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- 引別jan5 bit6to leave
- 著床zyu3 cong4to lie down on a bed
- 貴德gwai3 dak1see 貴德縣|贵德县[Gui4 de2 Xian4]
- 邊夠bin1 gau3
- 婉言jyun2 jin4tactful
- 原證jyun4 zing3
- 去光水heoi3 gwong1 seoi2nail polish remover (Tw)
- 教民gaau3 man4adherent to a religion
- 相背soeng1 bui3contrary
- 內源noi6 jyun4source
- 河東ho4 dung1Hedong district of Linyi city 臨沂市|临沂市[Lin2 yi2 shi4], Shandong
- 中期息zung1 kei4 sik1interim dividend
- 成精sing4 zing1(of an animal or tree etc) to become a spirit or goblin
- 抱團pou5 tyun4to band together; to team up
- 真葉zan1 jip6(botany) true leaf
- 飛鳥fei1 niu5bird
- 首創者sau2 cong3 ze2pioneer; trailblazer
- 人頭飯jan4 tau4 faan6a bowl of rice per person, a phrase usually used when ordering food in restaurants
- 摩娑mo1 so1variant of 摩挲[mo2 suo1]
- 推進艙teoi1 zeon3 cong1propulsion module
- 眼高ngaan5 gou1haughty
- 大三元daai6 saam1 jyun4(in mahjong) Great Dragons Hand - a formation of 3 triplets (pongs) on all 3 Dragon tiles (Red, Green and White), adding last meld of Chow or Pong of any suit, and a pair of eyes; literally: big top 3 exam candidates ----
- 主環zyu2 waan4primary ring
- 望日mong6 jat6the full moon
- 鼻簫bei6 siu1nose flute
- 經濟人ging1 zai3 jan4Homo economicus
- 標準組織biu1 zeon2 zou2 zik1standards organization
- 夜啦je6 laa1
- 烙刑lok3 jing4torture of red-hot metal
- 轡頭bei3 tau4bridle
- 農林nung4 lam4agriculture and forestry
- 組織液zou2 zik1 jik6Tissue fluid
- 話事偈waa6 si6 gai2as said or quoted (spoken)
- 微單mei4 daan1mirrorless camera
- 晦氣星fui3 hei3 sing1noun; star of ill luck in Zi Wei Dou Shu (Purple Star Astrology) is a form of fortune-telling in Chinese culture
- 降將gong3 zoeng1surrendered enemy general
- 康德hong1 dak1Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), German philosopher
- 長眼coeng4 ngaan5to have eyes
- 支教zi1 gaau3program bringing education to underdeveloped areas
- 冰川期bing1 cyun1 kei4ice age
- 感嘆句gam2 taan3 geoi3exclamation
- 燈籠花dang1 lung4 faa1Chinese enkianthus
- 暈倒wan4 dou2to faint
- 奧派ou3 paai3(economics) Austrian School
- 牧區muk6 keoi1grazing land
- 抓藥zaau2 joek6to make up a prescription (of herbal medicine)
- 北斗七星bak1 dau2 cat1 sing1(astronomy) Big Dipper
- 原產jyun4 caan2original production
- 建基gin3 gei1to lay foundations
- 腮幫soi1 bong1cheek
- 黑背hak1 bui3German shepherd
- 世風sai3 fung1public morals
- 晚節maan5 zit3integrity in one's later years
- 枯糠fu1 hong2dry, not glossy
- 借水遁ze3 seoi2 deon6use water as cover to escape, a term which is mostly used in Chinese martial arts fiction
- 眼點ngaan5 dim2eyespot (in lower creatures)
- 枕頭肉zam2 tau4 juk2a pillow
- 橋東kiu4 dung1see 橋東區|桥东区[Qiao2 dong1 Qu1]
- 演繹法jin2 jik6 faat3deductive reasoning
- 成牀seng4 cong4
- 理兒lei5 ji4reason
- 色酒sik1 zau2colored wine (made from grapes or other fruit, as opposed to a rice wine etc)
- 酒色zau2 sik1wine and women
- 婉如jyun2 jyu4variant of 宛如[wan3 ru2]
- 主機殼zyu2 gei1 hok3PC case
- 變工bin3 gung1to exchange labor
- 雨果jyu5 gwo2Hugo (name)
