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- 塑膠車sou3 gaau1 ce1scooter (Tw)
- 拙笨zyut3 ban6clumsy
- 背板bui3 baan2panel
- 轉醒zyun2 sing2see 醒轉|醒转[xing3 zhuan3]
- 醒轉sing2 zyun2to wake up; to regain consciousness
- 汾流fan1 lau4Fan Lau, Lantau Island, Hong Kong
- 亞該亞aa3 goi1 aa3Achaia
- 盡失zeon6 sat1(of hope, appetite, authority etc) to be lost
- 馬勒maa5 lak6Mahler (name)
- 賣面光maai6 min6 gwong1to ingratiate oneself with
- 銑床sin2 cong4milling machine
- 鞍山on1 saan1see 鞍山市[An1 shan1 Shi4]
- 洗洗sai2 sai2to wash [colloquial]
- 寫包單se2 baau1 daan1to guarantee; to give one's word on something
- 平谷ping4 guk1see 平谷區|平谷区[Ping2 gu3 Qu1]
- 印綬jan3 sau6sealed ribbon fastening correspondence (in former times)
- 守更sau2 gang1to keep watch during the night
- 不安全bat1 on1 cyun4unsafe [written]
- 多佛do1 fat6Dover
- 洞穿dung6 cyun1to penetrate
- 穿洞cyun1 dung6pierce
- 素麵sou3 min6vegetable noodle dish
- 大腳解圍daai6 goek3 gaai2 wai4to resolve an issue; a big kick of the ball to clear it out of the defence area in football [colloquial]
- 倘然tong2 jin4if; supposing that
- 牙行ngaa4 hang4middleman (in former times)
- 迂緩jyu1 wun6dilatory
- 頗具po2 geoi6rather
- 比耶bei2 je4to make a V sign (esp. when posing for photos)
- 梅酌mui4 zoek3Umeboshi (Japanese pickled plums)
- 日系jat6 hai6(attributive) of Japanese origin
- 鬼魔gwai2 mo1demon
- 眼目ngaan5 muk6eyes
- 雪城syut3 sing4Syracuse, New York
- 海蛇hoi2 se4a sea serpent
- 延誤費jin4 ng6 fai3demurrage (shipping)
- 犀飛利sai1 fei1 lei2impressive; amazing (spoken)
- 整套zing2 tou3entire set
- 軟件技術jyun5 gin2 gei6 seot6software technology
- 投毒tau4 duk6to poison
- 臨街lam4 gaai1facing the street
- 三門saam1 mun4see 三門縣|三门县[San1 men2 Xian4]
- 信守seon3 sau2to abide by
- 兵種bing1 zung2(military) branch of the armed forces
- 擇優zaak6 jau1to pick out the best from the crowd
- 軟刀子jyun5 dou1 zi2(lit.) the soft knife
- 完爆jyun4 baau3(neologism c. 2010) (coll.) to kick (one's opponent's) ass
- 氣切hei3 cit3(medicine) tracheotomy (abbr. for 氣管切開術|气管切开术[qi4 guan3 qie1 kai1 shu4])
- 悟空ng6 hung1Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers from the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 You2 Ji4]
- 晚禱maan5 tou2evening prayer
- 班吉baan1 gat1Bangui, capital of Central African Republic
- 中川zung1 cyun1Nakagawa (Japanese surname and place name)
- 寄達gei3 daat6to send sth by mail
- 入夏jap6 haa6summer sets in
- 救恩gau3 jan1salvation
- 粉頭fan2 tau4prostitute (old)
- 疏籬so1 lei1(adjective) alienated; wide apart; estranged
- 別扭bit3 nau2
- 女皇頭neoi5 wong4 tau4Due to the impending transfer of sovereignty in 1997, coins in Hong Kong were redesigned in the 1990s. Instead of featuring the British Monarch (which was Queen Elizabeth II at the time), the new coins displayed an embossed Bauhinia flower; the old coins were thus named 女皇頭 because the portrait of the Queen was embossed on them; literally: head of the Empress ----
- 大寧daai6 ning4see 大寧縣|大宁县[Da4 ning2 Xian4]
- 標格biu1 gaak3style
