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- 傾斜角king1 ce4 gok3Angle of inclination
- 無雙mou4 soeng1incomparable
- 氣化hei3 faa3to vaporize
- 社學se5 hok6Ming or Qing dynasty school
- 六陳luk6 can4food grains (rice, wheat, barley, beans, soybeans, sesame)
- 漢斯hon3 si1Hans (name)
- 首重sau2 cung5to emphasize
- 馬腿maa5 teoi2
- 嘉興gaa1 hing1see 嘉興市|嘉兴市[Jia1 xing1 Shi4]
- 我方ngo5 fong1our side; we
- 雷鋒leoi4 fung1Lei Feng (1940–1962), a soldier celebrated by the Chinese government from 1963 onward as a model of selflessness and devotion to the Communist Party
- 多變do1 bin3fickle
- 專爲zyun1 wai4
- 推官teoi1 gun1prefectural judge (in imperial China)
- 言情jin4 cing4(of a movie, novel etc) portraying a love affair; romantic; sentimental
- 加點gaa1 dim2to work extra hours
- 東歸dung1 gwai1lit. to return east
- 心悒sam1 jap1anxious
- 柳州lau5 zau1see 柳州市[Liu3 zhou1 Shi4]
- 羣言kwan4 jin4
- 色光sik1 gwong1colored light
- 營生jing4 sang1to earn a living
- 的哥dik1 go1male taxi driver
- 奠酒din6 zau2a libation
- 儉省gim6 saang2thrifty; economical; sparing
- 省儉saang2 gim6frugal; thrifty
- 核查hat6 caa4to examine
- 笑星siu3 sing1popular comedian
- 打贏daa2 jing4to win; to beat (one's opponent)
- 經世ging1 sai3statecraft
- 呢篇nei1 pin1
- 節能燈zit3 nang4 dang1compact fluorescent lamp (CFL)
- 艾灸ngaai6 gau3moxibustion (TCM)
- 長寬coeng4 fun1length and width; size; dimensions
- 焗蟹guk6 haai5to purse one's lips to suppress laughter; to barely keep a straight face on funny things; literally, to bake crab
- 船山syun4 saan1see 船山區|船山区[Chuan2 shan1 Qu1]
- 作詩zok3 si1to write poem
- 失落感sat1 lok6 gam2feeling of emptiness, alienation
- 四射sei3 se6to radiate all around
- 將養zoeng1 joeng5noun; Rest and recuperation; nursed back to health
- 需方seoi1 fong1
- 成像sing4 zoeng6to form an image
- 打戲daa2 hei3(opera, drama, film) fight scene
- 發老脾faat3 lou5 pei2throw a tantrum (spoken)
- 活血wut6 hyut3to improve blood circulation (Chinese medicine)
- 龍飛lung4 fei1to promote (to official position in former times)
- 林口lam4 hau2see 林口縣|林口县[Lin2 kou3 Xian4]
- 關東gwaan1 dung1Northeast China
- 朝向ciu4 hoeng3toward
- 缺一不可kyut3 jat1 bat1 ho2not a single one is dispensable
- 網課mong5 fo3online classes
- 頂我ding2 ngo5
- 平白ping4 baak6for no reason
- 像是zoeng6 si6Seem to; Look like
- 導函數dou6 haam4 sou3derived function
- 中俄zung1 ngo4China-Russia
- 俄中ngo4 zung1Russia-China
- 行省hang4 saang2province (old)
- 卜卜脆bok1 bok1 ceoi3crispy
- 脆卜卜ceoi3 bok1 bok1crispy
- 拗彎aau2 waan1to bend; to crook
- 奧國ou3 gwok3Austria
- 約納joek3 naap6Jonah
- 呢保li1 bou2label (loanword) [colloquial]
- 拿鐵naa4 tit3latte (loanword)
- 背地bui3 dei6secretly
- 圖標tou4 biu1graphic symbol
- 木蘭muk6 laan4see 木蘭縣|木兰县[Mu4 lan2 Xian4]
- 犢子duk6 zi2calf
- 靠得住kaau3 dak1 zyu6reliable; trustworthy
