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- 還清waan4 cing1to pay back in full
- 榕樹鬚jung4 syu6 sou1Banyan roots
- 鐵牀tit3 cong4
- 增壓zang1 aat3to pressurize
- 奧步ou3 bou6see 漚步|沤步[ou4 bu4]
- 邨民cyun1 man4residents of a housing estate
- 畫刷waak6 caat3paintbrush
- 蜂蜜酒fung1 mat6 zau2mead
- 供石gung1 sek6scholar's rock (one of the naturally-eroded, fantastically-shaped rocks put on display indoors or in gardens in China)
- 條件反應tiu4 gin2 faan2 jing3conditioned response
- 喜筵hei2 jin4wedding banquet
- 二等車ji6 dang2 ce1second-class carriage (of a train)
- 炒大鑊caau2 daai6 wok6a big confrontation [colloquial]
- 絕句zyut6 geoi3quatrain (poetic form)
- 板石baan2 sek6slab-stone [written and colloquial]
- 太子爺taai3 zi2 je2describes a male who was born in a rich family; the son of the boss
- 情勒cing4 lak6emotional blackmail (abbr. for 情緒勒索|情绪勒索[qing2 xu4 le4 suo3])
- 開陽hoi1 joeng4Mizar; Zeta Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper
- 頓感deon6 gam2
- 今文經gam1 man4 ging1Former Han dynasty school of Confucian scholars
- 恩公jan1 gung1benefactor
- 陳勝can4 sing3Chen Sheng (died 208 BC), Qin dynasty rebel, leader of the Chen Sheng Wu Guang Uprising 陳勝吳廣起義|陈胜吴广起义[Chen2 Sheng4 Wu2 Guang3 Qi3 yi4]
- 入春jap6 ceon1to enter spring; spring begins
- 輕食hing1 sik6light meal; snack
- 旅人leoi5 jan4(literary) traveler
- 樂購lok6 gau3Tesco, UK-based supermarket chain
- 地熱能dei6 jit6 nang4geothermal energy
- 時態si4 taai3(verb) tense
- 買春maai5 ceon1to visit a prostitute
- 臨班lam3 baan1to repeat a year of study at school [colloquial]
- 毒感duk6 gam2
- 劉基lau4 gei1Liu Ji or Liu Bowen 劉伯溫|刘伯温[Liu2 Bo2 wen1] (1311-1375), general under the first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋[Zhu1 Yuan2 zhang1], with a reputation as a military genius
- 老境lou5 ging2advanced years
- 多義詞do1 ji6 ci4polyseme
- 矮子ai2 zi2short person
- 頂棒ding2 paang5bucking bar (metal bar fixing the tail of a rivet as it is driven)
- 唐字tong4 zi6Chinese characters
- 暗裡am3 leoi5privately; secretly; behind closed doors
- 毀除wai2 ceoi4to destroy
- 衛國wai6 gwok3state of Wei (c. 1040-209 BC), vassal of Zhou
- 旻寧man4 ning4the Daoguang Emperor
- 丁基ding1 gei1(chemistry) butyl group
- 村田cyun1 tin4Murata (Japanese surname)
- 田村tin4 cyun1Tamura (Japanese surname and place name)
- 貴司gwai3 si1(courteous) your company
- 錶盤biu1 pun4variant of 表盤|表盘[biao3 pan2]
- 急救箱gap1 gau3 soeng1first-aid kit
- 冊數caak3 sou3
- 鎖門so2 mun4to lock the door
- 失救sat1 gau3
- 前額cin4 ngaak6forehead
- 拔掉bat6 diu6to pluck
- 窩點wo1 dim2lair; den (of illegal activities)
- 餓鬼ngo6 gwai2sb who is always hungry
- 魔鬼托世mo1 gwai2 tok3 sai3describes someone of extraordinary talent [written and colloquial]
- 風險管理fung1 him2 gun2 lei5risk management
- 秧子joeng1 zi2sapling; seedling; sprout; (esp.) rice seedling
- 匯出wui6 ceot1to remit (funds)
- 破土po3 tou2to break ground
- 純色seon4 sik1pure color; solid color
- 自貢zi6 gung3see 自貢市|自贡市[Zi4 gong4 Shi4]
- 薩克斯saat3 hak1 si1sax
- 澹泊daam6 bok6variant of 淡泊[dan4 bo2]
