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- 入聖jap6 sing3to become an arhat (Buddhism)
- 獎掖zoeng2 jik6to reward and promote
- 波特率bo1 dak6 leot2baud
- 嘉勉gaa1 min5praise and encouragement
- 喝醉hot3 zeoi3to get drunk
- 易縣ji6 jyun6Yi County or Yixian, a county in Baoding City 保定市[Bao3 ding4 Shi4], Hebei
- 網架mong5 gaa3rack
- 衰頹seoi1 teoi4uninspired
- 膥袋ceon1 doi6scrotum; balls; literally "spring bag"
- 查調caa4 diu6to obtain (information) from a database etc
- 失面子sat1 min6 zi2to lose face; to be humiliated
- 新竹san1 zuk1Xinzhu or Hsinchu city in northern Taiwan, noted for high tech industries
- 視差si6 caa1parallax
- 專有名詞zyun1 jau5 ming4 ci4technical term
- 右上jau6 soeng6upper right
- 油料jau4 liu6oilseed
- 包房baau1 fong4compartment (of train, ship etc)
- 綠水luk6 seoi2green water
- 厭煩jim3 faan4bored; fed up with sth; sick of sth
- 回味無窮wui4 mei6 mou4 kung4to have a rich aftertaste
- 生死籤sang1 sei2 cim1drawing lots to decide who in a group would be responsible to do some dangerous but necessary deed; literally: life or death lottery
- 爭口氣zang1 hau2 hei3to work hard and succeed, to strive for people's recognization and affirmation; to fight for your own rights
- 手停sau2 ting4
- 民女man4 neoi5woman from an ordinary family
- 得可以dak1 ho2 ji5(coll.) (stative verb suffix) very; awfully
- 令親ling6 can1Your esteemed parent (honorific)
- 跑票paau2 piu3to vote against the party line
- 亂畫lyun6 waak6to doodle
- 建華gin3 waa4see 建華區|建华区[Jian4 hua2 Qu1]
- 六部luk6 bou6central administrative department in ancient China
- 紗錠saa1 ding3Spindles
- 換裝wun6 zong1to get changed; to change clothes
- 新城病san1 sing4 beng6Newcastle disease
- 溶栓jung4 saan1thrombolysis (med.)
- 那世naa5 sai3the world of the dead
- 黃海wong4 hoi2Yellow Sea
- 人形jan4 jing4human form
- 位形wai6 jing4configuration
- 列位lit6 wai6ladies and gentlemen; all of you present
- 莎拉so1 laai1Sara or Sarah (name)
- 點背dim2 bui3(dialect) to be out of luck
- 分庫fan1 fu3
- 使用價值si2 jung6 gaa3 zik6usable value
- 內蒙noi6 mung4see 內蒙古自治區|内蒙古自治区[Nei4 meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]
- 草包cou2 baau1bag made of woven straw
- 情史cing4 si2romantic history; romantic past
- 不休bat1 jau1endlessly
- 支書zi1 syu1branch secretary
- 火神fo2 san4god of fire
- 新藥san1 joek6new drugs
- 丟面子diu1 min6 zi2to lose face
- 證人席zing3 jan4 zik6witness stand or box
- 圈數hyun1 sou3number of laps
- 中校zung1 haau6middle ranking officer in Chinese army
- 重結晶cung4 git3 zing1to recrystallize
- 近海gan6 hoi2coastal waters
- 威海wai1 hoi2see 威海市[Wei1 hai3 Shi4]
- 寶子bou2 zi2(coll.) babe; darling; (Internet slang) (term of endearment used to address one's followers) bestie; fam
- 結網git3 mong5to spin a web (spider)
- 義交ji6 gaau1traffic auxiliary police (Tw)
- 頂事ding2 si6useful
- 開演hoi1 jin2(of a play, movie etc) to begin
- 頭晚tau4 maan5previous night
- 古早gu2 zou2(Tw) old times; former times
- 日方jat6 fong1the Japanese side or party (in negotiations etc)
- 供體gung1 tai2donor (chemistry, physics, medicine)
- 壓車aat3 ce1variant of 押車|押车[ya1 che1]
