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- 音高jam1 gou1pitch (music)
- 河馬ho4 maa5hippopotamus
- 奇離ke4 le4describe someone's dress as disgusting or very ugly; sometimes refers to a person's rude manners or eccentric behavior
- 初犯co1 faan6first offender
- 坦率taan2 seot1frank; candid; straightforward
- 繼任gai3 jam6to succeed sb in a job
- 大旗daai6 kei4banner
- 扎根zaat3 gan1to take root
- 中招zung3 ziu1senior high school enrollment
- 低潮dai1 ciu4low tide
- 觀摩gun1 mo1to observe and emulate
- 買主maai5 zyu2customer
- 電燈din6 dang1electric light
- 中線zung1 sin3half-way line
- 音效jam1 haau6sound effect
- 徵兵zing1 bing1to levy troops
- 益處jik1 cyu3benefit
- 挫敗co3 baai6to thwart; to foil (sb's plans)
- 名門ming4 mun4famous family
- 王儲wong4 cyu5crown prince
- 辦貨baan6 fo3to purchase goods (for a company etc)
- 貨辦fo3 baan2sample of goods
- 特派dak6 paai3special appointment
- 起家hei2 gaa1to start out by
- 國父gwok3 fu6father or founder of a nation
- 哎呀aai1 aa4interjection of wonder, shock or admiration
- 智者zi3 ze2sage
- 香信hoeng1 seon3a type of shiitake mushroom
- 跳傘tiu3 saan3to parachute
- 運勢wan6 sai3horoscope
- 囉氣lo1 hei3to be trouble
- 登對dang1 deoi3describes a couple who is very compatible and a perfect match
- 染料jim5 liu2dye
- 手淫sau2 jam4to masturbate
- 清掃cing1 sou3to tidy up
- 狂風kwong4 fung1gale
- 通電tung1 din6to set up an electric circuit
- 碰面pung3 min6to meet
- 王道wong4 dou6the Way of the King
- 鬼神gwai2 san4supernatural beings
- 士的si6 dik1(n.) a walking stick (loanword)
- 落網lok6 mong5(of a bird, fish etc) to be caught in a net
- 增補zang1 bou2to augment
- 惡做ngok3 zou6something that is very difficult to achieve [colloquial]
- 療程liu4 cing4course of treatment
- 整形zing2 jing4shaping
- 樣貌joeng6 maau6appearance; manifestation
- 紅油hung4 jau2chili oil
- 趕住gon2 zyu6in a hurry to
- 叫價giu3 gaa3bid; asking price
- 海龜hoi2 gwai1turtle
- 人母jan4 mou5mother (as a social role)
- 崇尚sung4 soeng6to hold up (as an model)
- 款待fun2 doi6to entertain
- 慣用gwaan3 jung6to use habitually
- 重皮cung5 pei2expensive; costly
- 寶林bou2 lam4Po Lam (area in Hong Kong)
- 負片fu6 pin2negative (in photography)
- 詞庫ci4 fu3word stock
- 冷落laang5 lok6desolate
- 落馬lok6 maa5(lit.) to fall from a horse
- 餘力jyu4 lik6energy left over (to do sth else)
- 拜師baai3 si1to formally become an apprentice to a master
- 狩獵sau3 lip6to hunt
- 大晒daai6 saai3total superiority or on top
- 黑雨hak1 jyu5(HK) torrential rain ≥ 70 mm per hour (highest level in the rainstorm warning system)
- 深沉sam1 cam4deep
- 草擬cou2 ji5first draft
- 難料naan4 liu2unpredictable; difficult to predict [written and colloquial]
- 幼童jau3 tung4young child
- 列席lit6 zik6to attend a meeting as a nonvoting delegate
- 頭版tau4 baan2(newspaper's) front page
- 乙醇jyut6 seon4ethanol; ethyl alcohol
- 偏執pin1 zap1extreme and inflexible; fixated; stubborn in clinging to a notion
- 譯名jik6 meng2translated names
- 手鬆sau2 sung1liberal with one's money
- 洲際zau1 zai3intercontinental
- 暖和nyun5 wo4warm
- 取替ceoi2 tai3replace
- 獎賞zoeng2 soeng2reward; prize; award
- 拼搏ping1 bok3to struggle
- 主攻zyu2 gung1main assault
- 壽司sau6 si1sushi
- 調養tiu4 joeng5to take care of (sb's health)
- 療效liu4 haau6healing efficacy; healing effect
- 離任lei4 jam6to leave office
- 燒錢siu1 cin2to burn joss paper
- 欣喜jan1 hei2happy
- 住家zyu6 gaa1residence
- 潔淨git3 zing6clean
- 語境jyu5 ging2context
- 連筆lin4 bat1to write without lifting one's pen from the paper
- 古文gu2 man2old language
- 新低san1 dai1new low
- 精髓zing1 seoi5marrow; pith; quintessence; essence
- 動武dung6 mou5to use force
- 唸書nim6 syu1to study
- 插水caap3 seoi2a common term in a sports where a player has faked a fall on the ground in order to get the chance of penalty, known as 'diving' in football or 'flop' in basketball
- 高堂gou1 tong4main hall
- 氣根hei3 gan1aerial root (botany)
- 貼切tip3 cit3close-fitting
