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- 不知道bat1 zi1 dou6not knowing
- 陌路mak6 lou6(literary) stranger; person with whom one has no personal connection
- 高冷gou1 laang5reserved
- 祝賀語zuk1 ho6 jyu5idiomatic congratulatory remarks
- 平明ping4 ming4(literary) dawn
- 苗族miu4 zuk6Miao ethnic group
- 陰阜jam1 fau6mons veneris
- 癲價din1 gaa3insane price
- 投影tau4 jing2to project
- 大餘daai6 jyu4see 大餘縣|大余县[Da4 yu2 Xian4]
- 變分法bin3 fan1 faat3calculus of variations
- 姑勿論gu1 mat6 leon6apart from; not to mention
- 五行缺水ng5 hang4 kyut3 seoi2a humorous way of saying that somebody lacks money; literally 'lacking the element of water'
- 月光石jyut6 gwong1 sek6moonstone
- 氰基cing4 gei1cyan
- 凱文hoi2 man4Kevin (person name)
- 接地zip3 dei6earth (electric connection)
- 克復haak1 fuk6resume
- 等壓dang2 aat3constant pressure
- 本報bun2 bou3this newspaper
- 詩話si1 waa6notes on poetry, an essay genre consisting of informal commentary on poems and poets and their lives (old)
- 鑊仔wok6 zai2literally : a small wok ; sex with an underage girl [colloquial]
- 直連zik6 lin4to connect directly to
- 不特已bat1 dak6 ji5not only
- 平度ping4 dou6see 平度市[Ping2 du4 Shi4]
- 提留tai4 lau4to withdraw (money) and retain it
- 歷次lik6 ci3each (item in sequence)
- 玩樂wun6 lok6to play around
- 憂憤jau1 fan5adj; worried and angry
- 瞻拜zim1 baai3to worship
- 李鵬lei5 paang4Li Peng (1928-2019), leading PRC politician, prime minister 1987-1998, reportedly leader of the conservative faction advocating the June 1989 Tiananmen clampdown
- 支前zi1 cin4to support the front (military)
- 支長zi1 coeng4
- 發急faat3 gap1to fret
- 送股sung3 gu2a share grant
- 賺做zaan2 zou6
- 三角眼saam1 gok3 ngaan5X; literally: triangular eye
- 評比ping4 bei2to evaluate (by comparison)
- 試金si3 gam1assay
- 五河ng5 ho4see 五河縣|五河县[Wu3 he2 Xian4]
- 模板mou4 baan2template
- 大粒嘢daai6 lap1 je5the slang for a person who is in high position or high superiority; a big shot
- 口球hau2 kau4(BDSM) ball gag
- 子代zi2 doi6offspring
- 掛麵gwaa3 min6pasta
- 原款jyun4 fun2
- 預收費jyu6 sau1 fai3prepayment
- 清鎮cing1 zan3see 清鎮市|清镇市[Qing1 zhen4 Shi4]
- 飼槽zi6 cou4feeding trough
- 招來ziu1 loi4to attract
- 巴巴baa1 baa1(suffix) very
- 提多書tai4 do1 syu1Epistle of St Paul to Titus
- 安義on1 ji6see 安義縣|安义县[An1 yi4 Xian4]
- 義安ji6 on1see 義安區|义安区[Yi4 an1 Qu1]
- 乙卯jyut3 maau5fifty-second year B4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1975 or 2035
- 約根joek3 gan1Jurgen (name)
- 哩啡le5 fe5(of person) sloppy; messy; untidy
- 奠都din6 dou1to determine the position of the capital
- 社死se5 sei2(neologism c. 2020) (slang) to die of embarrassment (figuratively)
- 鳥叫niu5 giu3
- 韓正hon4 zing3Han Zheng (1954-), senior vice premier of the PRC (2018-)
- 反射面faan2 se6 min2reflecting surface
- 靛油din6 jau4aniline oil
- 的而且確dik1 ji4 ce2 kok3actually
- 自給zi6 kap1self-reliant
- 萬世maan6 sai3all ages
- 投合tau4 hap6to go well together
