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- 武將mou5 zoeng3general
- 阿毛aa3 mou4an old woman [colloquial]
- 配有pui3 jau5to be equipped with
- 不支bat1 zi1to be unable to endure
- 稱身cing3 san1fit-to-body
- 追尋zeoi1 cam4to pursue
- 品嘗ban2 soeng4variant of 品嚐|品尝[pin3 chang2]
- 扣押kau3 aat3to detain
- 衝線cung1 sin3lunge in to the tape; sprint to the finishing line
- 定理ding6 lei5theorem
- 馨香hing1 hoeng1fragrance
- 退學teoi3 hok6to quit school
- 鬼頭gwai2 tau4a foreigner (originally a term for a foreign military officer)
- 船主syun4 zyu2ship's captain
- 黨籍dong2 zik6party membership
- 滾動gwan2 dung6to roll
- 漢城hon3 sing4Hanseong, former name of Seoul (capital of South Korea), replaced in 2005 with 首爾|首尔[Shou3 er3]
- 市鎮si5 zan3small town
- 對岸deoi3 ngon6opposite bank (of a body of water)
- 政壇zing3 taan4political circles
- 紅裝hung4 zong1variant of 紅妝|红妆[hong2 zhuang1]
- 量詞loeng6 ci4classifier (in Chinese grammar)
- 計正gai3 zing3actually; accordingly (spoken)
- 效用haau6 jung6usefulness
- 從頭cung4 tau4anew
- 時菜si4 coi3seasonal vegetable
- 防務fong4 mou6(pertaining to) defense
- 失明sat1 ming4to lose one's eyesight
- 海島hoi2 dou2island
- 生鐵saang1 tit3pig iron
- 租用zou1 jung6to lease
- 收風sau1 fung1to receive secret information, often used when police receive some secret information from the informers
- 刺客ci3 haak3assassin
- 木板muk6 baan2slab
- 輕生hing1 sang1to commit suicide; to take one's own life
- 倒掛dou3 gwaa3lit. to hang upside down
- 射住se6 zyu6verb; to look after or take care well
- 寫實se2 sat6realism
- 老二lou5 ji2second-eldest child in a family
- 燥熱cou3 jit6uncomfortably hot and dry; stiflingly hot; (of the body) flushed and feverishly warm; (fig.) agitated; restless; irritable; (TCM) dry-heat
- 早操zou2 cou1morning exercises (physical exercises commonly performed en masse at schools and workplaces in East Asian countries)
- 全票cyun4 piu3full-priced ticket
- 盟軍mang4 gwan1allied forces
- 淨土zing6 tou2(Buddhism) Pure Land, usually refers to Amitabha Buddha's Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss (Sukhavati in Sanskrit)
- 郵輪jau4 leon4ocean liner
- 會館wui6 gun2provincial or county guild hall
- 綜藝zung1 ngai6variety (entertainment format)
- 喇嘛laa1 maa4lama, spiritual teacher in Tibetan Buddhism
- 開波hoi1 bo1kick off (soccer
- 留低lau4 dai1stay (spoken)
- 學制hok6 zai3educational system
- 翻唱faan1 coeng3to cover (a previously recorded song)
- 運載wan6 zoi3to transport; to carry (goods, materials or people)
- 陶瓷tou4 ci4pottery and porcelain
- 聯隊lyun4 deoi2wing (of an air force)
- 變質bin3 zat1to degenerate; to deteriorate
- 落敗lok6 baai6to suffer a defeat
- 貼心tip3 sam1intimate
- 免職min5 zik1to relieve sb of his post
- 氣數hei3 sou3fate
- 豆腐花dau6 fu6 faa1jellied tofu
- 神樓san4 lau4ancestral cabinets
- 全盤cyun4 pun4overall
- 頭七tau4 cat1the 7th day after a person's death
- 閃光sim2 gwong1flash
- 喝令hot3 ling6to shout an order or command
- 通緝tung1 cap1to order the arrest of sb as criminal
- 撰文zaan3 man4to write an article
- 計時gai3 si4to measure time
- 費神fai3 san4to spend effort
- 一排jat1 paai4row
- 短跑dyun2 paau2sprint (race)
- 已故ji5 gu3the late
- 四九sei3 gau2an ordinary junior member in a triad gang [colloquial]
- 即刻zik1 hak1immediately
- 壞蛋waai6 daan2bad egg
- 站長zaam6 zoeng2person in charge of a train station 車站|车站[che1 zhan4] (stationmaster), website 網站|网站[wang3 zhan4] (webmaster), volunteer center 志工站[zhi4 gong1 zhan4] (center manager), etc
- 膽小daam2 siu2cowardice
- 石器sek6 hei3stone tool
- 座椅zo6 ji2seat
- 神氣san4 hei3expression
- 新婚san1 fan1newly married
- 周街zau1 gaai1everywhere
- 手掌sau2 zoeng2palm
- 水鳥seoi2 niu5waterbird
- 手稿sau2 gou2manuscript
- 上身soeng5 san1upper part of the body
- 驚恐ging1 hung2to be alarmed
- 勒索lak6 sok3to blackmail
- 租借zou1 ze3to rent
- 編織pin1 zik1to weave; to knit; to plait; to braid
- 再試zoi3 si3Try again
- 好意hou2 ji3good intention
- 黑房hak1 fong2dark room (photography)
- 官差gun1 caai1official business
- 推算teoi1 syun3to calculate
- 頁數jip6 sou3page number
