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- 計錯數gai2 co3 sou2to miscalculate [written and colloquial]
- 建始gin3 ci2see 建始縣|建始县[Jian4 shi3 Xian4]
- 懷妊waai4 jam6gestation
- 新紀san1 gei3new era
- 下鍋haa6 wo1to put into the pot (to cook)
- 香粉hoeng1 fan2face powder
- 大貨櫃daai6 fo3 gwai6container truck; semi-trailer truck
- 插燒caap3 siu1
- 天冧tin1 lam3means the situation of something seriously collapsed, totally failed, just like the sky has fallen down
- 花山faa1 saan1see 花山區|花山区[Hua1 shan1 Qu1]
- 迭代dit6 doi6to iterate
- 執手zap1 sau2to hold one's hand
- 醫大ji1 daai6abbr. for 醫科大學|医科大学[yi1 ke1 da4 xue2], university of medicine
- 炎暑jim4 syu2hot summer
- 中菲zung1 fei2China-Philippines
- 面友min6 jau5to put on a friendly face
- 數理化sou3 lei5 faa3mathematics, physics and chemistry (abbr. for 數學|数学[shu4 xue2] + 物理[wu4 li3] + 化學|化学[hua4 xue2])
- 很曬han2 saai3
- 陰電jam1 din6negative electric charge
- 恨到發燒han6 dou3 faat3 siu1to want something desperately [colloquial]
- 絲狀si1 zong6thread-like
- 超遷ciu1 cin1(literary) to be promoted more than one grade or rank at a time
- 冧市lam3 si5(of a market) to crash
- 節禮zit3 lai5
- 確是kok3 si6certainly
- 板門店baan2 mun4 dim3Panmunjeom, the Joint Security Area in the Korean demilitarized zone
- 盡心zeon6 sam1with all of one's heart
- 承平sing4 ping4(successive periods of) peace and prosperity
- 獨島duk6 dou2Dokdo (Japanese Takeshima 竹島|竹岛[Zhu2 dao3]), disputed islands in Sea of Japan
- 土坯tou2 pui1mud brick
- 密商mat6 soeng1to negotiate in secret
- 遺骨wai4 gwat1(dead) human remains
- 樂透lok6 tau3(loanword) lotto
- 爪哇zaau2 waa1Java (island of Indonesia)
- 直爽zik6 song2straightforward
- 緊鄰gan2 leon4to be right next to
- 婦女主任fu5 neoi5 zyu2 jam6director of the local committee of the Women's Federation
- 不同點bat1 tung4 dim2
- 弱項joek6 hong6one's weak area
- 訶叱ho1 cik1variant of 呵斥[he1 chi4]
- 老油子lou5 jau4 zi2(coll.) wily old fox
- 品服ban2 fuk6costume
- 救生gau3 sang1to save a life
- 百穀baak3 guk1all the grains
- 聊以liu4 ji5to use it (or do it) for the purpose of (allaying hunger, relieving boredom etc) to some extent
- 配電pui3 din6power distribution
- 花朝節faa1 ziu1 zit3Birthday of the Flowers, spring festival on lunar 12th or 15th February
- 可驚ho2 ging1astonishing
- 增減zang1 gaam2to add or subtract
- 乾衣kin4 ji1drysuit (diving)
- 禿鸛tuk1 gun3(bird species of China) lesser adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus)
- 薄片bok6 pin3thin slice
- 閂掣saan1 cit3to turn off; to switch off
- 城市長sing4 si5 zoeng2mayor [written and colloquial]
- 故土gu3 tou2native country; one's homeland
- 油泡jau4 pou5to sauté
- 熱容jit6 jung4thermal capacity
- 詳解coeng4 gaai2to explain in detail
- 醫好ji1 hou2to cure (illness or injury)
- 擒上去kam4 soeng5 heoi3to climb up
- 唔數m4 sou2
- 戰船zin3 syun4warship
- 春捲ceon1 gyun2egg roll
- 下院haa6 jyun2lower house (of parliament)
- 法務faat3 mou6legal affairs
- 戍卒syu3 zeot1garrison soldier
- 長相思coeng4 soeng1 si1Sauvignon blanc (grape type)
- 鹽倉土地jim4 cong1 tou2 dei6lustful (slang)
- 法醫官faat3 ji1 gun1forensicist
