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- 搵食wan2 sik6to earn one's living (Cantonese)
- 船纜syun4 laam6ship's hawser
- 丟下diu1 haa6to abandon
- 返大陸faan1 daai6 luk6In Hong Kong means go to Mainland China, using the word "back" as previously many HongKongers migrated from mainland, still regarding there as their homeland, implies "go back to hometown"; literally: go back to mainland
- 急要gap1 jiu3urgent
- 前腿cin4 teoi2forelegs
- 之列zi1 lit6
- 定邊ding6 bin1see 定邊縣|定边县[Ding4 bian1 Xian4]
- 抱死pou5 sei2(of a wheel during braking) to lock up
- 死活sei2 wut6life or death
- 攔住laan4 zyu6to stop
- 足協zuk1 hip3soccer association; soccer federation (abbr. for 足球協會|足球协会[zu2 qiu2 xie2 hui4])
- 進位法zeon3 wai2 faat3system of writing numbers to a base, such as decimal or binary (math)
- 觀想gun1 soeng2to visualize (Buddhist practice)
- 高祖父gou1 zou2 fu6great-great-grandfather
- 呵呵ho1 ho1(onom.) gentle laughter
- 近照gan6 ziu3recent photo
- 狼崽long4 zoi2wolf cub
- 第十dai6 sap6the tenth
- 知道了zi1 dou6 liu5OK!
- 台股toi4 gu2Taiwanese stocks; the Taiwan stock market
- 國保gwok3 bou2Domestic Security Protection Bureau, the department of the Ministry of Public Security responsible for political security, monitoring dissidents, religious groups and activities deemed a threat to state stability (abbr. for 國內安全保衛局|国内安全保卫局[Guo2 nei4 An1 quan2 Bao3 wei4 ju2])
- 怪才gwaai3 coi4eccentric genius; quirky genius
- 才怪coi4 gwaai3it'd be a wonder if... (following a verb phrase that is usually negative)
- 芳踪fong1 zung1a female's trace
- 冬筍dung1 seon2winter bamboo shoots (smaller and tenderer as a result of being dug out before they come out of the soil)
- 回嘴wui4 zeoi2to answer back; to retort
- 得個桔dak1 go3 gat1to end up with nothing; to do something in vain [colloquial]
- 向火hoeng3 fo2to warm oneself facing the fire
- 河面ho4 min6surface of a river
- 露出馬腳lou6 ceot1 maa5 goek3to reveal the cloven foot (idiom); to unmask one's true nature
- 限定詞haan6 ding6 ci4determiner (in grammar, i.e. article, demonstrative, possessive pronoun, noun genitive etc)
- 魚𦢊jyu4 bok1fish maw
- 跳入tiu3 jap6to jump into
- 準的zeon2 dik1standard
- 班組baan1 zou2group or team (in factories etc)
- 親共can1 gung6
- 知錯zi1 co3to acknowledge one's mistakes [colloquial]
- 林州lam4 zau1see 林州市[Lin2 zhou1 Shi4]
- 美蘇mei5 sou1American-Soviet (tension, rapprochement etc)
- 興國hing1 gwok3see 興國縣|兴国县[Xing1 guo2 Xian4]
- 重器cung5 hei3treasure
- 千古罪人cin1 gu2 zeoi6 jan4sb condemned by history (idiom)
- 北投bak1 tau4see 北投區|北投区[Bei3 tou2 Qu1]
- 男色naam4 sik1male homosexuality
- 通掂tung1 dim6to make something smooth
- 羅格lo4 gaak3Logue or Rogge (name)
- 男方naam4 fong1(of a marriage) the bridegroom's side; the husband's side
- 鋤奸co4 gaan1to weed out the traitors
- 齲洞geoi2 dung6hole due to dental caries
- 乙醚jyut3 mai4ether
- 廉俸lim4 fung2extra allowances paid to government officials in the Qing dynasty
- 開罵hoi1 maa6to launch into an angry tirade; to start berating sb
- 解和gaai2 wo4to mediate (in a conflict)
- 良心犯loeng4 sam1 faan2prisoner of conscience