- 快板faai3 baan2kuaiban (traditional Chinese rhythmic storytelling accompanied by bamboo clappers)
- 男票naam4 piu3boyfriend (Internet slang)
- 磨時間mo4 si4 gaan3to kill time; to be idle
- 灤河lyun4 ho4Luan River
- 西塔sai1 taap3theta (Greek letter Θθ)
- 烙鐵lok3 tit3flatiron
- 頑匪waan4 fei2gangster
- 畀油bei2 jau2to accelerate (a vehicle), usually by pushing the pedal
- 慢出maan6 ceot1
- 分列fan1 lit6to divide into rows
- 嘰趷gi1 gat6stutter; to hinder people from progressing
- 打生打死daa2 saang1 daa2 sei2fight to life or death; fight to the end
- 模塊式mou4 faai3 sik1modular
- 海牛hoi2 ngau4manatee
- 十干sap6 gon1same as 天干
- 絕經zyut6 ging1menopause
- 綠道luk6 dou6greenway
- 電親din6 can1to get an electric shock; to be electrocuted; to be drawn to someone flirtations
- 真人騷zan1 jan4 sou1reality show
- 遭重zou1 cung5(slang) to suffer serious consequences or harm
- 好到極hou2 dou3 gik6adj; extremely good
- 楔子sit3 zi2wedge
- 電雞din6 gai1(slang) (pejorative) e-bike (from Cantonese)
- 復舊fuk6 gau6to restore old way
- 硯田jin6 tin4ink stone
- 架走gaa3 zau2to hustle sb away
- 太平鳥taai3 ping4 niu5(bird species of China) Bohemian waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
- 整車zing2 ce1to fix the car
- 懵閉閉mung2 bai3 bai3(adjective) muddleheaded; clueless; to be kept in the dark and unaware of what is going on
- 塔門taap3 mun4Grass Island, a place in Hong Kong
- 大環daai6 waan4Tai Wan, a locality in Kowloon, Hong Kong
- 種樹zung2 syu6to plant trees
- 新星san1 sing1(astronomy) nova
- 看板hon1 baan2billboard
- 後端hau6 dyun1backend (computing)
- 晚點maan5 dim2(of trains etc) late
- 大王眼daai6 wong4 ngaan5adj; greedy
- 繪文字kui2 man4 zi6emoji
- 跑贏paau2 jing4(finance) to outperform (the market); to outpace (inflation)
- 帶板daai3 baan2
- 反日faan2 jat6anti-Japan
- 小人蛇siu2 jan4 se4young or child illegal immigrants
- 焦灼ziu1 coek3(literary) deeply worried
- 修圖sau1 tou4to retouch images
- 術前seot6 cin4preoperative; before surgery
- 掗拃aa6 zaa6(slang) to describe something which is a hindrance because it takes up too much space; bulky or cumbersome (such as in clothing), making it difficult for one to move freely; overbearing; swaggering; domineering
- 灰柿fui1 ci2slightly hardened persimmon, literally: grey persimmon
- 絕美zyut6 mei5exquisitely beautiful
- 通海tung1 hoi2see 通海縣|通海县[Tong1 hai3 Xian4]
- 吹打ceoi1 daa2blow and beat, to play music
- 文船man4 syun4
- 幹飯gon3 faan6(coll.) to have a meal
- 吉娃娃gat1 waa1 waa1Chihuahua (dog)
- 分管fan1 gun2to be put in charge of
- 草山cou2 saan1Grassy Hill (hill in Hong Kong)
- 行板hang4 baan2andante
- 鄉氣hoeng1 hei3rustic
- 叮咚ding1 dung1(onom.) ding dong
- 出爐鐵ceot1 lou4 tit3sandwich pun; X
- 檀香木taan4 hoeng1 muk6sandalwood
- 拉傷laai1 soeng1to pull
- 和尚寺wo4 soeng2 zi2a figurative way to refer to "boys' school", literally "Buddhist monk monastery"
- 大姐頭daai6 ze2 tau4(Tw) female gang leader