- 曬馬檻saai3 maa5 laam2to visit a brothel
- 密鑰mat6 joek6(cryptography) key
- 拖雷to1 leoi4Tolui (1193-1232), fourth son of Genghis Khan
- 書迷syu1 mai4book lover; avid reader; (in context) fan of a particular book or author
- 陰面jam1 min6shady side
- 雄縣hung4 jyun6Xiong County or Xiongxian, a county in Baoding City 保定市[Bao3 ding4 Shi4], Hebei
- 信友seon3 jau5a penpal [written and colloquial]
- 破折po3 zit3
- 脫跨tyut3 kwaa3(neologism) to detransition; to cease identifying as transgender
- 木偶秀muk6 ngau5 sau3puppet show
- 提綱tai4 gong1outline
- 搗毀dou2 wai2to destroy
- 砲手paau3 sau2gunner
- 互生wu6 sang1alternate leaf arrangement (botany)
- 計埋gai3 maai4price inclusive (spoken)
- 峰線fung1 sin3mountain ridge line
- 環比waan4 bei2(statistics) period on period (i.e. "month on month" or "quarter on quarter" etc, depending on the context)
- 知會zi1 wui6to inform
- 薩里saat3 lei5Surrey (county in England)
- 天長tin1 coeng4see 天長市|天长市[Tian1 chang2 Shi4]
- 導語dou6 jyu5preamble
- 鬥眼dau3 ngaan5see 鬥雞眼|斗鸡眼[dou4 ji1 yan3]
- 兜圈子dau1 hyun1 zi2to encircle
- 態射taai3 se6(math.) morphism
- 晒晒saai3 saai3
- 耍手腕saa2 sau2 wun2to play tricks
- 唔約m4 joek3
- 導員dou6 jyun4(coll.) student counselor (in Chinese universities) (abbr. for 輔導員|辅导员[fu3 dao3 yuan2])
- 心驚sam1 ging1fearful
- 雙規soeng1 kwai1shuanggui, an extralegal system within the CCP for detaining and interrogating cadres who fall from grace
- 條仔tiu4 zai2a derogatory term for one's boyfriend [colloquial]
- 生餅saang1 beng2
- 馬腰maa5 jiu1
- 大蘿蔔daai6 lo4 baak6see 白蘿蔔|白萝卜[bai2 luo2 bo5]
- 擬具ji5 geoi6to draft; to devise; to compose
- 死死sei2 sei2rigid
- 聯繫方式lyun4 hai6 fong1 sik1contact details
- 惡漢ok3 hon3overbearing fiend
- 提振tai4 zan3to boost
- 欽定jam1 ding6to authorize; to designate
- 白族baak6 zuk6Bai ethnic group
- 布帳bou3 zoeng3
- 勁草ging6 cou2tough upright grass
- 窮苦kung4 fu2impoverished
- 呢鋪li1 pou1This time; this round
- 鋪放pou1 fong3to display
- 吉恩gat1 jan1Gene (name)
- 喃喃自語naam4 naam4 zi6 jyu5to mumble to oneself
- 氨基on1 gei1amino
- 終南山zung1 naam4 saan1Zhongnan Mountains, near Xi'an
- 褓母bou2 mou5variant of 保姆[bao3 mu3]
- 劃價waak6 gaa3to price (medical prescription)
- 聲道sing1 dou6sound track
- 正妹zing3 mui6(Tw) beautiful woman
- 直順zik6 seon6straight and smooth (hair etc)
- 隊旗deoi6 kei4team pennant
- 戰旗zin3 kei4a war flag
- 新莊san1 zong1Xinzhuang or Hsinchuang city in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
- 水流柴seoi2 lau4 caai4pieces of wood flowing on water, the people live by the shore or on boat would pick them up and sun dry them to use as fuel ----
- 舔吮tim2 syun5to lick and suck
- 臌脹gu2 zoeng3variant of 鼓脹|鼓胀[gu3 zhang4]
- 齊章cai4 zoeng1
- 達摩daat6 mo1Dharma, the teaching of Buddha
- 黃帝wong4 dai3the Yellow Emperor, mythological emperor of China, reigned c. 2697-2597 BC
- 亞硫酸aa3 lau4 syun1sulfurous acid H2SO3
- 打光棍daa2 gwong1 gwan3to live as a bachelor
- 圓柱jyun4 cyu5column
- 血透hyut3 tau3hemodialysis (abbr. for 血液透析[xue4 ye4 tou4 xi1])
- 雄馬hung4 maa5male horse