- 跳電tiu3 din6(of a circuit breaker or switch) to trip
- 背地裏bui3 dei6 leoi5to do something behind one's back; privately
- 當空dong1 hung1overhead
- 空當hung1 dong1gap
- 活物wut6 mat6living animals
- 漲幅zoeng2 fuk1extent of a rise (in prices etc)
- 盲腸炎maang4 coeng2 jim4appendicitis
- 隨量ceoi4 loeng2
- 不計bat1 gai3to disregard
- 把馬子baa2 maa5 zi2to pick up a girl; to get a girl
- 假球gaa2 kau4match-fixing; a fixed match
- 內急noi6 gap1to need to answer the call of nature
- 訥澀neot6 gip3clumsy in speech
- 搵工wan2 gung1(verb) to find a job; to search for a job
- 電氣石din6 hei3 sek6tourmaline
- 托生tok3 sang1to be reincarnated; to be reborn
- 通化tung1 faa3see 通化市[Tong1 hua4 Shi4]
- 銀子ngan4 zi2money
- 不正bat1 zing3incorrect; iniquity; dishonesty; illegality; impropriety [written]
- 微聚焦mei4 zeoi6 ziu1microfocus x-ray computed tomography (microCT)
- 可編程ho2 pin1 cing4programmable
- 舊夢gau6 mung6old dreams
- 記傳gei3 cyun4history and biography
- 爛舌頭laan6 sit3 tau4to gossip
- 沸石fai3 sek6zeolite
- 科教fo1 gaau3science and education
- 卸肩裝se3 gin1 zong1off-shoulder (apparel)
- 早早zou2 zou2very early; early; as early as possible [colloquial]
- 僚機liu4 gei1wingman aircraft
- 深紅sam1 hung4dark red; crimson
- 後鑊hau6 wok6chef; cook
- 方差fong1 caa1variance (statistics)
- 里爾lei5 ji5Lille (city in France)
- 一天光晒jat1 tin1 gwong1 saai3describes the feeling of finally managing to resolve the issue or problem (dark clouds on the sky– which finally disappear [negative]) and feeling relieved again (seeing the sun which is sunny and bright again [positive])
- 螢火jing4 fo2light of firefly
- 敲榨haau1 zaa3to press (fruit)
- 清末cing1 mut6the final years of the Qing dynasty 清朝[Qing1 chao2]
- 舔屁股tim2 pei3 gu2to kiss sb's ass
- 通假tung1 gaa2phonetic loan character
- 超產ciu1 caan2to exceed a production goal
- 薩爾saat3 ji5Saarland
- 合作企業hap6 zok3 kei5 jip6Partnership corporation
- 總目zung2 muk6superorder (taxonomy)
- 代指doi6 zi2to mean
- 指代zi2 doi6to refer to
- 只顧zi2 gu3to focus solely on; to pay attention only to; to be preoccupied with
- 組塊zou2 faai3chunk
- 雞西gai1 sai1see 雞西市|鸡西市[Ji1 xi1 Shi4]
- 空開hung1 hoi1circuit breaker (abbr. for 空氣開關|空气开关[kong1 qi4 kai1 guan1])
- 里社lei5 se5village shrine to the earth god
- 老太lou5 taai3old lady
- 三角架saam1 gok3 gaa2Tripod
- 門首mun4 sau2doorway
- 面基min6 gei1(slang) (of online friends) to meet up in person
- 樓王lau2 wong4
- 後邊hau6 bin1the back; the rear; the last bit
- 貓條maau1 tiu4cat treat tube; squeeze-up cat treat
- 長詩coeng4 si1long poem
- 頭疼tau4 tang4headache
- 冗餘jung2 jyu4redundancy
- 涓埃gyun1 oi1tiny stream of dust
- 舊病gau6 beng6old illness
- 抽嘴巴cau1 zeoi2 baa1to slap
- 有錢仔jau5 cin2 zai2a wealthy guy
- 有碼jau5 maa5pixelated or censored (of video)
- 白毛baak6 mou4white hair (of animals)
- 絕大多數zyut6 daai6 do1 sou3the vast majority
- 抓差zaau2 caa1
- 內院noi6 jyun2inner courtyard (in a courtyard house)
- 意文ji3 man2noun; written or spoken Italian language
- 第一個dai6 jat1 go3(adjective) The first one
- 光球gwong1 kau4photosphere
- 無準mou4 zeon2
- 南面naam4 min6south side