- 福音派fuk1 jam1 paai3Evangelical Christianity
- 不端bat1 dyun1improper
- 寶應bou2 jing3see 寶應縣|宝应县[Bao3 ying4 Xian4]
- 飛抓fei1 zaau2variant of 飛撾|飞挝[fei1 zhua1]
- 電船din6 syun4a motorboat
- 咪嘈mai5 cou4shut up; keep quiet (spoken)
- 半點bun3 dim2the least bit
- 下線haa6 sin3to go offline
- 產兒caan2 ji4newborn baby
- 結了git3 liu5that's that; that's it; that will do
- 貓門maau1 mun4cat door; cat flap
- 用手jung6 sau2(verb) to use hands; To work with your hands
- 廠長cong2 coeng4factory director
- 硯臺jin6 toi4ink stone
- 蘊積wan2 zik1to coalesce
- 雞東gai1 dung1see 雞東縣|鸡东县[Ji1 dong1 Xian4]
- 風物fung1 mat6scenery
- 談情taam4 cing4to date; to fall in love [colloquial]
- 聯號lyun4 hou6variant of 連號|连号[lian2 hao4]
- 孤單單gu1 daan1 daan1adj; alone or lonely
- 三倍saam1 pui5triple; three times as much; threefold
- 運將wan6 zoeng1driver (of a taxi etc) (loanword from Japanese) (Tw)
- 半人馬bun3 jan4 maa5centaur (mythology)
- 西高山sai1 gou1 saan1High West, a mountain in Hong Kong Island
- 悍勇hon6 jung5intrepid; valiant; dauntless
- 中端zung1 dyun1mid-range; mid-tier
- 勇悍jung5 hon5brave
- 壟溝lung5 kau1furrow (agriculture)
- 破關po3 gwaan1to solve or overcome (a difficult problem)
- 真人真事zan1 jan4 zan1 si6genuine people and true events
- 英德jing1 dak1Anglo-German
- 脹卜卜zoeng3 bok1 bok1bulging
- 道院dou6 jyun2Daoyuan (Sanctuary of the Dao)
- 明日黃花ming4 jat6 wong4 faa1lit. chrysanthemums after the Double Ninth Festival (idiom)
- 罵名maa6 ming4infamy
- 腌臢jim1 zim1dirty
- 一萬銀jat1 maan6 ngan4ten thousands bucks
- 烏鶲wu1 jung1(bird species of China) dark-sided flycatcher (Muscicapa sibirica)
- 鄉情hoeng1 cing4homesickness
- 背離bui3 lei4to depart from
- 收下sau1 haa6to accept
- 內陸機noi6 luk6 gei1domestic flight; internal flight
- 甘薯gam1 syu4sweet potato
- 格物gaak3 mat6to study the underlying principles, esp. in neo-Confucian rational learning 理學|理学[li3 xue2]
- 藥店joek6 dim3pharmacy; drugstore
- 風調fung1 diu6character (of a person, verse, object etc)
- 敵對性dik6 deoi3 sing3hostility; antagonism
- 傍近bong6 gan6to be close to
- 問候語man6 hau6 jyu5greeting expressions
- 山口saan1 hau2Yamaguchi (Japanese surname, prefecture, and city)
- 紅胡子hung4 wu4 zi2band of mounted bandits in Manchuria (archaic)
- 編髮pin1 faat3
- 迪拜dik6 baai3Dubai
- 一並jat1 bing6variant of 一併|一并[yi1 bing4]
- 女犯neoi5 faan6female offender in imperial China (old)
- 搭話daap3 waa6to talk
- 尖銳化zim1 jeoi6 faa3to intensify; to become acute; to come to a head
- 泰山北斗taai3 saan1 bak1 dau2(lit.) Mount Tai and the Big Dipper (idiom)
- 心根sam1 gan1the innermost depths of one's heart
- 憂灼jau1 coek3worrying
- 珍珠米zan1 zyu1 mai5pearl rice
- 攻關gung1 gwaan1to storm a strategic pass
- 水戶seoi2 wu6Mito (city in Japan)
- 進京zeon3 ging1to enter the capital
- 拖艔to1 dou2noun; towing vehicle
- 星相sing1 soeng1astrology and physiognomy
- 副室fu3 sat1concubine (old)
- 持股ci4 gu2to hold shares
- 打來回daa2 loi4 wui4to make a round trip