- 半條人命bun3 tiu4 jan4 meng6lit. half a life, meaning one who worked flat out at work, and have exhausted half of one's life or energy
- 寶清縣bou2 cing1 jyun6Baoqing, a county in Shuangyashan City 雙鴨山市|双鸭山市[Shuang1 ya1 shan1 Shi4], Heilongjiang
- 通盤tung1 pun4across the board
- 茶末caa4 mut6
- 月儀jyut6 ji4
- 末茶mut6 caa4tea powder (matcha)
- 心眼小sam1 ngaan5 siu2see 小心眼[xiao3 xin1 yan3]
- 珠峰zyu1 fung1Mount Everest (abbr. for 珠穆朗瑪峰|珠穆朗玛峰[Zhu1 mu4 lang3 ma3 Feng1])
- 雅樂ngaa5 lok6formal ceremonial music of each succeeding Chinese dynasty starting with the Zhou
- 私拿si1 naa4
- 武定mou5 ding6Wuding reign name (543–550) during Eastern Wei of the Northern Dynasties 東魏|东魏[Dong1 Wei4]
- 返校faan2 haau6to return to school
- 驚馬ging1 maa5startled horse
- 崑崙kwan1 leon4Kunlun (Karakorum) mountain range in Xinjiang
- 招錄ziu1 luk6to recruit
- 熟絲suk6 si1silk raw material (prepared by boiling in soap)
- 一品鍋jat1 ban2 wo1dish containing a variety of meats and vegetables arranged in a broth in a clay pot
- 勞心lou4 sam1to work with one's brains
- 彈坑daan6 haang1bomb crater; shell crater; mine crater
- 幕府mok6 fu2(orig.) tents forming the offices of a commanding officer
- 機械臂gei1 haai6 bei3robotic arm
- 起航hei2 hong4(of a ship) to set sail; (of an airplane) to take off
- 不摸頭bat1 mo2 tau4not acquainted with the situation
- 扯破ce2 po3tear apart
- 上足電soeng5 zuk1 din6to be fully charged; to be fully drugged up [colloquial]
- 一小時jat1 siu2 si4One hour
- 闊咧啡fut3 le4 fe4(of clothes) too loose
- 遲交ci4 gaau1to delay handing over (payment, homework etc)
- 打側daa2 zak1
- 侍女si6 neoi5maid
- 害獸hoi6 sau3vermin
- 屬靈suk6 ling4spiritual
- 免罪min5 zeoi6to be excused from punishment; to be acquitted of
- 自省zi6 saang2to examine oneself
- 機鋪gei1 pou1electronic game arcade
- 二三線ji6 saam1 sin3Second & third-tier; often used to describe cities in China
- 坯料pui1 liu2semifinished materials
- 施樂si1 lok6Xerox
- 某地mau5 dei6somewhere
- 青秀cing1 sau3see 青秀區|青秀区[Qing1 xiu4 Qu1]
- 撞爛zong6 laan6to destroy by smashing
- 雙體船soeng1 tai2 syun4catamaran
- 吹散ceoi1 saan3to disperse
- 小攻siu2 gung1(slang) top (in a homosexual relationship)
- 噢咻o1 jau1moaning due to pain
- 東道dung1 dou6host
- 追索zeoi1 sok3to demand payment
- 踢保tek3 bou2
- 坎德拉ham3 dak1 laai1candela (unit of luminosity)
- 不畏bat1 wai3unafraid
- 冰店bing1 dim3dessert parlor serving mainly cold sweets (esp. shaved ice) (Tw)
- 出格ceot1 gaak3to overstep the bounds of what is proper
- 次長ci3 coeng4deputy chief
- 利己lei6 gei2personal profit
- 前腰cin4 jiu1(soccer) attacking midfield; attacking midfielder role
- 蘭譜laan4 pou2lit. directory of orchids
- 見長gin3 coeng4to excel at (typically used after the area of expertise) (Example: 以研究見長|以研究见长[yi3 yan2 jiu1 jian4 chang2] to be known for one's research)
- 跪禱gwai6 tou2to kneel in prayer
- 魔宮mo1 gung1lit. devils' castle
- 饌死你zaang6 sei2 nei5'to stuff yourself to death', a saying to imply that someone is eating too much or being too greedy with something [colloquial]
- 熊本hung4 bun2Kumamoto (prefecture and city in Japan)
- 粗活cou1 wut6unskilled labor