- 領晒ling5 saai3
- 芭蕉扇baa1 ziu1 sin3palm-leaf fan
- 興頭hing1 tau4keen interest
- 希圖hei1 tou4to plot; to devise
- 已經愛ji5 ging1 oi3
- 品保ban2 bou2quality assurance (QA)
- 成套sing4 tou3forming a complete set
- 環線waan4 sin3ring road
- 劍聖gim3 sing3
- 櫻花蝦jing1 faa1 haa1sakura shrimp, a type of small shrimp
- 黃興wong4 hing1Huang Xing (1874-1916), revolutionary politician, close collaborator of Sun Yat-sen, prominent in the 1911 Xinhai Revolution 辛亥革命[Xin1 hai4 Ge2 ming4], murdered in Shanghai in 1916
- 獅隧si1 seoi6Lion Rock Tunnel; an abbreviation for "獅子山隧道"
- 爆改baau3 goi2to dramatically modify
- 菜品coi3 ban2culinary dish
- 龍洞lung4 dung6cave
- 主政zyu2 zing3to lead a government
- 奧托ou3 tok3Otto
- 西乃sai1 naai5Sinai
- 重譯cung5 jik6to translate again (i.e. to redo the same translation)
- 公共電話gung1 gung6 din6 waa2public phone
- 劃清waak6 cing1to make a clear distinction; to differentiate clearly
- 臺地toi4 dei6tableland
- 記熟gei3 suk6
- 官架子gun1 gaa3 zi2putting on official airs
- 大白話daai6 baak6 waa2colloquial speech
- 煮開zyu2 hoi1to boil (food)
- 熟記suk6 gei3to learn by heart; to memorize
- 苦情fu2 cing4wretched situation
- 虎林fu2 lam4see 虎林市[Hu3 lin2 Shi4]
- 出公數ceot1 gung1 sou3expenses on the company by one's employee
- 正向力zing3 hoeng3 lik6normal force (physics)
- 闖江湖cong2 gong1 wu4make a living wandering from place to place
- 甲級gaap3 kap1first rate
- 救護員gau3 wu6 jyun4ambulanceman; paramedic; EMT
- 體溫表tai2 wan1 biu2clinical thermometer
- 廣佈gwong2 bou3
- 信使seon3 si2messenger
- 冷卻劑laang5 koek3 zai1coolant
- 栗鳶leot6 jyun1(bird species of China) Brahminy kite (Haliastur indus)
- 電傳機din6 cyun4 gei1a teleprinter
- 寄主gei3 zyu2host (of a parasite)
- 微升mei4 sing1microliter
- 藏青cong4 cing1see 藏青色[zang4 qing1 se4]
- 西沙sai1 saa1see 西沙區|西沙区[Xi1 sha1 Qu1]
- 青藏cing1 cong4Qinghai and Tibet
- 萬眾maan6 zung3Millions of people; the multitude
- 學是學非hok6 si6 hok6 fei1noun; gossip or a Hong Kong TVB program "Sidewalk Scientist"
- 說辭syut3 ci4excuse
- 掛蘭gwaa3 laan4spider plant (Chlorophytum comosum)
- 統通tung2 tung1everything
- 老太公lou5 taai3 gung1aged gentleman (dialect, respectful term)
- 茶盤caa4 pun2
- 化裝faa3 zong1(of actors) to make up
- 出挑ceot1 tiu1(of a young person) to grow (prettier etc); to mature into; to blossom
- 勝者sing3 ze2winner
- 寧縣ning4 jyun6Ning County or Ningxian, a county in Qingyang City 慶陽市|庆阳市[Qing4 yang2 Shi4], Gansu
- 認親jing6 can1to acknowledge sb as one's relative; to acknowledge kinship
- 紅顏知己hung4 ngaan4 zi1 gei2close female friend
- 送禮會sung3 lai5 wui2shower (for bride, baby etc)
- 字尾zi6 mei5suffix
- 緘口gaam1 hau2keep secret; to keep one's mouth shut; to hold one's tongue; to say nothing
- 火辣fo2 laat6painful heat
- 自乘zi6 sing4(math.) to multiply (a number) by itself; to raise (a number) to a power; (esp.) to square (a number)
- 地方主義dei6 fong1 zyu2 ji6regionalism
- 翻轉頭faan1 zyun3 tau4To return
- 清河cing1 ho4see 清河縣|清河县[Qing1 he2 Xian4]
- 搭橋daap3 kiu2bridging, bypass surgery
- 相交數soeng1 gaau1 sou3intersection number (math.)