- 燈節dang1 zit3the Lantern Festival (15th of first month of lunar calendar)
- 監查gaam1 caa4to supervise
- 肺癌fai3 ngaam4lung cancer
- 醫科ji1 fo1medicine (as a science)
- 思科si1 fo1Cisco Systems Company
- 長河coeng4 ho4long river; (fig.) long flow of time
- 乾粉kin4 fan2dry powder
- 付清fu6 cing1to pay in full
- 調音diu6 jam1to tune (a musical instrument)
- 建置gin3 zi3to set up; to establish
- 松雞cung4 gai1grouse
- 費心fai3 sam1to take a lot of trouble (over sb or sth)
- 榻床taap3 cong4divan
- 滑鐵廬waat6 tit3 lou4to be defeated [colloquial]; Waterloo [written and colloquial]
- 弄到手lung6 dou3 sau2to get in hand
- 士林si6 lam4Shilin or Shihlin District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[Tai2 bei3 Shi4], Taiwan
- 末車mut6 ce1the last bus (or train)
- 鐵蛋tit3 daan6iron egg, a Taiwanese snack made by stewing eggs in soy sauce and air-drying them each day for a week
- 黑粉hak1 fan2(slang) anti-fan
- 不細bat1 sai3not small
- 復旦fuk6 daan3Fudan University, Shanghai, abbr. for 復旦大學|复旦大学[Fu4 dan4 Da4 xue2]
- 維生wai4 sang1abbr. for 維持生活|维持生活[wei2 chi2 sheng1 huo2]
- 聲學sing1 hok6acoustics
- 蒸發器zing1 faat3 hei3Evaporator; vaporizer
- 食藥sik6 joek6having medicine (spoken)
- 套近乎tou3 gan6 fu4to worm one's way into being friends with sb (usually derogatory)
- 尼特nei4 dak6nit (symbol: nt), unit of luminance (loanword)
- 自找zi6 zaau2to suffer as a consequence of one's own actions
- 躥騰cyun1 tang4to jump about wildly (coll.)
- 明細ming4 sai3clear and detailed
- 毛坑mou4 haang1variant of 茅坑[mao2 keng1]
- 火眼fo2 ngaan5pinkeye
- 苦差fu2 caa1hard task
- 啦啦林laa4 laa4 lam4faster
- 底界dai2 gaai3lower boundary
- 懶人laan5 jan4lazy person
- 時效si4 haau6timeliness
- 石質sek6 zat1stony
- 運價wan6 gaa3fare
- 未見mei6 gin3not seen yet; have yet to see; have yet to be seen
- 保底bou2 dai2to break even
- 渙然wun6 jin4as if melting
- 銀保ngan4 bou2bank insurance; bancassurance
- 散花saan3 faa1
- 惺鬆sing1 sung1variant of 惺忪[xing1 song1]
- 小川siu2 cyun1Ogawa (Japanese surname)
- 強檔koeng4 dong3prime time
- 普西pou2 sai1psi (Greek letter Ψψ)
- 賭約dou2 joek3bet
- 元末jyun4 mut6final years of Yuan dynasty (1279-1368)
- 華特waa4 dak6Walt (name)
- 指示符zi2 si6 fu4indicator
- 庫納fu3 naap6kuna (Croatian currency)
- 迅雷seon3 leoi4thunderbolt
- 黃泡wong4 paau1
- 地塊dei6 faai3parcel of land
- 折中zit3 zung1to compromise
- 瞎說hat6 syut3to talk drivel
- 巴望baa1 mong6to look forward to
- 湊合cau3 hap6to bring together
- 西里爾sai1 lei5 ji5Cyril (name)
- 電阻器din6 zo2 hei3resistor
- 成才sing4 coi4to make sth of oneself
- 樂音lok6 jam1musical note
- 橋面kiu4 min6roadway
- 緊抱gan2 pou5to hug
- 胸花hung1 faa1corsage
- 簽單cim1 daan1
- 藍營laam4 jing4
- 變暗bin3 am3to darken
- 言下之意jin4 haa6 zi1 ji3implication
- 寧都ning4 dou1see 寧都縣|宁都县[Ning2 du1 Xian4]
- 老話lou5 waa6an old saying
- 原物料jyun4 mat6 liu2raw material
- 特別是dak6 bit6 si6especially [written]
- 一黨jat1 dong2one-party (state)
- 感念gam2 nim6to recall fondly
- 萬邦maan6 bong1all nations
- 作賊zok3 caak6to be a thief
- 著燈zoek6 dang1turning the lights on (spoken)
- 暴斂bou6 lim5to overtax