- 供奉gung1 fung6to consecrate
- 老總lou5 zung2boss
- 入座jap6 zo6to take one's seat
- 叛徒bun6 tou4traitor
- 小菜siu2 coi3appetizer
- 佛法fat6 faat3Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha)
- 執意zap1 ji3to be determined to
- 汽水hei3 seoi2soda pop; carbonated soft drink
- 痛恨tung3 han6to detest
- 定額ding6 ngaak2fixed amount
- 劣勢lyut3 sai3inferior
- 零食ling4 sik6snack; nibbles
- 協力hip3 lik6to unite in common effort
- 會章wui2 zoeng1constitution; bylaws; charter (of an organization etc)
- 定型ding6 jing4to finalize (a design etc)
- 放縱fong3 zung3to indulge
- 山峯saan1 fung1Mountain peaks
- 旗艦kei4 laam6flagship
- 留難lau4 naan4to make sth difficult
- 期票kei4 piu3promissory note
- 蜘蛛zi1 zyu1spider
- 淹沒jim1 mut6to submerge
- 留級lau4 kap1to repeat a year in school
- 紹興siu6 hing3see 紹興市|绍兴市[Shao4 xing1 Shi4]
- 課長fo3 zoeng2section chief (of an administrative unit)
- 放射fong3 se6to radiate
- 知縣zi1 jyun2county head magistrate (old)
- 把火baa2 fo2one's energy, temper; to be angry; torch
- 文官man4 gun1civil official
- 鑊氣wok6 hei3"wok hei", a distinctive smoky, charred, and slightly caramelized flavor imparted to food cooked in a wok over a high flame (orthographic borrowing from Cantonese, Jyutping: wok6 hei3)
- 包頭baau1 tau4see 包頭市|包头市[Bao1 tou2 Shi4]
- 不單bat1 daan1not the only
- 大解daai6 gaai2to defecate
- 心事sam1 si6a load on one's mind
- 根號gan1 hou2radical sign √ (math.)
- 滿載mun5 zoi3full to capacity; fully loaded
- 名家ming4 gaa1School of Logicians of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC), also called the School of Names
- 懸崖jyun4 ngaai4precipice
- 茶會caa4 wui2tea party
- 保長bou2 zoeng2(math.) distance-preserving
- 改觀goi2 gun1change of appearance
- 華山waa6 saan1Mt Hua in Shaanxi, western mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4]
- 清官cing1 gun1honest and upright official (traditional)
- 分擔fan1 daam1to share (a burden, a cost, a responsibility)
- 田野tin4 je5field
- 田園tin4 jyun4fields
- 詳盡coeng4 zeon6thorough and detailed
- 業內jip6 noi6(within) the industry; the profession
- 風聲fung1 sing1sound of the wind
- 試手si3 sau2to work for a trial period
- 波打bo1 daa2Porter, a type of beer [written and colloquial]
- 打波daa2 bo1(verb) (ball game) to play
- 物料mat6 liu2material
- 罐頭gun3 tau2tin
- 遠視jyun5 si6farsighted
- 單打daan1 daa2singles (in sports)
- 堪稱ham1 cing1can be rated as
- 越發jyut6 faat3increasingly; more and more
- 世貿sai3 mau6World Trade Organization (WTO)
- 煙花jin1 faa1fireworks
- 末年mut6 nin4the final years (of a regime)
- 街段gaai1 dyun6block
- 夢境mung6 ging2dreamland
- 蘭花laan4 faa1cymbidium
- 貴人gwai3 jan4nobility
- 山河saan1 ho4mountains and rivers
- 漫步maan6 bou6to wander
- 功績gung1 zik1feat
- 國民黨gwok3 man4 dong2Guomindang or Kuomintang (KMT)
- 上列soeng6 lit6The above-listed
- 慣性gwaan3 sing3(physics) inertia
- 配額pui3 ngaak2quota
- 寶號bou2 hou6a polite way to address others' shop
- 烏鴉wu1 aa1crow
- 地租dei6 zou1land rent
- 遊牧jau4 muk6nomadic
- 電阻din6 zo2electrical resistance
- 當眾dong1 zung3in public
- 貓隻maau1 zek3(formal) cat (used in official documents, news reports etc)
- 港女gong2 neoi2(noun) typical Hong Kong Ladies
- 規避kwai1 bei6to evade
- 走運zau2 wan6to have good luck; to be in luck
- 體能tai2 nang4physical capability
- 段落dyun6 lok6phase
- 暢通coeng3 tung1unobstructed; unimpeded; free-flowing; smooth
- 檯布toi2 bou3tablecloth
- 離世lei4 sai3(archaic) to live in seclusion
- 光速gwong1 cuk1the speed of light
- 光臨gwong1 lam4(formal) to honor with one's presence
- 表白biu2 baak6to explain oneself
- 油漬jau4 zik1oil or grease stain
- 從政cung4 zing3to be engaged in politics (esp. as a government official)
- 古玩gu2 wun2antique
- 便飯bin6 faan6an ordinary meal
- 歌頌go1 zung6to sing the praises of
- 母體mou5 tai2(zoology, medicine) mother's body
- 飢荒gei1 fong1starvation; famine;
- 隊酒deoi2 zau2to down an alcholic drink [colloquial]
- 蕩婦dong6 fu5prostitute; floozy; slut
- 講古gong2 gu2telling stories (spoken)
- 坐落zo6 lok6to be situated
- 依家ji1 gaa1now; currently
- 跳水tiu3 seoi2to dive (into water)