- 票決piu3 kyut3to decide by vote
- 鄒衍zau1 jin5Zou Yan (305-240 BC), founder of the School of Yin-Yang of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
- 偶函數ngau5 haam4 sou3even function (math.)
- 彈射daan6 se6to catapult
- 美帝mei5 dai3(in early CCP propaganda) United States (as an imperialist nation)
- 迫於baak1 jyu1constrained
- 降世gong3 sai3lit. to descend to earth (of an immortal)
- 豆腐潤dau6 fu6 jeon2dried bean curd
- 無維度mou4 wai4 dou6dimensionless (math.)
- 頂客ding2 haak3see 丁克[ding1 ke4]
- 坑邊haang1 bin1
- 洗杯sai2 bui1
- 成文sing4 man4written
- 贅瘤zeoi6 lau4wart
- 體例tai2 lai6style (of literature)
- 孤寒鐸gu1 hon4 dok6an extremely stingy and selfish person; a miser
- 被保人bei6 bou2 jan4insured person
- 東興dung1 hing1see 東興區|东兴区[Dong1 xing1 Qu1]
- 隊服deoi6 fuk6team uniform
- 皮圈pei4 hyun1
- 習用zaap6 jung6to use habitually
- 委以wai2 ji5(literary) to entrust with (a task); to appoint to (a role)
- 新余san1 jyu4see 新余市[Xin1 yu2 Shi4]
- 陽道joeng4 dou6penis
- 鹽水jim4 seoi2salt water
- 咬合ngaau5 hap6(of uneven surfaces) to fit together
- 木片muk6 pin3flat piece of wood
- 板皮baan2 pei4slab
- 炸掉zaa3 diu6to bomb
- 計數管gai3 sou3 gun2counter
- 切麪cit3 min6
- 微秒mei4 miu5microsecond, µs, 10^-6 s
- 抱抱pou5 pou5to hug; to give a cuddle
- 古幣gu2 bai6old coin
- 平局ping4 guk6a draw (in competition)
- 零碼ling4 maa5(Tw) (fashion retailing) available only in a limited range of less popular sizes
- 略知loek6 zi1
- 輟止zyut3 zi2to stop
- 愛財oi3 coi4avaricious
- 科教片fo1 gaau3 pin2science education film
- 捉字虱zuk1 zi6 sat1spelling or grammar policing (spoken)
- 二維ji6 wai4two-dimensional
- 統讀tung2 duk6standard (unified) pronunciation of a character with multiple readings, as stipulated by the PRC Ministry of Education in 1985
- 謔稱joek6 cing1playful appellation
- 風聞fung1 man4to learn sth through hearsay; to get wind of sth
- 泯滅man5 mit6to obliterate
- 漢英hon3 jing1Chinese-English
- 英漢jing1 hon3English-Chinese
- 投手tau4 sau2thrower
- 杜威dou6 wai1Du Wei (1982-), Shanghai soccer star
- 譯電jik6 din6encode; decode
- 公理法gung1 lei5 faat3the axiomatic method
- 散渙saan2 wun6inattentive
- 出奇制勝ceot1 kei4 zai3 sing1to win by a surprise move
- 炸街zaa3 gaai1(slang) (of a car driver) to engage in noisy, disruptive showboating
- 一盤水jat1 pun4 seoi2a tray of water, a lot of money or ten thousand dollar
- 拖蘇to1 sou1extension socket; a power strip
- 採花coi2 faa1to pick flowers
- 正寧zing3 ning4see 正寧縣|正宁县[Zheng4 ning2 Xian4]
- 重評cung5 ping4to reevaluate
- 怎麼做zam2 mo1 zou6how to do something; what to do; how to deal with something [written]
- 尚存soeng6 cyun4still remains; still exists; still has
- 綠盤luk6 pun4(of a stock price or market index) currently lower than at the previous day's close
- 蘭室laan4 sat1a lady's room (honorific)
- 性子sing3 zi2temper
- 都覺dou1 gok3
- 劇社kek6 se5theater company
- 尼瑪nei4 maa5see 尼瑪縣|尼玛县[Ni2 ma3 Xian4]
- 急診gap1 can2to give or receive urgent medical treatment