- 打響daa2 hoeng2to start shooting or firing
- 槭樹cik1 syu6maple
- 輪子leon4 zi2wheel
- 飛安fei1 on1(Tw) aviation safety
- 里程表lei5 cing4 biu2odometer
- 交口gaau1 hau2see 交口縣|交口县[Jiao1 kou3 Xian4]
- 毀於一旦wai2 jyu1 jat1 daan3(idiom) ruined in a short time (esp. of sth that took a long time or great effort to achieve)
- 下轄haa6 hat6to administer; to have jurisdiction over
- 同質tung4 zat1homogeneous
- 書名syu1 ming4name of a book
- 歐分au1 fan1euro cent
- 澗溪gaan3 kai1mountain stream
- 省親saang2 can1to visit one's parents
- 離亂lei4 lyun6social upheaval caused by war or famine etc
- 紅領hung4 ling5red collar
- 請款cing2 fun2to request payment (or reimbursement); to invoice
- 起迄hei2 ngat6start and end (dates)
- 流螢lau4 jing4firefly
- 修行人sau1 hang6 jan4person pursuing religious practice (Buddhism)
- 祿餌luk6 nei6official pay as bait (for talent)
- 丁烷ding1 jyun4butane
- 房型fong4 jing4see 戶型|户型[hu4 xing2]
- 豬狗zyu1 gau2pig-dog (intended as insult)
- 擔風險daam1 fung1 him2to assume responsibility for the risk
- 水怪seoi2 gwaai3sea monster; aquatic monster
- 給藥kap1 joek6to administer medicine
- 必能bit1 nang4
- 學園hok6 jyun4academy
- 搵位wan2 wai2to find a seat (or a table if at a restaurant)
- 個數go3 sou3number of items or individuals
- 詳見coeng4 gin3for further details, refer to
- 活菩薩wut6 pou4 saat3a living Buddha
- 滲碳sam3 taan3carburization
- 大客車daai6 haak3 ce1coach
- 當世dong1 sai3the present age
- 紅通hung4 tung1(Interpol) red notice
- 進門zeon3 mun4to enter a door
- 巡演ceon4 jin2(theater etc) to tour; to be on tour; to give itinerant performances (abbr. for 巡迴演出|巡回演出[xun2 hui2 yan3 chu1])
- 晚生maan5 sang1I (self-deprecatory, in front of elders) (old)
- 門巴mun4 baa1Monba ethnic group
- 到現在dou3 jin6 zoi6up until now
- 傳教團cyun4 gaau3 tyun4a mission (group of missionaries)
- 窪地waa1 dei6low-lying ground; depression
- 一股腦jat1 gu2 nou5all of it
- 薪資san1 zi1salary
- 𡃁妹leng1 mui1young girl; teen girl [colloquial]
- 腿號teoi2 hou6legband (on a bird)
- 怪手gwaai3 sau2(Tw) excavator; backhoe
- 管子gun2 zi2Guanzi or Guan Zhong 管仲 (-645 BC), famous politician of Qi 齊國|齐国 of Spring and Autumn period
- 起課hei2 fo3to practice divination
- 都拉斯dou1 laai1 si1Durrës (city in Albania)
- 綻開zaan6 hoi1to burst forth
- 開綻hoi1 zaan6to come unsewn
- 一份子jat1 fan6 zi2member of a group; part of a whole
- 自豪感zi6 hou4 gam2pride in sth
- 子彈仔zi2 daan2 zai2bicycle with modified appearance, often made to look like a motorcycle
- 復現fuk6 jin6to reappear
- 蘇生sou1 sang1to revive
- 輪機leon4 gei1turbine (abbr. for 渦輪機|涡轮机[wo1 lun2 ji1])
- 省流saang2 lau4to conserve mobile data; to minimize mobile data usage (abbr. for 省流量[sheng3 liu2 liang4])
- 安龍on1 lung4see 安龍縣|安龙县[An1 long2 Xian4]
- 解出gaai2 ceot1to figure out
- 龍安lung4 on1see 龍安區|龙安区[Long2 an1 Qu1]
- 量表loeng4 biu2gauge
- 風投fung1 tau4venture capital investment (abbr. for 風險投資|风险投资[feng1 xian3 tou2 zi1])
- 儉約gim6 joek3frugal; economical; thrifty
- 東面dung1 min6east side (of sth)
- 十類sap6 leoi6
- 正廳zing3 teng1the main hall; the atrium; the stall; the nave
- 抓力zaau2 lik6grip
- 元氣jyun4 hei3vigor; strength; vitality