- 蠶蟻caam4 ngai5newly hatched silkworm
- 香牙蕉hoeng1 ngaa4 ziu1banana
- 全編cyun4 pin1complete edition
- 死去活來sei2 heoi3 wut6 loi4to hover between life and death (idiom)
- 加利福尼亞gaa1 lei6 fuk1 nei4 aa3California
- 好易hou2 ji6
- 上鐘soeng6 zung1to clock in for work
- 大敵當前daai6 dik6 dong1 cin4(idiom) to be faced with a formidable enemy
- 綠區luk6 keoi1(Baghdad) green zone
- 雞關gai1 gwaan1
- 氣團hei3 tyun4air mass
- 小民siu2 man4ordinary people
- 林卡lam4 kaa1transliteration of Tibetan lingka: garden
- 爭面子zang1 min6 zi2to do (sb) proud; to be a credit to (one's school etc)
- 電感din6 gam2inductance
- 萬事如意maan6 si6 jyu4 ji3to have all one's wishes (idiom)
- 相輕soeng1 hing1to hold each other in low regard
- 睡鄉seoi6 hoeng1sleep
- 多彩do1 coi2colorful
- 互聯wu6 lyun4interconnected
- 面板min6 baan2panel
- 款子fun2 zi2a sum of money
- 蟬衣sim4 ji1cicada slough (used in TCM)
- 數白欖sou2 baak6 laam2noun; Bak Lam is another form of speech presentation in Cantonese opera between performers and audience. More rhyme and phrase and melodies than just dialogue. Some people call it a Chinese rap .
- 班師baan1 si1to withdraw troops from the front
- 唔客氣m4 haak3 hei3to show no shyness
- 吃傷hek3 soeng1to become sick of a food after eating it too much
- 日本人jat6 bun2 jan4Japanese person
- 樂活lok6 wut6LOHAS (lifestyles of health and sustainability)
- 獄吏juk6 lei6prison guard
- 瞎指揮hat6 zi2 fai1to give nonsensical instructions
- 笠嘢lap1 je5(verb) to steal; to rob
- 輕子hing1 zi2lepton (particle physics)
- 多方位do1 fong1 wai2many-sided
- 七竅cat1 hiu3the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth
- 查找caa4 zaau2to search for
- 開架hoi1 gaa3open shelves (in self-service store or user access library)
- 輕放hing1 fong3
- 吹了ceoi1 liu5failed; busted; to have not succeeded
- 正向zing3 hoeng3forward (direction)
- 放輕fong3 hing1to urinate
- 列國lit6 gwok3various countries
- 天府tin1 fu2Heavenly province (epithet of Sichuan, esp. area around Chengdu)
- 光感應gwong1 gam2 jing3optical response
- 彈道daan6 dou6trajectory (of a projectile); ballistic curve
- 沙虱saa1 sat1(noun) sand louse
- 支開zi1 hoi1to send (sb) away
- 孤獨症gu1 duk6 zing3autism
- 邊集bin1 zaap6
- 公版gung1 baan2(publishing) public-domain; copyright-expired
- 常情soeng4 cing4common sense; the way people usually feel about things
- 院本jyun2 bun2script for opera (esp. in Yuan times)
- 禮儀師lai5 ji4 si1funeral director
- 木虱muk6 sat1bed bug
- 鏗然hang1 jin4(literary) resonant
- 髮圈faat3 hyun1scrunchie
- 平鄉ping4 hoeng1see 平鄉縣|平乡县[Ping2 xiang1 Xian4]
- 酒令zau2 ling6wine-drinking game
- 掂晒dim1 saai3all settled; all sorted [colloquial]
- 重利cung5 lei6high interest
- 咪咪摸摸mi1 mi1 mo1 mo1Slowly
- 代字doi6 zi6abbreviated name of an entity (e.g. 皖政, a short name for 安徽省人民政府)
- 荷蘭水蓋ho4 laan1 seoi2 goi3(n.) a metal bottle soda cap (from the 60s); a humourous way to refer to a medal or an order of merit
- 坐班zo6 baan1to work office hours