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- 青縣cing1 jyun6Qing County or Qingxian, a county in Cangzhou City 滄州市|沧州市[Cang1 zhou1 Shi4], Hebei
- 珍珠母zan1 zyu1 mou5mother-of-pearl (used in ornamentation and in TCM)
- 阻碇zo2 deng6blocking the way or using up space wastefully; figuratively, being a stumbling block (by being too insistent, etc.)
- 生奶油sang1 naai5 jau4cream
- 自身難保zi6 san1 naan4 bou2powerless to defend oneself (idiom); helpless
- 鄉事派hoeng1 si6 paai3rural representative in an advisory or legislative body, particularly a political figure who enters the District Councils or LegCo
- 公房gung1 fong4public housing
- 美石mei5 sek6precious stone
- 生皮sang1 pei4pelt
- 貓魚maau1 jyu2fishes used for feeding cats
- 變樣bin3 joeng6to change (appearance)
- 轉劇zyun2 kek6becoming acute
- 退網teoi3 mong5(of a public figure, streamer, influencer etc) to quit social media
- 裡底leoi5 dai2within; inside
- 唱詞coeng3 ci4libretto; lyrics
- 湖區wu4 keoi1Lake District, north England
- 相異soeng1 ji6different
- 蘇超sou1 ciu1Scottish Premiership, the top division of professional football (soccer) in Scotland (abbr. for 蘇格蘭超級聯賽|苏格兰超级联赛[Su1 ge2 lan2 Chao1 ji2 Lian2 sai4])
- 重油cung5 jau4(petrochemistry) heavy oil
- 官微gun1 mei4official (verified) account on Weibo 微博[Wei1 bo2] or WeChat 微信[Wei1 xin4]
- 試劑si3 zai1reagent
- 心動圖sam1 dung6 tou4cardiogram (medicine)
- 冷麵laang5 min6naengmyeon (Korean dish based on cold noodles in soup)
- 法源faat3 jyun4Origin of Dharma (in Buddhism)
- 爛人laan6 jan4(coll.) scumbag; lowlife; asshole
- 真品zan1 ban2authentic piece
- 雨帶jyu5 daai3
- 利貼lei6 tip3Post-It note (3M trademark)
- 痛點tung3 dim2pain point; sore point
- 弄通lung6 tung1to get a good grasp of
- 漳州zoeng1 zau1see 漳州市[Zhang1 zhou1 Shi4]
- 豆腐泡dau6 fu6 pok1fried bean curd puff
- 復星fau6 sing1
- 岩鷺ngaam4 lou6(bird species of China) Pacific reef heron (Egretta sacra)
- 正念zing3 nim6correct mindfulness (Buddhism)
- 燒到siu1 dou3to have a fever reaching (a certain temperature)
- 諷諫fung3 gaan3(literary) to remonstrate with one's superior tactfully
- 贅詞zeoi6 ci4superfluous words
- 嚇死haak3 sei2scare the life out of someone, scare someone to death
- 陰陽眼jam1 joeng4 ngaan5the special ability to see ghosts; literally, Yin-yang eye
- 也罷jaa5 baa6(reduplicated) whether... or...