- 好運符hou2 wan6 fu4good luck charm
- 害人精hoi6 jan4 zing1goblin that kills or harms people
- 告便gou3 bin6to ask to be excused
- 唐書tong4 syu1same as 舊唐書|旧唐书[Jiu4 Tang2 shu1], History of the Early Tang Dynasty, sixteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Liu Xu 劉昫|刘昫[Liu2 Xu4] in 945 during Later Jin 後晉|后晋[Hou4 Jin4] of the Five Dynasties, 200 scrolls
- 望樓mong6 lau4watchtower
- 遊輪jau4 leon4cruise ship
- 初不初co1 bat1 co1At the begining
- 騎牛ke4 ngau4
- 酣暢ham4 coeng3unrestrained
- 山裡紅saan1 leoi5 hung4Hawthorn
- 土雞tou2 gai1free-range chicken
- 外灘ngoi6 taan1the Bund, a waterfront promenade in central Shanghai, running along the western bank of the Huangpu River
- 建湖gin3 wu4see 建湖縣|建湖县[Jian4 hu2 Xian4]
- 助學zo6 hok6to support a student's education (often financially)
- 天機tin1 gei1mystery known only to heaven (archaic)
- 江平gong1 ping4Jiang Ping (1920-), academic lawyer, writer on ethnicity and legal systems
- 三人成虎saam1 jan4 sing4 fu2three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
- 矮凳仔ai2 dang3 zai2small stool
- 離心lei4 sam1to be at odds with
- 尾生mei5 sang1Wei Sheng (legendary character who waited for his love under a bridge until he was drowned in the surging waters)
- 黃曆wong4 lik6Chinese divination almanac
- 推錢機teoi1 cin2 gei1coin pusher; a game machine where there is often a platform where coins fall into it and are accumulated, and the player is enticed to insert coins, which could potentially cause more coins to be pushed out of the platform, which if it happens is taken by the player as a reward
- 商業行為soeng1 jip6 hang4 wai4business activity
- 訊飛seon3 fei1
- 修身sau1 san1to cultivate one's moral character
- 商民soeng1 man4merchant
- 隔山gaak3 saan1(old) (of a half-sibling) having the same mother but different father
- 十角sap6 gok3
- 剝離mok1 lei4to peel
- 常熟soeng4 suk6see 常熟市[Chang2 shu2 Shi4]
- 跳轉tiu3 zyun2(computing) to jump to (a new location in a hypertext document)
- 喀什kaak3 sap6see 喀什地區|喀什地区[Ka1 shi2 Di4 qu1]
- 單方daan1 fong1unilateral
- 獨山duk6 saan1see 獨山縣|独山县[Du2 shan1 Xian4]
- 笙簧sang1 wong4reeds of a panpipe
- 節略zit3 loek6abbreviation
- 推恩teoi1 jan1to extend kindness
- 要約jiu3 joek3to restrict
- 德性dak1 sing3moral integrity
- 怪樣gwaai3 joeng6odd expression
- 理順lei5 seon6to straighten out
- 刀客dou1 haak3swordsman
- 洗手台sai2 sau2 toi4vanity unit
- 降火gong3 fo2to decrease internal heat (Chinese medicine)
- 對口型deoi3 hau2 jing4to lip-sync
- 戲謔hei3 joek6to banter
- 謔戲joek6 hei3fun and mockery
- 汾河fan4 ho4Fen River
- 雋妙zeon3 miu6extremely elegant
- 絕橋zyut6 kiu4unchallengable idea (spoken)
- 東湖dung1 wu4see 東湖區|东湖区[Dong1 hu2 Qu1]
- 重音節cung5 jam1 zit3accented syllable
- 大寶daai6 bou2Taiho (a Japanese era)
- 滾輪gwan2 leon4roller
- 在所不惜zoi6 so2 bat1 sik1determine to do something, regardless of the price for achieving the goal
- 撞色zong2 sik1
- 身受san1 sau6to experience (personally)
- 單鏈daan1 lin6single chain
- 胡越wu4 jyut6the peoples north, west and south of China