- 掌上明珠zoeng2 soeng6 ming4 zyu1lit. a pearl in the palm (idiom)
- 腮紅soi1 hung4rouge (cosmetics)
- 顎裂ngok6 lit6cleft palate (birth defect)
- 人氣榜jan4 hei3 bong2popularity ranking
- 唐寅tong4 jan4Tang Bohu 唐伯虎 or Tang Yin (1470-1523), Ming painter and poet, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子
- 市政稅si5 zing3 seoi3city council rates
- 嘶鳴sai1 ming4to whinny (of a horse)
- 樹獺syu6 caat3(zoology) sloth (rare – the standard term is 樹懶|树懒[shu4 lan3])
- 文身man4 san1to tattoo
- 滋蔓zi1 maan6(literary) to spread and grow; to proliferate
- 其二kei4 ji6secondly
- 校外haau6 ngoi6off campus
- 篡軍saan3 gwan1to usurp the military
- 舊情gau6 cing4old affection
- 雲氣wan4 hei3mist
- 踎躉mau1 dan1unemployed
- 方知fong1 zi1to realize only then
- 液壓jik6 aat3hydraulic pressure
- 柒頭皮cat6 tau4 pei4(curse language) to call someone as a motherfucker
- 拖尾巴to1 mei5 baa1to obstruct
- 安平on1 ping4see 安平縣|安平县[An1 ping2 Xian4]
- 建白gin3 baak6to propose
- 總分zung2 fan1overall score
- 變造bin3 zou6to alter
- 民家man4 gaa1minka
- 裡邊leoi5 bin1inside
- 下環haa6 waan4the old name for the district around Wan Chai and Causeway Bay in Hong Kong
- 頂好ding2 hou2the best
- 粒子流lap1 zi2 lau4stream of particles
- 神經突san4 ging1 dat6nerve process
- 亂抓lyun6 zaau2to claw wildly
- 商都soeng1 dou1see 商都縣|商都县[Shang1 du1 Xian4]
- 硬來ngaang6 loi4to use force
- 巴厘島baa1 lei4 dou2Bali (island in Indonesia)
- 氣口hei3 hau2location on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in TCM
- 負載fu6 zoi3to carry
- 狗屎垃圾gau2 si2 laap6 saap3(slang) every small things; junks; bits and bobs
- 蜞乸kei4 naa2a leech
- 重試cung5 si3to retry
- 畀卡bei2 kaat1to pay with a credit card; literally, to give card
- 奠基人din6 gei1 jan4founder
- 生纈saang1 lit3slip knot
- 酒單zau2 daan1wine list (in a restaurant etc)
- 花大姐faa1 daai6 ze2common word for ladybug, more formally 瓢蟲|瓢虫[piao2 chong2]
- 沖完cung1 jyun4
- 空性hung1 sing3emptiness
- 吖嗎aa1 maa3a way of expression, with surprised or doubtful feeling
- 羹匙gang1 ci4(utensil) spoon
- 內碼noi6 maa5internal code
- 慢說maan6 syut3not to mention ... (i.e. in addition to sth)
- 涓滴gyun1 dik6tiny stream
- 走緊zau2 gan2
- 區碼keoi1 maa5area code
- 貼合tip3 hap6to adjust closely
- 平靚正peng4 leng3 zeng3Bang for the buck; something cheap, good quality and fulfill my needs
- 燃燒劑jin4 siu1 zai1incendiary agent
- 預案jyu6 on3contingency plan
- 塗料tou4 liu6paint
- 收羅sau1 lo4to gather (people)
- 文房man4 fong2noun; stationery
- 爆鑊baau3 wok6to stir-fry rapidly (on a wok to enrich the fragrance of a dish)
- 呢世ni1 sai3the rest of one's life; the whole of one's life [colloquial]
- 代管doi6 gun2to administer
- 月藍jyut6 laam4light blue
- 白邊baak6 bin1white border; white edge; white side [written and colloquial]
- 你敎nei5 gaau3
- 定親ding6 can1to settle a marriage