- 群架kwan4 gaa3group scuffle
- 隧巴seoi6 baa1harbour tunnel bus
- 合抱hap6 pou5to wrap one's arm around (used to describe the girth of a tree trunk)
- 羅圈lo4 hyun1round frame of a sieve
- 莫如mok6 jyu4it would be better
- 獨市生意duk6 si5 saang1 ji3monopoly (as in business)
- 藥局joek6 guk6pharmacy
- 點字機dim2 zi6 gei1braille typewriter
- 放長雙眼fong3 coeng4 soeng1 ngaan5just wait and see; watch out
- 自打嘴巴zi6 daa2 zeoi2 baa1literally: to slap one's own face; to contradict oneself
- 五環ng5 waan4five rings
- 毛根mou4 gan1a strand of hair
- 泄憤sit3 fan5to give vent to one's pent-up anger
- 不定形bat1 ding6 jing4indeterminate form
- 心眼sam1 ngaan5heart
- 擺子baai2 zi2malaria
- 迪奧dik6 ou3Dior (brand name)
- 到頭dou3 tau4to the end (of)
- 以利於ji5 lei6 jyu1for the sake of
- 奇人kei4 jan4an eccentric
- 下檻haa6 laam6(architecture) doorsill
- 坐立不安zo6 laap6 bat1 on1lit. agitated sitting or standing (idiom)
- 舀飯jiu1 faan6put rice into the bowl
- 犁耙lai4 paa2rake
- 半職bun3 zik1part-time work
- 聯產lyun4 caan2co-production
- 食家sik6 gaa1food critic
- 老爹lou5 de1(dialect) father
- 貨面fo3 min2
- 打食daa2 sik6to go in search of food (of animals)
- 加稅gaa1 seoi3tax increase
- 落面lok6 min2a situation where a person's dignity has been humiliated causing him
- 拜倒baai3 dou2to prostrate oneself
- 蓋頭koi3 tau4cover
- 雛鴿co1 gaap3squab
- 頭蓋tau4 koi3skull
- 點兵dim2 bing1to muster troops
- 病根beng6 gan1an incompletely cured illness
- 無插mou4 caap3
- 報盤bou3 pun4offer
- 子葉zi2 jip6(botany) cotyledon; seed leaf
- 裝運zong1 wan6to ship
- 排定paai4 ding6to schedule
- 都蘭dou1 laan4see 都蘭縣|都兰县[Du1 lan2 Xian4]
- 闖進cong2 zeon3to burst in
- 一眼關七jat1 ngaan5 gwaan1 cat1(adj.) to be aware of everything happening at the moment; to be on alert, multitasking
- 草本植物cou2 bun2 zik6 mat6herbaceous plant
- 氣死hei3 sei2to infuriate
- 江北gong1 bak1see 江北區|江北区[Jiang1 bei3 Qu1]
- 目今muk6 gam1nowadays
- 州立zau1 lap6state-run
- 七曜cat1 jiu6the seven planets of premodern astronomy (the Sun, the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn)
- 直球zik6 kau4(baseball) fastball
- 可可樹ho2 ho2 syu6Cocoa trees
- 老家賊lou5 gaa1 caak6(dialect) sparrow
- 沾濡zim1 jyu4to moisten
- 廣安gwong2 on1see 廣安市|广安市[Guang3 an1 Shi4]
- 鉸刀gaau2 dou1reamer
- 至死zi3 sei2to death; till death; unto death
- 所有的so2 jau5 dik1all [written]
- 返閨faan1 gwai1to go home
- 林壑lam4 kok3woods and ravines
- 刀口dou1 hau2the edge of a knife
- 爾後ji5 hau6henceforth
- 藍山laam4 saan1see 藍山縣|蓝山县[Lan2 shan1 Xian4]
- 那末naa5 mut6variant of 那麼|那么[na4 me5]
- 黑鳶hak1 jyun1(bird species of China) black kite (Milvus migrans)
- 潘婷pun1 ting4Pantene (hair products brand)
- 固有詞gu3 jau5 ci4native words (i.e. not derived from Chinese, in Korean and Japanese etc)
- 病死beng6 sei2to fall ill and die
- 套包tou3 baau1collar part of horse harness
- 沖掉cung1 diu6to wash out
- 正眼zing3 ngaan5facing directly (with one's eyes)
- 上士soeng6 si6Sergeant
- 攢簇cyun4 cuk1to gather closely together
- 克萊hak1 loi4Clay (name)
- 土家tou2 gaa1Tujia ethnic group
- 語篇jyu5 pin1discourse
- 長揸coeng4 zaa1(financial jargon) to hold shares long term
- 剛直gong1 zik6upright and outspoken
- 棒讀paang5 duk6(slang) to read or speak in a flat, emotionless manner (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 棒読み "bōyomi")
- 關斷gwaan1 dyun6to shut off
- 雷諾leoi4 nok6Reynolds (name)
- 認死jing6 sei2
- 卷巴gyun2 baa1to bundle up
- 品達ban2 daat6Pindar, Greek poet
- 天魔tin1 mo1demonic
- 白廳baak6 teng1Whitehall
- 茶師caa4 si1