- 小三元siu2 saam1 jyun4Mahjong jargon; Little Dragons Hand - a formation of 2 triplets(pongs) on any 2 of the 3 Dragon tiles(Red, Green and White), and use the remaining Dragon tile as the pair of eyes, adding 2 melds of Chow or Pong of any suit; Literially: small 3 scholars
- 二重性ji6 cung4 sing3dualism
- 懵炳mung2 bing2fool; idiot; used as an insult
- 聽懂ting1 dung2to understand (on hearing)
- 風尚fung1 soeng6current custom
- 城步sing4 bou6see 城步苗族自治縣|城步苗族自治县[Cheng2 bu4 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
- 贅生zeoi6 sang1excrescence
- 四日sei3 jat6four days; forth [date]
- 烏芋wu1 wu6see 荸薺|荸荠[bi2 qi2]
- 相爭soeng1 zaang1to vie against one another
- 起皮hei2 pei4(of skin) to peel
- 子句zi2 geoi3clause (grammar)
- 核可hat6 ho2(Tw) to review and approve
- 白雪baak6 syut3snow
- 鼎峙ding2 ci5(literary) to form a tripartite confrontation
- 鉸位gaau3 wai2hinge
- 對撞deoi3 zong6to collide head-on
- 戶均wu6 gwan1household average
- 傳唱cyun4 coeng3to pass on a song
- 花心蘿蔔faa1 sam1 lo4 baak6(noun) a carrot with a hollow centre; a carrot that has wilted; (slang) a playboy; a lady-killer; a womanizer
- 夠不著gau3 bat1 zoek6to be unable to reach
- 盡皆zeon6 gaai1all
- 暗昧am3 mui6obscure
- 哥德go1 dak1(Tw) Gothic
- 征地zing1 dei6to requisition land
- 留情lau4 cing4to relent (to spare sb's feelings)
- 腍厴nam4 jim2subcostal
- 做眼zou6 ngaan5(in the game of Go) to make an "eye"
- 料號liu6 hou6part number
- 不做聲bat1 zou6 seng1keep silent
- 十項sap6 hong6ten items
- 留餘地lau4 jyu4 dei6to leave room to maneuver; to leave a margin for error
- 七十二行cat1 sap6 ji6 hong4the 72 key categories of occupation
- 精神爽利zing1 san4 song2 lei6refreshed and energetic; full of spirit
- 下田haa6 tin4to go out to work in the fields
- 省錢saang2 cin4to save money
- 齒齦ci2 ngan4gum
- 擦棒球caat3 paang5 kau4foul tip
- 快退faai3 teoi3fast-rewind (media player)
- 搶白coeng2 baak6to rebuke; to reprimand
- 稱帝cing1 dai3to declare oneself emperor
- 學好hok6 hou2to follow good examples
- 料想liu6 soeng2to expect
- 深藥sam1 joek6
- 強風koeng4 fung1strong breeze (meteorology)
- 東端dung1 dyun1eastern extremity
- 股交gu2 gaau1intercrural sex
- 英氣jing1 hei3heroic spirit
- 星曜sing1 jiu6heavenly bodies (esp. the sun, moon or five visible planets)
- 氣樓hei3 lau4small ventilation tower on roof of building
- 象拔蚌zoeng6 bat6 pong5elephant trunk clam
- 哂笑can2 siu3(literary) to sneer
- 望月mong6 jyut6full moon
- 網絡設計mong5 lok6 cit3 gai3network design
- 淤灌jyu1 gun3to warp (fertilize land by flooding)
- 提列tai4 lit6to make provision (against a loss)
- 定於ding6 jyu1set at
- 微克mei4 hak1microgram (μg)
- 造詞zou6 ci4word creation
- 人面廣闊jan4 min2 gwong2 fut3to have a well connected or influential contact network [written and colloquial]
- 菩薘pou4 daat6bitter melon
- 網底mong5 dai2
- 網銀mong5 ngan4online banking
- 黨參dong2 caam1poor man's ginseng (Codonopsis pilosula)
- 足水zuk1 seoi2to be satisfied and content; complacent
- 內皮noi6 pei4(med.) endothelium
- 茄士咩ke1 si6 me1Cashmere (from loanword)