- 戲飛hei3 fei1movie ticket
- 今世gam1 sai3this life
- 形聲jing4 sing1ideogram plus phonetic (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters)
- 動感dung6 gam2sense of movement (often in a static work of art)
- 略過loek6 gwo3to pass over
- 人蛇jan4 se4illegal immigrant (esp. one smuggled across borders)
- 流露lau4 lou6to reveal (indirectly, implicitly)
- 夥計fo2 gei3variant of 伙計|伙计[huo3 ji5]
- 爛市laan6 si5poor sales figures or demand
- 門路mun4 lou6way of doing sth
- 哀傷oi1 soeng1grief; distress; bereavement
- 負極fu6 gik6negative pole
- 宗族zung1 zuk6clan
- 白油baak6 jau2light soy sauce, a common Chinese seasoning for dishes; correction fluid (tippex)
- 知己zi1 gei2to know oneself
- 繩索sing4 sok3rope
- 不懈bat1 haai6untiring
- 獻上hin3 soeng5to offer (respectfully); to present
- 拼圖ping3 tou4jigsaw puzzle
- 中蛇zung3 se4[literal translation] hit a snake
- 奔波ban1 bo1to rush about
- 短波dyun2 bo1shortwave (radio)
- 課外fo3 ngoi6extracurricular
- 朝聖ciu4 sing3to make a pilgrimage
- 代代doi6 doi6from generation to generation
- 激增gik1 zang1to increase rapidly
- 結義git3 ji6to swear brotherhood
- 光復gwong1 fuk6to recover (territory or power)
- 惡死ok3 sei2very scary, fierce; ferocious
- 擊潰gik1 kui2to defeat; to smash; to rout
- 拇指mou5 zi2thumb
- 硬化ngaang6 faa3to harden
- 出奇ceot1 kei4extraordinary
- 印太jan3 taai3Indo-Pacific (from 印度洋[Yin4 du4 yang2] and 太平洋[Tai4 ping2 Yang2])
- 生火sang1 fo2to make a fire; to light a fire
- 祝願zuk1 jyun6to wish
- 打撈daa2 laau4to salvage
- 雲層wan4 cang4the clouds
- 錯落co3 lok6strewn at random
- 生果saang1 gwo2(food) fruits
- 素來sou3 loi4consistently; always (in the past and now)
- 犯案faan6 on3to commit a crime or offense
- 成群sing4 kwan4in groups
- 招式ziu1 sik1(martial arts) formalized move
- 滯後zai6 hau6to lag behind
- 灌木gun3 muk6bush
- 摸黑mo2 hak1to grope about in the dark
- 偉哥wai5 go1Viagra (male impotence drug)
- 隻抽zek3 cau1one-on-one fight (slang)
- 藏品cong4 ban2museum piece
- 家禽gaa1 kam4poultry
- 動筆dung6 bat1to put pen to paper; to start writing or painting
- 幸虧hang6 kwai1fortunately
- 上榜soeng5 bong2to appear on the public roll of successful examinees (i.e. pass an exam)
- 星鐵sing1 tit3galvanized iron, normally used for making metal buckets
- 算術syun3 seot6arithmetic
- 好戰hou3 zin3warlike
- 螢幕jing4 mok6(Tw) screen (of a TV, computer etc)
- 貪官taam1 gun1corrupt official
- 順勢seon6 sai3to take advantage
- 驚醒ging1 sing2to rouse
- 勸告hyun3 gou3to advise
- 合演hap6 jin2to act together
- 催生ceoi1 saang1to pressure a younger relative to hurry up and have a baby
- 出招ceot1 ziu1to make a move (in martial arts or figuratively)
- 刺刀ci3 dou1bayonet
- 充氣cung1 hei3to pump air (into sth); to inflate
- 偏重pin1 zung6to stress in a prejudiced way
- 堂區tong4 keoi1parish
- 淫亂jam4 lyun6promiscuous
- 世局sai3 guk6the world situation; the state of the world
- 街鐘gaai1 zung1the hourly rate to take a nightclub hostess out of a bar [colloquial]
- 官吏gun1 lei6bureaucrat
- 率直seot1 zik6frank
- 反角faan2 gok3reflex angle
- 起始hei2 ci2to begin; to start
- 泥沙nai4 saa1silt
- 飯票faan6 piu3(lit. and fig.) meal ticket
- 瑜伽jyu4 gaa1(loanword) yoga
- 例假lai6 gaa3(euphemism) menstrual period
- 戲稱hei3 cing1to jokingly call
- 補發bou2 faat3to supply again (sth lost)
- 情操cing4 cou3sentiments
- 默契mak6 kai3tacit understanding; unwritten agreement
- 養份joeng5 fan6nutrient
- 餃子gaau2 zi2dumpling
- 食字sik6 zi6playing with words; paronomasia; pun
- 彈簧daan6 wong2spring
- 萬千maan6 cin1myriad
- 石級sek6 kap1(noun) stone stairs; stone steps
- 玩謝waan2 ze6tricked; tortured (spoken)
- 偷情tau1 cing4to carry on a clandestine love affair
- 開賽hoi1 coi3to start a match
- 走音zau2 jam1(music) off-key; out of tune
- 地殼dei6 hok3the Earth's crust
- 孔雀hung2 zoek2peafowl; peacock
- 埋藏maai4 cong4to bury
- 家當gaa1 dong3familial property
- 主筆zyu2 bat1Editor in chief; Lead writer