type of massage oil to enhance sexual performance for both gender
- 室女sat1 neoi5unmarried lady
- 遛彎lau6 waan1(dialect) to take a walk
- 滿點mun5 dim2full working hours