- 食枉米sik6 wong2 mai5a slacker; a way of reprimanding someone as useless
- 蝦膥haa1 ceon1a common name of different planktons in Pearl River Delta area, they are consumed as food in winter and spring time
- 射電se6 din6radio wave (astronomy)
- 緝查cap1 caa4to carry out enforcement checks (for illegal activity)
- 不過如此bat1 gwo3 jyu4 ci2(idiom) nothing more than this; that's all; no big deal; not very impressive
- 領導人ling5 dou6 jan4leader
- 民航機man4 hong4 gei1civil airliner
- 月工jyut6 gung1worker employed by the month
- 重編cung5 pin1(of a dictionary etc) revised edition
- 日貨jat6 fo3Japanese goods
- 鐵山tit3 saan1see 鐵山區|铁山区[Tie3 shan1 Qu1]
- 上稅soeng6 seoi3to pay taxes
- 下擺haa6 baai2hem of a skirt
- 斑鶲baan1 jung1(bird species of China) spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
- 繃簧bang1 wong4spring
- 視訊si6 seon3video (Tw)
- 集鎮zaap6 zan3town
- 全聯cyun4 lyun4PX Mart (supermarket chain in Taiwan)
- 天星碼頭tin1 sing1 maa5 tau4Star Ferry terminal, Hong Kong
- 早鳥zou2 niu5early-bird (discount, ticket, registration etc)
- 下腹部haa6 fuk1 bou6lower abdomen
- 十克sap6 hak1decagram
- 歡慶fun1 hing3to celebrate
- 步道bou6 dou6walking path
- 加沙gaa1 saa1Gaza (territory adjacent to Israel and Egypt)
- 天藍tin1 laam4sky blue
- 說唱syut3 coeng3speaking and singing, as in various forms of storytelling such as 彈詞|弹词[tan2 ci2] and 相聲|相声[xiang4 sheng5]
- 僵屍車goeng1 si1 ce1(coll.) abandoned car
- 金山客gam1 saan1 haak3Chinese who returns to China from America in 1800s til 1900s (slang)
- 後蓋hau6 koi3back cover
- 科學管理fo1 hok6 gun2 lei5scientific management
- 借住ze3 zyu6to lodge
- 傷員soeng1 jyun4wounded person
- 句點geoi3 dim2period (punctuation)
- 擠喺zai1 hai2to put
- 相碰撞soeng1 pung3 cong4to collide with one another
- 哪知naa5 zi1who would have imagined?
- 試版si3 baan2
- 在讀zoi6 duk6to be studying (at a school or research institute)
- 殺絕saat3 zyut6to exterminate
- 華州waa4 zau1see 華州區|华州区[Hua2 zhou1 Qu1]
- 神仙魚san4 sin1 jyu2angelfish
- 國內戰爭gwok3 noi6 zin3 zang1civil war
- 二手飯ji6 sau2 faan6the others' leftovers
- 午後ng5 hau6afternoon
- 海事hoi2 si6maritime affairs
- 攋低laai6 dai1to left behind one's belonging accidently
- 丟人diu1 jan4to lose face
- 撻嘢taat1 je5to steal something
- 事證si6 zing3evidence
- 椰油je4 jau4coconut oil
- 毛布mou4 bou3
- 也就是jaa5 zau6 si6in other words; i.e.
- 從寬cung4 fun1lenient; leniently
- 納指naap6 zi2Nasdaq Composite Index (abbr. for 納斯達克指數|纳斯达克指数[Na4 si1 da2 ke4 zhi3 shu4])
- 上神檯soeng5 san4 toi2acclaimed and praised as a legend; Literally, to be placed onto altar.
- 一家大細jat1 gaa1 daai6 sai3the whole family, which includes the adults (parents and
- 安吉on1 gat1see 安吉縣|安吉县[An1 ji2 Xian4]
- 欲女juk6 neoi5sex-crazed woman
- 方命fong1 ming6against orders
- 聖誕紅sing3 daan3 hung4poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima)
- 開元hoi1 jyun4Tang emperor Xuanzong's 唐玄宗[Tang2 Xuan2 zong1] reign name used during the Kaiyuan era (713-741), a peak of Tang prosperity
- 衛兵wai6 bing1guard
- 關機gwaan1 gei1to turn off (a machine or device)
- 親們can1 mun4darlings
- 奇事kei4 si6marvel
- 何日ho4 jat6when?