- 堂姊妹tong4 zi2 mui2father's brother's daughters
- 日冕jat6 min5stellar corona
- 圓環jyun4 waan4ring (any circular object)
- 大印daai6 jan3stamp
- 會士wui6 si6member of religious order
- 檻車haam5 ce1cart with cage, used to escort prisoner
- 悲悼bei1 dou6to mourn
- 生死之交sang1 sei2 zi1 gaau1an expression to describe friends who have such deep friendship that they are prepare to die for each other
- 專賣zyun1 maai6monopoly
- 製油zai3 jau4to extract (vegetable) oil; oil extraction
- 見機行事gin3 gei1 hang4 si6see the opportunity and act (idiom); to act according to circumstances
- 帽檐mou2 jam4brim (of a hat)
- 次級ci3 kap1secondary
- 開福hoi1 fuk1see 開福區|开福区[Kai1 fu2 Qu1]
- 老鼠屎lou5 syu2 si2bad apple in a group; literally: rat's faeces
- 借單ze3 daan1receipt for a loan
- 詞形ci4 jing4form of words (e.g. inflection, conjugation)
- 噉都得gam2 dou1 dak1how could that be okay too?, or whatever…; an expressive phrase to be surprised or acknowledge a surprising happening
- 僻地pik1 dei6the sticks
- 亨特hang1 dak6Hunter (name)
- 民科man4 fo1pseudoscientist
- 載明zoi3 ming4to state explicitly in writing
- 靈氣ling4 hei3spiritual influence (of mountains etc)
- 安民on1 man4to appease people; to stabilize the lives of people
- 藥費joek6 fai3medical expenses
- 書紙syu1 zi2
- 怠速toi5 cuk1(automotive) idling; idle speed
- 紙書zi2 syu1printed book; print book
- 幾多歲gei2 do1 seoi3how many years old; how old
- 翻手faan1 sau2
- 切中cit3 zung1to hit the target (esp. in argument); to strike home
- 防禦工事fong4 jyu6 gung1 si6fortification
- 黃石wong4 sek6see 黃石市|黄石市[Huang2 shi2 Shi4]
- 簡史gaan2 si2a brief history
- 阿秒aa3 miu5(physics) attosecond (10⁻¹⁸ s)
- 牽引機hin1 jan5 gei1a tractor
- 上尉soeng6 wai3captain (military rank)
- 利馬lei6 maa5Lima, capital of Peru
- 打頓daa2 deon6to pause
- 銀髮ngan4 faat3silver hair; gray hair
- 青發cing1 faat3amobarbital (drug) (Tw)
- 昇空sing1 hung1
- 非比尋常fei1 bei2 cam4 soeng4extraordinary
- 倒置dou2 zi3to invert
- 黑旋風hak1 syun4 fung1Black Whirlwind, nickname of 李逵[Li3 Kui2], known for his fearsome behavior in combat and his dark complexion
- 指居zi2 geoi1(law) residential surveillance at a designated location (PRC legal measure confining suspects to government-assigned residences under continuous monitoring) (abbr. for 指定居所監視居住|指定居所监视居住[zhi3 ding4 ju1 suo3 jian1 shi4 ju1 zhu4])
- 進料zeon3 liu6to feed (a machine)
- 豬草zyu1 cou2weeds or grass used to feed pigs
- 發報機faat3 bou3 gei1Transmitter
- 于歸jyu1 gwai1(literary) (of a girl) to marry
- 拙見zyut3 gin3my unworthy opinion (humble expr.)
- 法幣faat3 bai6fiat currency (abbr. for 法定貨幣|法定货币[fa3 ding4 huo4 bi4])
- 臍梗ci4 gang2umbilical cord
- 逼搶bik1 coeng2(sports) to press an opponent in an attempt to win the ball
- 雞塊gai1 faai3chicken nugget
- 邊首bin1 sau2
- 嚴飭jim4 cik1careful
- 調嘴diu6 zeoi2to hold forth
- 戌狗seot1 gau2Year 11, year of the Dog (e.g. 2006)
- 傳載cyun4 zoi3to reprint; to repost; to transmit (in writing etc)
- 腳根goek3 gan1variant of 腳跟|脚跟[jiao3 gen1]
- 玩牌wun6 paai4to play cards
- 背山bui3 saan1with back to the mountain (favored location)
- 教員室gaau3 jyun4 sat1(school) staff room
- 李樹lei5 syu6plum tree
- 搵笨wan2 ban6(v.) to take advantage of someone; to con
- 文憑試man4 pang4 si5Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination (HKDSE)
- 港深gong2 sam1abbr. for Hong Kong 香港[Xiang1 gang3] and Shenzhen 深圳[Shen1 zhen4]
- 山水詩saan1 seoi2 si1shanshui poetry, genre of Classical Chinese poetry
- 干涉儀gon1 sip3 ji4interferometer (physics)