- 食西北風sik6 sai1 bak1 fung1describes the situation of financial difficulty and having no money for food; literally 'to eat the northwest wind'
- 特大號dak6 daai6 hou6(of clothes, containers etc) extra-large
- 回轉wui4 zyun2variant of 迴轉|回转[hui2 zhuan3]
- 平利ping4 lei6see 平利縣|平利县[Ping2 li4 Xian4]
- 漂鷸piu1 wat6(bird species of China) wandering tattler (Tringa incana)
- 三田saam1 tin4Mita, Sanda, Mitsuda etc (Japanese surname or place name)
- 血塊hyut3 faai3blood clot
- 月宮jyut6 gung1Palace in the Moon (in folk tales)
- 竇窖dau6 gaau3cellar
- 結語git3 jyu5concluding remarks
- 背稱bui3 cing1term used to refer to a person who is not present (e.g. 小姨子[xiao3 yi2 zi5]) (contrasted with 面稱|面称[mian4 cheng1])
- 金庸gam1 jung4Jin Yong, pen name of Louis Cha (1924-2018), wuxia 武俠|武侠[wu3 xia2] novelist, author of the 1957-1961 Condor Trilogy
- 夾娃娃gep6 waa1 waa1(coll.) to induce an abortion (Tw)
- 褂裙kwaa2 kwan4Chinese-style wedding costume
- 光替gwong1 tai3stand-in (for lighting and camera setup)
- 六日luk6 jat6six days; sixth [date]
- 大楷daai6 kaai2Capital letter
- 歐化au1 faa3Europeanized
- 營利jing4 lei6for profit
- 居位geoi1 wai6to occupy a high position (in administration)
- 藥師joek6 si1pharmacist
- 野人je5 jan4a savage
- 同價tung4 gaa3at the same price [written and colloquial]
- 芋絲wu6 si1shirataki noodles, konjac yam shreds
- 首層sau2 cang4first floor
- 大福daai6 fuk1a great blessing
- 未然mei6 jin4in advance
- 色輪sik1 leon4color wheel
- 視力表si6 lik6 biu2eye chart (used by optician)
- 抓飯zaau2 faan6pilaf (rice dish popular in many parts of the world, including Xinjiang)
- 游泳鏡jau4 wing6 geng3swimming goggles
- 退行teoi3 hang4to recede
- 牛治ngau4 zi6a corned beef sandwich
- 因何jan1 ho4why, reasons why
- 偵察員zing1 caat3 jyun4detective
- 心路歷程sam1 lou6 lik6 cing4spiritual journey; mentality
- 好認hou2 jing6
- 道光dou6 gwong1reign name of Qing emperor (1821-1850)
- 二價ji6 gaa3negotiable price
- 詩體si1 tai2poetic form or genre
- 副職fu3 zik1part-time job other than one's full time employment
- 以偏概全ji5 pin1 koi3 cyun4(lit.) to take a part for the whole
- 假唱gaa2 coeng3to lip-sync (singing)
- 詏撬aau3 giu6argue; disagreement
- 拉斷laai1 tyun5to tear off; to pull off; to snap
- 原子堆jyun4 zi2 deoi1atomic pile (original form of nuclear reactor)
- 奢麗ce1 lai6sumptuous
- 常德soeng4 dak1see 常德市[Chang2 de2 Shi4]
- 常犯soeng4 faan6to commit (an error) often
- 恨國han6 gwok3to hate one's country
- 球票kau4 piu3
- 食得sik6 dak1
- 挺進ting5 zeon3progress
- 烘襯hung1 can3to set off
- 得食dak1 sik6verb; get something to eat
- 廣體gwong2 tai2
- 不三不四bat1 saam1 bat1 sei3(idiom) dubious; shady; neither one thing nor the other; neither fish nor fowl; nondescript
- 流布lau4 bou3
- 改運goi2 wan6to alter one's fate
- 清軍cing1 gwan1the Qing army
- 福地fuk1 dei6happy land
- 居第geoi1 dai6housing
- 星島sing1 dou2Sing Tao, Hong Kong media group and publisher of Sing Tao Daily 星島日報|星岛日报
- 美籍mei5 zik6American (i.e. of US nationality)
- 倦勤gyun6 kan4resignation of officials
- 剪綵zin2 coi2to cut the ribbon (at an opening)