- 影集jing2 zaap6photo album (CL:本[ben3])
- 業海jip6 hoi2sea of evil
- 引開jan5 hoi1to lure away
- 睇開啲tai2 hoi1 di1(verb) to get over with something; to accept difficulties, facts and unpleasant reality; to be open-minded
- 淡茂茂daam6 mau6 mau6taste bland (spoken)
- 傍亮bong6 loeng6dawn
- 襖子ou2 zi2coat
- 小工siu2 gung1unskilled labour, usually involved with heavy physical work
- 藥山joek6 saan1
- 山藥saan1 joek6Chinese yam (Dioscorea polystachya)
- 煩冗faan4 jung2diverse and complicated (of one's affairs)
- 桐柏tung4 paak3see 桐柏縣|桐柏县[Tong2 bai3 Xian4]
- 出工ceot1 gung1go to work; attend a work shift
- 坐移民監co5 ji4 man4 gaam1lit. serving a immigration jail sentence, meaning one has to stay in a country for a certain period of time being granted residency or citizenship
- 份兒fan6 ji4degree
- 夜來je6 loi4Night comes; in the night
- 搞怪gaau2 gwaai3to do sth wacky
- 綻露zaan6 lou6to appear (formal)
- 主根zyu2 gan1Main root
- 抽象詞cau1 zoeng6 ci4abstract word
- 外來妹ngoi6 loi4 mui1noun; girl from overseas or other communities
- 卷毛gyun2 mou4
- 歲計seoi3 gai3annual budget
- 白左baak6 zo2(neologism, attested by 2010) naive, self-righteous Western liberals or progressives
- 廣水gwong2 seoi2see 廣水市|广水市[Guang3 shui3 Shi4]
- 卯兔maau5 tou3Year 4, year of the Rabbit (e.g. 2011)
- 公設gung1 cit3(math.) postulate
- 得一想二dak1 jat1 soeng2 ji6insatiable; give someone an inch and they'll take a mile [written and colloquial]
- 歸結gwai1 git3to sum up; to conclude; to put in a nutshell
- 平平安安ping4 ping4 on1 on1Safe and sound
- 幾倍gei2 pui5several times (bigger)
- 血肉hyut3 juk6flesh
- 勤勉kan4 min5diligence
- 各有千秋gok3 jau5 cin1 cau1each has its own merits (idiom)
- 付訖fu6 gat1paid
- 扮晒嘢baan6 saai3 je5to be boastful; to claim to be very powerful [colloquial]
- 種菜zung2 coi3to grow vegetables
- 一樓jat1 lau2the first floor (in US); the ground floor (in UK) [written and colloquial]
- 立據laap6 geoi3
- 都更案dou1 gang1 on3urban development project
- 加賽gaa1 coi3(sports) to have an additional tie-breaking match or period of play; to have a playoff
- 張目zoeng1 muk6to open one's eyes wide
- 板條baan2 tiu4lath
- 沖着cung1 zoek6
- 公合gung1 hap6deciliter
- 派兵paai3 bing1to dispatch troops
- 端硯dyun1 jin6high-quality ink stonemade in Duanxi and Guangdong
- 里約熱內盧lei5 joek3 jit6 noi6 lou4Rio de Janeiro
- 松化石cung4 faa3 sek6turquoise (gemstone)
- 近古gan6 gu2near ancient history (often taken to mean Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing times)
- 單利daan1 lei6simple interest
- 海警局hoi2 ging2 guk2China Coast Guard
- 拓寬tok3 fun1to broaden
- 歌單go1 daan1playlist
- 無畏mou4 wai3(adjective) bold; absolutely fearless
- 戰國末zin3 gwok3 mut6late Warring States period, c. 250-221 BC before the First Emperor's Qin Dynasty
- 高工gou1 gung1senior engineer (abbr. for 高級工程師|高级工程师[gao1 ji2 gong1 cheng2 shi1])
- 陡跌dau2 dit3precipitous drop (in price)
- 瞬膜seon3 mok2nictitating membrane (zoology)
- 馴獸seon4 sau3to tame
- 中盤zung1 pun4middle game (in go or chess)
- 奇點kei4 dim2(astronomy, math.) singularity
- 小夜siu2 je6the first half of the night; evening (cf. 大夜[da4 ye4], early morning)
- 涼浸浸loeng4 zam3 zam3feels cool (temperature; spoken)
- 大專生daai6 zyun1 sang1post-secondary student; tertiary student
- 前例cin4 lai6precedent